User Guide

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MIXER SECTION
A note on the controls:
Controls are manipulated by clicking on them and dragging up and down. Double-
clicking any control returns it to its default value. Holding down the [SHIFT] key
while moving a control allows fine control over it. You can also move a control by
hovering the mouse pointer over it, and moving your mouse-wheel, if your mouse
has one.
BFD’s mixer section is divided into three areas.
1. The Kit-Piece area
• Kit-Piece labels:
The name labels for each Kit-Piece have a handy
preview functionality. Clicking on the name previews
the sound with the left to right position mapping to
increased velocity.
• Solo and Mute buttons:
These lit buttons allow you to solo or mute any Kit-
Piece(s). When one or more parts are soloed, the
Mute buttons light up for all non-soloed parts, giving
an easily-visible indication of the mute/solo status. If
a muted part is soloed, when the Solo button is deacti-
vated, the muted status will return.
• Small indicator lights:
The indicator lights beneath the Solo buttons show the load status of each Kit-
Piece ‘slot’. A red light indicates that there is no Kit-Piece loaded, an orange light
shows that the samples for that Kit-Piece are being queued up for loading. A
yellow light indicates that it is in the process of loading, and the light turns green
when a Kit-Piece has successfully been loaded.
Additionally, there is also a blue status for the high, medium and floor tom
indicator lights. This is to show that a substitution has occurred. Some of BFD’s
kits have only two toms, because the original kit did not have either a mid or high
tom. In these cases, one of the other toms in the kit is substituted for the missing