User Guide

41
GROOVE LIBRARIAN
To open the Groove Librarian, click the top bar of BFD’s plugin window. To close it
again, click on the bottom or top bars of the Groove Librarian drop-down panel.
When using the Groove Librarian, it is important to remember some of the terms
used in BFD in order to properly understand its functionality.
• Groove:
A MIDI drum sequence used in BFD ‘s Groove Librarian. BFD can import any Gen-
eral MIDI (GM) MIDI file (type 0 and type 1). It is advisable to import MIDI files
with only one track. If BFD encounters a file with multiple tracks, it will access only
the track with the largest amount of notes (most likely to be the drum track).
• Fill:
Similar to a Groove, but distinctly categorized as a fill.
• Bundle:
A group of up to twelve Grooves. Bundles are small files which point to any
Grooves or Fills. BFD comes supplied with a comprehensive library of Grooves
and Fills sorted into Bundles.