User Guide

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mented using standard MIDI files, so it is incredibly easy to create and import your
own, or use commercial MIDI-file libraries, such as the Kenton and Twiddly Bits
products. BFD conforms to the General MIDI (GM) standard, making it very easy
to import standard MIDI drum parts as Grooves.
Endless variety of sound and feel
BFD's intelligent humanization techniques inject that elusive 'soul' into your drum
parts. The provided MIDI Grooves are dripping with a variety of feels, and the inte-
grated swing controls make it easy to tighten or relax the vibe as much as
required. On top of this, the sound of the Groove can be further humanized
through the controlled variation of velocity and timing.
Potential uses for BFD
BFD has the ability to be many things to many people. As well as catering for com-
posers who require 'ready-rolled' but flexible drum accompaniments in order to
facilitate song-writing without interruption to the creative flow, it also provides con-
venient access to the very highest quality sampled drum sounds for producers
without access to a real drumkit or good recording facilities.
BFD's sounds and Grooves are perfectly suited to rock, jazz, funk, hip-hop, blues,
drum & bass… in fact, anything that may require a real drumkit. It can be used for
anything from auto-accompaniment, traditional song-writing and production, to
modern techniques such as creating new drum breaks to use in hip-hop and drum
& bass production.
A note about the manual
We have designed BFD to be as intuitive as possible, to the point where it is possi-
ble to fire it up and be up and running within seconds for instant gratification. How-
ever, it is recommended that you go through the tutorial chapter ("Using BFD")
which introduces the plugin's variety of features in a logical and straightforward