.EXPANSION KIT .
Your new expansion kit for BFD2 Welcome and thank you for purchasing this download-only expansion kit for BFD2! This manual explains how to unpack and install your downloaded kit, as well as how to use the new sounds in BFD2. This expansion kit is compatible with BFD2 only, and will not work with BFD 1.0.x or 1.5.x. The FXpansion team www.fxpansion.
. Read the license conditions and check the tick box to agree. If you leave the tick box unchecked, you will not be able to continue with the installation. Click Next to proceed. 4. Specify the location where you installed the BFD2 application files on your system. If this location differs from the default shown, click Browse to locate and select your custom BFD2 installation path. You must select the correct location, or your expansion kit will not work in BFD2. Click Next when you’re ready to proceed.
5. Specify any folder on a suitable hard disk in which to install the audio data. The drop-down menu contains all current BFD2 data paths. Select one of these or click Browse to navigate to and select a new location. If you select a new location, it is added to BFD2’s list of data paths automatically. The data paths are scanned for new files next time you launch BFD2. Click Next to proceed. Note: I f installing on Windows Vista, the current BFD2 data paths may not be listed.
7. The installation process itself can take a while depending on the size and content of the expansion kit. The current status is indicated by the progress bar. 8. When the installation is complete, click Done to close the installer application. Repeat steps 1 to 8 for all of the kit’s archive packages in numerical order. Please note that if you do not install all the packages in the correct order, the contents of the expansion kit and its associated presets may not load correctly in BFD2. 9.
Installation: Mac OSX 10.4 or above The expansion kit download is provided as several numbered packages as compressed (zipped) archives. The ReadMe PDF provided with the download summarises the exact filenames of the packages provided for installing your new kit. 1. Double-click the first downloaded archive in order to unpack it. The extracted folder is opened, showing the files required to install the package. 2. To launch the installer, double-click the OSX installer file in the folder. 3.
4. A BFD2 splash screen appears, followed by a welcome page. Read the on-screen instructions and click Next to begin the installation. 5. Read the license conditions and check the tick box to agree. If you leave the tick box unchecked, you will not be able to continue with the installation. Click Next to proceed.
6. Specify any folder on a suitable hard disk in which to install the audio data. The drop-down menu contains all current BFD2 data paths. Select one of these or click Browse to navigate to and select a new location. If you select a new location, it is added to BFD2’s list of data paths automatically. The data paths are scanned for new files next time you launch BFD2. Click Next to proceed. 7. Specify the detail level at which to install the contained kit-pieces.
8. The installation process itself can take a while depending on the size and content of the expansion kit. The current status is indicated by the progress bar. 9. When the installation is complete, click Done to close the installer application. Repeat steps 1 to 9 for all of the kit’s archive packages in numerical order. Please note that if you do not install all the packages in the correct order, the contents of the expansion kit and its associated presets may not load correctly in BFD2. 10.
Authorizing your expansion kit In order to use the expansion kit sounds in BFD2, the product must first be authorized using the FXpansion License Manager. Its data must exist within one of the data paths set up in the BFD2 preferences in order for it to be scanned, authorized and added to the BFD2 database. Proceed as follows: 1. Launch an instance of BFD2 in standalone mode, or as a plugin in a host. 2. The expansion kit should be detected and scanned automatically.
Using your expansion kit Once your kit-pieces have been authorized, they are ready to be used in BFD2. For a summary of the included kit-pieces, please consult the ReadMe PDF provided with the expansion kit download. • Ensure that you know how to use the ‘Type’ drop-down selector in the Kit-piece chooser panels to enable easy access to all newly available kit-pieces.
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