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Fxpansion BFD2

Virtual Drum/Percussion from Fxpansion belonging to the BFD series

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Published on 09/12/09 at 00:05
- But without long installation problem,
- No incompatibility report,
- Configuration pointed to a soft ... sharp
- Manual, however, clear that more MRIT go deeper in some areas.

=> The learning curve is important for those who want this app matriser trs labor. No more bugs and crashes untimely version 1.5, BFD2 trs is stable (when you have a good size machine!), But its power and flexibility made it a little more complex apprhender. Those who knew the previous version will find their account, others have a little more difficult to feel comfortable. I use a battery Technica electronic DD-502 combines a "Octapad" Roland SPD11 gre including hi-hat pedals, the sound quality and feel of the game are excellent.

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

- Used on a PC with a quip Asus P5KR,
- Audiophile 24/96 sound card,
- 3 GB ram, Core 2 Duo processor.

=> The disk configuration and type are critical to this kind of soft fontion. I personally prconise the use of at least three medium-sized hard drives: one for Systm and applications, the deuxime for reading and the last samples Reserved the give recording audio and MIDI. The ultimate both have a hard quatrime ddi applications and ... Mount a fifth in Raid 0 Local Accommodations same one that the samples to boost their reading in real time. The discs must have a minimum speed of 7500 revolutions / minute or more, but certainly not below. To be avoided: the large disk capacity with little cache. Technically, it is the combination of the number of disk arms, the density of information read and the rate of fragmentation that makes the difference.
Moreover, and this is valid in all cases of del BFD, it is better to declare it the swap file "pagefile.sys" other than on the hard Systm, apps, d recording or samples in Reserved fastest of all drives that use.
However, it is always possible to work in 16 bits by reducing the number of percussion samples in order to load all in memory but it still uses the same 0.5 up sometimes more than one, 5 GB of RAM. At this level l 3 GB of memory is not a luxury!
Another solution is trs effective but coteuse Local Accommodations of the sample apps on a machine that can deuxime midi driver from the main machine dedicates the record ...
Concerning the stability that is still not the strong point of this app that pushes the Systm in these trenches, but fortunately does not cause crashes when ds we have the 3 GB of memory! The updates are rgulires and I never had the impression of being abandoned by Fxpansion: support rpond overnight to problem submitted to him what is more trs of Manir effective. The audio engine rglages ncessitent time and patience, it is wise to matriser two configurations: one for working in real time for the game, recording and mixing, the the other consisting of pushing back all custom settings to produce a version of "High Definition" in "offline". In your exact worth it ...

Note added Saturday, April 4, 2009: Unlike the Ides reues, the graphics card is very important even if it is not about playing video! Be aware that over the graphics card, the lower is the processor that will work its place and it will have less resources to devote to the rest, in this case the audio processing. BFD2 and I noticed that they did not like the shakes by clicking too quickly across its interface with a computer quip of a graphics card of the range. But After you install an ATI HD4670, the application has become everything is stable ... So I go down the note of a point because it is investment that is not really put in obviousness in the literature.

Note added Saturday, September 5, 2009: APRS pass two months ago in raid 0 drives the Local Accommodations samples and application load times have become transparent and not cause more delays. I also replaced the Intel Core 2 Duo for a Core 2 Quad 9650 which allows dsormais BFD2 to give itself two intgralement processesseurs hte application without interfering in its operation.

OVERALL OPINION

- BFD 1.5 used for three years,
- BFD 2 used for a year.

=> BFD J&#39;apprcie lot but uses mainly when the final mix and occasionally during the recording of a song. I would prfre Addictive Drum for its rapid implementation without embellishment when I want to play five minutes or when the ides coming and I do not want to be disturbed by the technique. So it&#39;s a work of finalizing the BFD s&#39;avre trs powerful - I just have to change instruments and Midi Drum Map - especially as the version 2 no longer suffers from incohrences problem and many of the 1.5 version which, I admit I lost patience more than once. Version 2 can even be used on scne in "stand-alone" condition of the well prparer or sets that you will use and certainly not with a laptop, single-disc 5400 rounds!

Note added Saturday, April 4, 2009: investing in a good graphics card amliore consdrablement stability of soft.