BFD3 Expansions

BFD3 Expansions

BFD Cocktail is an expansion kit for BFD3, BFD Eco and BFD2 based on the Yamaha Hipgig portable drumkit. Developed in conjunction with world-renowned drummer Rick Marotta, the Hipgig kit works brilliantly for all kinds of music. The drums feature 7-ply birch/mahogany shells and their upfront sound is perfect for pop, rock, jazz and funk amongst other genres. BFD Cocktail is recorded in similar conditions to theBFD Jazz & Funk and BFD Percussion expansions as well as the Mapleworks kits in BFD3. It has also been designed to sound great with BFD libraries recorded in other locations. Main features of the BFD Cocktail Expansion for BFD3, BFD Eco and BFD2 Yamaha HipGig portable drumkit Snare played with sticks and hot-rods Kick played with felt and rubber beaters 15 presets in various styles (BFD3 and BFD2 only)

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The resulting set features a pitch range that covers 1 octave and is useful for unconventional melodies, basslines, alternative tom sounds, percussive grooves, atmospheric soundtrack work and much more. The 10 included DDrum Deccabons can be adjusted to play chromatically using the tuning features in your BFD environment and can be twisted into a variety of shapes with dynamics and effects processing. BFD Decatom is recorded in similar studio conditions to the BFD Jazz & Funk and BFD Percussion expansions as well as those used for the Mapleworks kits in BFD3.

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BFD Dunnett Ti is an expansion for BFD3, BFD Eco and BFD2 featuring a full set of hand-made prototype titanium drums from master drum-builder Ronn Dunnett. With shells made from solid titanium, the Dunnett Ti kit is one of the most advanced all-metal drumkits ever created and highly sought-after by elite studios and drummers. BFD Dunnett Ti provides 2 kicks and 5 toms alongside a Dunnett snare and a full set of cymbals. The sounds include a special Amb3 mic channel of the kit fed through a Sovtek Mig 60 tube guitar amp and Marshall 4x12 cab (mic'd with Royer 122 ribbons in a Blumlein configuration). BFD Dunnett Ti is recorded in the same room and studio conditions as the BFD Jazz & Funk, BFD JEX, BFD Heavy and BFD Percussion expansions. It has also been designed to sound great with BFD libraries recorded in other locations.

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BFD Horsepower is an expansion for BFD3 with authentic mix-ready Americana-style drum sounds for a wide range of genres from blues and alt-country to garage rock and folk. The included Gretsch USA Custom kit, Sabian hats and Zildjian cymbals are recorded with a perfect balance between vintage dirt and modern punch. BFD Horsepower's stick and brush kits are presented in 2 distinct processing styles alongside an unprocessed version. The result is a total of 6 kits instantly usable and inspiring in varied songwriting and production settings, with high levels of detail for maximum playability with electronic drums. The personality of the sounds stems from drum treatment, mic and processing techniques. Warm ribbon-mic room ambience is accompanied by several 'character' channels with saturated vintage tones, custom plate processing and even a unique trash can mic for lo-fi dirt. Snares were damped with paper and tea towels with the rest of the kit left untreated and tuned to the room for an open and vibrant sound that effortlessly slots into your mixes.

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BFD Kabuki & Noh Percussion is a fascinating collection of authentically played Japanese percussion instruments and noisemakers produced by Sonica for BFD3 and BFD2. Combining the emotions, grandeur and mystery of Kabuki and Noh performances with the reverberations of tapped hand drums, Kabuki & Noh Percussion features 56 authentic Japanese percussion instruments including traditional hand drums, pitched drums, bells, gongs and music boxes alongside Noh flute and authentic vocal motifs. Also included are the ashibyoshi foot beats and tsukeuchi sound-effect clappers crucial to Kabuki performance. The instruments are played by master traditional Japanese percussionist Takinojo Mochizuki with alternating left/right hits and up to 99 velocity layers. Well-preserved vintage mics, Neve preamps and an anechoic room similar to the bamboo-curtained orchestra room in a Kabuki theatre were used for the recordings. Reverb can be added as needed - Kabuki & Noh Percussion preserves the true character of the instruments' sound. Also included are over 150 Grooves which offer instant access to real nagauta and Noh performance rhythm patterns.

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BFD Marching Drums is an expansion pack featuring marching band drums and percussion for your BFD3, BFD Eco or BFD2 installation. These fascinating instruments can be used for swapping into drumkits, creating street-style percussive grooves and much more. The BFD Marching Drums snares offer explosive crack and punch while the 4 sizes of tonal bass drums rival celebrated analog drum machines for sheer low-end power. Other highlights include hand cymbals, quad marching toms and bonus percussion sounds such as a brake drum repurposed from an old Cadillac. BFD Marching Drums is expertly recorded by John Emrich using a wealth of experience in studio engineering and as a former chief musician in the US Navy Band.

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BFD Modern Drummer Snare Selects is an expansion providing 12 premium and boutique snares for your BFD3, BFD Eco and BFD2 installation. The included snares were all awarded 'Snare Drum of the Month' status by Modern Drummer magazine and represent some of today's most cutting-edge metal and wood shell designs. Recorded with expressive detail levels, the instruments are all provided in snares-on versions along with selected alternate sounds with brushes, rods, hands and with snares off. When used in BFD3 and BFD2, an additional 'rim click' articulation is available as well as a 'half-edge' articulation for use with electronic drum positional sensing.

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BFD Modern Retro is an expansion pack for BFD3, BFD Eco and BFD2 with a pair of kits that helped define the sound of the 90s and early 2000s. Produced and recorded by Chocolate Audio (the team behind BFD Imperial Drums), the pack combines extreme levels of detail with varied mic channels and beater types to provide a set of remarkably expressive drums with a wide timbral range. The 70 included instruments include 1997 Sonor Designer and late 90s Tama Starclassic kits, Ludwig, Sonor and Tama snares and a suite of cymbals and hihats by Zildjian, Ufip, Paiste, Turkish and Sabian. Many sounds feature hotrod or brush versions while kicks are provided in plastic and felt beater versions and recorded with 4 direct mics! The lush ambience of the recording space is captured with 2 sets of overhead and room mics. BFD Modern Retro comes with mix-ready presets designed to offer a variety of pop/rock-oriented sounds although the pack is perfect for all modern genres that demand detailed, focused and powerful-sounding drums.

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BFD Oblivion is an expansion for FXpansion's BFD3, BFD Eco and BFD2 designed to provide ready-to-use heavy rock and metal drum sounds. The included sounds are inspired by genres like post-metal, sludge, prog-metal and alt-rock and are intended to have the punch to slice through the densest walls of guitars. Based around 3 different versions of a Mapex Orion kit with Mapex brass and Brady jarrah wood snares, each with different degrees of processing, BFD Oblivion also contains cymbals from Bosphorus, Zildjian and Paiste in natural and processed versions. Crafted by an in-house team obsessed with metal, BFD Oblivion is processed heavily so you don't have to - just add your hardest guitars and basses to create an authentic foundation for all kinds of rock and metal music.

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BFD Orchestral is an expansion pack for BFD3, BFD Eco and BFD2 that delivers a unique set of concert percussion to your sessions. The included sounds are perfect for film and commercial composition as well as for progressive music production and creative sound design. BFD Orchestral features a variety of orchestral bass drums, snares and hand cymbals alongside chromatically tuned timpani and concert chimes which are sampled over 1.5 octaves and perfect for unusual melodic lines. Other highlights include suspended cymbals with huge decays due to the lack of a stand to dampen vibrations. BFD Orchestral is recorded using carefully selected high-end equipment to capture the dynamics and sonic beauty of these instruments. All the sounds have the versatility to fit into all kinds of genres and mixes.

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BFD Sabian Digital Vault is a diverse collection of cymbals and hihats from the Sabian archives for BFD3, BFD Eco and BFD2. It features a variety of meticulously sampled classics, prototypes and one-offs from the Sabian archives and is suitable for all styles of music. BFD Sabian Digital Vault includes HHX and AAX series favourites alongside unique stacked cymbal setups, esoteric percussion cymbals and 4 hyper-detailed hihats. Selected instruments are also presented in mallet and brush versions. Recordings were conducted by sampling guru John Emrich with an emphasis on inspiring new and exciting cymbal parts. BFD Sabian Digital Vault comes complete with kit presets using factory drums in BFD3, BFD Eco and BFD2.

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BFD 8 Bit Kit is an expansion pack for FXpansion's BFD3, BFD Eco and BFD2 with dozens of esoteric, vintage and modified drums, percussion and beatboxes - all prepared and tuned in unique ways before being captured by a strange and wonderful array of microphones (in full 24-bit 44.1kHz quality!). 8 Bit Kit is the brainchild of S. Husky Hoskulds whose 8 Bit Audio production company has produced recordings for Tom Waits, Fantômas, Joe Henry, The Wallflowers and many more. The philosophy behind 8 Bit Kit is to deliver fascinating and different sounds: kicks detuned and hit with paint rollers or with chains attached; modified snares with calf-skin or kevlar heads fitted; unique cracked and warped hihats. Other highlights include bongos, hand drums, tambourines, claps and junk percussion alongside vintage analogue drum machines recorded both dry and played out over a custom PA rig in the drum room - these sound great layered with other drums or naked in your mix. Selected sounds are also provided in 'amped' versions with additional texture and grit for your mix. 8 Bit Kit was recorded with mics as weird as the drums themselves including parabolic 'spy mics', Calrec Soundfields and mics with gramophone horns attached. The room used at The Sound Factory in Los Angeles offers an intimate, tight sound that sounds great on its own but also integrates well with the larger rooms in other BFD libraries.

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BFD Black Album Drums is an expansion pack for BFD3 inspired by the drum sound featured on the 1991 "Black Album" by Metallica. Produced and recorded by Chocolate Audio (the team behind Imperial and Modern Retro) and featuring the exact same 1980 Gretsch kit that was played on the album along with Zildjian cymbals, a Tama Bell Brass snare and a Ludwig snare. This pack captures one of the signature sounds in the history of Rock music. Chocolate Audio approached this production with enormous respect and love for the album. Everything from the original recording sessions has been reproduced as accurately as possible - including sourcing the original 1980 Gretsch kit used by Metallica for the album. Chocolate Audio also enlisted the help of Mike Tacci, assistant engineer on the Black Album and recorded the pack in the restored One On One Recording Studio (now 17 Hertz) where the original Black Album drums were recorded. The original recording featured an amazing recording setup and mics which the team aspired to recreate: Kicks were recorded with EV RE20, Sennheiser MD421 and a Neumann Fet-47 on the outside. Snares featured a Neumann KM-86 and a Shure SM-57 on top with an AKG C451 on the bottom. The Hi-Hat is presented miked with a Shure SM-7 and an AKG C451 and all other Cymbals are close-miked with AKG C451s. The Toms are top and bottom miked with Sennheiser MD409s and MD421s. Overheads were high hanging Neumann U87s and the Rooms feature a single AKG C414 as a mono rear room mic, 2+2 AKG C414 in XY on the left and right front of the kit, mixed down to stereo, 2 AKG C12s tube mics as front close rooms, focused on the drums (and especially the kick) and a couple of extremely coveted Telefunken ELAM 251E tube mics placed up above the original mic locker acting as far rooms.

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Invoke the sinister power of BFD Dark Farm Conjured in the thunderous live room of Middle Farm Studio, BFD Dark Farm includes an assortment of hard-hitting drums engineered to deliver a distinct roomy punch perfect for metal, hard rock, punk, and other forms of aggressive music. This premium BFD3 Expansion features three drum kits, including an all-copper shell kit from Q Drum Co. Copper drum shells are known for their punchy and controlled tone – perfect for cutting through a dense wall of distorted guitars. There’s also an entire suite of cymbals to choose from, including a 20” Crash of Doom and two hi-hat options, 15” K Light and 16” K Sweet. BFD Dark Farm includes over 30 fully articulated, multi-sampled instruments in all. Recorded in a world-class live room Opened in 2010 and located in South Devon, England, Middle Farm Studios has quickly become one of the most recognized and sought-after studios in the world for recording drums. The pitched ceiling and stone walls give the expansive live room a sound that excels at bringing percussion to life. To craft the sounds of BFD Dark Farm, our engineers took full advantage of Middle Farm’s vast arsenal of modern and vintage microphones, outboard gear, and the Trident Series 70 recording console that lies at the heart of the studio. All drums were recorded in collaboration with producer and studio owner Peter Miles, ensuring that the drum sounds of BFD Dark Farm realize the full potential of what’s possible from Middle Farm’s world-class live room. HEAVY GROOVES In addition to meticulously recorded drums, BFD Dark Farm also includes 287 individual Grooves across 7 Groove Pallets. These Grooves are suited for any genre of hard or heavy music such as metal, rock, alternative, doom, or prog. They’re the perfect spark to bring your next musical idea to life or to add to your latest production.

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BFD Sleishman Snares is an expansion for BFD3, BFD Eco and BFD2 with 4 premium Sleishman free-floating snare drums. Sleishman's system of suspending the drum shell without any physical contact with lugs and other hardware with a patented tuning system keeping both heads precisely in tune results in unique sound, sustain and purity of tone. BFD Sleishman Snares includes a 14" maple shell snare (played with rods and sticks), a 10" maple piccolo (sticks only), a 13" rosegum snare (brushes and sticks) and a 14" blue acrylic (sticks only). Some snares feature additional articulations when used with BFD3 and BFD2. BFD Sleishman Drums is also available.

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Expansion for BFD3, BFD Eco and BFD2 Stanton Moore signature Bosphorus cymbals 4 crashes, 2 rides and 1 hihat Crashes feature mallet versions

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An immensely detailed Crush Drums kit played with sticks A powerful kick drum captured three different ways 8 dynamic and full bodied snare drums A set of 6 aggressive sounding toms A full complement of Meinl cymbals Light amount of processing to get you started 10 presets included to push the kit even further Perfect for rock, metal, progressive rock and metal, technical metal, and djent

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Expansion for BFD3, BFD Eco and BFD2 2 Yamaha drumkits with bonus snare 3 Kicks played with felt and wood beaters 9 Toms (5 played with sticks and mallets) Snare with sticks/mallets and strainer on/off

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Expansion for BFD3, BFD Eco and BFD2 13 different stick/beater types Over 150 kit-pieces in total Additional direct/ambient mics (BFD3 and BFD2 only)

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BFD Jazz & Funk Collection is an expansion pack for FXpansion’s BFD3, BFD Eco and BFD2. Recorded in a dry, intimate sounding room at Omega Studios, Maryland, USA, its sounds offer a whole spectrum of fresh flavours for your productions.

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Expansion for BFD3, BFD Eco and BFD2 Contains 2 kicks and 3 toms in maple Bonus Yamaha Roy Haynes snare Bonus Sabian cymbals 5 Platinum Samples 'Real Jazz' Groove palettes Presets from Marcas Lancaster and Joe Gore

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Expansion for BFD3, BFD Eco and BFD2 Custom X-Drums kick and toms Kick recorded with 2 beater types Toms recorded with sticks/mallets/brushes/rods Kick features Yamaha SubKick mic for extreme low end Bonus Ludwig SuperSensitive snare from BFD Jazz & Funk

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Expansion for BFD3 and BFD Eco Original BFD2 library recorded at London's AIR Studios Recorded with premium mics and a warm signal path Mid/Side close room for true mono or expanded stereo Dramatic, powerful far room mics Huge kicks & detailed snares Hihats with 11 articulations Cymbals with bell and edge hits 49GB of multi-channel, 24-bit 44.1 kHz audio

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Expansion for BFD3, BFD Eco and BFD2 Maple kick / toms suitable for all genres Bonus Yamaha fibreglass snare Kick played with 2 beater types Toms played with sticks, mallets and rods Bonus samples of the drum cases!

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A collection of premium metal-shell snares for BFD3 Snares from Sonor, Gretsch, Zildjian, Ludwig & Pearl Snares made of brass, bronze, steel and aluminum for a variety of sounds Played with sticks Each snare recorded with 6 versions - natural & 2 processed variations with wires on & off Perfect for Metal, Rock, Pop & other genres

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Expansion for BFD3, BFD Eco and BFD2 Yamaha Oak Custom kit Bonus Yamaha bamboo snare Toms played with sticks, mallets and rods Bonus samples of the drum cases!

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Expansion for BFD3, BFD Eco and BFD2 26 GB of vibrant, detailed percussion Latin and world percussion Junk percussion and household objects Bells, blocks, tambourines and chimes Esoteric waterphones and bowed gongs Groove sets included

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Expansion for BFD3, BFD Eco and BFD2 5 Yamaha Signature-series snares Multiple articulations including rim-clicks Played with various beaters - sticks, brushes, mallets and rods

BFD3 Expansions

Expansion for BFD3, BFD Eco and BFD2 5 Yamaha Signature-series snares Multiple articulations including rim-clicks Played with various beaters - sticks, brushes, mallets and rods

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Sleishman's system of suspending the drum shell without any physical contact with lugs and other hardware with a patented tuning system keeping both heads precisely in tune results in unique sound, sustain and dynamic range.

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Expansion pack for BFD3, BFD Eco and BFD2 Conceived by Tesseract founder Acle Kahney 4-tom DW and Vibe kits with Black Beauty snare Natural and mix-processed versions Geared towards metal and hard rock styles Presets supplied with factory BFD cymbals

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Expansion for BFD3, BFD Eco and BFD2 Original, innovative percussion instruments Inspired by framedrums, bongos and more Cajons and wooden shakers Additional Crescent Haptic effect cymbals Played with hands, rods, mallets and sticks Selection of presets and Grooves

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An immensely detailed Ludwig Maple kit for BFD3. 29 microphone channels! Real drum bleed and drum resonance between the shells. 5 vintage recording techniques with infinite mixing possibilities. Each kit piece played with sticks and presented in a natural version. Perfect for vintage/modern rock, pop, funk, country, and blues. A selection of presets to inspire and get you up and running quickly.

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A collection of premium wood-shell snares for BFD3 Snares from Canopus, Craviotto, Noble & Cooley and Gretsch Snares made of Maple, Cherry, Walnut, Zelkova and Elm for a variety of sounds Played with sticks Each snare recorded with 6 versions - natural & 2 processed variations with wires on & off Perfect for Metal, Hard-Rock, Rock, Pop, Funk, Jazz and other genres

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An immensely detailed 1962 Camco drum kit played with sticks and brushes A 20” kick drum captured in four different ways (inc. with damping) The original Camco kit snare and a vintage Gretsch snare drum A set of Istanbul cymbals Fully dynamic kit ready for processing 5 kit presets to inspire your creativity Perfect for all jazz styles