Fxpansion BFD Eco Software Instrument
The Fxpansion BFD Eco software percussion instrument gives you easy access to the some of the best sounds in the BFD2 library recorded at London's Air Studios. BFD Eco's sounds are full of dramatic levels of detail and mojo. Anything but sterile, BFD Eco is imbued with a musical character that sets it apart from the homogenized, flat sounds found in other virtual drum collections.Included are over 40 presets that showcase BFD Eco's powerful, punchy-sounding mixing section. The EQ and dynamics/effect processing allow you to sculpt the raw sounds and lush stereo ambience for any situation. DCAM circuit-modeled compression, filtering, and drive provide hardware-style tone and grit, while Overloud's Reverb plate algorithm can be used for artificial reverb effects.BFD Eco also contains a Groove section containing over 1,500 drum patterns to drag into your DAW, or to sequence on the built-in Drum Track. Preview patterns in sync with your project and use the humanization effects to adjust the feel to your needs. You can even export a stereo mix down from the Groove engine which is ideal for loops and breakbeats.Other advanced features that set FXpansion BFD Eco apart are its customizable key mapping, electronic drum support, the ability to combine kit pieces from different expansion beat libraries, and an interface perfectly balanced between ease of use and powerful flexibility. Fxpansion BFD Eco also can be upgraded to BFD2—both are fully preset compatible for a seamless transition....details

Fxpansion BFD Greatest Hits Vol. 1 Expansion Pack
Fxpansion BFD Greatest Hits Vol. 1 Expansion Pack is a compilation of some of the best instruments from FXpansion's Jazz & Funk Collection, Percussion, and Big Orchestral Marching Band expansion packs, ready to slot into your BFD2.1 installation to give you even more sound samples, sonic variety, and expressive detail for your musical productions.All the instruments were recorded in the same room at Omega Studios in Baltimore, MD, USA, and offer tight, dynamic ambiance alongside crisp direct samples that cut through the mix easily. This exciting set of sounds is great for injecting new flavors into all styles of music.BFD B.O.M.B - Big Orchestral Marching Band The exciting sounds taken from BFD B.O.M.B include explosive orchestral and marching snares, concert bass drums, timpani, and chimes. In particular, the tonal bass drum delivers frightening low-end weight that rivals analog drum machines for sheer power.BFD Percussion A selection of African, Latin, and household junk percussion is included. Alongside classic conga, timbale, and djembe sounds, this expansion pack sampler literally includes the kitchen sink from BFD Percussion &mdash in full BFD multi-sampled, multi-articulated form.BFD Jazz & Funk The punchy Gretsch2 drum kit from Jazz & Funk is provided, along with a Ludwig SuperSensitive snare and set of Sabian cymbals. The sound of these drum kit pieces is tight, snappy, and dynamic....details

Fxpansion DCAM Synth Squad Virtual Instruments
Fxpansion DCAM Synth Squad delivers the satisfaction of playing real analog instruments using software! Advanced modeling technology carefully reconstructs the soul of dusty vintage circuits within your computer, for the vibe of hardware at a fraction of the cost.At the heart of DCAM: Synth Squad are 3 modeled synthesizers—Strobe, Amber and Cypher—bulging with the immense weight and power of old-school analog synths. These are no mere emulations stunted by the limitations of the past. Instead, these software synths combine the best features from legendary machines with new and exciting ideas to drag them kicking and screaming into the modern world.Oscillators ooze immense sound pressure, amp stages can be overloaded for extra grit, and real-world chaos can be dialed into the circuit for delicious instability. These synths don't break with extreme settings, so you can abuse them more than you can the real thing. Meanwhile, the intuitive TransMod modulation system brings your sounds to life in new and expressive ways. Fusor, a versatile sound-design environment that can layer and keysplit 3 instances of the DCAM synths, is also included. It provides a variety of ways to add new dimensions to your sounds with high-quality FX, extra modulation, and an advanced step-sequencer/arpeggiator.Strobe—performance synth with a cutting modern edge Designed to be as easy to program and satisfying to play as an analog monosynth, Strobe also adds polyphony, osc-stacking, a versatile multimode filter, and deep modulation to create a modern classic. Strobe specializes in no-nonsense analog-style leads, sick basses, and complex pads.Strobe's design is motivated by the immediacy and simplicity of classic performance synths like the Roland SH101 and SH-09, Oberheim OB-1, and Yamaha CS-10. Such synths are not overly endowed with complex controls—as a result it's difficult to make a bad sound with them and they beg to be played. Similarly, Strobe features a relatively simple architecture, allowing you to program great sounds quickly so that you can get on with making music with them. Osc section While Strobe has a single oscillator, it's a very flexible and powerful oscillator. Saw, pulse, and noise waveforms can be freely mixed alongside sine, triangle, saw, and pulse sub-oscillators. You can set each sub-osc up to 3 octaves below the main waveforms, and adjust the pulse width of both the main and sub pulse waveforms. You can also sync the osc pitch to the lowest sub-osc. The osc-stacking feature lets you layer up to 5 copies of the osc and detune them to achieve thick multi-osc tones without using entire unison voices.Filter and Amp sections Strobe's filter is capable of delivering an extremely wide range of timbres, due to its plethora of filter curves and rich modeled drive circuit for extra-thick tone. As with the other instruments in DCAM: Synth Squad, the amp section can be overloaded, just like in a real analog synth....details

Fxpansion BFD Percussion Expansion Pack
The BFD Percussion expansion pack for BFD features everything from latin, world and drumkit-centric percussion to junk and kitchenware via all manner of outlandish strangeness, the sprawling diversity of BFD Percussion is inspirational. BFD Percussion literally contains the kitchen sink—in full BFD multi-sampled, multi-articulated form!The instruments are recorded with up to 46 velocity layers, using multiple articulations and multiple mic channels including lush, stereo ambience. As always, carefully-selected high-end mics, preamps and converters were used for the sessions. The resulting sounds faithfully capture the musicality, expressive depth and dynamic scope of this eclectic percussion collection, and are perfect for use in a variety of musical styles and genres.Recorded at Omega Studios in Maryland, USA by the same team that brought you BFD Jazz & Funk Collection, BFD Percussion's sounds provide a wealth of creative sonic possibilities when manipulated by BFD's multi-channel drum mixing, groove-playing and audio routing technology.Lush and expressive With this being a BFD expansion pack, everything is recorded with deep expressive detail: up to 46 velocity layers, multiple articulations and multiple mic channels. The room is small and intimate: tight and controlled but with a lush sense of space, something which is captured faithfully in the stereo ambient channels.The recording chain was set up for maximum detail, precision and transparency: Royer ribbon mics and Neumann condensers, amongst others, were recorded into Digidesign HD converters through API, Focusrite Red and ISA115 preamps. The aim was to capture the diverse instruments as naturally and accurately as possible.A diverse range of pieces Amongst the highlights are congas, bongos, timbales, djembes, darbukas, udu, ashiko, bodhran, chimes, triangles, cowbells, jamblocks, woodblocks and temple blocks! A variety of shakers and tambourines are also included, along with esoteric effect sounds such as thundersheets, flexatones, waterphones and bowed gongs.Additionally, a grotesquely beautiful assortment of junk percussion opens up new creative avenues: plastic and metal trashcans, saw blades, stiletto heels, buckets, spoons, saucepans, watercoolers and a plethora of other random household objects of sonic interest.Brand new grooves Finally, a library of Grooves provides ready-made inspiration and creative ideas for using the sounds in your music. A variety of world and general purpose Grooves are included, along with example kits and programs.BFD Percussion was produced by John Emrich, a musician and engineer who lives and breathes drums and percussion. The paramount philosophy behind the collection was to make it as musically useful and inspirational as possible, and to remain true to the expressive possibilities and sheer beauty of these complex, organic instruments....details

Fxpansion XFL 22GB Percussion Expansion Pack for BFD ¹
This add-on pack for FXpansion's BFD premium acoustic software drum module will expand and intensify the BFD system. BFD XFL's 5 DVDs arm you with 22GB of hyper-detailed drum components, all recorded with the same top-end studio gear and microphones as the original. BFD XFL revisits Eldorado Studio to give you the same lush ambience that gave BFD its unique, authentic character.The percussion expansion pack expands upon the sonic possibilities of the original Fxpansion BFD by providing a broader range of virtual kit pieces, some struck with brushes and mallets, toms with damping tape on the skins, and a kick with a felt beater. The virtual cymbal collection is diversified with splashes, Chinas and accents, while all rides include bell samples. BFD XFL also gives you a selection of other virtual percussion instruments, including cowbells, jamblocks, tambourines, and even handclaps and fingersnaps. Some of the Fxpansion BFD XFL snares have up to 93 velocity layers, offering unparalleled realism and responsiveness. Also featured are incredibly detailed hi-hats which are equipped with not only the closed, half-open, and open positions of the original BFD, but also quarter-open and 3-quarters-open positions. This makes BFD respond even more naturally, especially when using an electronic drum-pad system.BFD XFL virtual percussion pack brings you closer to assembling your dream kit by providing a range of exclusive and unique kit pieces. A variety of hard-to-find snares are supplied such as a Pearl Chad Smith signature and a vintage 1940s WFL Ludwig dual strainer. A huge selection of rare and desirable cymbals are featured, including an antique Bosphorus ride with rivets, and many artist stock prototype rides and crashes....details

Fxpansion BFD2 Acoustic Drums Module
Fxpansion BFD2 Acoustic Drum Module is not just a rehash of the same ol', same ol' with a little added flavor. The FXpansion team really took a from-the-ground-up rebuild approach, taking the best features of the previous module and offering it to you with a brand new, simplified GUI and a heaping help of new features. Using two pairs of room mics, including a mid/side set, the engineers captured the special essence of the legendary AIR Lyndhurst Studios in London. The drumkits were miked with stereo overheads and mono close directs. Every sonic nuance was routed through a custom Neve desk with Air Montserrat preamps and into PrismSound A/D converters, giving you a 55GB library full of hyper-realistic sounds with multiple articulations recorded at up to 96 velocity layers. There's plenty of high-quality instruments and sounds to choose from to create your perfect 10-,18-, or 32-piece kit, from Zildjian and Sabian cymbals to Ludwig and Gretsch kicks and toms, Pearl and DW snares to an Oberheim DX Drum Machine and human group claps. The ingenious BFD2 interface gives you absolute freedom over tuning, damping, ambience levels, velocity response, and more. You can layer parts of your kit for modern-sounding hybrid productions or easily choose preset kit-piece profiles of dry, damped and other useful settings. More than just pushing buttons on a sampler, BFD2 gives you the flexibility to configure your drum kit like a real drummer. Do you have stereo sample-sets with multiple velocity layers that you'd like to mix? Or previous BFD and 3rd party expansion packs you'd like to keep in your DAW's bag of tricks? Not a problem. BFD2 makes it easy to integrate and import while still letting you utilize its new sound-shaping features. The accommodating mixing console makes it possible to play realistic cymbal flourishes, powerful kicks and snare lines, convoluted hi-hat parts, ghost notes. If you can think it up, you can blend, route, submix, and process the mic channels as you would in a real-world recording studio with a professional drummer and BFD2 will bring your ideas to life. You can also manipulate bleed levels, change the ambient mic width, and shape your drums into infinite variations through aux sends and patch sidechain effects. The built-in processors have circuit-modelled dynamics, filters, and distortion for creating your punchier sounds, while the effects like Flanger, Bitcrusher, Ring Mod, and Delay showcase the more subtle timbral varieties of this great software. With 32 outputs, there's plenty of room for bringing in external reverbs and plug-ins you love, but there's also an ample amount of presets created by professional studio veterans to browse through that cover diverse genres. The Groove engine simplifies editing patterns, setting up performance modes, and applying humanization effects to "keep it real" soundwise. More than 5,000 stylistically diverse patterns are ready to add into your produ...details

Fxpansion BFD2 Acoustic Drums Module Upgrade (on DVD disk) from version 1.5
Fxpansion BFD 1.5 Acoustic Drums owners can experience the newly retooled version of this popular virtual drum module with this specially priced upgrade to version 2. Some of the new features that previous owners of BFD will find the most beneficial are the powerful, efficient functional enhancements in the Groove engine, like the advanced editor, synced audition previews, and the individual start and end actions for each Groove. There's also improved sorting, searching, and management in the Groove library. Other improvements include a more intuitive keymapping editor, smoother electronic drum setup, universal management of kits and presets, the suped-up internal engine, completely reinvented interface, and new ways of exporting multichannel audio directly from your module. If that's enough, there's 55GB of meticulously recorded drum and percussion sounds to play with....details