You can purchase and download directly from fxpansion no need to use a third party vendor.

scook


  my mistake I thought the OP was wanting to DL the BSD Eco deal which is available directly from fxpansion

konradh


Thanks, Rain.  Having both options is idea.  I may pick up EZ or Superior.  I like Session Drummer 3, but it is not the ultimate and you can never have too many drum options.

Beepster


@Rain... in regards to the actual sounds of BFD the Rock Legends kit is actually far better than the included kits IMO and isn't from FXpansion. Imma gonna be going to the Platinum Samples guys for more content when funds are available. I'd REALLY like the Andy John's Classic Kits pack but it's currently $200. It is however 65 gigs worth of awesome. Cheers.

chuckebaby


i preffer ez drummer myself.the sounds are just a tab bit more realistic in my opinion.
and you cant tell me the gui isnt the coolest thing since sliced bread.

Sorry, double post.

twaddle


That's interesting your saying that about not liking BFD2 for all the wrong reasons. I wasn't impressed with superior drummer for "some" of those reasons.
I'm really not a fan of metal/heavy rock (that doesn't mean I don't love Black Sabbath, The Pistols & The Clash) but what I heard of the demo's seemed to lean very much that way. 
I particularly don't like the drums in a lot of modern metal, those horribly tinny kicks that I hear. 

I thought the demo's on the fxpansion site for Eco & BFD2 covered a much wider range, particularly as you had 10 different kits with BFD2
Not that the demo's were the style I wanted as such, just that they seemed more eclectic. 

One thing I will say about fxpansions web site that no other site has and I think is really useful is that you can demo each kit piece on it's own. 
To my mind that seemed very professional and gives an indication as to what their philosophy is with regards to giving you the raw sounds so that you can be the engineer. 
Ultimately though I much prefer the sound of BFD Eco & BFD2. The "B" in BFD does stand for BIG and that's as accurate a description as you can get.  

There are 3 installs for BFD2, small, medium and large but what that actually does (I think) is install kits with less velocity layers so most people would want the full kit.
What might have been a better idea would be to allow you to choose which kits you wanted to install. But of of course you would still have to buy all 10 kits of which you might only use 4 or 5. 

Still whether I was going to use them or not I still thought it much better value than superior and most places in the UK it seemed slightly cheaper too.
Partly, the reason platinum samples stuff sounds better is probably on account of the fact that they have many more velocity layers (up to 256)
I thought this to be a bit over the top at first but perhaps not. I figured most loud heavy rock and punk wouldn't really need more than 10 to 15 layers and the subtlety and dynamics would be wasted
but the Gen-16 Z-packs sound much better. But would I really notice in a well mixed heavy rock track? Who's to say. But I still want them 

Steve