smallstonefan
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For my fellow BFD users out there - what are your favorite kits?
I can't seem to help myself from getting more kits when they go on sale, and I've got a song I need to find just the right kit for.
so, got any favorites?
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bapu
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Re: For my fellow BFD users out there - what are your favorite kits?
2017/02/02 15:26:07
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☄ Helpfulby smallstonefan 2017/02/02 15:29:50
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bapu
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Re: For my fellow BFD users out there - what are your favorite kits?
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☄ Helpfulby cclarry 2017/02/02 17:33:24
Oh and my favorite bass? The one I use ATM. 
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smallstonefan
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Re: For my fellow BFD users out there - what are your favorite kits?
2017/02/02 15:30:00
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bapu
The last one I bought.
That would be my problem... :)
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bapu
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Re: For my fellow BFD users out there - what are your favorite kits?
2017/02/02 15:42:41
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smallstonefan
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Re: For my fellow BFD users out there - what are your favorite kits?
2017/02/02 15:44:49
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:P 
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Re: For my fellow BFD users out there - what are your favorite kits?
2017/02/02 16:05:47
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"We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl" (Wish You Were Here)
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Re: For my fellow BFD users out there - what are your favorite kits?
2017/02/02 17:33:49
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The New Horsepower is supposed to be nice...
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bapu
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Re: For my fellow BFD users out there - what are your favorite kits?
2017/02/02 17:36:33
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☄ Helpfulby cclarry 2017/02/02 19:12:05
cclarry
The New Horsepower is supposed to be nice...
Funny enuf. That WAS the last kit I bought for BFD. 
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Re: For my fellow BFD users out there - what are your favorite kits?
2017/02/02 20:20:14
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smallstonefan
bapu
The last one I bought.
That would be my problem... :)
That's everyone's problem.
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Re: For my fellow BFD users out there - what are your favorite kits?
2017/02/02 21:26:44
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☄ Helpfulby cclarry 2017/02/03 20:37:08
"We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl" (Wish You Were Here)
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Re: For my fellow BFD users out there - what are your favorite kits?
2017/02/03 08:34:43
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Mixing is all about control. My music: http://dancumpian.bandcamp.com/ or https://soundcloud.com/dcumpian Studiocat Advanced Studio DAW (Intel i5 3550 @ 3.7GHz, Z77 motherboard, 16GB Ram, lots of HDDs), Sonar Plat, Mackie 1604, PreSonus Audiobox 44VSL, ESI 4x4 Midi Interface, Ibanez Bass, Custom Fender Mexi-Strat, NI S88, Roland JV-2080 & MDB-1, Komplete, Omnisphere, Lots o' plugins.
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smallstonefan
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Re: For my fellow BFD users out there - what are your favorite kits?
2017/02/03 08:59:00
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Thanks for the link Dan!
I'm going back and forth with fxPansion tech support at the moment - seems the kits I have aren't properly isntalled. Ug. I want to make music today, not do tech support.
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bapu
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Re: For my fellow BFD users out there - what are your favorite kits?
2017/02/03 09:28:44
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dcumpian
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Re: For my fellow BFD users out there - what are your favorite kits?
2017/02/03 10:02:10
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I think we need to hire our own techs to maintain our machines and keep all software up to date. Then we can just make music, lol...
Dan
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smallstonefan
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Re: For my fellow BFD users out there - what are your favorite kits?
2017/02/03 10:14:21
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Yeah, I told the fxpansion guy that I want to spend my free time today making music, not being a tech. BFD Heavy is missing a number of kit pieces and he said to go and find the pieces from BFD 2 "or any other library" and replace them and save.
I'm not rebuilding presets for a junk install. :( Very disappointed in the tech support on this one.
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Re: For my fellow BFD users out there - what are your favorite kits?
2017/02/03 10:29:05
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dcumpian
I think we need to hire our own techs to maintain our machines and keep all software up to date. Then we can just make music, lol...
Dan
Zackly!
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smallstonefan
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Re: For my fellow BFD users out there - what are your favorite kits?
2017/02/03 11:26:26
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OK, major progress now where only three presets are missing kit pieces.
Moving on with my day off!
Music, hear (see what I did there) I come! :)
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bapu
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Re: For my fellow BFD users out there - what are your favorite kits?
2017/02/03 11:37:17
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smallstonefan
Yeah, I told the fxpansion guy that I want to spend my free time today making music, not being a tech. BFD Heavy is missing a number of kit pieces and he said to go and find the pieces from BFD 2 "or any other library" and replace them and save.
Sounds like when I go to the market and ask the guy where the BECAN is; he tells me to go to pig farm and buy a pig and take it to my local butcher.
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Re: For my fellow BFD users out there - what are your favorite kits?
2017/02/03 11:43:55
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I have the Nick Mason kit for BFD and it's pretty nice if you want a lot of toms to play with.
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smallstonefan
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Re: For my fellow BFD users out there - what are your favorite kits?
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Re: For my fellow BFD users out there - what are your favorite kits?
2017/02/03 21:15:53
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I'm trying to decide between Heavy and Sphere for mainly rock recording...anyone have a preference between the two?
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Re: For my fellow BFD users out there - what are your favorite kits?
2017/02/03 21:44:34
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check out the 'black album drums', don't be fooled by the metallica/metal inference, they can do a lot off different styles. i own all the bfd xpansions that i know off and if i had to pick just 1 to keep it would be them.
heavy and sphere are quite good, you really can't go wrong either way
[edit] put the link up for black album drums, but as ussual the forum ate the post, why it hates fxpansion links is beyond me, but . . .
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Leadfoot
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Re: For my fellow BFD users out there - what are your favorite kits?
2017/02/03 21:49:04
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I really like the Vinny Appice kit made by Sonic Reality.
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smallstonefan
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Re: For my fellow BFD users out there - what are your favorite kits?
2017/02/03 23:47:54
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I just purchased Heavy and Sphere and like them both, but for what I'm working on I'm enjoying Oblivion just a bit more...
I believe both of those have demo kits available, so you might want to give them a try.
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Re: For my fellow BFD users out there - what are your favorite kits?
2017/02/04 01:13:31
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I tend to write jazz oriented stuff when I think of acoustic drums, so I use Yamaha Maple Custom Absolute (it came out before Jazz Maple) and Virtually Erskine a ton. I also love both of the Zildjian Digital Vaults and Signature Snares 1. The Roy Haynes snare kills.
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Re: For my fellow BFD users out there - what are your favorite kits?
2017/02/04 07:58:58
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☄ Helpfulby smallstonefan 2017/02/04 10:31:54
Yea, I'm kicking myself for not picking up Oblivion last month when it was on sale. I'm fairly new to BFD3 but have realized in this short time how it stands out amongst the other drum VSTs I have laying around now. I'm going to hold out for Oblivion and save my pennies for the Black Album Drums. Grim, wish I'd given the demo tracks a listen...I can totally see now that it's much more than just the Metallica sound. No GAS this time around...I'll wait for the expansions I want vs. the ones that are on sale.
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smallstonefan
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Re: For my fellow BFD users out there - what are your favorite kits?
2017/02/06 17:10:10
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OK I've finally got a kit that I'm totally digging!
1. Start with the Oblivion kit
2. Change kick to DW Kick (Processed) from BFD Sphere
3. Link a second kick as SDB Kick from Sonic Realities Epic Drums 60s downbeat
4. Change the snare to EJB Kit 6 Snare from Platinum Samples Joe Barresi Evil Drums
5. Have friend actually mix the damn thing. Includes parallel bus with UAD Fatso and run through UAD Pultec, UAD Ampax, and UAD Ocean Way
Man BFD is DEEP.
I've saved this as a preset so I can recall at will.
So cool to have a kit that sounds so good... :)
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