Rain


Well, turns out the Rock Legend promo was what I needed to jump on the BFD (Eco) wagon.

Unfortunately, the "here's your serial number for Rock Legend" e-mail which I received afterwards did not contain any SN, so I'm waiting for a reply to my e-mail.

Still, I managed to install BFD Eco - after I abandoned the idea of installing it on my external HD, because the installer systematically claimed that there was no space left - despite over 1 TB available. I must say the installer gave me the impression of a Windows application running in a shell on Mac OSX... And in true Windows fashion, it kept on running even after I quit it. Just like the old days...

Anyway, I ended up w/ 2 different FXPansion and BFD folders for whichever reason, one being absolutely empty, just sitting there in my Applications folder. Strangely enough, the BFD root data preference was pointing to the empty one, so I had to select the correct target folder manually.

I've played w/ it in standalone mode for 15 minutes. Then it crashed.

Man, I'm impressed. 

Hopefully those Platinum Samples will be as good as I thought they were when I re-listened to the demos.

It crashed after 15 minutes and you're still impressed? That's saying something 
Did it give you an error message? Eco is probably the more stable of the two but both are pretty rock solid.

Steve

Nah, it just poofed and vanished.

That being said, I really grabbed it for Rock Legend. I'm just way too used to EZ and Superior to make any radical change to my toolbox. But I thought I could use Rock Legend on a few things, and if I have to use BFD for that, so be it. 

Was this standalone or inside Sonar?

Rail

Standalone (on Mac).

What OS version on the Mac? Can't say I've ever had Eco crash unless I do something like unplug the external hard drive...

You should definitely post about your experience on the FXpansion ECO forum

Cheers,

Rail

Thanks. I'm running OSX 10.6.8. 
I'll do so if it ever happens again.

Rain


Nah, it just poofed and vanished.

That being said, I really grabbed it for Rock Legend. I'm just way too used to EZ and Superior to make any radical change to my toolbox. But I thought I could use Rock Legend on a few things, and if I have to use BFD for that, so be it. 

I'm not going to suggest Eco will make you stop using superior drummer but you'll find it a huge improvement on EZdrummer and as for ease of use
it's no harder than EZdrummer unless you want it to be.
Who knows, you may find yourself wanting BFD2 somewhere down the line 

Steve

Man, that Rock Legends kit sounds goooooooooooooooooood!