This is the first project I'm using BFD2 (after having it for sometime, with the latest update version).

I've narrowed it down to the  BFD2 track (all default sound - have not add any extra library yet) :


http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=12112929

You can hear the "cricket" effect at 16 and 21 sec.

I'm sure BFD2 had been around long enough to iron out any bug of this kind ? as it's reproducible on every audio export. However, it never happen while playing the track inside X2. 


I've experience some sound not being played completely, but I think that is due to after starting a just opened project and BFD2 is busy loading the samples.


If I do not freeze any track, the 'cricket' effect will be heard on exported audio. If I freeze the BFD2 track, the 'cricket' effect can be heard immediately. All at random spots, most likely after a crash cymbal, but not always.

I'm using BFD2 as a sound module. I do not use any of the BFD2 interface for drum programming, as I'm using Step Sequencer to create the drum track. I have 2 midi tracks controlling BFD2, but these 2 tracks did not play the same sound.


BFD users.. have you came across this kind of issue ?


My BFD2 samples are stored in a separate USB drive - it's not the fastest drive around - will this be an issue ?


Thanks!

I think this is a simple solution.

Immediately before you export or freeze, open the BFD GUI, right at the bottom there is what looks like a label called "Offline"

Click it and it will turn red. Now do your Export/Freeze

Bristol_Jonesey


I think this is a simple solution.

Immediately before you export or freeze, open the BFD GUI, right at the bottom there is what looks like a label called "Offline"

Click it and it will turn red. Now do your Export/Freeze

Thanks for the tip, after I did that, the 'cricket' effect is less, but I can still hear it twice, within the frozen track.


I'm going to try to bounce the midi drum tracks try importing a midi file to the BFD2 interface and see how it goes, shall update again.

Freeze Option - disable Fast Bounce.

This setting (together with clicking "offline" to red color in BFD2) seems to produce the a clean BFD2 track after freezing, but it takes much longer time.

Is disabling the Fast Bounce option a common setup for complex multi-gigabyte sample based VSTi ?  

Yep - I have to do that with BFD, even with my rig

Contact Fxpansion tech support, and try rolling back to a prior version (which you can download from the FXpansion site). If it doesn't happen with a prior version (which is possible) then it's likely that something in the most recent release creates some chirping. From what I remember, there's not really a lot of significant differences between the most recent BFD2 release and the prior version so it's not like you'd be loosing any killer features by rolling back.

You can also try playing around with the buffer settings on the engine page to see if that helps any, but I'd try a rollback first.

tomixornot


Freeze Option - disable Fast Bounce.

This setting (together with clicking "offline" to red color in BFD2) seems to produce the a clean BFD2 track after freezing, but it takes much longer time.

Is disabling the Fast Bounce option a common setup for complex multi-gigabyte sample based VSTi ?  

I've read several posts in the forum where little exported audio anomalies were cured by disabling Fast Bounce.  Now, I always disable Fast Bounce before doing an export, and it seems to work perfectly every time.

Thanks for the suggestion.

@Funkybot : I downloaded the latest public beta, still the same, shall try rolling back now.

@leapinlizard : disabling Fast Bounce seems the best solution so far.. 

Interesting . . . I use BFD2 (v2.3.0.38), and have Fast Bounce on, and BFD's "Offline Mode" turned off.

BFD2 is inserted as a simple instrument track, no freezing of the track is done at all, the current kit is 862 MB.

Haven't had any crickets sounds, or other anomalies, seems like a clean mixdown when exporting from Sonar X2a.