clintmartin
This is making me feel better about not making the leap to BFD3...yet. I watched a few videos about installing and it seemed a little overly complicated.

If you buy it from Sweetwater or somewhere else (not upgrade), it comes to you pre loaded on a cool USB stick. Installation is easy.

It's a bit convoluted, but not too terribly difficult. It's worth it IMHO - I'm spending more time with it lately and just floored by what it can do. I wish I could easily integrate the song builder of EZ2 into BFD3. :) I know I can export the midi and use a key map, so I can make it work, I just wish it was integrated.

if you can install or load IK multimedia software then you will have no real issues with FXexpansion software.
 
the offline installations are a bit tricky and the instructions are somewhat technical when they don't need to be.
 
but, once you have your software downloaded, which takes ages no matter how fast your connection and you have all the files you need and they are installed......
 
the plugins work as advertised, they are really great sounding and good products.
 
installation and instructions could be a bit better with refined smoother processes but it really is worth it in the end.  good products once installed.

Oakely Doakely, Still at 99% in the queue this morning as well.  Sent an email to FXP and they said to try and x out of the download but use the keep all files already downloaded option and then restart the download...which I did...or tried to do.  But now the License Manager is stuck on a screen and has been for a few hours that says "Removing this download package...please wait".  So I am.  And I sent another email to FXP asking for step by step directions on how to proceed.
 
BTW, I have 37.8 out of 37.9 gigs downloaded when the dang thing hung up.
 
I tell ya, Jackass Hill is awful steep.
 

Leadfoot

clintmartin
This is making me feel better about not making the leap to BFD3...yet. I watched a few videos about installing and it seemed a little overly complicated.

If you buy it from Sweetwater or somewhere else (not upgrade), it comes to you pre loaded on a cool USB stick. Installation is easy.

Mental note...If I ever buy BFD3 get the stick! This sounds like the way to go. I agree with what smallstonefan said about EZD2. The way it works, is buy far the easiest way to build midi parts. I'll stick with it and AD2 for now (I have went over budget this year already).

I just got the download because my guys at Sweetwater matched the price MF had it at.  And, really, even though, as The Donald might say, it's HUGE most other companies either have rock solid downloaders or break a file that size up into smaller chunks or figure out some way of reliably getting your data to you.  Plus, I realize that I'm trying to do something a bit different, i.e. download on one box and take to another, but geeze louise!!

Welp... after not being able to rescan without crashing I simply quit the License manager and copied over what I had (37.8 of 37.9gigs) took it to the studio and installed everything this morning.  It's quite possible I might be missing a sample here and there but so far everything seems to be working just fine...all authorized and updated.  I'll keep ya posted.
 
I had read somewhere...probably the FXP forum...that our ol pal Drew-FX had said if you had 37.8gigs you should be fine.  So let's hope he's right.
 
Now....
 
Dang!!!! BFD3 sounds amazing.  Big, bold, clear, in your face...wonderful.  And I like the new interface and workflow...took right to it.  Might have to tweak my preferences a bit but...as Chris Walken would say:  Wowie, wow, wow!!
 

yorolpal
 
Dang!!!! BFD3 sounds amazing.  Big, bold, clear, in your face...wonderful.  And I like the new interface and workflow...took right to it.  Might have to tweak my preferences a bit but...as Chris Walken would say:  Wowie, wow, wow!!
 

Yep... Pretty awesome.

yorolpal
 
Dang!!!! BFD3 sounds amazing.  Big, bold, clear, in your face...wonderful.  And I like the new interface and workflow...took right to it.  Might have to tweak my preferences a bit but...as Chris Walken would say:  Wowie, wow, wow!!
 

Now you know we weren't just "blowin' smoke"...it smokes everything out there...

OK...here's the latest.  I have BFD2 with several extra expansion paks.  BFD3 scanned them, found them all and I can load them as kits...which I did, individually, and let them all upgrade and fully load.  This was using the plugin version inside Sonar.  Seems I can also load and change individual drums as per normal. 
 
BUT
 
In standalone mode, pre BFD3 presets wont load at all.  And in VST mode pre BFD3 presets load...but without a kick.
 
Again BFD3 scanned, saw and checked off all of my existing BFD stuffage.  And I can load kits...just not presets.
 
Or is this normal for BFD3??
 
-----------------------------NEVER MIND...............MAYBE.......................
 
I see now that you have to load a kit first...and then you can load any preset you want.  Or at least that's what I'm having to do.  I cannot just open a new instance of BFD3 and load a preset.  I have to load any old kit....and then I can, so far, load any preset which uses any other kit I want.
 
Is this how BFD3 operates or just a lucky work-around??