I purchased Eco and the update to BFD2 and started watching the Groove3 videos for Eco. I just recently upgraded to BFD3 and I'm wondering - is there any point to continuing to learn Eco or should all my energy go into learning BFD3?

I'm in the same boat and decided to focus on the flagship version BFD3. I just used Eco as a stepping stone to the upgrades. YMMV.

Eco is great and very easy to work with so there isn't any real learning curve. I use it for basic work and bring in BFD2 if I need a really big kit. Don't know a thing about BFD3 other than what I've read here.

There's a video on Eco showing what it does and it's not really a great stretch. Sometimes people use lesser programmes while sketching ideas.

I would say learn BFD3 and Eco will seem like child's play afterwards.
BFD3's work flow and design was partly taken from Eco, like having the mixer always visible.
 
There's BFD3 Demystified from MacProVideo and then there's groove3's BFD3 Explained.
I bought the latter but from the previews I prefer the look of BFD3 Demystified and it's the cheaper option right now but they're both excellent.
 
Steve
 
 

Stoopid double post, sorry.

twaddle
I would say learn BFD3 and Eco will seem like child's play afterwards.
BFD3's work flow and design was partly taken from Eco, like having the mixer always visible.
 
There's BFD3 Demystified from MacProVideo and then there's groove3's BFD3 Explained.
I bought the latter but from the previews I prefer the look of BFD3 Demystified and it's the cheaper option right now but they're both excellent.
 
Steve
 
 

^^^^

That is the answer....ALWAYS learn your programs.  It certainly doesn't hurt...

Eco is rather easy to learn and BFD3 is the one to learn. The best drum synth on the market.

John
Eco is rather easy to learn and BFD3 is the one to learn. The best drum synth on the market.

^^^
That also....

Thanks guys - I'm going to focus on BFD3 and go from there. There are so many training videos I have queued to watch, it seems like learning Eco and BFD3 would be a bit redundant.
 
I have EZ and many kits and SD2.0 (which I am not selling). My initial toying with BFD3 is - OMG! :)