# Latest **URL:** https://forum.bfddrums.com/latest.md [Latest](https://forum.bfddrums.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.bfddrums.com/categories.md) --- ## [3.5 crashing Ableton when browsing kits](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/3-5-crashing-ableton-when-browsing-kits/13501)
**Author:** [@ChrisCabbage](https://forum.bfddrums.com/u/ChrisCabbage)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2026, 10:55pm UTC](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/3-5-crashing-ableton-when-browsing-kits/13501 "2026-09-19T22:55:26Z")
I’ve been living with this one for a looong time. If I browse (as-in change) kits, after around 6 changes, BFD takes Ableton down and causes a crash. Anyone else? Do I need to raise a ticket? --- ## [Did they close the old authorization License Manager?](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/did-they-close-the-old-authorization-license-manager/13495)
**Author:** [@sjun3](https://forum.bfddrums.com/u/sjun3)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2026, 6:40am UTC](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/did-they-close-the-old-authorization-license-manager/13495 "2026-09-16T06:40:33Z")
Hi. I have been using bfd 3.4.5.28 because bfd 3.5 is a buggy garbage software. But today I found out that I can’t get authorization from the old License Manager software. it seems that they closed the server. is the… --- ## [Migrating BFD3.5 to a new Win 11 computer](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/migrating-bfd3-5-to-a-new-win-11-computer/13494)
**Author:** [@popitup](https://forum.bfddrums.com/u/popitup)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2026, 1:00am UTC](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/migrating-bfd3-5-to-a-new-win-11-computer/13494 "2026-09-11T01:00:20Z")
What I discovered today is that when migrating BFD3.5 to a new computer system, it doesn’t go well, maybe some of you have experienced this ? I’m in Cubase 15, and when I open an existing project it will not load BFD3.5 … --- ## [Note names in 3.5 and Sonar](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/note-names-in-3-5-and-sonar/13470)
**Author:** [@kperry](https://forum.bfddrums.com/u/kperry)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2026, 9:39pm UTC](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/note-names-in-3-5-and-sonar/13470 "2026-09-10T21:39:59Z")
Sonar didn’t support note naming until recently - see this thread on the Sonar forums. https://discuss.cakewalk.com/topic/96883-bfd35-prv-note-names-and-vst3/ However, the latest version of Sonar still doesn’t show not… --- ## [Remove expansions’ kits and presets](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/remove-expansions-kits-and-presets/13491)
**Author:** [@Tumulte](https://forum.bfddrums.com/u/Tumulte)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2026, 4:23pm UTC](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/remove-expansions-kits-and-presets/13491 "2026-09-09T16:23:56Z")
Hi, I’d like to clean my BFD3 by removing all the expansion I’ve removed or don’t have the licence for (I had a temporary licence for debugging once and I can’t get rid of the damn kits and presets). I have removed the … --- ## [BFD 3.4.5.28 with Logic Pro 12.2?](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/bfd-3-4-5-28-with-logic-pro-12-2/13436)
**Author:** [@BigFriendlyDrums](https://forum.bfddrums.com/u/BigFriendlyDrums)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2026, 7:27pm UTC](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/bfd-3-4-5-28-with-logic-pro-12-2/13436 "2026-09-08T19:27:52Z")
Anybody using this combo? I’m running an M1 MBP and macOS Sequoia 15.7.7. Any issues that I need to be aware of? I haven’t been using BFD for a while but would like to try it now. --- ## [BFD3 expansions](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/bfd3-expansions/4363)
**Author:** [@Nacho](https://forum.bfddrums.com/u/Nacho)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2026, 4:09pm UTC](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/bfd3-expansions/4363 "2026-09-08T16:09:15Z")
Hello everyone! Just wondering if any of you have sabían vault, modern drummer snare select, Wooden and metal snares and the black álbum? Also dark farm as well. Do you recomend them? Is there any trick to save sole s… --- ## [eSoundz Back To School/Labor Day Sale](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/esoundz-back-to-school-labor-day-sale/13489)
**Author:** [@allen\_esoundz](https://forum.bfddrums.com/u/allen_esoundz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2026, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/esoundz-back-to-school-labor-day-sale/13489 "2026-09-03T17:11:12Z")
Right now through the end of September save BIG! at eSoundz! Not only are select titles on sale but we are extending BOGO to pretty much anything in the shop! Rules are simple: Purchase a title of your choice and recei… --- ## [Anyone tried reinstalling 3.4.5.28 or able to run it in parallel with 3.5?](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/anyone-tried-reinstalling-3-4-5-28-or-able-to-run-it-in-parallel-with-3-5/9114)
**Author:** [@SoundMILL](https://forum.bfddrums.com/u/SoundMILL)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2026, 4:53pm UTC](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/anyone-tried-reinstalling-3-4-5-28-or-able-to-run-it-in-parallel-with-3-5/9114 "2026-09-06T16:53:12Z")
between a rock & a hard place here. need to schedule a couple of full length projects tracked/rough mixed using BFD3.4.5.28 for overdubs and final mixes, but the expansion as re-downloaded/re-installed/re-authorized/re-s… --- ## [Most Drum Kit Presets won't load](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/most-drum-kit-presets-wont-load/13476)
**Author:** [@Viamichael](https://forum.bfddrums.com/u/Viamichael)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2026, 2:09am UTC](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/most-drum-kit-presets-wont-load/13476 "2026-09-03T02:09:31Z")
When things go wrong in 3.5 I spend days trying to figure out how to fix it, and I have been here since the first BFD. Two days ago I lost all my drum kit presets. I’ve moved the presets around to many directories with… --- ## [Looks like inMusic got back the license to use Zildjian again](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/looks-like-inmusic-got-back-the-license-to-use-zildjian-again/13459)
**Author:** [@Fender\_Bender](https://forum.bfddrums.com/u/Fender_Bender)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2026, 1:37pm UTC](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/looks-like-inmusic-got-back-the-license-to-use-zildjian-again/13459 "2026-08-25T13:37:43Z")
I just saw this surprising email about Zildjian sample packs becoming a thing again. I’m guessing these are just gonna be repackaged expansions from the original Zildjian vaults and not newly sampled cymbals? Still hilar… --- ## [What have you made with BFD?](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/what-have-you-made-with-bfd/1324)
**Author:** [@maximumdembo](https://forum.bfddrums.com/u/maximumdembo)\ **Replies:** 198\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2026, 4:49pm UTC](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/what-have-you-made-with-bfd/1324 "2026-08-22T16:49:45Z")
How about we get a thread together with what we’ve made using BFD? I’ll kick off with my first ever serious attempt at programming to try and sound like a real drummer might sound. I hired a session drummer and when I g… --- ## [Little yellow triangles/can't complete scan](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/little-yellow-triangles-cant-complete-scan/13454)
**Author:** [@kperry](https://forum.bfddrums.com/u/kperry)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2026, 5:42pm UTC](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/little-yellow-triangles-cant-complete-scan/13454 "2026-08-17T17:42:13Z")
For reasons (my stupid mistake), I had to restore my Windows 10 C drive to an image from a week or so ago. BFD 3 (latest VST 2 version) was unauthorised, which is fair enough, albeit annoying. Authorising via the InMus… --- ## [BFD3.5 Won't Authorize My Expansions](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/bfd3-5-wont-authorize-my-expansions/8804)
**Author:** [@BCy2k](https://forum.bfddrums.com/u/BCy2k)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2026, 10:05pm UTC](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/bfd3-5-wont-authorize-my-expansions/8804 "2026-07-31T22:05:22Z")
I’ve managed to update to BFD3.5 and thought I had it up and running just fine. I booted it up standalone today and it said I needed to authorize all of my Expansions (at least 30). I clicked the button to authorize and … --- ## [Going back to BFD2 using my installation discs](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/going-back-to-bfd2-using-my-installation-discs/9627)
**Author:** [@Lee](https://forum.bfddrums.com/u/Lee)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2026, 11:19am UTC](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/going-back-to-bfd2-using-my-installation-discs/9627 "2026-07-31T11:19:33Z")
I still have my original BFD2 discs. After I have finished my current unfinished projects, I want to uninstall BFD3 and go back to BFD2, but will it work? It will not be the last BFD2 version, so it should just install … --- ## [How to authorise BFD3 from off grid location](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/how-to-authorise-bfd3-from-off-grid-location/13446)
**Author:** [@MidiSauce](https://forum.bfddrums.com/u/MidiSauce)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2026, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/how-to-authorise-bfd3-from-off-grid-location/13446 "2026-07-30T20:54:25Z")
I need to authorise my packs from an off grid location. This involves having to physically move my studio computer to a different location to get internet. I’ve forgotten - do I need to have the HD connected (where all … --- ## [BFD 3.5 offline](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/bfd-3-5-offline/13445)
**Author:** [@JohnDLewis](https://forum.bfddrums.com/u/JohnDLewis)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2026, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/bfd-3-5-offline/13445 "2026-07-29T15:37:17Z")
Can I use BFD 3.5 offline? I know its not a new topic buit I can’t see anything for 3.5 --- ## [Checking Product Registrations](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/checking-product-registrations/13443)
**Author:** [@Pat2E](https://forum.bfddrums.com/u/Pat2E)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2026, 12:34am UTC](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/checking-product-registrations/13443 "2026-07-23T00:34:29Z")
Can you please disable the Checking Product Registrations every time that BFD3 is accessed? I can understand it checking the first time in a session but even loading a file that I have been using for weeks, if there is a… --- ## [BFD 3.5 and Logic pro 11 (french)](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/bfd-3-5-and-logic-pro-11-french/13444)
**Author:** [@mikebluesfr](https://forum.bfddrums.com/u/mikebluesfr)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2026, 3:03pm UTC](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/bfd-3-5-and-logic-pro-11-french/13444 "2026-07-21T15:03:34Z")
Hi, I have just downloaded BFD 3.5 which seems to work fine on Stand alone on my Mini Mac M1 (OS Tahoe 26.5.2) But I have problems in Logic Pro 11. Message : Alert. BFD3 failed to load preview bundle. --- ## [What is your display resolution?](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/what-is-your-display-resolution/3802)
**Author:** [@exBFD\_Drew](https://forum.bfddrums.com/u/exBFD_Drew)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2026, 7:50pm UTC](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/what-is-your-display-resolution/3802 "2026-07-13T19:50:33Z")
What is your display resolution? Is everyone 4K by now or no? --- ## [4K monitor problem](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/4k-monitor-problem/9657)
**Author:** [@Viamichael](https://forum.bfddrums.com/u/Viamichael)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 13, 2026, 7:24pm UTC](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/4k-monitor-problem/9657 "2026-07-13T19:24:05Z")
I cannot for the life of me use BFD with my 4K monitor. I have to keep an HD monitor as my second monitor just to read BFD. Anybody else experiencing this and are there any solutions to this issue? --- ## [Support Question](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/support-question/13419)
**Author:** [@deangersmith](https://forum.bfddrums.com/u/deangersmith)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2026, 10:09pm UTC](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/support-question/13419 "2026-06-23T22:09:09Z")
I purchased a couple of the last expansions I need yesterday, £14 for an expansion is amazing, however, I had some issues with the purchase as it used my payapl address which is not the same as my inmusic address. Long s… --- ## [eSoundz June Sale!](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/esoundz-june-sale/13426)
**Author:** [@allen\_esoundz](https://forum.bfddrums.com/u/allen_esoundz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2026, 11:34pm UTC](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/esoundz-june-sale/13426 "2026-06-17T23:34:13Z")
Buy any Sonic Reality BFD3.5 Expansion Pack and get another FREE! EpiK DrumS - A Ken Scott Collection (BFD3.5) now only $99 at www (dot) esoundz (dot) com All BFD3 Expansion Packs are $25! We will run this through the… --- ## [Looking for the missing cocktail](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/looking-for-the-missing-cocktail/13409)
**Author:** [@otalgia-2000](https://forum.bfddrums.com/u/otalgia-2000)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2026, 5:32pm UTC](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/looking-for-the-missing-cocktail/13409 "2026-06-14T17:32:21Z")
hey everyone i went to use my Cocktail expansion for the first time in a long while and noticed that BFD seems not to know that i have it. can anyone suggest how i can get Cocktail back on the list of available kits? i… --- ## [Is BFD stopped updating?](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/is-bfd-stopped-updating/9556)
**Author:** [@Studiostriver](https://forum.bfddrums.com/u/Studiostriver)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2026, 8:11am UTC](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/is-bfd-stopped-updating/9556 "2026-06-12T08:11:49Z")
I see the last comment about updates was made in May of this year so i wonder is BFD3 doomed? --- ## [Cubase and BFD new build](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/cubase-and-bfd-new-build/9665)
**Author:** [@Hammyhamfist](https://forum.bfddrums.com/u/Hammyhamfist)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2026, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/cubase-and-bfd-new-build/9665 "2026-06-07T15:29:53Z")
Just completed a new daw build, I am using Cubase 15 pro and when I open one of my saved project no BFD 3.5 drums pulled in and more importantly no drum track that I spent time arranging. Off course I had the cheek to in… --- ## [Hihat set up for Roland 516](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/hihat-set-up-for-roland-516/9629)
**Author:** [@rob42771](https://forum.bfddrums.com/u/rob42771)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2026, 8:03pm UTC](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/hihat-set-up-for-roland-516/9629 "2026-06-06T20:03:19Z")
I have the kit set up with BFD3.5, but cannot get the hihat mapped correctly. When I set up tip and shank closed…it plays correctly, but will also play the same if the hihat is opened. The same thing happens when I map f… --- ## [Failed to parse the installation script. Cannot continue with execution. Please contact BFD Drums technical support support@bfddrums.com](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/failed-to-parse-the-installation-script-cannot-continue-with-execution-please-contact-bfd-drums-technical-support-support-bfddrums-com/13405)
**Author:** [@andyp13](https://forum.bfddrums.com/u/andyp13)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2026, 9:13pm UTC](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/failed-to-parse-the-installation-script-cannot-continue-with-execution-please-contact-bfd-drums-technical-support-support-bfddrums-com/13405 "2026-06-02T21:13:20Z")
Unable to install the core Library, Percussion library, the vol 1 and 2 groove pacs…Please just refund my money and I will find a decent drum software that actually works - waste of my time and money. --- ## [Consortium buy-out!](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/consortium-buy-out/13387)
**Author:** [@Scardanelli](https://forum.bfddrums.com/u/Scardanelli)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2026, 12:28pm UTC](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/consortium-buy-out/13387 "2026-05-25T12:28:45Z")
So here I am again waiting for B - F£$%^&\*$£)£) - FD to “allow” me to use it - can’t we get a consortium together and buy the fucker from InsearchofeverylastsqueezeddollarMusic ?? If I won the lottery I’d buy it and make… --- ## [Pork Pie Black Sparkle Kick off center in ambient mix?](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/pork-pie-black-sparkle-kick-off-center-in-ambient-mix/13392)
**Author:** [@kylemiller](https://forum.bfddrums.com/u/kylemiller)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2026, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.bfddrums.com/t/pork-pie-black-sparkle-kick-off-center-in-ambient-mix/13392 "2026-05-17T16:27:48Z")
Couldnt help but notice that the Pork Pie Black Sparkle Kick sounds very off center in the Room ambient mix. Is this just a normal characteristic of some of the recordings? [Next page](https://forum.bfddrums.com/latest.md?page=1)