just picked up the 8bit kit during the sale. Couple of questions -
are there any grooves that come with the 8bit kit - my installer included none.
there are NO BFD3 presets incl with that installer either - only BFD2 ??
Is it me?? - I am having trouble wrapping my head around the preset management / installation paths - It seems the installers are still “fxpansion” under the hood… (as when I install content - they keep creating an fxpansion folder in application support - which I keep deleting.)
There are no grooves, the presets are BFD2 files, but are absolutely BFD3 compatible. The installers are not fxpansion under the hood, all of that changed when we moved over to inMusic. Are you definitely using the newest installers that you can download in BFD License Manager?
BFD-Drew - thanks for the reply - Looking at my BFD installer - the 8bit Kit I purchased yesterday is Install version 1.0.0.0 and it shows its “up to date”. I really need some help configuring the preset locations -it just feels like everything is everywhere - any help?
I can load samples of individual parts, but even if I save several parts as a kit, I cannot load it.
I cannot use the many 8-bit presets I have personally made.I also cannot use the 8-bit presets made for the official(?) BFD2.
I have tried downloading and installing again with the latest installer 3.0.0.1, but it does not work.
That version does not even include 8-bit presets for BFD2.
I am using everything with the latest BFD3 (3.4.5 build 28 gen).
It was working fine until a while ago, but suddenly I can no longer load it.
This is the same whether it is a plug-in in a DAW or as a standalone.
Could it be a problem with the combination of the latest Windows 10, BFD3, and 8Bit kit?
In any case, it no longer functions as a library.
The BFD2 presets (that I had backed up) are displayed in the BFD3 browser but cannot be loaded. Therefore, I cannot save them in BFD3 format.
Also, BFD2 presets cannot be read even if they have been converted to BFD3 in advance.
Naturally, I cannot load the 8-bit kit presets that I created myself.
I had no choice but to resave the kit as a DAW preset, but that did not work either.
I cannot load any of the 8bit-related kit presets.
On the mixer screen, there are just a number of yellow [!] marks.
There may not be many people using the 8Bit library, but are other owners able to load the kit normally?
To be precise, this symptom appeared in 8-bit about three months ago. Until then, it was able to load normally.
I have been busy recently and have not been able to get involved with this issue, but I have uninstalled and reinstalled it three times in the past few days with no improvement at all, so I decided to ask here.
8Bit may be regarded as merely a quirky library, but I feel that some of the regular acoustic drum parts in it are still of the finest quality in 2024.
I’m not going to give up on this.
My mistake… I didn’t realize that the import preset feature relates to BFD3 presets only. The manual says the BFD2 presets should load regardless.
Maybe do a search on here for 8Bit posts if you haven’t already. I remember in the past that there was some discussion/issues with this expansion with the current BFD3. Maybe you might find some answers.
There is a couple of sounds in the 8 BIT KIT (the clave) that cause my session to crash when triggered from the groove track (in Protools). Does this happen to anyone else?
