Hi, I am a longtime BFD user and now trying to convert old projects using Cubase 6.5 x64 with BFD 2 (PC) to open on my Mac M1 (Cubase 14 and BFD3). Before jumping into Mac compatibility, I have latest BFD 3 installed and running fine and stable on both my PC and Mac.
Before migrating to Mac, on my PC in Cubase 6.5 x64, I have both BFD2 and BFD3 as virtual instruments loaded within the same project and so when I export the BFD2 preset and import into BFD3, everything loads and plays ok but the output from the mixer versions sound very different to one another.
The drum channels and samples do sound identical, however the ambient mics and room channels, although settings appear identical, the sounds are drastically different where I prefer BFD2.
Is this difference now by design or is this a bug? Has this got something to do with the London Sessions expansion pack not quite mixed the same as the original BFD2 or is this difference in FX settings?
Apologies if this has been already covered off before- but cannot find discussion only with issues of software crashes? I am therefore wondering if I am doing something wrong with how I exported/imported or genuinely stumbled across a new limitation or bug?
I am experiencing similar backwards compatibility issues with IKMultimedia SonicSynth 2 sounds not sounding the same when converted and loaded in Sampletank 4 - so this is not a dig just to BFD but general frustration that later versions of software that marketed as being backwards compatibility seem to have hidden limitations. If I can understand the limitations - at least I can then plan and work around them.
I am really looking forward to BFD3.5 - VST3, but would be icing on cake to have BFD2 legacy presets also sounding the same as they did in BFD3.
Here’s hoping this can be sorted, but thankful BFD still going and has a bright future.