Has anyone run BFD3 in Linux using WINE?

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Hi there, I have run BFD 2 for a few years now in Linux via the WINE software. It runs very well. After doing software updates to my Linux operating system I have sometimes had to re-authorize my BFD 2 license, but last week I ran out of authorizations. I emailed the support desk, but was told that BFD 2 is no longer supported by the license manager, and that my only path forward was an upgrade to BFD v3.4.

What I would like to know is has anyone tried to install BFD 3 in a Linux system using WINE? If you have what was your experience like? I’m surprised and a bit frustrated at the response from the support desk as there is no guarantee that BFD 3.x will work under WINE, but I can attest to BFD 2.x running flawlessly so it would be preferable to keep using BFD 2 - however if someone has managed to get BFD 3.x working then I could justify laying down the coin for the upgrade.

TIA for your answers.
Chris, New Zealand.

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BFD 3.45 works on Linux but the new 3.5 needs the separate license manager as far as I am aware and you can’t install that at all. About 50 unhandled exceptions when you try to do so. BFD 3.45 has a few graphics glitches as a plugin on my system but the standalone version seems perfect. The free player version seems to work fine as well. The issue moving forward will be this licensing app.

BFD has been a tragic state of affairs. A brilliant piece of software that should be the de facto industry standard drum sampler but due to endless issues it isn’t.

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