Not just BFD4 but BFD3 too.
Some kind of count down timer to tell you how may days you have left before you need to call home and reauthorise please.
Should go some way to ease users anxieties.
Steve
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20 characters of agreement.
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Yeah, I actually did this last night when printing. I still have to adjust some of the Ambient mic channels, etc though, but it does help to retain the balance I created for the kick and snare mics. To me, the balance between those is most important. I mean I could achieve that same balance in my DAW, but it’s just doing things twice and takes some time to get it right.
Don’t know how many times it takes repeating before it becomes a feature, but yes, I can’t see why BFD doesn’t add this. A visible countdown timer only makes things more workable using the current scheme. It has no downside at all.
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I don’t know how many times it takes repeating but NO ONE wants ANY kind of TIME OUT with BFD.
I hope you guys enjoy it.
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Combine BFD2, BFD3 and BFD4 into one consolidated product.
One Core library that contains ALL previous Core libraries.
One set of Preset and Kit files that include EVERYTHING needed to use these features.
No messing around with convoluted scanning of multiple paths.
Put it all together.
Make it simple to install, simple to setup, and simple to use.
I beg you!
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That won’t happen because then there won’t be any upgrade path for users of those previous iterations. I doubt existing users will want to shell out $300+ when they already have paid BFD 1/2/3.
@Fender_Bender Perhaps your prediction will hold true. I certainly hope not. If so they will loose a lot of customers and BFD will eventually die.
The place where I buy almost all of my music/recording stuff (I won’t say their name, but they’re the #1 music/recording retailer) quit selling BFD because of all the complaints they were receiving about the product, and they determined that the product was not well supported. I almost went with Superior Drummer 3 instead of BFD for that reason. Instead I went with BFD3 because I was impressed with the quality of its samples and depth of the application. I’m a tweaker. Maybe I made a mistake. Only time will tell.
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Sure there is, half off for current users
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Yes, there is now, my reply was to @BigFriendlyDrums idea above, that BFD4 should include all previous core libraries.
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Ah… I was wondering why Sweetwater dropped BFD from their products. I bought BFD1/2 through them many years ago. I was going to ask my sales Rep what the deal was.
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Yikes. Thats a real pyrrhic victory for getting out from under Roli. BFD being more under development than it has in years and its end result is being dropped for not having support! Whoops 
@Fender_Bender I did not say who the retailer is. Whoever it was didn’t explicitly say the exact words I stated above–he was more diplomatic about it. But the message seemed clear to me, especially after reading all the complaints here, and the virtual lack of response by those at BFD and inMusic.
I’m not here to bash BFD or inMusic. I am encouraged that they released new versions of the License Manger and BFD3 which seem to address many of the complaints posted here.
I think BFD3 or BFD4 could be an even better product. They just need to fix the technical issues. No more workarounds. No more scanning deep into the depths of the OS file system for BFD2 Preset and Kit files, some of which point to snare drums, hihats and cymbals which do not exist in BFD3. These are clearly HUGE oversights and should be corrected immediately.
I’m just getting started in the BFD domain, having purchased BFD3 only a couple of weeks ago. I was looking for something better than what was included with Logic Pro and Native Instruments and BFD3 seemed to be the best thing out there. So I come to this forum to see what the users have to say, what is being discussed, and boom…it was a giant s**t storm of complaints. Then I started running into issues myself with no clear solutions. I am wondering if I made a big mistake buying BFD3 and many Expansion packs. Even with the holiday sale discounts I’m into BFD for almost $800. It better be worth it.
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To anyone requesting a countdown timer. No.
If there is no phone-home there is no need for a countdown timer. Get rid of that shit or lose customers.
Thank you.
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Wow, $800 is quite a lot of dosh to be spent on software that you’re just getting into for the first time and taking a gamble on. You’re brave. I hope it works out for you and all of us in the end. There’s a lot of great potential with BFD.
Obviously the count down timer would only be required if they insist on keeping the current periodic phone home.
Which would you rather have, your sessions interrupted without warning, or the security of knowing that you have x amount of time to reauthorise?
Forewarned is forearmed as the say.
Steve
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Neither, either the phone-home goes or I go (I’m sure some others too - some have already gone). I’m already close to dumping this program I am that pissed off with the way this whole takeover’s been dealt with, keeping ‘phone-the-authorities’ will be the straw that breaks the camel’s back.
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I very much doubt it will go completely and if it does go it won’t be for a while.
I’d like to be wrong of course but for me it’s not a deal breaker, just a minor annoyance.
Steve
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@Fender_Bender Yes, it’s not a small amount of money. Perhaps we are just at different points in our musical journey, or at a different level of commitment. I agree about the potential of BFD. It does have great depth. That’s why I took the plunge.
This is the vibe I get. InMusic don’t give me much sense of customer service, just self-service. Even if they drop this LM crap, I’m not really ‘feeling it’ at the moment from this company and will probably jump ship unless something amazing happens to restore my faith in this product. Luckily I’m in no rush so I can wait a while.