You can pretty much do that by disengaging the global FX power switch in the BFD3 mixer.
Steve
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Yes sir, exactly. (Blah, blah)
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You can turn off FX globally, but if you want to work on a individual channel with FX turned on, you have to turn on the global FX, but then go into each channel and turn the FX off for the channels you want turned off.
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Solo? 
Bla bla nla
Steve
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Yes, a solo FX option per channel would be super duper.
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To that, I’ve recorded a couple of my own libraries during sessions and I never use spot mics, but not being able to remove the direct cymbal channels in BFD is a pain because when I purge via “remove unused channels”, the direct cymbals go away (good thing) but when I re-open the GUI they come back in random spots messing up the flow of my preset.
I have no way of typing that previous paragraph so it makes more sense, I hope it does… but yeah feature request (if not already mentioned) for BFD4 would be to let us remove any direct mic channel and have it stay out of the mixer and be unloaded from memory, and have that choice be retained for that channel when replacing the kit piece. Maybe have a prompt that pops up asking you which channels of the new kit piece you want loaded via checkboxes.
This forum makes me feel like I’m in the minority having few to no problems with BFD3s workflow, so I feel like I’m reaching for feature requests.
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No I totally get you. One day BFD should really offer some sort of advanced panel for a drum where you can enable or disable channels and articulations in order to free up memory and make the mixer tidier. I definitely want something along those lines.
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I would like to be able to reorganize the rows of the groove editor to match drum sheet music. I do not like having the bass drum on the top row.
I would like to be able to re-size the screen to match the resolution size of the monitor being used (Full screen). Grabbing one corner to resize would be great.
I would like pallets that can be un-attached to be moved to other parts of the screen or another monitor. Multi screen support.
Please add a prefix to the names of drums on standard drums and expansion packs. Examples : BFD3
BFD2 HPR (Horse power) BLKA (Black Album) You get the idea.
Improvement on locating of the groves themselves. Tap to find- Similar groove types- BPM type.
The ability to choose how many CPU’s of the processor you want the program to use.
Research EZD3 and SD3 for features that would be useful. Do not re-invent the wheel.
The architectural design software that I use to make a living with offers a couple of different ways to use the software. You can rent it monthly and you get all updates for free and free technical support. You can buy it outright and you get one year of updates and technical support. You can buy it and pay a yearly fee for updates and technical support. Al three includes all design expansion catalogs (comparable to BFD expansion packs).
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Currently, when you load a channel preset onto an aux ch, it doesn’t replace the name of the channel/bus with the one you previously saved. The name remains whatever aux# you loaded onto.
Ideally when you save a channel preset, it should save the bus routing and name.
Not all the flexibility you’re asking for, but it does invert the order and puts the kick on the bottom.
+1 on screen resizability, multi-monitor support, detachable palette (wasn’t that a song by King Missile?)
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Some things I come across with more often:
- I really want a resizable GUI.
Especially when in the grove editor, it feels like I am scrolling from left to right more than actually working on the grove. - The DRM is too much. I don’t like to have my ‘work’ computer hooked on the internet all the time and it doesn’t take much research to see that it isn’t really good at protecting the product either.
- Presets shouldn’t come with groves when loading one or at least get a question prompt asking if you want this to happen. This is very annoying when you are in a DAW and you press play. Then you hear the groves from that preset.
- The mixer and effects could get a major overhaul.
Make it more DAW like. It’s easier to use and easier to understand for the user as they already know
that workflow. - Maybe two styles of interfaces. An easy one and an expert one.
- Use the license manager as a one stop proper update manager and store. I don’t want to click extra things. When I click update, I want it to install automatically. Look at Steam! Rebrand ‘License Manager’ to ‘the Drumhub’ or ‘the Drumlocker.’ That feels much friendlier than ‘license manager’ anyway!
- Which bring me to Microtransactions: a lot of the time, I love a snare but don’t care for the rest of a pack. I wish I could buy just the snare for like 2,95 or 5 dollars. And make it so that if I want to buy the entire pack at a later time, I get a discount due to the item I already bought.
Often I also find full packs to expensive so I won’t buy them. So if I could grab what I needed, I would probably spend the same if not more on expansion packs but more tailored to me. - At least for the upgrade of BFD3 to BFD4, I hope it won’t be a expensive upgrade and possibly a free one. While I do love the sounds and I did like the free expansion given on the migration. It was a really bumpy road experience which costed me a few months of downtime and I am really scared of something like that again with a big upgrade.
As things I want to keep
- I really like the color scheme and the way everything looks. It feels easy on the eyes tho I hope for a (proper) darkmode version as well.
- While other drum software has gone with 3D looking drums, I feel like BFD3 feels more clean and easier to see.
- The easy perspective switch is great. I like the audience in recording but I play with drummer perspective. So being able to switch that instantly on the homepage is nice.
Other than that, despite the troubling road with the migration and getting things to work properly again, I am really happy with BFD3. So I don’t necessarily need a BFD4 if some of the things mentioned could be implemented in a BFD3 version.
Keep up the good work!
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I keep forgetting to post this, but I would like more than 16 (mono/stereo) outs in the mixer. Sorry if this has already been mentioned.
Kind regards,
Living Room Rocker
You don’t have to be on line all the time, as of the latest build you now have a 90 day countdown.
You have to stay logged in but disconnecting from the internet doesn’t log you out.
I know it’s a compromise but once every 90 days can’t be that bad?
Steve
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You are right, it isn’t that bad. Just really, really unnecessary.
If you really have to check up on your customers. Do it every time there is an update and when you are installing new content. At those times you actually have to connect with the server anyway. Then don’t bother me until I bring the machine back online.
Maybe for the future do something like what Microsoft is doing with Windows licenses.
Link the license to hardware. Then you don’t have to recheck until you change your hardware or want to install it on another device.
I am not pointing to sites for obvious reasons but evidently, the DRM hasn’t worked for nearly every version of BFD3 and not just for BFD3. Also other software. So why add another slightly annoyance to the software to people who paid up even if I am probably in the minority regarding running BFD on an offline machine.
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I think this is a fantastic idea!
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I think I did mention this here a while back. Indeed 16 mono outs is not quite enough for larger kits to go to DAW.
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Hi, let me preface this with a warning, that Im not a computer wizard or a BFD Genius. So if I say something stupid or have overlooked something . . . well . . .
I want preset key maps for 25 key midi controllers, I am always riddled with not enough toms or cymbals in BFD presets. The left hand side of my controller is good, but the right side is a mess. I have customized some in the past and had my key map disappear over time.
Thanks
There are 53 keymaps on offer with BFD3 so it might be better to say which one’s you want.
There were quite a few maps that users had created on the old forum but not sure if there are any here.
Maybe someone could start a thread as a sticky?
Although I haven’t mapped for a midi controller I have used the keymap page so I can have kits laid out how I like in my DAW and it was really simple.
Might be worth looking for some youtube tutorials or going through the manual if you want to have a go yourself.
Midi controllers change every year so the ones that ship with BFD3 are never going to be totally up to date.
Steve
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I think any new version should have a Licence Manager that assumes full control of your whole computer , and constantly scans it - suggesting new ways in which you could improve your retail experience.
That would suggest it letting you know what its doing.
It’ll constantly scan, not tell you what its doing, then shut down BFD completely, then ask you if you want to buy any expansions or other InMusic products, without letting you know those are time limited demos too.
Then BFD might start to work again, who knows? The customer wont know, thats for sure, not until its too late.