What do you want in BFD4?

BFD3 Feature Requests
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The GUI honestly bugs me less and less now. Now that I’m mixing BFD3 pretty much exclusively in Pro Tools, after I route everything and tweak the kits, the plugin window stays closed for the most part. All of the little bugs that still continue to pop up is a way bigger deal to me, as that’s what stops production, not how pretty the interface looks. The sound has always been there. What is most important after that is consistent stability.

Now for someone who uses the groove editor and mixer, I can totally see how the GUI and clunkiness could be an issue and a pet peeve.

I think a good indicator of potentially how good BFD4 is going to be, is the BFD Player when it officially comes out. Even with it’s limited capabilities, if it turns out to be more stable and less finicky than BFD3, then that will be a good sign that the main issue is just BFD3 and how old it is. Trying to add modern compatibility/updates with such old code and engine must be really difficult and no wonder why when they address one thing, it creates a slew of other problems.

Once they finally get an Apple Silicon build covering AAX/VST3 and it’s usable, they just need to leave BFD3 alone and focus all their resources on BFD4, so they can release it as soon as possible. That’s the only way BFD is going to have a chance at gaining credibility again in the market. And please make it a reasonable upgrade price for those of us who have been loyal and stuck it out these past few years. I’ve done my part trying to spread the word on the good things about BFD3 during past sales and clear up any misconceptions. I’ve had to correct people a few times in other forums. That’s been tough to do with the valid criticisms of inMusic, the LM and bugs though.

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Definitely agreed that soon as the AAX/VST3 versions are done that BFD3 should probably be left alone. I personally love the look and functionality of BFD3 but I feel any UI changes/tweaks/updates should be exclusive to BFD4.

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Another feature I’ve been thinking about…whatever room the kits are recorded in, there should be a way to export an IR of that room for use with other instruments in your project. Say you’re using drums from El Dorado and like that room, I wanna be able to use that room on my bass track too.

…And speaking of rooms…DO SOME KITS AT NRG STUDIOS in Los Angeles!! I kinda consider that my mecca, since the first album I ever bought–Korn’s Follow the Leader–was done there.

Expanding on an earlier suggestion on cymbal packs, I’d love to see cymbals done by the collection. For instance, don’t just give us random mish-mashes, It’d be awesome to see the whole set of Paiste 602s or Zildjian As or whatever so we’re getting those super cohesive drum sounds.

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