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Posted on Jan 24, 2006 10:52 am
DungBeatle
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Member Since: Jan 12, 2006
BFD has been mentioned in high regard for very high grade drum samples. What I was wondering is does the software allow you to drive the kits you build via MIDI? Just like any other synth? Does it take anything special to do so (besides an audio and MIDI interface card)? Can it just be run as a standalone synth? I don't have plugin capability yet, as I am using a very old version of Cakewalk. But I'm considering BFD if I could load it onto another computer and just drive it like another synth. Possible? I think the docs say so, but I want to be sure...
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Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Jan 24, 2006 07:44 pm Yep, BFD can be run as almost any type of pluggin. AS well it can be ReWired and run as a stand alone. I have only gotten to hear it once. Others here use it and I have heard their recordings and they are great. And yes, you can run it stand alone in another PC and drive it via midi. I believe that will work for you. You might also want to look at DrumCore as well. I am not sure on the price differance, but I do use DrumCore along with all my other drum synts/samplers and love it.
dB uses Battery as well and that seems to work great as well.
Jan 24, 2006 08:49 pm Thanks Noize... I'll check out DrumCore and Battery too. I'll still need to build another system, but if it'll do standalone, then I don't have to buy some other package to make it work with my current system and I can build up a little at a time. I'm inheriting an 800MHz machine, but the specs say at least 1.2GHz. I may try it anyway... Thanks again!
Jan 24, 2006 08:53 pm Battery will need LOADS of RAM, good samples take lots of memory...and Battery rocks!
Jan 24, 2006 09:04 pm Thanks dB!! Thanks for the warning, lol... Will Battery run like a synth via midi without any other software (other than drivers, midi/audio card)?
Jan 24, 2006 10:04 pm Yeah, it runs like any other softsynth can, just plug it in to any MIDI track of your multitracker and step-time sequence it from there, or real-time sequence it with a MIDI keyboard, either way, I always do step time with drum machines...it has full velocity control and all that too, effects for each drum...
Here is my review of it www.homerecordingconnecti...tory&id=495
Jan 24, 2006 10:55 pm Thanks dB! Am reading now...
Jan 25, 2006 07:09 pm I was reading the zzounds page for Battery and looking at the requirements and it says:
Minimum: Windows XP, Pentium III/Athlon 500 GHz, 256 MB RAM
I don't think I can even imagine a 500 GHz :)
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Jan 25, 2006 11:32 pm I think that is a miss print. It should read 500mHz.
Jan 25, 2006 11:48 pm There are typos and then there are mentos... I knew it when I saw it... Right now, I would think a 500GHz would go through the China syndrome...
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Jan 25, 2006 11:56 pm If I could have a 500 GHz machine I might be set untill the end of 2006 when they upgraded the processor again. :-)
Jan 26, 2006 12:15 am A 500 GHz machine would be fully 156.25 times faster than the fastest server I maintain at work... I just can't even imagine that kinda speed... :) I'll retire before machines get to that speed, I'm sure...
Jan 26, 2006 09:25 am Let me be more specific, home computers, not supercomputers... but thanks for the link and the opportunity to retire :)
