Hi all I posted on here a few weeks back about a very (seemingly) cheap and fantastic deal that was selling BFD Eco, plus there were giving away the "Greatest Hits Expansion Pack" and even a 2gig usb flash drive all for $50. It seems judging by the lack of responses to have gone down like the titanic but I'm just wondering if anyone did actually buy it. Well I bought it and being as I own BFD 2 I only bought it for the expansion pack so it's not a problem for me. Musicians friend have been a bit naughty I think. You would expect the expansion pack to work with BFD Eco? Why give it away otherwise? No one would buy Eco on it's own if like me they already owned BFD 2 so all those who did buy it are probably feeling pretty pissed off and justifiably so. Ok, even without the expansion pack BFD Eco for $49 is a no brainer but still they (musicians friend) really should know better I think. Cheers Steve
In news:icb74a$at5$ the killer robot "Steve Corr" <> grabbed the controls of the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... > I posted on here a few weeks back about a very (seemingly) cheap and > fantastic deal that was selling BFD Eco, plus there were giving away > the "Greatest Hits Expansion Pack" and even a 2gig usb flash drive > all for $50. > It seems judging by the lack of responses to have gone down like the > titanic but I'm just wondering if anyone did actually buy it. > Well I bought it and being as I own BFD 2 I only bought it for the > expansion pack so it's not a problem for me. > > Musicians friend have been a bit naughty I think. You would expect the > expansion pack to work with BFD Eco? Why give it away otherwise? > No one would buy Eco on it's own if like me they already owned BFD 2 > so all those who did buy it are probably feeling pretty pissed off and > justifiably so. Ok, even without the expansion pack BFD Eco for $49 is > a no brainer but still they (musicians friend) really should know > better I think. Cheers I passed on it coz I have Superior Drummer 2 and am real happy with it using my V-Drums to play it. I wouldn't mind having BFD as well, but I just don't have the bucks to support two premium drum softwares. -- Remove YourHeadFromYourAss to Reply by email ________ __ / ____/ /__ ____ ____ / /_ ____ / / __/ / _ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \ / /_/ / / __/ / / / / / / /_/ / /_/ / \____/_/\___/_/ /_/_/ /_/_.___/\____/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Glennbo http://www.soundclick.com/glennbo Non-Linear Sound http://www.soundclick.com/jambits Hear My Music http://www.soundclick.com/ThePseudonyms
Fare enough GB, I thought it was just too cheap not to broadcast though. It's there till the end of December but is now at $149 with an instant $50 discount so it's $99. As if you couldn't have figured that out for your selves Anyway as for my complaints about the expansion pack not working in Eco it seems I was talking out my backside. You can load all the individual kit pieces in Eco but not the actual kits, once loaded you can then save them as your own kits. Bet you can't do that in superior? Steve
In news:icbofs$ke4$ the killer robot "Steve Corr" <> grabbed the controls of the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... > Fare enough GB, I thought it was just too cheap not to broadcast > though. It's there till the end of December but is now at $149 > with an instant $50 discount so it's $99. As if you couldn't have > figured that out for your selves Oh no doubt that was a killer deal, if I'd had an extra fifty bucks, I'd have jumped on it. I did watch it throughout the day, and saw it go up to $99 then $149, all in the course of about an hour. > Anyway as for my complaints about the expansion pack not working in > Eco it seems I was talking out my backside. > You can load all the individual kit pieces in Eco but not the actual > kits, once loaded you can then save them as your own kits. > Bet you can't do that in superior? Of course you can mix-n-match in Superior. I can load any samples up from Superior 1, EZ-Drummer, and Superior 2 to make a kit, and then save it as one of my kits. So what do you *not* get with BFD Eco that you do get with the full blown BFD? -- Remove YourHeadFromYourAss to Reply by email ________ __ / ____/ /__ ____ ____ / /_ ____ / / __/ / _ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \ / /_/ / / __/ / / / / / / /_/ / /_/ / \____/_/\___/_/ /_/_/ /_/_.___/\____/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Glennbo http://www.soundclick.com/glennbo Non-Linear Sound http://www.soundclick.com/jambits Hear My Music http://www.soundclick.com/ThePseudonyms
On 11/21/2010 1:30 PM, Steve Corr wrote: > Fare enough GB, I thought it was just too cheap not to broadcast though. > It's there till the end of December but is now at $149 > with an instant $50 discount so it's $99. As if you couldn't have figured > that out for your selves > > Anyway as for my complaints about the expansion pack not working in Eco it > seems I was talking out my backside. > You can load all the individual kit pieces in Eco but not the actual kits, > once loaded you can then save them as your own kits. > Bet you can't do that in superior? > > Steve > > That would be correct. You can't load other sample libraries in Superior. I haven't had any desire to do that. -- Dave "Mod Bod" Modisette http://www.gatortraks.com/forum http://www.gatortraks.com
These weren't sample libraries from other companies Dave, the "greatest hits" is an fxpansion library but it didn't load in Eco the same way it did in BFD 2. Although I'm more than happy with my ever expanding library I think it would be great if I could load libraries from other companies like toontrack just to see if they sound any different. I don't think it would diminish BFD any if it could do that but I doubt it's going to happen. As for the differences between Eco and BFD 2 Glenbo, I've not spent a lot of time using eco but there are many. Some are subtle and others less so. Eco uses less velocity levels and is 16 bit only (although I don't think 16 bit only makes a lot of difference to my ears the reduced velocity layers can be quite telling. It seems you only have 2 auxiliary channels in eco where as you can have as many as you like in BFD 2. There are a lot of differences in the mixer which, if you prefer to use your host sequencers mixer won't matter much I guess but I really like the BFD 2 mixer and it has some really neat features that I wish sonar had. I think you mentioned something about wanting to have your aux channels any place you liked? I can do that in the BFD mixer but not in eco. Eco has many more pre-sets of different genres which 6 months ago I was crying out for but now I prefer create my own sounds, although they are good to give you a starting point sometimes. As well as having more articulations BFD 2 has many more articulation controls and can be they created for each individual articulation so if I want velocity to pitch control on just the snare hit and no the drag that very easy to do. Eco has 12 instrument slots where as BFD 2 has up to 32. Strangely some people have been complaining they couldn't run more than one instance as if to say their 32 piece kit just isn't big enough. I can run more than one instance though in sonar on windows 7, just haven't yet felt the need BFD 2 has a full midi mapping and controller assignment page which eco doesn't seem to have so that's got to make it easier for people using V-drums and stuff as well as the likes of me who just plod along in the piano role There are quite a few other differences not forgetting of course that BFD 2 comes with completely separate 10 kits where as I think eco mixes a selection of snares, kicks etc. to create different kits. BFD 2 is 55GB full install. Fx wise they are mostly the same but you only get the "Breverb" plate with eco and not the, hall, room & inverse ones that come with BFD 2. Also BFD 2 comes with PSP's vintage warmer built in. Obviously these things wont make diddly squat if you have all the fx you need and you prefer to mix in in your host. So these are some of the main differences I have found so far. Eco is great for the price but I think the difference is reflected in the higher cost of BFD 2 and with the extra kits and flexibility I'd say BFD 2 is more than worth it. Steve "Dave "Mod Bod" Modisette" wrote in message news:4cec61b6$0$5166$... On 11/21/2010 1:30 PM, Steve Corr wrote: > Fare enough GB, I thought it was just too cheap not to broadcast though. > It's there till the end of December but is now at $149 > with an instant $50 discount so it's $99. As if you couldn't have figured > that out for your selves > > Anyway as for my complaints about the expansion pack not working in Eco it > seems I was talking out my backside. > You can load all the individual kit pieces in Eco but not the actual kits, > once loaded you can then save them as your own kits. > Bet you can't do that in superior? > > Steve > > That would be correct. You can't load other sample libraries in Superior. I haven't had any desire to do that. -- Dave "Mod Bod" Modisette http://www.gatortraks.com/forum http://www.gatortraks.com
In news:icqnb0$ej8$ the killer robot "Steve Corr" <> grabbed the controls of the spaceship cakewalk.audio and pressed these buttons... > Fx wise they are mostly the same but you only get the "Breverb" plate > with eco and not the, hall, room & inverse > ones that come with BFD 2. Also BFD 2 comes with PSP's vintage warmer > built in. > Obviously these things wont make diddly squat if you have all the fx > you need and you prefer to mix in in your host. > > So these are some of the main differences I have found so far. > Eco is great for the price but I think the difference is reflected in > the higher cost of BFD 2 and with the extra kits and flexibility > I'd say BFD 2 is more than worth it. Sounds similar to the differences between Superior and EZ-Drummer. What I'm really liking about the "Lost New York Studios" samples that I'm using for my primary digital drum kit now, is that I don't even need any reverb. These samples open up and show off the room they were recorded in (if you have them in the mix) when you hit the drums hard. There is no reverb at all on this little test I did this morning. http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=403575&songID=9928472 -- Remove YourHeadFromYourAss to Reply by email ________ __ / ____/ /__ ____ ____ / /_ ____ / / __/ / _ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \/ __ \ / /_/ / / __/ / / / / / / /_/ / /_/ / \____/_/\___/_/ /_/_/ /_/_.___/\____/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Glennbo http://www.soundclick.com/glennbo Non-Linear Sound http://www.soundclick.com/jambits Hear My Music http://www.soundclick.com/ThePseudonyms
