FXpansion BFD2 drum environment for PC or Mac

BFD2: an acoustic drum production environment for your computer with unprecedented power and flexibility. Extreme realism and sound quality, fast and easy set up, total plug-in integration to your digital audio workstation. Customized 10, 18 or 32 piece kits are at your fingertips, with full control over tuning, damping, ambience levels, velocity response and more. Layer parts of the kit for powerful hybrid sounds perfect for modern productions and flick through preset kit-piece profiles for quick access to dry, damped and other useful settings. BFD2 lets you configure your sounds like a real drum kit instead of pushing buttons on a sampler. You can even import your own stereo sample-sets with multiple velocity layers so you can mix and layer your own sounds with BFD2's for experimental kits and 'drum-replacement' production tricks. A universe of detail and sonic power The hyper-detailed 55GB library features sounds with multiple articulations recorded with up to 96 velocity layers to open up new worlds of rhythmic expression. BFD2 makes it possible to program or play convincing nuances and ghost notes, intricately varied and dynamic hihat parts, elaborate cymbal workouts and visceral kick and snare lines. The refined tone and definition of the space at London's legendary AIR Lyndhurst studios is captured with two pairs of room mics, including a mid/side set. Meanwhile, the kit is mic'd with stereo overheads and mono close directs. All audio is routed through the magic of a custom Neve desk with Air Montserrat preamps into Prism A/D converters, sealing the foundations of a killer drum sound. BFD2 is compatible with the entire BFD library, so if you've already bought FXpansion or third-party expansion packs you'll be able to use them in BFD2 and take advantage of all the new sound shaping features to get even more out of your investment. Mix, route and process BFD2's flexible, comprehensive mixing console lets you blend, route, submix and process the mic channels just like a real-world drum recording. Tweak bleed levels, play with ambient mic width, create aux sends and patch sidechain effects to shape your drums into infinite variations that sound convincing and powerful. The built-in processors include circuit-modelled dynamics, filters and distortion to deliver fat and floor-shaking sounds, while the flanger, bitcrusher, ring mod, delay and other effects allow subtle to extreme timbral variety. In fact, the depth and scope of BFD2's mixer rivals that of many fully-fledged sequencing hosts, meaning that you don't have to worry about setting up multiple outputs in your host for mixing your drums. If you want to take advantage of external reverbs and other plugins or outboard you can route channels freely to any of the 32 available outputs. However, if you're more of a musician than an engineer, you may prefer to browse through the supplied presets from experienced studio veterans, suitable for a variety of musical styles. A versatile and full-featured Groove engine BFD2's Groove engine provides the perfect environment for editing patterns, setting up performance modes and applying humanization effects for added realism. Although you can create and record your own Grooves, over 5000 stylistically diverse patterns are ready for you to slot straight into your productions or edit and combine with elements of each other to make new, customized parts. You can even lay out a sequence of Grooves to form a full drum track entirely within BFD2. If you're a previous user of BFD, you'll love the new time-saving and powerful functional enhancements in the Groove engine like the advanced editor, synced audition previews, individual start and end actions for each Groove and improved sorting, searching and management of your Groove library. And even more... Further improvements in BFD2 include the new, intuitive keymapping editor, easier electronic drum setup, comprehensive management of kits and presets, a revamped internal engine, totally re-designed interface, and several ways of exporting multichannel audio directly from BFD2. For example, being able to quickly and effortlessly export individual Grooves as audio makes BFD2 the ultimate custom breakbeat factory. All BFD1.5 registered users are eligible to purchase BFD2 upgrade. All BFD1.5 and expansion pack sound content is compatible with BFD2 and BFD2 upgrade. http://www.fxpansion.com/

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DreaMslashcry (2011-01-12)

Seed PLEASE!

rhaoul (2011-01-19)

it s asking for serial ???? and 5 folderw no serial thanks anyway kept me busy for half hour

rhaoul (2011-01-19)

where is the serial thanks

Germanus (2011-01-20)

What you talk about? Only your need - install pack, and, than install update for it. Read .nfo included.
Convertor need serial, but keygen included too.

xbeau (2011-02-10)

There is NO key Gen. There is NO serial. There is NO update. There is NO nfo with relevant info about unlocking the software

thomasomally1000 (2011-03-01)

Im using a mac? Do you have to install all 5 discs (I know it sounds silly but it looks like im installing the same thing over again) Plus wheres the keygen for the serial number?

tangovic (2011-03-23)

JUST GIVE US THE SERIAL THANKSSS
BECAUSE IVE TRIED LIKE 2 DAYS TO GET IT TO WORKK!

QuidamPhoenix (2011-06-05)

It works just fine. All that was needed was a look around.
After you mount Disc 1, explore the contents. Not only is there an installer, but the NFO explaining how to install/crack as well as the updates are all there.
Thanks Germanus!

Ecuze (2011-07-02)

It's not often I comment but I just want to thank you for this upload. And I see that some people are having the same problem as I had, to bypass the serial key etc. So I just want to help!
First of: You get the serial screen because you have installed the "bfd.dll" file into the wrong folder. So...
1. Mount cd 1 (I use power iso)
2. Go to "my computer" and into cd1, Install BFD2
2. Update "BFD2 Data Installer"
3. Mount and install cd 2, 3, 4 & 5 (these cd's will install all the sounds into bfd2)
4. IF the software ask about serial, then you have installed the dll into wrong path. Find the bfd.dll file and put it into right folder (for me it was; C:\Program Files (x86)\FXpansion\BFD2)
5. Have fun!

Jayaro (2011-07-03)

I have just another problem. On mac you cannot see nfo and if even software was installed successfully without serial number, a lot of audio files do not work because "failed to load because it refers to an unknown kit piece (usually

Jayaro (2011-07-03)

this is caused by authorization fail". So please, Windows users, show us the NFO, how to install this crack without SN ? Or how to get SN ?
Regards

breadnubs (2011-12-11)

Thanks for the upload. I still, however, can't figure this out. No matter what I do it keeps asking for the serial. I successfully installed but can't get past the license manager. Has anyone with a mac solved this problem? Thanks

Jmscanadyy (2012-02-28)

First, I want to thank Germanus for this torrent! Great job man! This software seems to be the answer to my prayers! Thank you so much again!
Next, I want to explain how I got this to work on my G5 imac PowerPc. It runs Leopard 10.5.8 and has a 2ghz CPU and 2 gigs of ram:
After I downloaded the torrent and opened the file, there were 5 iso files inside of it. You must mount (Double-click) and start with the very first iso file and run the installation package within it. This package will eventually have you choose a destination for all of the audio files to go in order to create an audio path for the program. I simply chose the original BFD2 folder that I saved the torrent to, created a new folder named "BFD2 Audio" within it, and chose that newly created folder. It will pop up saying something like "This file doesn't exist, do you want to create it?" Just click yes. The remaining iso files and their audio data will automatically be directed there from here-on-out. After completing the first installation package for the first iso, move on to the second iso file, mount it, and run its installation package, followed by the third, the fourth, and finally, the fifth iso file.
And after completing that, it seems that this is where a lot of problems are coming from for the mac users at this point: If you install all five installation packages from all five iso's and simply try to run BFD2 right away, it will ask you for a serial number. What you have to do is, directly after you finish installing the fifth installation package from the fifth iso, you must go back to the very first iso file, mount it/open it up, and then run the update package found in the update file within that first iso. After you do this, the program no longer asks you for a serial number, and it should work like a charm!
On another note, I figured that I should cover a problem that I encountered, which was entirely my fault, and not the torrent's:
At first, I was confused about choosing a folder for the audio data, like I explained above. On my first shot at installing the program, when the first iso asked me for a location, I created a folder called 'BFD2 Audio" just like I did in the directions above, except that I created the 'BFD2 Audio" folder on my desktop, instead of in the original BFD2 torrent folder. After completing the installation and having saved the new audio files to the desktop "BFD2 Audio" folder, I wanted to move that desktop "BFD2 Audio" folder into the original BFD2 torrent folder, so I simply clicked the "BFD2 Audio" folder and dragged and dropped it into the original BFD2 torrent folder on the desktop. After I did this, the program could no longer load any of the audio files and samples for the actual drum sounds, and I couldn't figure out why.
Eventually, after toying with the program, I found out that it was due to the data path being corrupted. What I had to do was open up the BFD2 program, and at the top left you will see five tabs. The fifth one to the very right of the five of them looks like a box with a check mark inside of it. If you click it, you will see a data path inside of a window. Basically, I had to click the add (+) symbol and find the "BFD2 Audio" files folder within the original BFD2 torrent folder on the desktop. I selected that folder (BFD2 Audio), added it, and all of the samples worked again.
In short, when I dragged and dropped the "BFD2 Audio" files folder from the desktop into the original BFD2 torrent folder on the desktop, the original data path was corrupted and destroyed, because it was no longer found in Desktop>BFD2 Audio. Instead, it was now in Desktop>BFD2 torrent folder> BFD2 Audio. See what I'm saying? The data path has to be correct in order for the program to be able to have a path to find the audio files.
In order to avoid all of that mess again, I simply reinstalled, and did what I did as I explained in the third paragraph above. I hope that this helps!
Thanks again Germanus! Now seeding!

pznmn (2012-03-27)

Hello and thank You Germanus at first! I'd like to ask can i do update of the program? It don't want to work with ableton and i thought it would help.

strategus (2012-05-05)

Thank you very much for this wonderful treat Germanus!
I'm still downloading it @ 50kB/S...
Please, fellow pirates, SEED!!!

Thrashmetalshit (2012-06-14)

Works 100% perfect! Norton discoverd a trojan.gen in the keygen to the converter. I turned off norton and then runned the keygen. Then I runned a virus scan after I was done, and Norton didn't find any trojans. Thank u so much!

natas7509 (2012-10-17)

PEOPLE!!
Scroll down to "jmscanadyy" and follow his installation instructions exactly! thank you so much.
I now have this Sick program and I am so great full to Germanus for putting it up.
Awesome

Frankoko (2012-12-17)

Salut tout le monde!
Merci beaucoup Germanus pour le torrent!
Mais j'ai un petit soucis, mon anglais étant moyen et google n'est pas très fiable...
Vous pouvez me dire où installer le fichier bfd.dll pour ne pas avoir besoin du numéro de série?

Frankoko (2012-12-17)

it's so simple! thank Germanus

BrightLgt (2012-12-17)

I finally got past the seriel key part after a long time of reading the comments and reinstalling, but now it won't seem to load up in Ableton. Something about not having the data paths. The standalone works fine, but thats not much use to me if I'm synthesizing and doing everything else inside Ableton. If anyone that has had this problem or figured out how to bypass this, help wouldbe much appreciated. Thanks.

BrightLgt (2012-12-17)

I finally got past the seriel key part after a long time of reading the comments and reinstalling, but now it won't seem to load up in Ableton. Something about not having the data paths. The standalone works fine, but thats not much use to me if I'm synthesizing and doing everything else inside Ableton. If anyone that has had this problem or figured out how to bypass this, help wouldbe much appreciated. Thanks.

BrightLgt (2012-12-17)

I finally got past the seriel key part after a long time of reading the comments and reinstalling, but now it won't seem to load up in Ableton. Something about not having the data paths. The standalone works fine, but thats not much use to me if I'm synthesizing and doing everything else inside Ableton. If anyone that has had this problem or figured out how to bypass this, help wouldbe much appreciated. Thanks.

BrightLgt (2012-12-17)

I finally got past the serial key after hours of reading comments and reinstalling. But now it won't seem to load up in Ableton. It starts up and asks for the data path and I click yes and then Ableton fails and closes and won't start up unless I completel remove BFD from my VST plug in folder. If someone has experienced this or knows how to bypass this, help would be much appreciated. Thanks.

BrightLgt (2012-12-17)

Oh shit i didn't see that I posted my comment that many times sorry about that I can't find anywhere that says delete, so feel free to delete a couple of those, but yeah if anyway knows why this is happening please let me know I've been working on this all day haven't even gotten around to making my music. Thanks again.

muroforum (2013-01-30)

Same problem as ^ .. works as standalone, vst causes Ableton to crash on startup.. :(

muroforum (2013-01-30)

@ BrightLgt run Live as administrator

mauiLOVE (2013-02-14)

Where can i get drum kits for BFD ?

Del_Brek (2013-05-13)

Installation instructions are ridiculously difficult. I have the BFD2.dll in the correct location and it still asks for a serial number. None of the NFO files have anything other than my system information. The included keygen file is not accessible by the user, but seems to be accessed by some part of the program.

steph1420 (2013-06-08)

Seed guys, please! I'm at 50%.

steph1420 (2013-06-20)

Hard drive crashed right after I downloaded it fully. Have to download it again. :'(

thebladex666 (2013-08-06)

Yeah im stuck on the serial also, did everything propperly, The guy who wrote the big tutorial said to find the updates on disc 1 and install them and it wont ask for the serial, but you guessed it, none could be found. HALP

bichitrax (2013-08-25)

To every one who stucked with serial pls download Fxpansion.BFD2.v2.3.0.38(unlocked) and run.(you should already installed this torrent before).It'll not ask for any serial .