Put Some 8 Bit Grit in Your BFD Kits!

The 8 Bit Kit is an add-on pack for fXpansion's [url=http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/BFD]BFD[/url] software drum module system, offering exciting new flavors for your drum productions. The first BFD recording made at The Sound Factory in Los Angeles, 8 Bit Kit is the brainchild of S. Husky Hoskulds, recording engineer for such diverse artists as Tom Waits, Solomon Burke, Joe Henry, Sheryl Crow, The Wallflowers and many more. fXpansion BFD 8 Bit Kit at a glance:

• New collection of strange and exotic sounds
• Original recordings of vintage analog drum machines
• Selection of "processed" sounds with more distortion and grit

New collection of strange and exotic sounds The 8 Bit Kit is a new collection of drums, cymbals, hi-hats, percussion and electronics for BFD featuring dozens of unique, vintage, handmade and exotic kit pieces, all captured by a strange and wonderful array of microphones in the Sound Factory acoustic space. What makes 8 Bit Kit sonically unique is the way the drums were prepared, tuned and hit. The kicks are recorded using various unorthodox techniques including chains attached to the front head, detuned, or even hit with a paint roller. Some of the 8 Bit Kit snares have been modified by Husky himself and fitted with calf-skin and Kevlar heads. High-hats may be aged, cracked, mismatched or warped. An esoteric percussion palette in the 8 Bit Kit includes African hand drums and Moroccan tambourines miked from both above and below, as well as a range of claps, stomps, junk percussion and even a fight bell. Original recordings of vintage analog drum machines The 8 Bit Kit expansion also includes original recordings made directly from selected vintage analog drum machines of the 70s and 80s. 8 Bit Kit captures the original hardware both dry, and played out over a custom PA rig in the same acoustic space used for the rest of the recording session. To further extend BFD's versatility, these can be layered with acoustic sounds from the original BFD or XFL pack to create rich, hybrid kicks and snares - a popular production trick. you'll find the 8 Bit Kit gives you an incredible palette of unique percussion sounds to mix and match! Selection of "processed" sounds with more distortion and grit Certain 8 Bit Kit sounds are also provided in processed, boosted versions; a few select pieces have been treated further to add grit and punch - more distortion, more compression, more texture, more 8 Bit! The microphones used are as unique as the drums themselves, including parabolic 'Spy Mics', Calrec Soundfield stereo mics, and mics with gramophone horns attached. The Sound Factory studio space is smaller (but fatter) than the original El Dorado room used in BFD and BFD XFL, and the 8 Bit Kit integrates perfectly with the BFD system, at the same time adding its own unique character to the mix. fXpansion BFD 8 Bit Kit Features:

• Unique expansion pack for BFD
• Sampled drum machines include TR-808, TR-909, LM-1, Drumtraks, Oberheim DX
• Kicks include 1967 Ludwig, 1940s Leedy mahogany and Ludwig floor tom configured as a kick
• Snares include Rogers marching snare, Jody Gere 8.561, custom early 1900s Lionhead with wood hoops
• Toms include roto-toms (two sets), frame drums configured as toms (two sets)
• Cymbals include stainless steel hand made x 5, saucepan lids, mismatched 13.561-on-1461 high-hat
• Percussion includes bongos, African hand drums, Moroccan tambourine, punch bowl, fight bell

Add the 8 Bit Kit to your BFD collection for unworldly drum sounds!