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FXpansion BFD eco

Item ID: BFDeco

Drum Plug-in with 40 Mixed Preset Kits and 1,500 Grooves

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A Powerhouse Drum Plug-in Made Affordable and Easy!

Here's a fun and affordable way to put impeccable drum sounds into your recordings! Based on the award-winning BFD engine, FXpansion's BFD eco gives you an immense range of the most sought after drum sounds — and at an incredibly low price! You've got easy access to all of those drum sounds in your VST-, AU-, or RTAS-compatible DAW , thanks to BFD eco's simple and intuitive user interface. This is a great plug-in for anyone wanting to learn how to program drums, but who wants no-compromise drum sounds ready for the highest level of sessions.

Affordable and powerful — and boasting 1,500+ drum grooves — you're going to love getting your ears on BFD eco. To get started shaping sounds in the right style, you even get 40 mixed preset kits in a variety of musical styles, from rock to jazz to funk and beyond with BFD eco!

FXpansion BFD eco Features at a Glance:
  • User- and resource-friendly interface for BFD-family drum sounds and Grooves
  • 40 mixed presets and kits in various musical styles like rock, jazz, funk, metal and more
  • Built-in library includes 5 kicks, 6 snares, 12 toms, 11 cymbals, 3 hi-hats, and percussion including jam-blocks, cowbell, cabasa and tambourine
  • Mix and match individual kit-pieces to build your own 12-piece kits
  • Internal EQ and FX slots on each channel including ambience, aux and master channels
  • Integrated mixer includes 2 aux channels for adding extra reverb/parallel compression
  • Master output and Direct output for each channel (plugin version only)
  • Intuitive, user-configurable MIDI key-mapping and electronic drum support
  • Groove section to preview Grooves in sync with your DAW, and assemble a drum track
  • Over 1500 Grooves with advanced humanization and audio export
  • FX suite includes EQ and filtering, circuit-modeled compression, drive, delay, ring-mod, flanger, bitcrusher, envelope-shaper, and Overloud Breverb plate algorithm
  • Windows XP SP3 (32-bit), Vista SP1 (32-bit), Windows 7 (32-bit), Pentium 4-based CPU or better (Windows)
  • OSX 10.5.7 or higher, Intel CPU (Macintosh)
  • 1 GB of RAM
  • 7200 RPM HDD with at least 5 GB of free space
  • DVD drive for installation
  • Internet connection for product authorization

Premium drum sounds without the price with FXpansion's BFD eco!

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Specification Detail
Software Type Drums
Supported Computer Format Mac, PC
Supported Plug-In Formats RTAS, AU, VST
Supported Audio Formats ASIO, Core Audio
Hardware Requirements - Mac Intel Mac, 1GB of RAM
Hardware Requirements - PC Pentium4 or better CPU, 1GB of RAM
OS Requirements - Mac OSX 10.5.7
OS Requirements - PC XP SP3, Vista, Windows 7
Notes Works as Stand Alone program
Manufacturer Part Number FXBFDECO01

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based on 3 reviews

FXpansion BFD eco

by Henri Nobles from Ohio
October 31, 2011
Music Background: Composer musician producer.
I like the part of working with this kind of software, Drums are the basic sounds which are needed.

Great value.

by Monty Lightfoot from Temperance, VA USA
May 30, 2011
Music Background: Project studio owner.
Sounds are great and the tweek factor is impressive and considering the deal Sweetwater is offering, with the free expansion disc, you won't be disappointed.
Only draw back is this program is v... read more [+]ery cpu hungry on my some what obsolete system.
I bought it as a way to check out the possibility of using VST drums as opposed to my ususal module. I will be making the switch. close [-]

BFD ECO

by Paul Gustafson from Atlanta, Ga
June 20, 2011
Music Background: Songwriter
This product is more of a teaser for the full version.
If they added "Import" and "Save" in order to save your grooves, then I would have given this product more stars.

However, ... read more [+]I was able to create a nice drum track and easily export it to Pro Tools.

There are brushes in the R&B track, but you have to look for them.

This is a nice starter pack and you can still upgrade later. close [-]

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