Bring Orchestral and Marching Band Sounds to BFD!
Expand your sonic possibilities with the FXpansion BFD B.O.M.B. (Big Orchestral & Marching Band) expansion pack! It includes a whopping 38GB of new sounds covering all the must-have orchestral and marching band percussion instruments. Get creative with the crack and punch of marching snares, or take your sound to another place with the orchestral timpani and chimes that are sampled over one and a half octaves. As always with BFD expansion packs, all of BFD B.O.M.B.'s sounds were carefully selected and recorded; you can expect multiple mic positions, articulations, and velocity layers. Give yourself new creative fuel with the FXpansion BFD B.O.M.B. (Big Orchestral & Marching Band) expansion pack.
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FXpansion BFD B.O.M.B. (Big Orchestral & Marching Band) Expansion Pack at a Glance:- Get Creative with New, High-quality Percussion Sounds
- Add a Mini Orchestra to Your Percussion Arsenal
- Enjoy a Host of Signature Marching Band Sounds
- Meticulously Recorded by a Pro
New, High-quality Percussion Sounds
If you want to keep your sound fresh, you need to add new sonic elements to give your sound ways to expand. Luckily, FXpansion frequently releases high-quality expansion packs to keep your palette interesting - and that's just what BFD B.O.M.B. is. All of the sounds were recorded using carefully selected high-end equipment to capture the detail and beauty of these instruments. Multiple mic positions, articulations, and velocity layers are provided - and most sounds feature up to 50 velocity layers, with many snares offering even higher levels of detail! You can expect a 38GB suite of grooves, ready to inject classic orchestral sounds, hip-hop street beats, drum-corps, and marching performances into your music.
A Wide Range of Orchestral Elements
A full chromatic set of Orchestral Chimes and Timpani are included for melodic lines - perfect for film and commercial composition, or for complementing classic rock tracks. Tonal bass drums give you floor-shaking alternatives to standard kick drums, so you can make storming hip-hop kicks - or you can use the Brake drum for a more latin street percussion groove.
A Host of Signature Marching Band Sounds
The cutting crack of a marching band snare is useful for all kinds of mixes. Quad toms, in particular, are great for changing up the tom sound we're all used to hearing. With BFD B.O.M.B, you'll also enjoy a full complement of cymbal sounds including a variety of hand cymbals. Suspended cymbals are included as well - they don't have a cymbal stand to dampen their vibrations, so they ring out even longer than drumkit-based cymbals.
Meticulously Recorded by a Pro
John Emrich, creator of BFD Jazz & Funk, and BFD Percussion, recorded and edited BFD B.O.M.B. in its entirety. The collection was recorded at Omega Studios, Rockville, Maryland. John was Chief Musician of the US Navy Band in Washington, DC, and has a great deal of experience performing on drums of all shapes and sizes. An experienced studio engineer as well, John put together all of his drum know-how and expertise to record this high-quality collection.
- 38GB of Orchestral and Marching Band Percussion Sounds
- Compatible with BFD 1.5 and BFD 2.0
- Set of four timpani covering 1.5 octaves, recorded with felt and wood mallets
- Full set of orchestral chimes covering 1.5 octaves
- Four tonal bass drums with multiple beaters
- Concert bass drums including a 40" played with three different beaters
- Marching quad toms played with sticks, mallets and hotrods
- Seven marching and orchestral snares played with sticks, brushes, mallets, and hotrods
- Groove suite featuring drum-corps and marching performances, hip-hop street beats, and more
Microphones and signal paths
Direct channels: Focusrite Red preamps were used for all direct channels.- Bass drums: Shure Beta 52, Neumann FET47
- Snare Drums: Neumann KM184 B (top and bottom)
- Quad toms, hand cymbals, suspended cymbals and FX: Neumann KM 184 B
- Crown PZM30GPG (2) into Neve console preamps
- Royer 122s in a Blumlein pair, into Vintech Dual 72 preamps
- Neumann U89 (omni) (2) into Focusrite Red preamps, then into SSL bus compressor
- Neumann KM83i (2) recorded with a Jecklin disc into Neve console preamps
- Windows XP SP1 or higher, Vista 32, P4 or better CPU (Windows)
- OSX 10.4, G5 or Intel CPU (Mac)
- 1 GB of RAM
- 40 gig HD, 7200 rpm
- DVD drive
- Internet connection for product authorization
- Registered copy of BFD1.5 or BFD2