BFD 3 and Reaper Individual kit piece track recording Part 1

[Paco572]

All right, here is the written version of "How to" create individual tracks for BFD 3 in Reaper with full control over OH, Ambient and Room mics.

Initial Prep
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It's best for the purpose of this how to have a 9 piece kit and grooves ready to go with OH, Ambient and Room mics sounding the way you want, You can do this in Reaper or in the stand alone version of BFD 3. It will better understand what it is you want when you customize this process to your own liking. You should set all "Pans" to center as you can pan them later in reaper. For now the basics.


Step 1: On sheet of paper write down the volumes for your OH, Room, and Amb3 mics. You'll be using them later.

This "how to" will assume you are using a 9 piece kit. It will also include instruction on creating separate tracks for kick and snare bleeds. Which will have it's own heading.
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Step 1: Launch Reaper, new with no tracks.
Step 2: Select "Insert" from the top row Menu options. Select "Virtual Instrument on new track"
Step 3: Select from the drop down "VSTi" and from the right pane, " VSTi BFD3 (x64) (FXpansion) (2>32ch)" When asked if you want "ADD" to create the other 32 tracks say "NO" You'll end with BFD 3 instrument on a single track.
Step 4: Load a 9 kit piece kit in BFD 3 then select "Faders" in the middle of the screen.
Step 5: On the far right side of BFD 3 select "Tech" This will show "General", "Tuning", "Bleed" and "Ambient Mics" Controls. As you select each kit piece in the faders section the tech side with show the control for each kit piece.
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""Creating "AUX" Channels""
.Step 1: Using the "+" symbol "Add Channel" in the center of the fader screen select from the drop down. "Add Aux Channel". Note you want to add 9 Aux channels if you have 9 kit pieces. ****You must expand the faders section using the "Small rectangle with an arrow in it". You'll see the kick might have 3 faders and the snare might 3 as well, you send "kick in" to Aux 1 and Kick out" to Aux 1 the Kick drum to "AUX 1" channel. same thing goes for the "snare top" to Aux 2 and "snare bottom" to Aux 2 and "Snare" to Aux 2. This "How to" I will be expanding the faders for both the snare and kick.

Step 2: Have the FX Track 1 "BFD3" window open, if not select "FX" on the BFD 3 instrument track you created to open it. This is important because it's going to provide to you the location of the AUX channel your going to send to Reaper. Leave this window open for now.
Step 3: Go to the faders in BFD 3, and with the AUX channels you created,

Select Aux 1 and at the bottom click on "MASTER" and select "Mono 1"
Select Aux 2 and at the bottom click on "MASTER" and select "Mono 2"
Select Aux 3 and at the bottom click on "MASTER" and select "Mono 3"
Select Aux 4 and at the bottom click on "MASTER" and select "Mono 4"
Select Aux 5 and at the bottom click on "MASTER" and select "Mono 5"
Select Aux 6 and at the bottom click on "MASTER" and select "Mono 6"
Select Aux 7 and at the bottom click on "MASTER" and select "Mono 7"
Select Aux 8 and at the bottom click on "MASTER" and select "Mono 8"
Select Aux 9 and at the bottom click on "MASTER" and select "Mono 9"

Step 4:
Select the Kick drum and click on "Master" From the drop down select Aux/Aux 1
Select the Snare drum and click on "Master" From the drop down select Aux/Aux 2
Select the Hi Hats and click on "Master" From the drop down select Aux/Aux 3
Select the Low Tom and click on "Master" From the drop down select Aux/Aux 4
Select the Mid Tom and click on "Master" From the drop down select Aux/Aux 5
Select the Hi Tom and click on "Master" From the drop down select Aux/Aux 6
Select the Crash 1 and click on "Master" From the drop down select Aux/Aux 7
Select the Crash 2 and click on "Master" From the drop down select Aux/Aux 8
Select the Ride and click on "Master" From the drop down select Aux/Aux 9

Note: You must create the "AUX channels" in step 3 first or they won't be seen when you "send" them in Step 4
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OH, Room and Amb3 sends.

Now your going to add the OH mics to your sends. At this point you have by-passed them by sending your kits pieces to AUX channels so there is no OH mics so at this point your kits pieces are "Dry" as they say. Here I'm going show how you add the mics and you'll see you have full control over each instrument and the OH mics. Using the OH Mic Volumes you wrote down earlier you will add them in this section.


KICK
Step 1:Click on the Kick drum. In the "Bleed" Section select "OFF" "Note: this will only apply on the kick and snare."

Step 2: Now look to the right Tech Window and you'll see your kick drum and other information such a Pan, General, Tuning, Bleed, Loudness, and Ambient Mics
In the "Ambient Mics" section make sure the mics are on and "Link" is OFF, to the right are "volume sliders", set your volumes to ones you wrote down at the start of this "How to"

Step 3: To the right of the volume slides are 3 small boxes beside each mic, OH, Room, and Amb3, click on the "Jewel" and select from the drop down "AUX 1" for all 3 boxes.
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SNARE
Step 1:Click on the Snare drum. In the "Bleed Section select "OFF" "Note: this will only apply on the kick and snare."

Step 2: Now look to the right Tech Window and you'll see your Snare drum and other information such a Pan, General, Tuning, Bleed, Loudness, and Ambient Mics
In the "Ambient Mics" section make sure the mics are on and "Link" is OFF, to the right are "volume sliders", set your volumes to ones you wrote down at the start of this "How to"

Step 3: To the right of the volume slides are 3 small boxes beside each mic, OH, Room, and Amb3, click on the "Jewel" and select from the drop down "AUX 2" for all 3 boxes.
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HI HATS
Step 1:Click on the HI hat . In the "Bleed Section select "OFF" "Note: this will only apply on the kick and snare."

Step 2: Now look to the right Tech Window and you'll see your Hi Hat and other information such a Pan, General, Tuning, Bleed, Loudness, and Ambient Mics
In the "Ambient Mics" section make sure the mics are on and "Link" is OFF, to the right are "volume sliders", set your volumes to ones you wrote down at the start of this "How to"

Step 3: To the right of the volume slides are 3 small boxes beside each mic, OH, Room, and Amb3, click on the "Jewel" and select from the drop down "AUX 3" for all 3 boxes.
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LOW TOM
Step 1:Click on the Low Tom. In the "Bleed Section select "OFF" "Note: this will only apply on the kick and snare."

Step 2: Now look to the right Tech Window and you'll see your Low Tom and other information such a Pan, General, Tuning, Bleed, Loudness, and Ambient Mics
In the "Ambient Mics" section make sure the mics are on and "Link" is OFF, to the right are "volume sliders", set your volumes to ones you wrote down at the start of this "How to"

Step 3: To the right of the volume slides are 3 small boxes beside each mic, OH, Room, and Amb3, click on the "Jewel" and select from the drop down "AUX 4" for all 3 boxes.
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MID TOM
Step 1:Click on the Mid Tom. In the "Bleed Section select "OFF" "Note: this will only apply on the kick and snare."

Step 2: Now look to the right Tech Window and you'll see your Mid Tom and other information such a Pan, General, Tuning, Bleed, Loudness, and Ambient Mics
In the "Ambient Mics" section make sure the mics are on and "Link" is OFF, to the right are "volume sliders", set your volumes to ones you wrote down at the start of this "How to"

Step 3: To the right of the volume slides are 3 small boxes beside each mic, OH, Room, and Amb3, click on the "Jewel" and select from the drop down "AUX 5" for all 3 boxes
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HI TOM
Step 1:Click on the Hi Tom. In the "Bleed Section select "OFF" "Note: this will only apply on the kick and snare."

Step 2: Now look to the right Tech Window and you'll see your HI Tom and other information such a Pan, General, Tuning, Bleed, Loudness, and Ambient Mics
In the "Ambient Mics" section make sure the mics are on and "Link" is OFF, to the right are "volume sliders", set your volumes to ones you wrote down at the start of this "How to"

Step 3: To the right of the volume slides are 3 small boxes beside each mic, OH, Room, and Amb3, click on the "Jewel" and select from the drop down "AUX 6" for all 3 boxes.
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CRASH 1
Step 1:Click on the Crash 1. In the "Bleed Section select "OFF" "Note: this will only apply on the kick and snare."

Step 2: Now look to the right Tech Window and you'll see your Crash 1 and other information such a Pan, General, Tuning, Bleed, Loudness, and Ambient Mics
In the "Ambient Mics" section make sure the mics are on and "Link" is OFF, to the right are "volume sliders", set your volumes to ones you wrote down at the start of this "How to"

Step 3: To the right of the volume slides are 3 small boxes beside each mic, OH, Room, and Amb3, click on the "Jewel" and select from the drop down "AUX 7" for all 3 boxes.
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