Drive
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The Drive device offers 4 distortion circuit models, useful for adding colour, grit or more extreme distortion to your drum sounds. This device has been superceded by the Distortion device, but the older version from BFD2 is provided as a legacy device for compatibility with older projects. Mode The Mode control selects between 4 available distortion types: Diode Diode clip circuits are found in countless guitar pedals and other distortion units. It gradually drives the input throughout the amplitude range. OTA (Operational Transconductance Amplifier) This mode models the behaviour of an overdriven OTA chip. |
OpAmp (Operational amplifier)
This mode models the behaviour of an overdriven OpAmp chip.
HalfRect (Half Rectifier)
This type of distortion allows through only the top half of the input signal's waveform.
Drive
The Drive control adjusts the amount of distortion applied to the signal.
Input Filter, Dirty, Clean, Tone
These controls function in exactly the same way as those on the Distortion effect device.
Env Shaper
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The Env Shaper device has been superceded by DCAM EnvShaper. It is provided in the Legacy section for compatibility with older projects. It allows you to adjust transients and change the dynamic shape of a signal in a different way to using a compressor. Sensitivity The Sensitivity control adjusts the response of Env Shaper's peak detection circuit to transients with higher values leading to more detected peaks. Attack The Attack control adjusts the intensity of the attack phase of detected transients in the audio. |
Increase the control to intensify attack transients and to make drum sounds punch through the mix harder.
Decrease the control to soften transients. This can be particularly useful on percussion sounds and on one of two linked Drums.
Sustain
The Sustain control adjusts the intensity of release portions of detected transients in the audio. This effectively increases or decreases the apparent sustain of sounds in the signal.
Increasing the control results in more sustain - useful for intensifying the natural reverb in BFD3's sounds. It is particularly suited to making room ambience sound huge.
Decrease the control for less sustain and making ambience appear more 'dry'. At higher settings it can produce damping effects for drum sounds.
Gain
Use the Gain control to adjust the level of the signal as needed after the Env Shaper's dynamic processing.