An expansion pack for BFD3 providing 12 premium and boutique snares, all awarded “Snare Drum of the Month” status by Modern Drummer magazine.

The snares in BFD Modern Drummer Snare Selects represent some of today’s most cutting-edge metal and wood shell designs, from Ahead, Cadeson and Fidock to GMS, Gretsch, Longo, Mapex, Pork Pie, Spawn, Tama, Taye and Worldmax. Recorded with expressive detail levels, all instruments are provided in snares-on versions along with selected alternate sounds played with brushes, rods and hands, and with the snares off. In BFD3 an additional rim click articulation is available, as well as a half-edge articulation for electronic drum positional sensing. The collection was produced by John Emrich and co-produced by Mike Dawson, managing editor of Modern Drummer.

Features

• Twelve snares, all awarded “Snare Drum of the Month” by Modern Drummer
• Shells made of brass, steel, aluminium, bubinga, walnut and maple
• All snares in snares-on versions, selected sounds with brushes, rods, hands and snares off
• Main hit articulations with 45 to 120 velocity layers
• Rim click and half-edge articulations in BFD3
• Produced by John Emrich, co-produced by Mike Dawson (Modern Drummer)

Technical details

• Type: Expansion pack for BFD3
• Operating systems: Windows, macOS
• Plug-in formats: via BFD3: VST2, VST3, AAX, Audio Unit (macOS only)
• Licensing: Online authorization (internet connection required)
• Requirement: BFD3 – according to the manufacturer, a BFD 3.5 licence is required
• Content: 12 snares by Ahead, Cadeson, Fidock, GMS, Gretsch, Longo, Mapex, Pork Pie, Spawn, Tama, Taye and Worldmax

System requirements

• BFD 3.5 licence required
• Windows 10 version 1909 or later
• macOS 12 Monterey or later
• Processor (Windows): Intel Core i5 3.0 GHz or better, or AMD Ryzen 3 (2017) or later
• Processor (Mac): Intel Core i5 3.0 GHz or better, or Apple Silicon M1 or later
• RAM: 8 GB DDR3 or more
• Disk space: 7.75 GB free
• Internet connection required for authorization
• Formats: VST2, VST3, AAX; on Mac also Audio Unit (Intel and ARM, Rosetta not required)

The licence is registered with the manufacturer at https://www.bfddrums.com/downloads.html. You will receive your serial number and the download link by e-mail immediately after purchase.