NFUZD Audio NSPIRE series, User Manual

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Page 2: ...the NSPIRE Module 59 Loops 60 Installing Sound Banks in the NSPIRE Series I O Module 61 BFD Eco NFUZD Edition Jukebox Player 62 BFD Eco NFUZD Edition Master Output Recording 63 BFD Eco NFUZD Edition...

Page 3: ...NSPIRE I O module does not include a massive amount of sounds We focused on quality over quantity The NSPIRE system uses uncompressed wav files to provide you with superior audio performance engineere...

Page 4: ...light Please connect the power adapter directly to a power source If you must use an extension cable make sure it is no longer than 25 and at least 18 AWG Note This product should only be mounted with...

Page 5: ...Audio distributor Do not use or store in the following locations Subject to direct sunlight or extreme heat on stage in an enclosed vehicle or near heat generating equipment Damp or wet environments...

Page 6: ...ging BFD Eco NFUZD Edition Presets Changing Drum Sounds Adjusting Instrument Parameters FX Slots Instrument and Mixer Faders Getting New Professional Sounds User wav Samples Exporting Sound Banks Loop...

Page 7: ...co NFUZD Edition E ects Grooves Page Options Menu Help Menu Changing BFD Eco NFUZD Edition Presets Changing Drum Sounds Adjusting Instrument Parameters FX Slots Instrument and Mixer Faders Getting New...

Page 8: ...d Sleep Mode BFD Eco NFUZD Edition NSPIRE Series I O Module Settings Getting Started w BFD Eco NFUZD Edition Basic Mixing Adjustments BFD Eco NFUZD Edition E ects Grooves Page Options Menu Help Menu C...

Page 9: ...FUZD Edition NSPIRE Series I O Module Settings Getting Started w BFD Eco NFUZD Edition Basic Mixing Adjustments BFD Eco NFUZD Edition E ects Grooves Page Options Menu Help Menu Changing BFD Eco NFUZD...

Page 10: ...Edition NSPIRE Series I O Module Settings Getting Started w BFD Eco NFUZD Edition Basic Mixing Adjustments BFD Eco NFUZD Edition E ects Grooves Page Options Menu Help Menu Changing BFD Eco NFUZD Editi...

Page 11: ...tored on the NFUZD USB Key and contains the installers needed to install run your BFD Eco NFUZD Edition software The first thing you must do is copy the entire contents of the USB Key to a folder on y...

Page 12: ...in the NSPIRE Series I O Module revolves around the three Function Buttons labeled F1 F2 and F3 The area on the screen directly above those keys will inform you of the function for the key and will ch...

Page 13: ...performance Once you have the settings correct you will find it much easier to set mixer levels and dial in a great performance quickly and easily Press the Trigger button to access the trigger settin...

Page 14: ...tings cont Threshold Minimum amount of striking force that will generate a trigger signal Note There are two things to keep in mind when adjusting this parameter Not only can you allow lower strike le...

Page 15: ...o O and Sleep Mode BFD Eco NFUZD Edition NSPIRE Series I O Module Settings Getting Started w BFD Eco NFUZD Edition Basic Mixing Adjustments BFD Eco NFUZD Edition E ects Grooves Page Options Menu Help...

Page 16: ...eshold is set low you may end up needing to raise your mask time to ignore vibrations for sources near that pad It is a balance between the two that yields a great response Retrigger Time This is a se...

Page 17: ...he pedal travels from fully open to closed The NSPIRE system uses four discrete samples for the HH as well as Tip and Shoulder samples for the most realistic HH sound and performance You also have con...

Page 18: ...FD Eco Mixing Tips Included Sounds Saving Trigger Settings Make sure you have your NFUZD USB Key installed in the module 1 Press the SET button on the bottom right of the I O module 2 Use the F2 butto...

Page 19: ...ion LCD Brightness This parameter will allow you to adjust the brightness of the display screen Auto O This lets you set a time value to turn your module o automatically if there is no activity for th...

Page 20: ...nu Pressing the KIT button will bring up a simple screen that will allow you to use the data dial to scroll through the factory and user presets This is the main performance menu for the NSPIRE I O Mo...

Page 21: ...INST on the main KIT page This will show you the channel and the trigger zone last triggered at the top and the name of the current instrument will be highlighted Remember that there are multiple zon...

Page 22: ...reation tools You will use the software to pick the appropriate size and head style for the sound you are trying to achieve It is the same process as picking out your acoustic drum set Volume This is...

Page 23: ...you would find with most mixers and PA systems The REV level in the F1 REV section of the Kit page is the return amount for all of the individual kit piece reverb settings Each channel has its own se...

Page 24: ...Getting New Professional Sounds User wav Samples Exporting Sound Banks Loops Installing Sound Banks BFD Eco Jukebox Player BFD Eco Master Output Recording BFD Eco Mixing Tips Included Sounds Reverb A...

Page 25: ...eters FX Slots Instrument and Mixer Faders Getting New Professional Sounds User wav Samples Exporting Sound Banks Loops Installing Sound Banks BFD Eco Jukebox Player BFD Eco Master Output Recording BF...

Page 26: ...ts Instrument and Mixer Faders Getting New Professional Sounds User wav Samples Exporting Sound Banks Loops Installing Sound Banks BFD Eco Jukebox Player BFD Eco Master Output Recording BFD Eco Mixing...

Page 27: ...Sounds User wav Samples Exporting Sound Banks Loops Installing Sound Banks BFD Eco Jukebox Player BFD Eco Master Output Recording BFD Eco Mixing Tips Included Sounds Mixer Menu cont F2 ADV This parame...

Page 28: ...Kit You do not want to change from the Kit on the main Kit screen when you are producing your own User Kit That will wipe out your work Once you are happy with your results press the SET button on the...

Page 29: ...re you keep a copy of this data The USB key is used to read and load the maps 1 BFD 2 TD 20 This map is also found in most software 3 SD2 4 EZ Drummer 5 SSD 6 GM 7 Empty_07 8 Tom2Loop 9 Ballad 10 Stac...

Page 30: ...ombinations if you choose to change the sounds with external voices Stack This mode generates two internal voices along with two external MIDI signals that can be set up on two di erent channels The k...

Page 31: ...s User wav Samples Exporting Sound Banks Loops Installing Sound Banks BFD Eco Jukebox Player BFD Eco Master Output Recording BFD Eco Mixing Tips Included Sounds Click Menu The Click Function uses the...

Page 32: ...nal Sounds User wav Samples Exporting Sound Banks Loops Installing Sound Banks BFD Eco Jukebox Player BFD Eco Master Output Recording BFD Eco Mixing Tips Included Sounds SEQ Menu The SEQ section is in...

Page 33: ...le One of the ports is for adding data to the module and the other is for direct computer connection The NSPIRE Module is a MIDI Audio interface That means that the NSPIRE module will also output the...

Page 34: ...Sounds Setup Suggestions The first and most basic setup is to simply plug your NSPIRE I O Module directly into your computer using the provided USB cable This stand alone setup will allow you to integ...

Page 35: ...ing Instrument Parameters FX Slots Instrument and Mixer Faders Getting New Professional Sounds User wav Samples Exporting Sound Banks Loops Installing Sound Banks BFD Eco Jukebox Player BFD Eco Master...

Page 36: ...Slots Instrument and Mixer Faders Getting New Professional Sounds User wav Samples Exporting Sound Banks Loops Installing Sound Banks BFD Eco Jukebox Player BFD Eco Master Output Recording BFD Eco Mix...

Page 37: ...winning BFD Eco We call this BFD Eco NFUZD Edition The BFD platform includes expansion opportunities of over one terabyte of award winning sample data that can be downloaded directly into your compute...

Page 38: ...UZD Edition NSPIRE Series I O Module Settings Getting Started w BFD Eco NFUZD Edition Basic Mixing Adjustments BFD Eco NFUZD Edition E ects Grooves Page Options Menu Help Menu Changing BFD Eco NFUZD E...

Page 39: ...alling Sound Banks BFD Eco Jukebox Player BFD Eco Master Output Recording BFD Eco Mixing Tips Included Sounds Launching BFD Eco NFUZD Edition The software can be run as a stand alone application You d...

Page 40: ...ing BFD Eco NFUZD Edition cont I O settings You can play BFD Eco NFUZD Edition directly from the NSPIRE module The I O Settings menu is where you choose the audio and MIDI routing Make sure that you h...

Page 41: ...d with BFD Eco NFUZD Edition BFD Eco NFUZD Edition is a drum software instrument that uses multi sampled drums played with a variety of articulations Multi sampled refers to the fact that all of the i...

Page 42: ...dule Settings Getting Started w BFD Eco NFUZD Edition Basic Mixing Adjustments BFD Eco NFUZD Edition E ects Grooves Page Options Menu Help Menu Changing BFD Eco NFUZD Edition Presets Changing Drum Sou...

Page 43: ...ition Basic Mixing Adjustments BFD Eco NFUZD Edition E ects Grooves Page Options Menu Help Menu Changing BFD Eco NFUZD Edition Presets Changing Drum Sounds Adjusting Instrument Parameters FX Slots Ins...

Page 44: ...Edition E ects Grooves Page Options Menu Help Menu Changing BFD Eco NFUZD Edition Presets Changing Drum Sounds Adjusting Instrument Parameters FX Slots Instrument and Mixer Faders Getting New Profess...

Page 45: ...ics tuning blending on bass drum and snare drum notated as In and Out or Top and Bottom and Damping You will also see two auxiliary sends and two send control dials for OH and Room sounds as well as a...

Page 46: ...he Sum Input control available on stereo channels only sums the left and right inputs to a single mono signal and feeds one delay line instead of two Filter The Filter e ect provides simple 1 pole hig...

Page 47: ...esonant filter with modulation and drive As well as the Pitch cuto frequency and Res resonance controls the filter features a Mode control to switch between low pass band pass high pass peak and notch...

Page 48: ...arted w BFD Eco NFUZD Edition Basic Mixing Adjustments BFD Eco NFUZD Edition E ects Grooves Page Options Menu Help Menu Changing BFD Eco NFUZD Edition Presets Changing Drum Sounds Adjusting Instrument...

Page 49: ...e knob counter clockwise reduces scaling down to 0 where all MIDI is played at the exact incoming MIDI velocity As you turn the knob clockwise it goes to 100 scaling and is applied to all of the MIDI...

Page 50: ...n A browser will appear and you will navigate to the desired BFD data folder Note You should select the folder one level above the area containing the Audio folder If you do not select the correct fol...

Page 51: ...ers Getting New Professional Sounds User wav Samples Exporting Sound Banks Loops Installing Sound Banks BFD Eco Jukebox Player BFD Eco Master Output Recording BFD Eco Mixing Tips Included Sounds Basic...

Page 52: ...esets Changing Drum Sounds Adjusting Instrument Parameters FX Slots Instrument and Mixer Faders Getting New Professional Sounds User wav Samples Exporting Sound Banks Loops Installing Sound Banks BFD...

Page 53: ...g BFD Eco NFUZD Edition Presets cont Changing drum sounds Start by double clicking on the photograph of the instrument at the top of each mixer channel strip This will bring up a second window that is...

Page 54: ...Master Output Recording BFD Eco Mixing Tips Included Sounds Adjusting Instrument Parameters Instrument Adjustments are slightly di erent depending on the type of instrument Each instrument channel wi...

Page 55: ...UZD Edition Presets Changing Drum Sounds Adjusting Instrument Parameters FX Slots Instrument and Mixer Faders Getting New Professional Sounds User wav Samples Exporting Sound Banks Loops Installing So...

Page 56: ...nd Banks Loops Installing Sound Banks BFD Eco Jukebox Player BFD Eco Master Output Recording BFD Eco Mixing Tips Included Sounds Getting New Professional Sounds The benefit of the NSPIRE Electronic Dr...

Page 57: ...tion Basic Mixing Adjustments BFD Eco NFUZD Edition E ects Grooves Page Options Menu Help Menu Changing BFD Eco NFUZD Edition Presets Changing Drum Sounds Adjusting Instrument Parameters FX Slots Inst...

Page 58: ...s User wav Samples Exporting Sound Banks Loops Installing Sound Banks BFD Eco Jukebox Player BFD Eco Master Output Recording BFD Eco Mixing Tips Included Sounds User WAV Samples cont The next window t...

Page 59: ...Banks for the NSPIRE Module Now that you have made a preset in BFD Eco NFUZD Edition you can export that sound bank for use in the NSPIRE module Note You will be using a USB Key sometimes called a US...

Page 60: ...nk that can be installed in the NSPIRE Module in place of the BFDKit 3 Sound Bank Highlight a numbered slot that you would like to use 1 Browse will bring up a browser to select your wav file audio lo...

Page 61: ...djusting Instrument Parameters FX Slots Instrument and Mixer Faders Getting New Professional Sounds User wav Samples Exporting Sound Banks Loops Installing Sound Banks BFD Eco Jukebox Player BFD Eco M...

Page 62: ...ws you to load in wav files to play along with If your tracks are in a di erent format you can search the web for a free audio format converter to prepare your files as 16bit 44 1 kHz wav files Use th...

Page 63: ...ter Output Recording You can use the NSPIRE system with BFD Eco NFUZD Edition to record yourself with or without backing tracks This is a great educational tool Click on the icon for the Options Menu...

Page 64: ...you want to have distortion from an audio signal that is too strong That will lead to problems Look at the mixer section of BFD Eco NFUZD Edition If you overdrive any portion of the audio the top of...

Page 65: ...e This is the size of the cache set aside in your computer s memory that is used to process the audio event The stronger the computer system the lower you can set this parameter to combat any latency...

Page 66: ...ect there are frequency dependent notches in the signal that are created by mixing the signal with a delayed version of itself Flangers tend to sound like a whoosh e ect FW Firmware FX Commonly refers...

Page 67: ...headphones Learn Learn is a function that allows you to assign parameters to a MIDI event Select the Learn function and strike the trigger pad or turn a MIDI controller dial and it will be assigned t...

Page 68: ...onential Logarithmic Loud and Spline Trigger Pad Sensitivity Each trigger pad generates a range of electronic voltage values The sensitivity setting is used to line it up with the MIDI velocity range...

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Page 71: ...Grooves Page Options Menu Help Menu Changing BFD Eco NFUZD Edition Presets Changing Drum Sounds Adjusting Instrument Parameters FX Slots Instrument and Mixer Faders Getting New Professional Sounds Use...

Page 72: ...ge Options Menu Help Menu Changing BFD Eco NFUZD Edition Presets Changing Drum Sounds Adjusting Instrument Parameters FX Slots Instrument and Mixer Faders Getting New Professional Sounds User wav Samp...