Electronic musicians, producers, and engineers looking to expand their BFD library will be impressed with BFD Sphere, a hard rock and metal expansion pack that was produced by Tesseract and 4D Sounds founder Acle Kahney. The recording took place with Francesco Cameli (Bullet For My Valentine, Queen, Phil Collins, New Model Army, and more) at London's Sphere Studios before its relocation.
The Sphere pack uses 4-tom DW and Vibe kits alongside a Ludwig Black Beauty snare. The drums were tuned to complement the acoustics of Sphere's live room and were hit by Jamie Postones (Tesseract) and Mike Malyan (Monuments), who are highly skilled drummers and well respected for bringing a new force to modern drumming. Neve preamps were used throughout for warmth and definition.
BFD Sphere was recorded naturally and with processing, which is designed to be dropped straight into metal and hard-rock mixes. All kits feature presets in BFD3, BFD Eco, and BFD2 formats with factory cymbals and hi-hats. The included snare features Hit and Rimshot articulations only. The Sphere library expansion is compatible with BFD Eco, BFD2, and BFD3 (version 3.4 or later) on Mac or Windows.
- Expansion pack for BFD3, BFD Eco, and BFD2
- Conceived by Tesseract founder Acle Kahney
- 4-tom DW and Vibe kits with Black Beauty snare
- Natural and mix-processed versions
- Geared towards metal and hard-rock styles
- Presets supplied with factory BFD cymbals