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Convert BFDLAC files to WAV

Started by Ritchiedrums, November 27, 2022, 03:35:17 AM

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kenjwright

Quote from: Ritchiedrums on November 27, 2022, 03:35:17 AMAnyone know how to convert these?
I don't have any experience with the format but you piqued my interest so dug a little and it seems that conversion is not available, even within BFD itself. Found this vid
describing the codec. Most may find it a snore, but I found rather fascinating (I like that kind of stuff) and Skot McDonald did a great presentation, showing his passion for bits & bytes  :)

Cheers!

Ken
Ludwig Acoustics, Paiste Cymbals, Drum Brothers Djun Djuns, ddrum3, ddrum4, 2BOX DrumIt Five, Pintech Cymbals, MegaDrum56, eDRUMin-4

Deve Loper

Hi Ken! I watched the whole vid. Funny thing is, I met Skot in 2012? I think, in London, and we talked about just that. I even gave him a code example of my lossless comp idea. So lots of what he tells here I recognize very well. Mind you, he certainly had those things going before I met him, no offense.
We talked about collaboration, but then Nufzd was launched 2015? and we lost contact.
Then Fxpansion went to Roli, then BFD went to inMusic, so I dont know anymore...

kenjwright

Interesting back story Deve! That small block analysis is a bit reminiscent of the dd4! One can only image what you two could cook up in an afternoon :) Maybe throw in the forthcoming ddrum "Military Grade Something" and we could have a new module that launches itself into outer space and streams back samples from a distant galaxy! Wait.... did I miss my calling as a SiFi author :)
Ludwig Acoustics, Paiste Cymbals, Drum Brothers Djun Djuns, ddrum3, ddrum4, 2BOX DrumIt Five, Pintech Cymbals, MegaDrum56, eDRUMin-4

kenjwright

Ludwig Acoustics, Paiste Cymbals, Drum Brothers Djun Djuns, ddrum3, ddrum4, 2BOX DrumIt Five, Pintech Cymbals, MegaDrum56, eDRUMin-4

tsss27

Currently the only BFD samples you can convert (as in not re-sample) are BFD2 as they were stored in multi channel .wav files, so any editor which can open those will be able to allow you to mix every track to your liking and export. Reaper will do it, for example.
Someone has converted the BFD3 Core Library to Kontakt, no idea how they managed to do that but I cannot post a link as the websites it appears on are questionable and it's also not exactly legal! But it does make me think there is a way to do it...

Ritchiedrums

BFD2 works
I've also successfully converted BFD3 with SDSE, but I really needed to mess with the BFD3 parameters to create useful 2box sounds.

https://youtu.be/5fg0YmcPG1c