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BFD Crush: Expansion Pack for BFD3 Metal and Rock Drums

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BFD Crush is an expansion pack for BFD3 that adds a stick-played Crush Drums kit with multiple kick, snare, tom and cymbal sounds aimed at rock and metal production.

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01Overview

BFD Crush is an expansion pack from BFD built for BFD3 that captures a Crush Drums kit played with sticks. The developer describes the kit as tuned and processed to sound loud out of the box. It is aimed at progressive and technical rock and metal, and it includes a full set of Meinl cymbals alongside a range of kick, snare and tom options for building heavy drum sounds in a DAW.

Best for

Metal drum tracks
Progressive rock drums
Technical metal production
Djent drum sounds
Heavy rock mixing

Developer: BFD
Category: Expansion Packs
Requires: BFD
Store: Plugin Boutique

02Key features

What you get

Stick-played Crush Drums kit with detailed sampling
Kick drum captured in three different ways
Eight dynamic and full-bodied snare variations
Six toms: two floor and four rack
Full set of Meinl cymbals with three stacked setups
Light processing included as a starting point
Ten presets for shaping the kit further
Room, PZM and mono microphone options for mixing

03In depth

Kit Sound and Microphone Options

The kick drum was recorded in three variations: dampened, fully open, and without the resonant head. Each was captured with a different microphone, giving you separate tonal options for the same drum.

The kit includes eight snare variations covering dampened and resonant tones in low and high tunings. The snares were recorded with a mix of dynamic and condenser microphones, plus a ribbon microphone, so you can shape the snare sound to suit the mix.

BFD Crush also includes PZM room microphones and a mono microphone placed in front of the kit. The developer notes the mono mic can be heavily crushed to thicken a production.

Toms, Cymbals and Presets

The kit has six toms: two floor toms and four rack toms. You can load a set of three lower-tuned toms, three higher-tuned toms, or all six at once for a large progressive kit.

The cymbals come from Meinl and were recorded with condenser microphones. Three stacked cymbal setups are included for more aggressive sounds.

The pack includes 10 presets and a light amount of processing to get you started, and the developer recommends it for rock, metal, progressive rock and metal, technical metal and djent.

04Specs