BFD Player Expansion: Metal Essentials is a drum expansion pack for the BFD drum software, built around a Mapex Orion kit, a Mapex Brass Master snare and a set of Zildjian and Paiste cymbals. The developer derives it from the BFD Oblivion expansion pack.
Metal Essentials is an expansion for BFD Player, BFD's drum playback environment, and it requires BFD to run. It is aimed at producers writing rock and metal, with a kit recorded from a Mapex Orion shell set, a Brass Master snare and a cymbal selection that includes Zildjian and Paiste models. BFD says the set is derived from its Oblivion expansion, and it is positioned as a heavy-genre drum kit rather than a general-purpose one.
The kit centers on a 22x18 inch Mapex Orion kick, a 16x16 inch floor tom, a 12x9 inch mid tom and a 10x8 inch high tom. The snare is a 14x6.5 inch Mapex Brass Master.
The cymbal list includes a 21 inch Zildjian A-Rock ride, a 16 inch Zildjian Z-Custom crash, an 18 inch Paiste 2002 crash, a 20 inch Bosphorus China and a 14 inch Paiste 2002 Heavy hi-hat. That range gives you crashes, a china for accents and a ride for pattern work within one heavy-kit setup.
Metal Essentials is meant for rock and metal drumming. The developer describes the sound as aggressive and focused, aimed at producers who need drums with weight and punch in dense mixes.
The large kick and floor tom suit fast double-bass and low-tuned riffs, while the snare and hi-hat cover the backbeat and tight patterns. If your music sits in a different genre, check the kit's character against your target sound before you buy.
Formats, systems and requirements as listed by Plugin Boutique. Missing details are left out, not guessed.
| Developer | BFD |
|---|---|
| Type | Preset pack / expansion |
| Category | Expansion Packs |
| Requires | BFD |
Metal Essentials requires BFD. It is an expansion for BFD Player, so you need BFD Player 1.1.0 or later to load it.
On Windows, the requirements are Windows 10 version 1909 or later, 2GB of free disk space (10.5 GB recommended for all content), 4GB of RAM (8GB recommended) and a dual-core 2.5GHz CPU. On Mac, it supports macOS 10.13 through macOS 13 Ventura, including Apple Silicon.
No. The developer lists Metal Essentials as not compatible with BFD3.
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