If you’re a BFD2 user, you’ll probably be interested in the fabled 2.1 update. While not officially released, fxpansion has opened up a public beta, if you’re into those types of things. And it’s tempting, what with the very impressive new improvements that this beta has revealed.1

The caveat is everything forward is only compatible with v.2.1. I understand theoretically why this is, and normally I wouldn’t let it deter me, but I rely on BFD2 pretty heavily. I don’t want to hose myself if it ends up being a long and crashy time before it’s stable, and have to figure out how to roll back projects that use it. fxpansion themselves are advising to “proceed with caution.”

So, what’s it buy you? A new reverb effect (from Breverb), an internal Vintage Warmer (Lite), improved browsing and kit management, improvements to the Groove editor including a new roll tool. There are some other things in there as well.

Since I was able to get BFD2, I pretty much mix “in the box”. The amount of control and customization you can achieve without even closing the GUI is impressive. I’m really looking forward to these improvements; I’m not sure I can contain myself.

Good grief, I’m such a geek.

1I guess since it’s on their public forum it’s alright to talk about here. Also, these may well be public knowledge but it’s the first time I’ve seen them.