BFD Cocktail Expansion Kit
BFD
Cocktail is a BFD2-compatible expansion kit based on the Yamaha Hipgig
portable drumkit. Developed in conjunction with world-renowned drummer
Rick Marotta, the Hipgig kit is perfect for any style of music. The
drums feature 7-ply birch/mahogany shells with a very dynamic and
musical sound.
BFD Cocktail is recorded in the same room under the same studio
conditions as the Jazz & Funk, B.O.M.B., JEX and Decatom
expansions, as well as other Yamaha-based expansion kits. It has also
been designed to sound great with BFD2's built-in library as well as
with BFD libraries recorded in other locations.
What's Included
BFD Cocktail includes the following kit-pieces:
Hipgig 6"x10" and 7"x13" toms (played with sticks)
Hipgig 20"x16" Kick Drum (played with rubber and felt beaters)
Hipgig 5"x12" Snare Drum (played with sticks and hot-rods)
New articulations include rim shots and rim clicks on the toms. The
snare also offers rim clicks, with the stick version additionally
offering flams, drags and the half-edge articulation which can be used
with positional sensing on suitable electronic drumkits.
There are no hihats or cymbals included with this expansion kit. All
presets are designed around BFD2 hats and cymbals and can be easily set
up to play with electronic drumkits such as the Yamaha DTXtreme series
using BFD2's mapping functionality.
BFD Cocktail was recorded at Omega Studios in Rockville, MD. All drums
feature Remo Heads: Coated Ambassador (snare and toms) and Renaissance
Powerstroke 3 (kick).