- First, you need to make sure that BFD is set to trigger grooves from MIDI notes. Click on the Play Options button (looks like a sideways triangle/play button with a question mark next to it) on the right hand side of the BFD screen, and select “Respond To Groove Notes”. (there are some other interesting features regarding grooves there, but I’m not going to go into those here).
- Next, you would press the key on your controller that corresponds to the Groove you are trying to play. Bank A is C5-B5, Bank B is C6-B6, and Fills are C7-B7
- Using this method, it is probably best to pencil in the groove triggers to the grid (also the best way if you don’t have a controller)
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