FXpansion BFD-3.0 Installation Guide

Contents

1 Important steps before BFD3 installation 3

2 Installing BFD3 software - Mac OSX 4

3 Installing BFD3 Core Library - Mac OSX 6

4 Installing BFD3 software - Windows 8

5 Installing BFD3 Core Library - Windows 10

6 Authorization with FX License Manager 12

7 Setting up BFD3 19

................................................................................................................................... 14Online Authorization6.1

................................................................................................................................... 15Offline Authorization6.2

................................................................................................................................... 18Other License Manager operations6.3

8 Getting Help 20

9 BFD3 License Conditions 22

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Important steps before BFD3 installation 3

1 Important steps before BFD3 installation

During the purchase process in the FXpansion.com webshop, BFD3 was registered to your account
automatically.

After completing the purchase, you will have received an email containing instructions for downloading
the required components to install BFD3:

• BFD3 Software installer

• Download ticket for downloading the Core Library audio data

Please download the above files and then proceed as follows:

1. Run the BFD3 Software installer for your platfrom - Mac OSX or Windows

2. Double-click the Download ticket file: BFD3_Core_Library.fxfdownload - this begins the Core

Library audio data download within FX License Manager.

3. When the Core Library installer download is complete, launch it using the Run button in the
Downloads page of FX License Manager or from your downloads location (usually the Downloads folder
within your user folder). To complete the Core Library installation, follow the instructions for your
platform - Mac OSX or Windows.

4. When the Core Library installation is complete, you are ready to authorize BFD3.

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BFD3 Installation Guide4

1

Double-click the downloaded BFD3_Software_Installer_OSX.dmg disk image - please follow
the instructions here if you have not yet downloaded this file.

2

Double-click the BFD3 Installer OSX installer
package inside the disk image that appears.

3

Enter your OSX administrator password when
prompted.

4

Click Next when the installer Welcome screen
appears.

5

You must read and agree to the license
conditions by activating the 'I agree...'
checkbox.

2 Installing BFD3 software - Mac OSX

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Installing BFD3 software - Mac OSX 5

6

Click Install to start installing
the files to your system.

7

Click Done to complete
the software installation.

Please note that the Core Library audio data must also be installed.

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1

If you have not already done so, download the BFD3 Core Library installer as described here.

2

Double-click the BFD3_Core_Library_OSX
installer package.

3

You must read and agree to the license
conditions in order to continue - activate the 'I
agree...' checkbox and click Next.

4

Now specify an installation location for the
Core Library audio data.

Your user documents folder is used by default ­to change this to any other location on any
hard drive, click the Browse... button and
navigate to the required folder.

5

You can then optionally specify a lower detail
level for the audio data, leading to a smaller
installation size - click the drop-down menu
and select the desired size.

Full: 55 GB
Medium: 28 GB
Low: 19 GB

6

Click Install to start installing the files to your
system.

3 Installing BFD3 Core Library - Mac OSX

Enter your OSX administrator password when prompted and click Next when the installer Welcome screen
appears.

The large amount of data involved means that installation can take quite a while.

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Installing BFD3 Core Library - Mac OSX 7

7

Click Done to complete the Core Library
installation.

BFD3 is now ready to be launched and

authorized.

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