Sorry to hear about the issues many of the BFD User do have.
I am happy to have got a copy of BFD 3, and the the modern retro expansion .
The Tama Kit and the cymbals sound amazing.
Til now no issues here.,
Is your box running win 7 ?
Do the Saffire and cakewalk have the same sample rate and bitrate?
Did you have a driver update for your Video card or chipset ?
Europeans have to pay Vat in every deal .
In the US nobody charges VAT for software,if I have observed it right.
If a european buys software in the US the vat is
added often in the last purchase process.
It takes time to get the T. Comp ( confirmation E-mail,the time til the registered password works, the time to deliver the reedem code aso.
Could be an overloaded server on their side
I recommend to take 5 Minutes for every step.
For me the Dunlop Standard 1 mm are
the only picks , except playing bass guitar.
I've tried many other picks but imo it takes a lot of afford to manage other picks on different guitars.
I also like playing without any pick ,which is very direct and gives a more powerful sound and feel.
I think it's a pity that the E/A plugins are no longer maintained.
The reverbs are of very high quality. EA would have deserved to remain economically healthy on the market with these reverbs,but they couldn't take part in the marketing campaigns (29 bucks per plugin, groupbuy aso) such as Waves and IK because the team was probably too small. very bad.