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User Manual
B-CONTROL
BCF2000/ BCR2000
FADER BCF2000
Total-Recall USB/MIDI Controller with 8 Motorized Faders
ROTARY BCR2000
Total-Recall USB/MIDI Controller with 32 Illuminated Rotary Encoders
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2 B-CONTROL FADER BCF2000/ROTARY BCR2000 User Manual Table of Contents Thank you ....................................................................... 2 Important Safety Instructions ...................................... 3 Legal Disclaimer ............................................................. 3 Limited Warranty ........................................................... 3 1. Introduction .....................................................................................5 1.1 Befo
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3 B-CONTROL FADER BCF2000/ROTARY BCR2000 User Manual 9. Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized UNDERTAKING OR REPRESENTATION. THIS MANUAL Important Safety or grounding-type plug. A polarized plug has two blades IS COPYRIGHTED. NO PART OF THIS MANUAL MAY Instructions with one wider than the other. A grounding-type plug BE REPRODUCED OR TRANSMITTED IN ANY FORM has two blades and a third grounding prong. The wide OR BY ANY MEANS, ELECTRONIC OR MECHANICAL, blade or the third prong ar
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4 B-CONTROL FADER BCF2000/ROTARY BCR2000 User Manual “Support” at behringer. com. If your country is not • connection or operation of the unit in any way (3) This warranty does not detract from the seller’s listed, please check if your problem can be dealt with that does not comply with the technical or safety obligations in regard to any lack of conformity of the by our “Online Support” which may also be found under regulations applicable in the country where the product and any hidden defect
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5 B-CONTROL FADER BCF2000/ROTARY BCR2000 User Manual 1. Introduction 1.2 System requirements The B-CONTROL is an extremely flexible control surface suitable for a wide array For USB operation: of applications. Regardless of whether you want to intuitively control your sequencer software with mixers, plug-ins and virtual instruments, or if you wish Up-to-date Windows PC or MAC with a USB connection to use its broad MIDI functions for controlling rack synthesizers, general MIDI ◊ The B-CONTRO
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6 B-CONTROL FADER BCF2000/ROTARY BCR2000 User Manual What settings do I have to make? Where? How? • Remotely controlling transport functions (playback, forward, stop etc.) on sequencers, hard disk recorders, drum computers etc. Often, you can assign MIDI control data numbers, the so-called control change or CC numbers, to individual MIDI parameters. That’s particularly the case with • Using BCF2000 faders as drawbar control for virtual or digital music software such as software sequencers,
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7 B-CONTROL FADER BCF2000/ROTARY BCR2000 User Manual Note On and Note Off messages have the following Program Change Messages and MIDI Bank Select: data format: Program change messages are used to recall programs / presets in MIDI devices connected to your B-CONTROL. 128 program numbers can be recalled. For devices Status Byte Data Byte 1 Data Byte 2 with more than 128 presets, use the bank select function, which lets you select a Note Off &8n (n = channel #) Note # Velocity storage bank befo
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8 B-CONTROL FADER BCF2000/ROTARY BCR2000 User Manual (1) (3) (2) (4) (5) (6) (10) (8) (9) (7) BCR2000 BCF2000 Fig. 3.1: The control surface of the B-CONTROLs C A UT IO N B–CONTROL TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT REMOVE COVER. NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS BCF2000 INSIDE: REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL. C A UT IO N TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT EXPOSE THIS EQUIPMENT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. USB •MIDI •FADER •CONTROLLER B C F 2 000 (13) MIDI Behringer Holdings (
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9 B-CONTROL FADER BCF2000/ROTARY BCR2000 User Manual (10) The 24 infinitely variable rotary controls (encoders) of the BCR2000 can ◊ The settings made in the global setup menu are automatically stored be programmed to send MIDI control commands. The LED circle show the and do not have to be separately saved. current value. The USB connection is briefly interrupted if you switch within a USB mode, (11) These are the SWITCH connectors for connecting a footswitch. or when you switch from a USB mo
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10 B-CONTROL FADER BCF2000/ROTARY BCR2000 User Manual USB-Mode U-2: USB-Mode U-3: Software Sequencer Software Sequencer push push Software Mixer Software Mixer MIDI Keyboard MIDI Keyboard turn turn move/ move/ fade fade push push Software Synthesizer Software Synthesizer MIDI OUT MIDI OUT turn turn Sampler MIDI-Expander A move/ move/ fade fade VOLUME MUTE DEMO FILTER LEVEL push push PHONES PROG TYPE COMBI PLAY POWER MIDI IN MIDI IN MIDI-Expander MIDI-Expander B VOLUME VOLUME MUTE DEMO FILTER LEV
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11 B-CONTROL FADER BCF2000/ROTARY BCR2000 User Manual USB-Mode U-4 (expanded): Software Mixer Software Synthesizer Software Sequencer turn push turn move/fade move/fade push push MIDI-Expander VOLUME MUTE DEMO FILTER LEVEL PHONES PROG TYPE COMBI PLAY POWER MIDI IN USB MIDI IN OUT A OUT B/THRU MIDI IN OUT B/THRU Unit 1 Unit 2 Fig. 4.4: Application in USB mode 4 (expanded) 4.1.2 Stand-alone modes The stand-alone modes come into play when the B-CONTROL is not used as MIDI IN BCF/BCR2000 a USB-c
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12 B-CONTROL FADER BCF2000/ROTARY BCR2000 User Manual Stand Alone-Mode S-1: Stand Alone-Mode S-2: MIDI Keyboard MIDI Keyboard MIDI OUT MIDI OUT MIDI-Expander A Sampler VOLUME MUTE DEMO FILTER LEVEL PHONES PROG TYPE COMBI PLAY POWER MIDI IN MIDI-Expander B MIDI IN MIDI-Expander VOLUME MUTE DEMO FILTER LEVEL VOLUME PHONES PROG TYPE COMBI PLAY POWER MUTE DEMO FILTER LEVEL PHONES PROG TYPE COMBI PLAY POWER MIDI IN MIDI IN MIDI IN OUT A OUT B/THRU MIDI IN OUT A OUT B/THRU Parameter Feedback Parameter
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13 B-CONTROL FADER BCF2000/ROTARY BCR2000 User Manual Stand Alone-Mode S-3: If you don’t require the response function during software control, you can connect as many BCF2000 / BCR2000s as you want per MIDI. The last B-CONTROL in the chain is then connected to the MIDI IN input of your computer. This way, MIDI Keyboard you can control nearly as many channels of a software mixer as you wish. However, keep in mind that all devices must share 16 MIDI channels. Stand Alone Mode S-4: MIDI OUT So
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14 B-CONTROL FADER BCF2000/ROTARY BCR2000 User Manual Important information about stand-alone modes: 4.2.2 Copy / Store presets With the wiring examples shown here, the parameter values of the controlled • Press the STORE button to save a preset. The button LED starts to flash devices can be shown on the B-CONTROL’s LEDs (parameter feedback). If this • Select a memory number using the PRESET buttons or by holding down is important to you, you will have to connect MIDI IN to the MIDI output
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15 B-CONTROL FADER BCF2000/ROTARY BCR2000 User Manual 4.3.2 Programming in EDIT mode • If you want to assign MIDI data to additional control elements, just press and hold the EDIT button and move one of the control elements. Now, let go Various types of MIDI commands (Pitchbend, After Touch, MMC etc.) are assigned of both controls and use the push encoders to assign a function to it to the individual control elements in EDIT mode. (see tables 4.1 and 4.2) • To activate the EDIT mode, pres
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16 B-CONTROL FADER BCF2000/ROTARY BCR2000 User Manual SWITCH TYPE CONTROLLERS (buttons, foot switches, push function of Push Encoders) PUSH ENCODER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 MIDI Data Type MIDI Send Channel Parameter Value 1 Value 2 Controller MODE Controller Option Display Value Fixed Program Value indication: PROGRAM CHANGE 1-16 Off, Bank Select MSB Off, Bank Select LSB Change-value: — — On/Off Off, 0 - 127 Toggle On In case of CC Value indication: 1-16 CC-0-127 On-value: 0-127 Off-Value: Off, 0-127
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17 B-CONTROL FADER BCF2000/ROTARY BCR2000 User Manual Qual (Quality Q) has the opposite effect from spread: the LED circle lights The value display activated using Push Encoder 8 is identical for switch and up gradually when you decrease the value. This setting is used for continuous elements. If this value display is active, the current value is indicated indicating filter quality with parametric equalizers. in the four-digit display when you actuate a control element. The display shows the
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18 B-CONTROL FADER BCF2000/ROTARY BCR2000 User Manual MMC: • To exit the global setup menu, press EXIT MIDI Machine Control data is only assignable to button elements. • The settings in the global setup menu take effect immediately and do not have to be separately stored Encoder 4 (Value 1) sets “Locate Time” hour and minute values, while encoder 5 (Value 2) sets seconds and frames. The Locate Position is always sent before the Operating Mode: MMC command. We therefore have the following lo
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19 B-CONTROL FADER BCF2000/ROTARY BCR2000 User Manual 4.6 Additional functions Single Preset Dump: In addition to the SysEx Dump function in the global setup menu, the following Temporary “Local Off”: key combination lets you send all settings of the current presets: “Local Off” means that when you move a control element on the B-CONTROL, • Press the “ PRESET ►” key while the EDIT key is kept pressed no MIDI data is transmitted. If the position of a control element deviates from the current
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20 B-CONTROL FADER BCF2000/ROTARY BCR2000 User Manual 5. Appendix Standard MIDI Controller (CC) Numbers 00 Bank Select 32 Bank Select LSB 64 Damper Pedal (Sustain) 96 Data Entry +1 (Increment) 01 Modulation 33 Modulation LSB 65 Portamento On / Off 97 Data Entry -1 (Decrement) 02 Breath Controller 34 Breath Controller LSB 66 Sostenuto On / Off 98 NRPN LSB 03 Controller 3 (undefined) 35 Controller 35 (undefined) 67 Soft Pedal On / Off 99 NRPN MSB 04 Foot Controller 36 Foot Controller LSB 68 Legat
