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
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.
B-CONTROL FADER BCF2000/ROTARY BCR2000 User Manual Important Safety Instructions Terminals marked with this symbol carry electrical current of sufficient magnitude to constitute risk of electric shock. Use only high-quality professional speaker cables with ¼" TS or twist-locking plugs pre-installed. All other installation or modification should be performed only by qualified personnel.
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B-CONTROL FADER BCF2000/ROTARY BCR2000 User Manual 1. Introduction The B-CONTROL is an extremely flexible control surface suitable for a wide array of applications. Regardless of whether you want to intuitively control your sequencer software with mixers, plug-ins and virtual instruments, or if you wish to use its broad MIDI functions for controlling rack synthesizers, general MIDI sound generators or effect processors, the B-CONTROL offers you tremendous ease of use that leaves no wishes open.
B-CONTROL FADER BCF2000/ROTARY BCR2000 User Manual What settings do I have to make? Where? How? 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 music software such as software sequencers, mixers and sound generators as well as the so-called “plug-ins” (effect units or sound generators integrated into the software).
B-CONTROL FADER BCF2000/ROTARY BCR2000 User Manual Note On and Note Off messages have the following data format: Status Byte Data Byte 1 Data Byte 2 Note Off &8n (n = channel #) Note # Velocity Note On &9n (n = channel #) Note # Velocity Table 2.1: Data format of Note On and Note Off messages The value range for channel numbers is between 1 and 16; for data bytes it is 0 to 127.
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 CAUTION TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT REMOVE COVER. NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE: REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL. B – CONTROL BCF2000 CAUTION TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT EXPOSE THIS EQUIPMENT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE.
B-CONTROL FADER BCF2000/ROTARY BCR2000 User Manual (10) The 24 infinitely variable rotary controls (encoders) of the BCR2000 can be programmed to send MIDI control commands. The LED circle show the current value. (11) These are the SWITCH connectors for connecting a footswitch. Its polarity is automatically detected. On the BCR2000, the first connector (SWITCH 1) can also be used to connect a double footswitch with stereo jacks. In this case, SWITCH 2 must remain unused.
B-CONTROL FADER BCF2000/ROTARY BCR2000 User Manual USB-Mode U-2: USB-Mode U-3: Software Sequencer Software Sequencer Software Mixer Software Mixer push push MIDI Keyboard MIDI Keyboard turn move/ fade move/ fade push push Software Synthesizer MIDI OUT Sampler turn Software Synthesizer MIDI OUT turn turn MIDI-Expander A move/ fade push move/ fade VOLUME MUTE DEMO FILTER LEVEL PHONES PROG TYPE COMBI PLAY push POWER MIDI IN MIDI IN MIDI-Expander B MIDI-Expander VOLUME
B-CONTROL FADER BCF2000/ROTARY BCR2000 User Manual USB-Mode U-4 (expanded): Software Mixer Software Synthesizer Software Sequencer turn push turn move/fade push move/fade 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 Unit 1 OUT B/THRU Unit 2 Fig. 4.4: Application in USB mode 4 (expanded) 4.1.2 Stand-alone modes BCF/BCR2000 UNIT 2 MIDI Data Send Param. Feedb.
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 VOLUME MUTE DEMO FILTER LEVEL PHONES PROG TYPE COMBI PLAY MIDI-Expander POWER MIDI IN MIDI IN OUT A BCF/BCR2000 Merge MUTE DEMO FILTER LEVEL PHONES PROG TYPE COMBI PLAY POWER MIDI IN OUT B/THRU P
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, 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.
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 devices can be shown on the B-CONTROL’s LEDs (parameter feedback). If this is important to you, you will have to connect MIDI IN to the MIDI output of the device you are controlling. Of course, the hardware unit you are using has to support sending back the parameter values.
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 of both controls and use the push encoders to assign a function to it (see tables 4.1 and 4.2) • To leave the EDIT mode, press EXIT Various types of MIDI commands (Pitchbend, After Touch, MMC etc.) are assigned to the individual control elements in EDIT mode.
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 PROGRAM CHANGE 1-16 Off, Bank Select MSB Off, Bank Select LSB Fixed Program Change-value: Off, 0 - 127 — — Value indication: On/Off CC (Control Change) 1-16 CC-0-127 On-value: 0-127 Off-Value: Off, 0-127 Toggle
B-CONTROL FADER BCF2000/ROTARY BCR2000 User Manual Qual (Quality Q) has the opposite effect from spread: the LED circle lights up gradually when you decrease the value. This setting is used for indicating filter quality with parametric equalizers. Cut Cutoff is optimal for controlling the cutoff frequency of a low-pass filter, for example on a synthesizer. When the value is 0, all LEDs light up. The LEDs go out successively as you increase the value. Damp Damping: used for damping filters.
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 MMC command.
B-CONTROL FADER BCF2000/ROTARY BCR2000 User Manual 4.6 Additional functions Single Preset Dump: Temporary “Local Off”: In addition to the SysEx Dump function in the global setup menu, the following 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, no MIDI data is transmitted.
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B-CONTROL FADER BCF2000/ROTARY BCR2000 User Manual GS / XG-Parameter Filter Cutoff Filter Resonance Vibrato Rate Vibrato Depth Vibrato Delay EG Attack EG Decay EG Release Modulation Portamento Time Volume Pan Reverb Send Chorus Send Delay/Variation Send Type NRPN NRPN NRPN NRPN NRPN NRPN NRPN NRPN CC 1 CC 5 CC 7 CC 10 CC 91 CC 93 CC 94 Display CUTF RESO RATE DEPT DELY ATTA DECY RELS MODU PORT VOL PAN REVB CHOR VARI Table 5.
B-CONTROL FADER BCF2000/ROTARY BCR2000 User Manual 6. Specifications USB Interface Type Power Supply Full-speed 12 MBit/sec. USB MIDI class-compliant MIDI Interface Type 5-pin DIN connectors IN, OUT A, OUT B / THRU 100 to 240 V~, 50/60 Hz Power Consumption max.
B-CONTROL FADER BCF2000/ROTARY BCR2000 User Manual FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION COMPLIANCE INFORMATION B-CONTROL FADER BCF2000/ B-CONTROL ROTARY BCR2000 Responsible Party Name: MUSIC Group Services US Inc. Address: 18912 North Creek Parkway, Suite 200 Bothell, WA 98011, USA Phone/Fax No.
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