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Behringer BCF2000 manual

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    User M anual B - CONTROL BCF200 0/ BCR 20 0 0 F ADE R BCF200 0 T o tal-Recal l US B/ MIDI Co ntr oll er wit h 8 Mot ori zed F aders ROT AR Y BCR 20 00 T ot al- Re call USB /MIDI Controller with 32 Illuminat ed Rotar y Encoder s[...]

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    2 B- CONTRO L FA D E R BCF2000 /R O TA R Y BCR20 00 User Manual Thank you Thank you ver y much f or ex pressin g your condence in B EHRINGER produc t s by purchasi ng the B- CONTROL. T able of C onten ts Thank you ....................................................................... 2 Important Safet y Instructions ............................[...]

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    3 B- CONTRO L FA D E R BCF2000 /R O TA R Y BCR20 00 User Manual LEGAL DI SCL AI ME R LIM ITE D W ARR AN T Y T erminals marked with this symbol carry electrical current of su cient 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 in[...]

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    4 B- CONTRO L FA D E R BCF2000 /R O TA R Y BCR20 00 User Manual “Support ” at behringer . com. Ifyour country is not listed, please check if y our problem can be dealt with by our “OnlineSupport ” which may also be found under “Support ” at behringer . com. Alternatively ,please submit an online warranty claim at behringer . co[...]

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    5 B- CONTRO L FA D E R BCF2000 /R O TA R Y BCR20 00 User Manual 1. Intro duc tion The B- CONTROL is an ex t remely  exibl e control su r face sui table fo r a wide ar ray of applic ations. Re gardles s of whet her you want to intui tively cont rol your seque ncer sof t war e with mixer s, plug -ins and vi r tual inst rument s, or if yo u wish to[...]

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    6 B- CONTRO L FA D E R BCF2000 /R O TA R Y BCR20 00 User Manual What settings do I ha ve to mak e ? Where ? How ? Of ten, you can assign MIDI con trol dat a number s, the so - called con trol c hange or CC numbers, to in dividual MIDI p arameter s. That ’s par ticular ly the ca se wit h music sof twa re such as so f t ware se quencer s, mixer s a[...]

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    7 B- CONTRO L FA D E R BCF2000 /R O TA R Y BCR20 00 User Manual Note O n and No te O m essa ges have the fo llowin g data for mat: Stat us B y te Dat a By te 1 Da ta B y te 2 Note O &8n (n = cha nne l #) Note # V elocity Note On &9n (n = ch anne l #) Note # V elocity Table 2. 1: Data fo rma t of No te On an d Not e O m ess ag es Th[...]

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    8 B- CONTRO L FA D E R BCF2000 /R O TA R Y BCR20 00 User Manual ( 5) (10 ) ( 3) ( 1) ( 6) ( 8) ( 9) ( 7) ( 4) (2) BCR2000 BCF2000 Fig. 3.1 : T he co ntr ol su r fa ce of th e B- CON TROL s OUT A IN OUT B / THRU CONTROLL ER SWITCH CAUTION TO REDUCE T HE RISK OF EL ECTRIC S HOCK DO NOT REM OVE COV ER. NO USER -SERV ICEAB LE PARTS INSIDE: R EFER SERV [...]

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    9 B- CONTRO L FA D E R BCF2000 /R O TA R Y BCR20 00 User Manual (10) The 24 innitely variable r otar y contr ols (encoders) of the BCR20 00 c an be prog rammed to s end MIDI contr ol commands. T he LED circle show t he current value. (11) T hese are t he SWI TCH conne c tors f or connec t ing a foot s witch. Its p olarit y is auto matically d et[...]

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    10 B- CONTRO L FA D E R BCF2000 /R O TA R Y BCR20 00 User Manual USB- Mod e U-2: Sampler MIDI Keyboard MIDI-Expander B BCF/BCR2000 Parameter Feedback to C omputer from Computer USB MIDI IN MIDI OUT A MIDI OUT B/ THRU B-CONTROL MIDI Data Send Computer VOLUME MUTE DEMO FILTER LEVEL PROG TYPE COMBI PLAY POWER PHONES MIDI IN OUT A USB OUT B/THRU MIDI-E[...]

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    11 B- CONTRO L FA D E R BCF2000 /R O TA R Y BCR20 00 User Manual USB-Mode U-4 ( expanded): Unit 1 USB MIDI IN MIDI IN MIDI IN OUT A OUT B/THRU OUT B/THRU MIDI-Expander Unit 2 Software Sequencer push Software Synthesizer move/fade turn push Software Mixer move/fade turn push VOLUME MUTE DEMO FILTER LEVEL PROG TYPE COMBI PLAY POWER PHONES Fig. 4 .4: [...]

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    12 B- CONTRO L FA D E R BCF2000 /R O TA R Y BCR20 00 User Manual Stand Alone- Mode S- 1 : VOLUME MUTE DEMO FILTER LEVEL PROG TYPE COMBI PLAY POWER PHONES MIDI-Expander B VOLUME MUTE DEMO FILTER LEVEL PROG TYPE COMBI PLAY POWER PHONES MIDI-Expander A MIDI IN OUT A OUT B/THRU BCF/BCR2000 Parameter F eedback Merge to Computer from Computer USB MIDI IN[...]

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    13 B- CONTRO L FA D E R BCF2000 /R O TA R Y BCR20 00 User Manual Stand Alone- Mode S-3 : VOLUME MUTE DEMO FILTER LEVEL PROG TYPE COMBI PLAY POWER PHONES MIDI-Expander B VOLUME MUTE DEMO FILTER LEVEL PROG TYPE COMBI PLAY POWER PHONES MIDI-Expander A BCF/BCR2000 Paramet er Feedback Merge to Computer from Computer USB MIDI IN MIDI OUT A MIDI OUT B/ TH[...]

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    14 B- CONTRO L FA D E R BCF2000 /R O TA R Y BCR20 00 User Manual Important information about stand-alone modes: With the w iring e xample s shown here, the par ameter value s of the cont rolled devices c an be shown o n the B- CONTROL ’s LEDs (parameter fe edbac k) . If this is impor t ant to you, you will have to connec t MIDI IN to the MIDI ou [...]

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    15 B- CONTRO L FA D E R BCF2000 /R O TA R Y BCR20 00 User Manual 4. 3. 2 Programming in EDIT mode Various t ypes o f MIDI commands (Pitchben d, Afte r T ouch, MMC etc.) are assigned to the indiv idual contr ol element s in EDIT mod e. • T o ac tivate the EDIT m ode, press an d hold the EDIT bu t ton and oper ate a control e lement. This c an b[...]

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    16 B- CONTRO L FA D E R BCF2000 /R O TA R Y BCR20 00 User Manual SWITCH T Y PE CONT ROL LER S (bu t tons , fo ot sw itc hes , pus h fu nc ti on of Pu sh Enc ode r s) PUSH ENCODER 1234567 8 MIDI Da ta Typ e MIDI Send Channel Parameter Value 1 Val ue 2 Contr oller MODE Controller Option Display V alue PROGRAM CHANGE 1 -16 O , Ban k Se lec t M SB O[...]

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    17 B- CONTRO L FA D E R BCF2000 /R O TA R Y BCR20 00 User Manual Qual (Qualit y Q) has the op posite e ec t f rom sprea d: the LED circle light s up gradually w hen you dec rease t he value. This set t ing is use d for indicat ing lter qualit y wi th para metr ic equalizer s. Cut Cuto is o ptimal for co ntrolling t he cuto f re quenc y [...]

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    18 B- CONTRO L FA D E R BCF2000 /R O TA R Y BCR20 00 User Manual MMC: MIDI Machine Cont rol data is o nly assignab le to but ton element s. Encoder 4 ( Value 1 ) set s “Lo cate Time ” hour and minu te values, while en coder 5 (Value 2) sets se conds and f rames . The Loc ate Position is alw ays sent be fore th e MMC command. We therefo re have [...]

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    19 B- CONTROL F A D E R BCF2000 /R O TA R Y BCR20 00 User Manual 4.6 Additional functions T emp orar y “Lo cal O  ” : “Loc al O ” me ans that when you move a cont rol elem ent on the B -CONTROL, no MIDI data is tr ansmit ted. If t he posit ion of a contr ol element d eviates f rom the cur rent value in t he sof t war e, you can readju[...]

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    20 B- CONTRO L FA D E R BCF2000 /R O TA R Y BCR20 00 User Manual 5. Appendix Standard M IDI C ontroller ( CC) Numbers 00 Ban k Se lec t 32 Ban k Se lec t L SB 64 Damp er Ped al (Sus ta in) 96 Data En tr y + 1 (Inc rem ent) 01 Modulation 33 Modulation LSB 65 Port ame nto O n / O 97 Da ta En tr y -1 (Decr eme nt) 02 Breath Controller 34 Breath Con[...]

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    21 B- CONTRO L FA D E R BCF2000 /R O TA R Y BCR20 00 User Manual GS / XG- Par ame te r Ty p e Display Filter Cuto NR PN CUTF Filter Resonance NRPN RESO Vibrato Rate NRPN R AT E Vibrato Dep th NRPN DEPT Vibrato Del ay NRPN D E LY EG At ta ck NRPN AT TA EG De cay NR PN DECY EG Release NRPN RELS Modulation CC 1 MODU Portamento Time CC 5 PORT Vol u [...]

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    22 B- CONTRO L FA D E R BCF2000 /R O TA R Y BCR20 00 User Manual 6. Spe ci cat ions USB Interfac e T ype Full-spee d 1 2 MBit /sec. USB MIDI class- compli ant MIDI Inter face T ype 5-pin DIN conn ec tor s IN, OUT A, OUT B / THRU Control Elemen ts BCF 2000 Controls 8 moto rized 100 -mm f ader s 8 innitely v ariable push e ncoder s with LED rin[...]

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    23 B- CONTRO L FA D E R BCF2000 /R O TA R Y BCR20 00 User Manual FEDERAL C OMMUNICA TIONS C OMMISSION COMP LIA NCE INF ORMA TION Responsible Par t y Name: MUSIC G rou p Ser vi ces US In c. Address: 1 891 2 Nor th Cre ek Park w ay , Suite 2 00 Bo the ll, WA 9801 1 , USA Phone/Fax No .: Phone: + 1 425 6 72 081 6 Fax: + 1 425 673 7 6 47 B- CONTROL F A[...]

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