Behringer BCR2000 - Manual (Page 3)

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B-CONTROL FADER BCF2000/B-CONTROL ROTARY BCR2000
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION........................................................ 4
1.1 Before you get started .................................................... 4
1.1.1 Shipment .............................................................. 4
1.1.2 Initial operation ..................................................... 4
1.1.3 Warranty ............................................................... 4
1.2 System requirements ..................................................... 4
2. INTRODUCTION TO MIDI ......................................... 4
2.1 MIDI control for beginners .............................................. 4
2.2 The MIDI standard .......................................................... 5
2.3 MIDI connections ............................................................ 5
2.4 The MIDI format .............................................................. 5
3. CONTROL ELEMENTS AND CONNECTIONS ......... 6
4. OPERATION .............................................................. 8
4.1 The operating modes ..................................................... 8
4.1.1 USB modes .......................................................... 8
4.1.2 Stand-alone modes ............................................ 10
4.2 “Play” mode menu ........................................................ 13
4.2.1 Selecting a preset .............................................. 13
4.2.2 Copy/store presets ............................................. 13
4.2.3 Copying encoder groups .................................... 13
4.3 Programming ................................................................ 13
4.3.1 The LEARN function .......................................... 13
4.3.2 Programming in EDIT mode .............................. 13
4.4 MIDI messages ............................................................. 16
4.5 Settings in the global setup menu ................................ 17
4.6 Additional functions ...................................................... 17
5. APPENDIX ............................................................... 19
6. SPECIFICATIONS ................................................... 20
7. WARRANTY ............................................................ 21
FOREWORD
Dear Customer,
welcome to the team of
BEHRINGER users, and
thank you very much for
expressing your confi-
dence in us by pur-
chasing the B-CONTROL.
Writing this foreword
for you gives me great
pleasure, because it
represents the culmi-
nation of many months of
hard work delivered by
our engineering team to
achieve a very ambitious
goal: to present two
outstanding USB MIDI
CONTROLLERS. Due to
their extreme flexibility
they can be used as a
central control unit with USB/MIDI interface as well as for mere
MIDI control applications. The task of designing our new
B-CONTROLs certainly meant a great deal of responsibility, which
we assumed by focusing on you, the discerning user and musician.
Meeting your expectations also meant a lot of work and night
shifts. But it was fun, too. Developing a product usually brings a
lot of people together, and what a great feeling it is when all who
participated in such a project can be proud of what they’ve
achieved.
It is our philosophy to share our enjoyment with you, because
you are the most important member of the BEHRINGER team.
With your highly competent suggestions for new products you’ve
made a significant contribution to shaping our company and
making it successful. In return, we guarantee you uncompromising
quality as well as excellent technical and audio properties at an
extremely reasonable price. All of this will enable you to give free
rein to your creativity without being hampered by budget
constraints.
We are often asked how we manage to produce such high-
quality devices at such unbelievably low prices. The answer is
quite simple: it’s you, our customers! Many satisfied customers
mean large sales volumes enabling us to get better purchasing
terms for components, etc. Isn’t it only fair to pass this benefit on
to you? Because we know that your success is our success too!
I would like to thank all of you who have made the B-CONTROL
possible. You have all made your own personal contributions,
from the developers to the many other employees at this company,
and to you, the BEHRINGER user.
My friends, it’s been worth the effort!
Thank you very much,
Uli Behringer