Behringer B-Control Fader BCF2000-WH User Manual

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 theyve

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 youve

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: its you, our customers! Many satisfied customers

mean large sales volumes enabling us to get better purchasing

terms for components, etc. Isnt 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, its been worth the effort!

Thank you very much,

Uli Behringer