Behringer B-Control Deejay BCD2000 Benutzerhandbuch

B-CONTROL DEEJAY BCD2000

The output section

Set the volume of the MASTER output

with the MASTER

control

. The MASTER output always provides the signal

routed to the crossfader.
Use the PHONES control

to adjust the headphone volume.

The PFL MIX

control determines the balance between deck

A and deck B.
Create a play list

Before you can play back a song or track, you need to create a

list or load an existing list. Click on the ADD button to load a new

track onto the current list. Add Directory allows you to upload a

complete directory from hard-disk. The sequence of songs on

the list can always be changed later on.
Load a track

Load a song from the list by clicking on the title and dragging it to

the waveform display of deck A. Alternatively, you can use the

Load button to load the next track you have marked from the

current list.
Start playback

Move the crossfader fully to the left and start playback by pressing

the PLAY button of deck A. Select a second track, move it to

deck B and start it by pressing the PLAY button of deck B.
Pre-listen to next song

Move the PFL MIX control

to the right to pre-listen to the

next song on your headphones. You will hear the song played on

deck B. Now you have to adapt its tempo to the tempo of the

song that is currently being played back on deck A. There are

various ways to do this. Either you control the tempo with the

pitch fader

or use the pitch bend buttons

located below

the pitch fader. A third alternative is to turn the scratch wheel

clockwise (faster) or counter-clockwise (slower). It will be

best to use the currently playing kick or snare drum as a

metronome. Once the rhythms are in sync, the beat has been

aligned perfectly. Use the Beat Mix indicator in the waveform

display as your optical guide, or simply use the Sync Slave function

(button

5.2 Additional DJ functions

Phones Split

In order to listen to both decks separately (Phones Split function),

briefly hit the PHONES SPLIT/MASTER OUT button

(LED

lights up). The signal on deck A can be heard on the left. The

signal on deck B can be heard on the right. The PFL MIX control

determines the volume ratio between the left and right signals.

Master Out

Press the PHONES SPLIT/MASTER OUT button longer to activate

the Master Out function (button LED starts flashing). When Master

Out is on, you will always hear the master signal in your

headphones, i. e. the music that is being played on the dance

floor.
CUE function

The CUE function allows you to set cue points in a track. Cue

points are positions in the track, which you can mark during

playback. Mainly, these will be positions you want to return to

later to start the song from this point, e. g. the beginning of a

chorus. You can set eight cue points per track and select them at

the touch of a button. When you press the CUE button

, the

song position cursor jumps to the selected cue point. If no cue

point has been selected, it will automatically go back to the

beginning of the track.

Pitch Bend

With the pitch bend function, you can modify the tempo of a track,

in order to adapt it to the tempo of the track playing on the other

channel. There are several ways to do this:
1.

Use the pitch fader to control the softwares pitch function.

Move the pitch fader

up or down to raise or slow down

the tempo. The pitch range can be adjusted in the

Configuration menu.

If the deck is in play mode, you can use the scratch wheel

to adapt to the tempo (and beat) of the second track. Its

similar to vinyl records: turn the scratch wheel clockwise to

raise the playback tempo; turn it counter-clockwise to slow

down the tempo.

The bend + and bend buttons perform the same

functions as the softwares bend buttons: Press either of

these buttons to temporarily change the tempo.

Loop function

The loop function of the B-DJ software can also be controlled

from the BCD2000. This is done with the LOOP IN/END and LOOP

OUT buttons. Basically, you can define any segment of a currently

played song as a loop. First, mark the start and end points on the

fly, i.e. during playback (first press = start point; second press =

end point). Once the end point has been set, playback returns to

the IN point and the loop is started immediately. Press the LOOP

OUT button to deactivate loop playback.
Sync Slave

With its Sync Slave function, the B-DJ software gives you a tool

for synchronizing two musical pieces. This function should always

be activated in the currently pre-listened channel. Otherwise, there

may be jumps in the rhythm, which would be very annoying. The

pre-listened song is adapted to the piece currently being played

back.

5. OPERATION