Behringer B-Control Fader BCF2000 Manual Do Proprietário

B-CONTROL FADER BCF2000/ROTARY BCR2000 User Manual

And how does it work?
You can assign particular MIDI data to each control element on the B-CONTROL; 

for example, you can assign the so-called “MIDI-Controller 7” (CC 07) that adjusts 

the volume of a MIDI device to one of the controls on your BCF2000 / BCR2000. 

If you move / turn the corresponding control on your B-CONTROL, you can hear 

how the volume on the receiving MIDI device also changes (provided it is also 

connected to an audio output). Keep the following in mind: 

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).

Basically, you have 2 options:
You either set the desired control numbers at the B-CONTROL and transmit 

them to the software you are controlling, or you can set the desired control data 

directly on your MIDI device and let the B-CONTROL receive the information about 

number assignment using the LEARN procedure.

Example: 
On a software synthesizer, you want to control filter frequency, filter resonance 

and volume using the MIDI controllers 5, 6 and 7.
To receive MIDI data, you’ll need to perform the following settings on your 

software synthesizer:

set filter frequency to CC 05

set filter resonance to CC 06 (receive)

set volume to CC 07 (receive)

To get detailed information on how to assign them, please refer to chapter 

4.3.2 “Programming in the EDIT mode” on page 13.
Now, define in the B-CONTROL the control elements that will control these 

3 parameters. You can either use the Learn function if the software synthesizer 

gives you the option to send its CC data via MIDI, or you can implement the 

following settings manually:

Assign the push encoder 1 CC 05 to filter frequency control via dial rotation

Assign the push encoder 2 CC 06 to filter resonance control via dial rotation

Assign the push encoder 3 CC 07 to volume control via dial rotation

How do I wire the B-CONTROL?
Several classic examples can be found in the explanations of different operating 

modes (see chapter 4.1 “The Operating Modes”). Basically, the following applies:

If you want to control hardware MIDI equipment, use the MIDI connectors

To control software MIDI equipment, you can either use the MIDI connectors 

on your B-CONTROL – provided your computer has a MIDI interface – 

or you can use a USB connection

To remotely control both hardware and software equipment, 

several combination modes are available. These are explained in chapter 4.1

B-CONTROL?
You can basically control any device supporting the MIDI format. Both hardware 

and software MIDI devices are controlled exactly the same. The only difference is 

in the wiring.

Editing sound parameters of (virtual) synthesizers, sound samplers, 

GM/GS/XG sound generators

Controlling parameters on effects equipment / software plug-ins such as 

effects processors, reverbs, compressors, equalizers etc.

Remotely controlling software mixers (volume, panorama, equalizers etc.)

Remotely controlling transport functions (playback, forward, stop etc.) 

on sequencers, hard disk recorders, drum computers etc.

Using BCF2000 faders as drawbar control for virtual or digital 

organ expanders

Controlling MIDI-enabled lighting equipment

Live control of volume and sound parameters on expanders

Triggering (i.e. playing live) short samples, drum loops, shouts, effects etc.

Remotely controlling groove boxes, step sequencers, MIDI generators 

(such as arpeggiators etc.), DJ software and other “live” software

Program changes and volume control on sound generators (just like on a 

master keyboard)

Likewise, applicable to band keyboardists, solo entertainers, organists, 

electronic music performers, DJs, sound engineers, home / project studio 

owners, theater technicians etc.

The MIDI standard (Musical Instruments Digital Interface) was developed in 

the early ’80s to make communication between equipment from different 

manufacturers possible. Over the years, the MIDI interface has become hugely 

popular; it has become a matter of fact that complete studios can be connected 

via MIDI.
At the center of any such network is at least one computer that controls 

peripheral equipment. You can use the B-CONTROL in such a studio to control 

your sequencer or other software tools running on your computer (e.g. software 

mixers, VST instruments, effect plug-ins). But even if you don’t use a computer, 

you can use the B-CONTROL as a central control surface in your studio for 

comfortably editing your rack synthesizers, GM/GS/XG sound generators and 

effects equipment.

The MIDI connections in the back of your B-CONTROL feature the standard 5-pin 

DIN connectors. You will require MIDI cables to connect your B-CONTROL to other 

MIDI equipment. In general, commercially available ready-to-use cables can and 

should be used. Their length should not exceed 15 m (50 ft.).
MIDI IN: Used for receiving MIDI data (parameter feedback, SysEx data), 

or to mix MIDI signals with the B-CONTROL signals (merge function).
MIDI OUT A / B: Data for controlling other MIDI equipment can be sent through 

the MIDI outputs.