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how to use 2 bcr2000 to control live 5

Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 1:32 am
by nutownproject
hello there, i used the bcr2000 and was quite happy with it on a controller only basis, never went to far in programing it since it does the job i need perfectly but now i bought another unit believing i would just hook it up as they say on a usb4 and S3 mode with midi wires and so. live receives the signal from both but since i use it on a really easy way i m having problem when it comes to the midi map. i can have the top rotary knobs assign from 1/1 to 1/16 but then all the others once are the same values, so if i map any others knobs it will do the same job on each units[bcr2000]
i thought i could have extended to 16 physical chanels... i just don t get it.
anyhelp would be higly appreciate it. mostly i have a show tomorow and wanted to use both.
thanks jaycee

Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 3:05 pm
by Soundblaster
hm...i dont know... select different usb...? 2 or (2)(2)? i got only one bcr2000 and uc33e... :)

by the way, do you know where i can get new firmware for bcr??

Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 3:09 pm
by Soundblaster
yes, i forgot to say, maybe they are assingdned to ne channel? i had the problem but i figured out the programming with the encoders so i had no problem since than...

Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 5:52 pm
by mike holiday
Soundblaster wrote:by the way, do you know where i can get new firmware for bcr??
http://www.behringer.com/05_support/bc_ ... m?lang=ENG


does the setting on encoder 5 in system mode help or is that only for sending sysex along a chain of bcr's?


set one bcr to another midi chanel...

Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 7:49 pm
by Soundblaster
doesn`t 5th encoder sets the maximum value of the selected rotary in edit mode?

or do i get something wrong here...? :(

i thing that somewhere is even newer firmware than this on the behringers page...im not quite sure...

Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 9:43 pm
by timothyallan
you have them both using midi channel 1. Set one to midi channel 2 and they wont conflict. Then you will have 1/1, 2/1 and 1/16 and 2/16 for example (or 16/1, 16/2 i cant remember which way its displayed :) )

-Tim

Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2005 12:30 am
by nutownproject
i wish, i did change the midi channel, the device id but nope....

Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2005 12:44 am
by timothyallan
but if you say each knob is showing up as 1/1, 2/1 etc..., they are both using the same midi channel (Channel 1). Also, in the manual, it gives you step by step instructions on how to use 2 at once. I'm assuming you followed that already no?

Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2005 5:23 pm
by Soundblaster
yeap, i had problem like that, my 7th button and 9th knob were in conflict due the same ch, when i turned knob all to the left, the button shut down, as i turned it to the right it switches on, so i changed channel of the button to 16, and there were no conflict anymore...

Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2005 7:30 pm
by mike holiday
Soundblaster wrote:doesn`t 5th encoder sets the maximum value of the selected rotary in edit mode?

or do i get something wrong here...? :(

i thing that somewhere is even newer firmware than this on the behringers page...im not quite sure...
thats what 5th encoder does in edit mode

but if you go into system mode (store+edit) 5th encoder will display

"1d 1" through "1d 7"

don't know if this is only so you can target the right device sending sysex messages..
but it is related to using multiple bcx's