Bc2000 (for the BCF2000 & BCR2000)

On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 01:20:43PM -0000, Mark van den Berg wrote:
> --- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, "ivaasura" <Sunrider7@...> wrote:
> >> I am wondering how many BC users are using multiple presets at the 
> >> same time?
> > 
> > Well, actually nobody at all, because the BCs are no multitasking
> > devices... ;-) You still have to switch between different presets
> > and can use only one at the same time.
> 
> I don't want to seem to be nitpicking, but depending on what you mean
> exactly, this may cause a bit of confusion for some people:
> 
> The point to realize is that ALL the current settings for the 32
> presets are retained throughout the time the BC remains switched on.

I did not realize this.  Are the "switched away" presets still
sensitive to incomming (via midi) changes as well?  

My chief application of my BCR is remote control of a digital mixer
(Panasonic DA7), where I can see the changes happen if there's someone
at the console itself.  I could put much more info on separate "pages"
if I could trust that any changes to the main page would be shown when
I get back to it.

> (After all, in modern-day computer operating systems like Windows,
> you ALSO have to manually switch between programs by selecting their
> open windows, and we call THAT "multi-tasking".)

It's the computer that's multitasking, not the user.  A limit of the
current paradigm is that the keyboard and mouse are directed at only
one program at a time.  (It is certainly a limit that reduces
confusion, though!)

It's multitasking because you can start a web page loading, switch to
a word processor window and start typing, while the web page continues
to load.  Or because you start a song playing and it keeps playing
when you switch to some other program.

--> Steve

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Steve Wahl    steve@...