Bc2000 (for the BCF2000 & BCR2000)

Hi Joakim (and Royce) - Cubase user here, i ran into the same problem 
lots of time ago and....unfortunately there's no way to overcome it 
with cubase ONLY!

When you set up the Generic Remote using plugin XYZ (say, with 10 
parameters) on slot 1, you are actually assigning CCs to the first 
ten parameters of WHATEVER plugin you load in insert 1 - if you 
replace XYZ with plugin ABC (for example, with 12 parameters) , the 
map you created for XYZ will control the first 10 parameters ONLY of 
plugin ABC.

If you have a look at the .xml file created when you save the generic 
remote, you will see there's no reference to XYZ, but only to slot 1 -
 cubase actually assigns controllers to param 1,2,...,N of 
the "generic" plugin loaded in insert 1 (N being...for example, the 
32 knobs, or whatever!).

You could create eight Generic Remote banks (INS1, INS2 etc), which 
is pretty simple if you look&edit the xml file (much better than 
using the setup page for the Generic Remote....)

CCs can be assigned to bank up/bank down commands and also to 
SPECIFIC banks (so you could use BCR buttons to select the correct 
bank) - also, you can set up TWO generic remotes with the same set of 
CCs: this way you can assign the SAME controller to different action 
(so the same button can OPEN the vst GUI and at the same time select 
the correct bank)

The remaining issue is that a knob's "name" depends on the plugin: 
encoder 1 may be threshold for the compressor on slot 1 and chorus 
rate on slot 2, or threshold for compressor X and make up gain for 
compressor Y....and of course each plugin has his own list of 
parameters, and two FX of the same kind often have different 
parameters - almost always in a different order!

that's the workaround i found: use www asseca com mGUI to wrap your 
vst (youcan give them a new BCR like GUI and change the order of 
parameters, so you get everything done with visual feedback)...

i hope it helps, at the moment i'm at work so....i'll tell you about 
mGUI in episode 2!

Take care,
Francesco



--- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, "joakim777el" <joakim777el@...> wrote:
>
> Well. Thank you for answering anyway!
> I have gotten things to work like I wanted now. So that is cool.
> Exept ONE thing. Programming VST`s.. 
> If I set up a voxengo gliss eq on slot 1 in the cubase insert. And 
> program it so everything works. I can still just control the eq 
while 
> it is in slot 1. This can be a problem for me since I almost never 
> use the same plugins after eachother. Sometimes I compress before 
eq, 
> and sometimes the other way.
> 
> So my question is.. How can I program a plugin to work in slots 1-8 
> on the insert? And then I mean with the same controls.
> 
> thank you so much!
> 
> Joakim
> 
> --- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, "rpcfender" <rpcfender@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Joakim
> > Sorry about the silence, I guess there aren't many Cubase users 
out
> > there so I have a stab at the problem.
> > >
> > > Was the question to stupid?
> > > Could not find the answer searching the forum.
> > > Any links replys would be nice.
> > 
> > Unfortunately I don't use Cubase or Blockfish (free VST 
Compressor),
> > but it sounds like a problem with Cubase or the VST not the BCR.
> > Does Cubase set the controller on a project by project basis?
> > If this is true then you should set up a template that has all the
> > stuff connected and when you want to start a new piece load it 
and 
> do
> > a Save As before you start doing any thing else. (Backing it up is
> > also probabaly a good thing as well)
> > 
> > Royce
> > 
> > > > I have a problem, houston!
> > > > I program a plugin (f.ex a blockfish) with genetic remote. 
And 
> I 
> > > > export it(just to make sure it dont go away). And I have 
> choosen 
> > > the 
> > > > settings to be selectable so I can use the blochfish on 
several 
> > > > tracks wit the same controls. As long as I have choosen that 
> track. 
> > > > And it works pretty well. 
> > > > But when I close the project and enter another one, I open 
the 
> > > > blockfish and it says not assigned on the control I JUST 
> assigned.
> > > > Very irritating..
> > > > 
> > > > And is it a way that when I have two instances of blochfish 
on 
> two 
> > > > differerant tracks. That the lightsdiods/settings can follow 
> when I 
> > > > switch tracks. It`s not so cool to turn the knobs and you 
want 
> to 
> > > > make a minor adjustment and it suddenly jumps to the settings 
> in 
> > > the 
> > > > previous track.
> > > > 
> > > > Got the bcr2000 yesterday and I like it!
> > > > Guess I just have to learn how to use it properly.
> > > > 
> > > > Peace!
> > > > 
> > > > Joakim
> > > >
> > >
> >
>