Bc2000 (for the BCF2000 & BCR2000)

--- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, "namesys02" <namesys02@...> wrote:
> 1. Is there a way to use a sysex message (type get a parameter value)
> to show the current value from synth on
> the display of BRC ? or lit an appropriate LED ? I would need this
> function only on crucial
> rotaries such as choosing wave for a patch. (there are 1024 waveforms
> ... :)

Bernard has already replied to this in depth, so let me just add a few
general remarks:

As far as I know it's impossible to control the 4 characters in the
BCR's display directly via external sysex messages - if that was what
you were after.

So all you can do is to build a one-to-one, bidirectional
correspondence between specific synth parameters and individual
buttons and encoders (hence: their LEDs).

However, in principle this can only be done for synth parameters that
can be sent and received via CC messages - or more precisely, via
messages that fall under the BCR's category of "standard output" (in
BC Manager's terms).

You CAN have the BCR SEND any parameter-linked SysEx message via a
"custom output" definition, but any button/encoder thus defined does
not LISTEN to the very same SysEx messages. A relevant quote from "BC
MIDI Implementation.pdf":

[T]he BC interprets incoming parameter feedback via MIDI only
according to the element's standard output definition; the BC does not
use any custom output definitions to synchronize the element's current
Value. In other words, custom output definitions are "deaf".

So, as Bernard described, for synth parameters using SysEx messages
it's only possible to have the BCR synchronize to them by converting
these messages to e.g. CC messages via a translation program.

> 2. Where is a wish-list for BCR2000 or wish-list for yoursoft ? I was
> trying to locate send-feedback on behringer site I couldn't find the
form 

About a year ago several people in our Yahoo group uplodaded a few
files specifying BCx2000 upgrade requests to the group's Files
section, but there is hardly any prospect of Behringer actually coming
up with new firmware versions, so there hasn't been much activity in
this area lately.

Concerning BC Manager: there is a wish-list at the bottom of the
manual. Admittedly it's currently very short - read into that what you
will...! Anyway, if you have any requests, just post them in this
group, and I'll reply: if it's a small feature, I might be able to
implement it directly,  if it's more complicated I might add it to the
manual's wishlist. (By the way: I also have a PRIVATE wishlist, which
is MUCH longer than the one in the manual!)

Mark.