Bc2000 (for the BCF2000 & BCR2000)

As an minor detour from this thread on synths, I had worked out that I could use the U3 setting and connect up my BCF2000 to a Yamaha LS9 digital console to provide some testing options when programming the encoders and faders with BC Manager.

When I was testing the thru function I could make the NRPN and CC (faders and encoders) messages work fine but the sysex messages for the Yamaha Cue (i.e. PFL) functions (on a row of buttons) would not work. I downloaded the settings to the BCF  but they would not work until I reconfigured the BCF to S1.

Am I missing some config option for the thru function?  eg filtering sysex somewhere?  I could see the sysex traffic on the BC Manager midi metering as I expected but the console just would not respond to the Cue control until I set the BCF to S1.

I have to admit to being something of a noob with the BCF (so far only using it to control Protools in the babyHUI mode) and certainly a complete noob with the BC manager, so I could be making a complete fool of myself.

Duncan     

--- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, "markwinvdb" <markwinvdb@...> wrote:


> More importantly: you DON'T have to switch between U/S-modes for programming and testing: you can route the BC's signals to your synth via BC Manager:
> 
> 1. On the BCF/BCR, select U-3 (or possibly U-2). (U-3 supports both MIDI OUT A and B; U-2 only MIDI OUT A.)
> 
> 2. Connect your synth (bidirectionally) to the BCF/BCR's MIDI input socket and to the MIDI output socket of your choice (cf. the U-setting chosen above).
> 
> 3. Start BC Manager. From the main window's menu, open Options->MIDI devices: (Note: in the procedure below, I haven't specified device NAMES, since these vary, depending on the installed USB MIDI driver. But e.g. if you're using a BCR2000 and the Behringer driver vs. 1.2.1.3, you should typically connect "BCR2000[1]" <=> "BCR2000[1]-A".)
> 
> (a) On the "Input" tab, select (highlight) the BC's input control device; then enable it (via the checkbox) and set its "Thru output device" to the BC's MIDI output socket of your choice.
> Also select and enable the BC's MIDI input socket, and set its "Thru output device" to the BC's output control device.
> 
> (b) On the "Output" tab, enable the BC's output control device and the MIDI output socket of your choice. (Their "Thru input device" settings should already have been taken care of by point (a) above.)
> 
> Now the BCF/BCR should be able to talk to BC Manager and the synth simultaneously.
> 
> You can test the connection from the BCF/BCR to the synth by checking whether BC Manager's MIDI input and output meters respond when you generate MIDI output on the BC or the synth: in the input and output meter windows, the "LEDs" of the connected input and output devices should light up simultaneously.
> 
> Good luck!
> 
>    Mark.
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