Bc2000 (for the BCF2000 & BCR2000)

--- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, "donqjuz" <donqjuz@...> wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
> 
> i've searched the messages in here and also the net for getting an answer to my problem, which is this:
> 
> I have a white BCF2000 (latest firmware installed) which i use in MCU mode on a WinXP SP3 PC using USB port (also latest behringer midi drivers installed).
> The programm i use it with are Cubase 4.52 and Live 8.01.
> Now here's my problem:
> 
> When i start up the BCF2000 and start Cubase 4 (with no project loaded) everything works fine (transport controls etc.) but when i open a project, cubase loads it and set's the faders on the bcf2000 to the current position of the first 8 channels in the mixer.
> Then the bcf2000 "hangs up"...it doesn't respond anymore...you can hit every button without a reaction and the faders stay where they were.
> You can even move the faders up/down and they will jump back to their initial position (from the project's loading).
> 
> This is quite disturbing and not even the wackiest part of my story....
> 
> The longer the BCF2000 is turned on (warmed up) the better is the chance that my described problems disappear (not entirely though).
> 
> But even when it's "warmed up" often the problems return in several ways:
> Sometimes the bcf2000 hangs up when loading a new project or switching between applications (close cubase, open live etc.).
> Also it seems to get a "buffer overflow" which results in heavy delays when communicating from cubase back to the bcf2000 (delayed, sluggish fader movements, led lights etc.)
> 
> I don't know what to do or what i'm doing wrong.
> 
> Btw. the bcf2000 is connected to a USB port which has it's own IRQ (not a shared one like all the others)
> 
> I hope some of you can help me or give me any hints which leads to solving this stupid problem.
> 
> CU
>
Back when I was using my BCF under XP, I had no luck with the USB driver.  I had to use MIDI cables to get it work properly.