Bc2000 (for the BCF2000 & BCR2000)

--- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, "jk.anters1" <jk.anters1@...> wrote:
> I have a BCF2000 and a BCR2000 linked together using USB Mode 4 on the BCF and Stand Alone Mode 3 on the BCR.
> Everything works fine but I can't figure out how to perform a bankselect so I can put both controllers in the same preset at a time.
> I can't find it in the manual or anywhere on the internet..
> Can someone help me out with this?

"BC MIDI Implementation.pdf" (available from http://home.kpn.nl/f2hmjvandenberg281/bc2000.html), section 19.3, describes several ways of selecting presets:

The simplest way is via a MIDI Program Change message:

Cn PresetNumber-1

Here "n" indicates the MIDI channel minus 1.
So for instance "C0 04" means "select preset 5 via MIDI channel 1."
For this to work as you wish, you must set the global Receive Channel of both the BCF and the BCR to the same value (1 in this case).

Alternatively, you could use a BCF/BCR-specific MIDI System Exclusive message using command $22 (see BCMI section 6):

F0 00 20 32 7F 7F 22 PresetNumber-1 F7

As you can see, this is more complicated.
However, other MIDI devices "in the vicinity" might inadvertently switch their programs too when they receive the simple MIDI Program Change message; so in this respect the System Exclusive message is safer.

Hope this helps,
Mark.