Bc2000 (for the BCF2000 & BCR2000)

--- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, "peterobrian@..." <peterobrian@...> wrote:
> i have connected the mks directly to the bcr2000, without the midi
> interface. bcr2000 midi out A to mks50 midi in and i have noticed
> something weird.
> when i go to cubase and add a midi track and route the out to the
> bcr2000 port, the only port where i can play the mks is the bcr2000 port
> 2, but in the BC manager the only where the bcr firmware is recognized
> is the bcr2000 port 1 (in and out)
> any idea about this? maybe it is related to the mks and bcr comm problem

Whenever the BCR is in a U-mode (U-1/2/3/4), the BCR's OWN output (such as the messages intended for the MKS) goes to the USB cable and from there to "BCR2000 port 1" on the computer, NOT to the BCR's "real" MIDI output sockets A and B.

For instance, if the BCR is in Operating Mode U-3, Behringer's USB driver for Windows 7 defines the following devices on the computer:

Input:
BCR2000 port 1 = messages from the BCR itself
BCR2000 port 2 = messages from the BCR's MIDI IN
BCR2000 port 3 = UNUSABLE DUMMY

Output:
BCR2000 port 1 = messages to the BCR itself
BCR2000 port 2 = messages to the BCR's MIDI OUT A
BCR2000 port 3 = messages to the BCR's MIDI OUT B/THRU

I think this explains all the behavior you observed.

To send the BCR's messages to the MKS at MIDI OUT A, there are 2 setups you could use:

1. Put the BCR in an S-mode (1/2/3/4).
However, the USB connection doesn't work in this case, so you can't use Cubase or BC Manager to talk to the BCR or MKS (at least not via USB).

2. Put the BCR in U-3 and make a "soft thru" on the computer, i.e. make a computer program route back the BCR's output to MIDI OUT A.
Maybe you can set up Cubase to achieve this, otherwise MIDI-OX will do this.
(Unfortunately, BC Manager's "Thru" facility currently only works for Channel messages, not for SysEx messages such as the ones you want to send to the MKS.)

For all routing details of the different Operating Modes, see the Behringer manual for the BCR. You might also look at the diagrams in the "Global setup" dialog box (accessible from the "Global Setups" window) in BC Manager.

Hope this helps,
Mark.