Bc2000 (for the BCF2000 & BCR2000)

--- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, "janalex" <janalex@...> wrote:
> Is it possible to control more than 8 faders in ableton live with BCF2000 in any mode (mackie emulation or normal presets)?
> 
> For me all experiments failed because when I try to load projects with more than 8 channels or try to add the 9th channel and try to change groups, midi communication is being lost.
> 
> Any ideas ... ? or someone who really managed to handle more than 8 faders in ableton live? 

I'm not an expert on Live, but here's what I just did:

1. Switched on the BCF2000 in "MC C" Emulation Mode (by holding the second top button from the left), in Operating Mode "U-1".
(Actually I'm not sure which Emulation Mode works best for Live. You might try studying the layouts in Behringer's "BCF2000_Emulation_modes.pdf".)

2. Started Live 8.2 (under Windows 7).

3. In Live's Preferences dialog box on the "MIDI Sync" tab:
Control Surface: Mackie Control (there may be a better choice for this, but at least this worked for me)
Input: BCF2000
Output: BCF2000

4. In "Session" view, I inserted 20 audio tracks by "Insert Audio Track" (Ctrl+T).

Now I can work as follows:

a. To switch between tracks 1-8, 9-16 and 17-20, I press the "< PRESET" and "PRESET >" buttons on the BCF2000. The BCF2000's motors respond immediately by updating the fader positions.

b. When I move a fader on the BCF2000, the corresponding tracks's on-screen fader in Live moves accordingly, and vice versa.
This works for all 20 tracks.

Is this what you're after?

Right now I can't get things working in the BCF's standard "B-Control" (preset) mode: when I "Dump" Live's setup for the BCF2000 to the BCF2000, the BCF2000's display shows "Er22"; this may indicate a bug in what Live is sending to the BCF2000 - or else I'm missing something...

Hope this helps,
Mark.