Bc2000 (for the BCF2000 & BCR2000)

Thanks for the replies, i'll look into all this.

--- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, Mike Perkowitz <perkowitz@...> wrote:
>
> what you want to do is create a BCR-2000 with very basic assignments --
> like a different CC assigned to each knob and notes assigned to each button
> (there's one in the factory presets I think) and then let Live handle the
> assignment of those things to stuff within Live. you shouldn't have to do
> anything very complicated on the BCR side.
> 
> once you have that BCR patch set up, open up the Live set you want to
> control. click the midi button. everything you can assign midi control to
> will turn blue. click on one of them and then turn the knob or press the
> button on the BCR you want to control it. repeat until you've got
> everything assigned. it's super easy once you get the hang of it. it's very
> easy for controlling mixer levels and effects sends, etc.
> 
> for instrument parameters, it gets kind of complicated. put a VST on one of
> your midi channels. in the Live window for the instrument (not the UI that
> the instrument creates, but the window at the bottom of the screen),
> there's a button for setting up midi control. you hit that and then you
> just click on knobs or sliders or whatever in the instrument window, and
> corresponding controls will appear in the Live window. then when you're
> doing midi assignment in Live, those things will turn blue and you can
> assign controls to them. it's hard to explain, but if you can find the
> right buttons, it's pretty easy.
> 
> other stuff to google for or check the manual once you get the basics
> working:
> - within Live, you can play with how the assigned stuff changes the values
> (like min and max value)
> - in the BCR you might want to change how the controllers work a little
> (e.g. the buttons can be toggles, momentary, etc)
> - if you create a new Live set and set up a bunch of controller
> assignments, you can save it as the default that will come up whenever you
> start Live (I forget exactly how)
> 
> probably the easiest thing is to google for some video tutorials for
> setting up midi control in Live, or read some of the Live doc.
> 
> mike
> 
> 
> On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 2:23 PM, brizzo83 <brizzo83@...> wrote:
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> > **
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> >
> > Thanks for the reply, what do you mean assign each track with a note?
> > Sorry i'm totally new to all of this!
> >
> >
> > --- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, BARRY D JAMIESON <bazzevo@> wrote:
> > >
> > > If you assign each track with a note then assign the note to each button
> > it will select the track and jump to it. The one issue you will have is you
> > have to save your setup as a start up session as there is no way to have
> > this be setup from each time Live opens as default.
> > >
> > > Hope this helps.
> > >
> > > Bazz.
> > >
> > > Sent from my iPhone
> > >
> > > On Oct 16, 2012, at 4:28 PM, brizzo83 <brizzo83@> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hey,
> > > >
> > > > I'm really struggling with the BCR2000 and ableton. I can't figure out
> > for the life of me how to program the things I want in edit mode. For
> > example, i'd like to assign 4 audio tracks and 4 midi tracks to the top 8
> > buttons so I can move through them without using my mouse (i've also tried
> > this in the learn mode but with no luck). I'd like to also control things
> > like the crossfader and certain instrument parameters that I intend to use.
> > I've looked both here & the ableton forum & can't seem to get what i'm
> > looking for.
> > > >
> > > > I've looked at BC manager & the manual and to be honest, it was quite
> > scary!! I'm not used to all the technical side of things & don't understand
> > the majority of it! I've also looked at the video tutorials on this site &
> > they haven't helped me much either. (you can tell i'm a total novice)
> > > >
> > > > Any help with this would be much appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
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