Bc2000 (for the BCF2000 & BCR2000)

--- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, "evanlong@..." <evanlong@...> wrote:
> Is it possible to make the BCR's buttons play notes?  Let's say, for example, that I wanted to play a C1 at max volume.  It's for a drum voice that doesn't recognize note-off messages, so I don't care about note duration.  How would I set that up in BC Manager?

There are 2 ways:

1. Via the BCR's "standard" (".easypar") Note message.
The only drawback of this is that you get unnecessary Note Off messages. (In fact, on drum devices that DO react to Note Off, these messages might even be unwanted.)
You can set this up in BC Manager by going to the "Standard output" tab of the button dialog and setting "Type" to "Note"; in your case, you want Mode to be "Toggle Off".

2. Via the BCR's "custom" (".tx") message system.
The advantage of this is that you can avoid sending any Note Off messages. (In fact, in this way you can send any message(s) you like - even SysEx messages, as you're well aware by now...)
In BC Manager: go to the button dialog's "Custom output" tab, click "Insert new line" (the red "+"), then (in the dialog box that says "... Line 1") click "T" and enter e.g. "$90 24 127" (without the quotes).
On the "Custom output" tab, "Mode" should be left at "Down", and Value 1 and Value 2 can be left at 0,

Hope this helps,
Mark.