Bc2000 (for the BCF2000 & BCR2000)

ok, so i just gave your code a shot, royce. again, thanks so much
for your help. your suggestion is in fact exactly what i was looking
for. that's just what i wanted to do, i simply didn't have the
coding know-how. however, now that i've actually tried it, i'm
realizing that my plan was a bit flawed. unfortunately, in order to
get anywhere near the amount of precision that i was hoping for, i
need to turn the encoder like 10 times around to go through the
entire range. if i set it to operate throughout a single turn, the
changes in volume are much greater than .1dB in audition. i think if
there were actually 256 steps in the encoders, it would be
perfect. unfortunately, i'm guessing there are many fewer steps than 
that, meaning that the encoder needs to be turned a number of times. 
i hope i'm making sense here...i'm not articulating it well.

in short, i'm not really much better off than if i simply use the
easypar PB command. i'm thinking that what i want to do simply isn't
possible...at least not with the native resolution (i.e. number of
steps) on these encoders (or any encoders, for that matter)... i
guess that's why they offer faders instead.  is that right?


--- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, "rpcfender" <rpcfender@...> wrote:
>
> Hi
> --- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, "jordache.jpeg" <jdutcher@> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> > I recently got a BCR2000 and I'm trying to set it up for use in 
Adobe
> > Audition.  I've been in touch with a couple people in the BC2000 
group
> > regarding programming it to work as a Mackie Control unit 
equivalent.
> > I know there is already a compatible preset available for 
download in
> > the files section, but the volume controls are very rough, as they
> have
> > been in my own testing as well.  From what I gather, AA needs a
> > pitchbend value between -8192 and 8192 (in 256 steps) to adjust 
volume
> 
> 
> 
> You would first think
> .easypar PB <channel> <value> #pitch bend
> 
> but...
> "Note: the general MIDI Pitch Bend format is $Ec ValueLSB ValueMSB, 
so
> the fact that the BC always
> sends $00 for ValueLSB means that it doesn't support 14-bit values:
> this is a bit strange, since the BC
> does support 14-bit values for several other message types." Mark 
van
> den Berg
> 
> That is easypar will only give you pitch bend coarse settings
> You need to use .tx to be able to get to the 14bit number
> The range -8192 to 8192 is a bit tricky as the BC units don't work 
with
> negative numbers
> I'm not sure AA would really use signed integers.
> 
> The range of Pitch bend is usually defined as 0 to 16383 with the 
center
> (no pich shift) = $2000 or 8192
> The MIDI message is
> $E0 fine_data coarse_data
> 
> Perhaps this might work for encoder 49 (bottom left) on MIDI 
channel 1
> (Sorry, you can't program this from the front panel of the BCR. 
You'll
> need to use my editor )
> 
> .encoder 49
> .showvalue on
> .mode 1dot
> .resolution 2000 4000 8000 16000
> .minmax 0 16383
> .default 0
> .tx $E0 val0.6 val7.13
> 
> You can fiddle with the .resolution 2000 4000 8000 16000  to adjust 
the
> 'feel'
> The first number is "what is the value increased by if I move the
> encoder 1 turn very slowly"
> The 16000 means you should go through the range in one quick turn
> As you can see there are four rotation speeds
> You might like to use MidiOx to see what is happening
> http://www.midiox.com/ <http://www.midiox.com/>
> 
> Hope this helps. Let me know how you get on.
> 
> Royce
> 
> > properly.  Is there any way to alter the sysex data to reflect 
these
> > parameters for the BCR encoders?  I hope I'm being clear enough 
here.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
>