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Is that possible?

Is that possible?

2008-04-09 by Alex

Hello everyone,

I got a Roland DP-8 dumper pedal plugged into the foot controller of my BCF2000. The problem is this pedal only can reach a value of 118 when it is full pressed. Is there a way to modify the behavior of the foot controller input, creating a kind of velocity curve - linear in this case - for the pedal can reach the maximun value of 127. In this case, which software should I use? and how?

Thank you so much in advance.

Cheers,

Alex

Re: Is that possible?

2008-04-09 by Mark van den Berg

--- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, Alex <alex655321@...> wrote:
> I got a Roland DP-8 dumper pedal plugged into the foot controller of
my BCF2000. The problem is this pedal only can reach a value of 118
when it is full pressed.

Not that it's much comfort, but I strongly suspect the pedal itself
CAN reach 127: in my view the problem lies with the BCF2000.

I myself have a Roland EV-5 pedal. When I connect it to any other
device (admittedly all Roland products: an R-8 drum computer, a GS-10
multi-effect processor, etc.), there is never any problem reaching 127.

However, connecting my EV-5 to the BCF leads to the very same problem
you're reporting for your DP-8.
Actually, the EV-5 has a range-limiting wheel: when I set it to one
extreme, the pedal range is 0-118 on the BCF (just like you), but at
the other extreme of the wheel I get 127-127!

The problem seems that Behringer (or at least the BCF) uses a
different protocol than Roland concerning electrical resistance of
foot controllers (possibly even in terms of wiring). On the other hand
it might simply be a bug in the BCF's firmware, in which case our
Yahoo-group's "firmware-taskforce" might be able to fix this bug one
day - but don't hold your breath.

About 6 months ago, when I discovered this problem, I actually went
back to the shop where I'd bought my BCF: they let me try Behringer's
FCV100 foot pedal - I seem to remember that the FCV1000 did work fine
with the BCF. Still I think it's completely ridiculous that the BCF
can't interpret our Roland pedals correctly.

Mark.

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