Bc2000 (for the BCF2000 & BCR2000)

Hi everyone!

BC Manager 1.5.0 is now available from the "Applications\BC Manager"
folder in the BC2000 Yahoo group's file section.

This new version has LOTS of new features and improvements, so
basically it's an essential upgrade for anyone using the program.

Some highlights:

Several improvements to MIDI I/O handling, which should solve many
people's autodetection problems (concerning "Invalid model" error
messages etc.). E.g.:
- The B-Control detection routines now identify MIDI feedback loops.
- BC Manager now works around a bug in the Behringer's Windows XP USB
drivers that previously could cause a freeze of the first USB-based
BCF/BCR MIDI input device after the "MIDI devices" dialog box was
closed via the OK button.
- Much more economical use of RAM concerning MIDI input devices.

B-Control data handling:
- "Set" operations are now available for ALL standard output parameters.
- Cross-element-type pasting, i.e. pasting button data to an encoder etc.
- Improved BC data handling concerning empty comment lines, the
Default parameter, GS/XG parameters and MMC frame rate.
- Compare presets and elements.

In the MIDI input messages window:
- Customizable display formats for recorded bytes.
- Save recorded MIDI messages (e.g. snapshots) to a standard MIDI file.

See the "Version history" section in the accompanying manual for all
the  details on the changes in version 1.5.0.

As usual, you can install directly on top of any previous version.

Enjoy!

Mark.

Excellent work Mark!

I have posted it on the page as well as pumping it on KVR.
Love the way it opens(detects) and closes (much faster cleanup).

I have not had a chance to play with in any intensity, it yet.
Soon.

Kip

--- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, "Mark van den Berg" <markwinvdb@...> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone!
> 
> BC Manager 1.5.0 is now available from the "Applications\BC Manager"
> folder in the BC2000 Yahoo group's file section.
> 
> This new version has LOTS of new features and improvements, so
> basically it's an essential upgrade for anyone using the program.
> 
> Some highlights:
> 
> Several improvements to MIDI I/O handling, which should solve many
> people's autodetection problems (concerning "Invalid model" error
> messages etc.). E.g.:
> - The B-Control detection routines now identify MIDI feedback loops.
> - BC Manager now works around a bug in the Behringer's Windows XP USB
> drivers that previously could cause a freeze of the first USB-based
> BCF/BCR MIDI input device after the "MIDI devices" dialog box was
> closed via the OK button.
> - Much more economical use of RAM concerning MIDI input devices.
> 
> B-Control data handling:
> - "Set" operations are now available for ALL standard output parameters.
> - Cross-element-type pasting, i.e. pasting button data to an encoder
etc.

> - Improved BC data handling concerning empty comment lines, the
> Default parameter, GS/XG parameters and MMC frame rate.
> - Compare presets and elements.
> 
> In the MIDI input messages window:
> - Customizable display formats for recorded bytes.
> - Save recorded MIDI messages (e.g. snapshots) to a standard MIDI file.
> 
> See the "Version history" section in the accompanying manual for all
> the  details on the changes in version 1.5.0.
> 
> As usual, you can install directly on top of any previous version.
> 
> Enjoy!
> 
> Mark.
>

--- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, "k5kip_1999" <k5kip_1999@...> wrote:
> I have posted it on the page as well as pumping it on KVR.

Thanks, as always!

By the way, I checked just before I uploaded 1.5.0 how many people had
downloaded 1.4.0 from your website: 175.
So let's see how far 1.5.0 gets before someone finds a bug that forces
me to publish 1.5.1 ...

Question: what are your and other people's experiences concerning
which download site works faster: the Yahoo group or your mirror?

I do know that UPLOADING BC Manager to the Yahoo group takes about 5
1/2 minutes - more or less independent of the speed of my own internet
connection, so those 5 1/2 minutes may be because the Yahoo host is in
the USA and I'm in Europe or so.

A few months ago I considered putting BC Manager at the Wiki site
instead of the Yahoo site (assuming that BC Manager wasn't too big for
that anyway), but then there was a discussion in the Yahoo group about
the Wiki site being slow, so I never looked into that option any
further. I recently saw that the Wike site has a link to your BC-page,
so that's good.

> Love the way it opens(detects) and closes (much faster cleanup).

"Closes"? I suppose you mean the termination of BC Manager as a whole
- I hadn't looked into that at all, actually, but I suppose that the
increased closing speed you've noticed is a result of the fact that an
enabled MIDI input device doesn't take up 2 MB of RAM any more (only
128 kB) - you must have a lot of MIDI input ports (via MIDI Yoke I
presume) if closing works that much faster!

Mark.

Hey,

Yeah, I check before taking 1.4.0 down @ 177.
1.5.0 currently at 25.

--- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, "Mark van den Berg" <markwinvdb@...> wrote:
>
> --- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, "k5kip_1999" <k5kip_1999@> wrote:
> > I have posted it on the page as well as pumping it on KVR.
> 
> Thanks, as always!
> 
> By the way, I checked just before I uploaded 1.5.0 how many people had
> downloaded 1.4.0 from your website: 175.
> So let's see how far 1.5.0 gets before someone finds a bug that forces
> me to publish 1.5.1 ...
> 
> Question: what are your and other people's experiences concerning
> which download site works faster: the Yahoo group or your mirror?

My experience is you can track from the mirror and not from yahoo.
My site is up "most" of the time, however, not all the time.
The free service www.110mb.com has issues sometimes, hard drives
crashing... etc.
I don't have a good indication on uptime.

> 
> I do know that UPLOADING BC Manager to the Yahoo group takes about 5
> 1/2 minutes - more or less independent of the speed of my own internet
> connection, so those 5 1/2 minutes may be because the Yahoo host is in
> the USA and I'm in Europe or so.
> 
> A few months ago I considered putting BC Manager at the Wiki site
> instead of the Yahoo site (assuming that BC Manager wasn't too big for
> that anyway), but then there was a discussion in the Yahoo group about
> the Wiki site being slow, so I never looked into that option any
> further. I recently saw that the Wike site has a link to your BC-page,
> so that's good.

I put that there, I think, I don't remember!

> 
> > Love the way it opens(detects) and closes (much faster cleanup).
> 
> "Closes"? I suppose you mean the termination of BC Manager as a whole

Yeah - termination of BCManager.



> - I hadn't looked into that at all, actually, but I suppose that the
> increased closing speed you've noticed is a result of the fact that an
> enabled MIDI input device doesn't take up 2 MB of RAM any more (only
> 128 kB) - you must have a lot of MIDI input ports (via MIDI Yoke I
> presume) if closing works that much faster!

Well, yeah i have 5 io ports on a motu microlite as well as bcr2000
and 8 midi yoke ports.> 

I have not had a chance to play much, yet.
Kip

--- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, "Bob S." <tttsystems@...> wrote:
>
> I am new to the BC world....where is the BC Manager located?
Here?
BC Manager 1.5.0 is now available from the "Applications\BC Manager"
folder in the BC2000 Yahoo group's file section.

New, too!

-Susan

Here in the files section and at 
http://shoshin.110mb.com/genmce/bcr2000

--- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, "Bob S." <tttsystems@...> wrote:
>
> I am new to the BC world....where is the BC Manager located?
> 
> Thanks
> Bob
> El Segundo, CA
> 
> 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: k5kip_1999 
>   To: bc2000@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2008 7:52 AM
>   Subject: [bc2000] Re: BC Manager 1.5.0 released!
> 
> 
>   Hey,
> 
>   Yeah, I check before taking 1.4.0 down @ 177.
>   1.5.0 currently at 25.
> 
>   --- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, "Mark van den Berg" <markwinvdb@>
wrote:
>   >
>   > --- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, "k5kip_1999" <k5kip_1999@> wrote:
>   > > I have posted it on the page as well as pumping it on KVR.
>   > 
>   > Thanks, as always!
>   > 
>   > By the way, I checked just before I uploaded 1.5.0 how many
people had
>   > downloaded 1.4.0 from your website: 175.
>   > So let's see how far 1.5.0 gets before someone finds a bug that
forces
>   > me to publish 1.5.1 ...
>   > 
>   > Question: what are your and other people's experiences concerning
>   > which download site works faster: the Yahoo group or your mirror?
> 
>   My experience is you can track from the mirror and not from yahoo.
>   My site is up "most" of the time, however, not all the time.
>   The free service www.110mb.com has issues sometimes, hard drives
>   crashing... etc.
>   I don't have a good indication on uptime.
> 
>   > 
>   > I do know that UPLOADING BC Manager to the Yahoo group takes about 5
>   > 1/2 minutes - more or less independent of the speed of my own
internet
>   > connection, so those 5 1/2 minutes may be because the Yahoo host
is in
>   > the USA and I'm in Europe or so.
>   > 
>   > A few months ago I considered putting BC Manager at the Wiki site
>   > instead of the Yahoo site (assuming that BC Manager wasn't too
big for
>   > that anyway), but then there was a discussion in the Yahoo group
about
>   > the Wiki site being slow, so I never looked into that option any
>   > further. I recently saw that the Wike site has a link to your
BC-page,
>   > so that's good.
> 
>   I put that there, I think, I don't remember!
> 
>   > 
>   > > Love the way it opens(detects) and closes (much faster cleanup).
>   > 
>   > "Closes"? I suppose you mean the termination of BC Manager as a
whole
> 
>   Yeah - termination of BCManager.
> 
>   > - I hadn't looked into that at all, actually, but I suppose that the
>   > increased closing speed you've noticed is a result of the fact
that an

>   > enabled MIDI input device doesn't take up 2 MB of RAM any more (only
>   > 128 kB) - you must have a lot of MIDI input ports (via MIDI Yoke I
>   > presume) if closing works that much faster!
> 
>   Well, yeah i have 5 io ports on a motu microlite as well as bcr2000
>   and 8 midi yoke ports.> 
> 
>   I have not had a chance to play much, yet.
>   Kip
>

----- Original Message -----

From: k5kip_1999

To: bc2000@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 7:46 AM

Subject: [bc2000] Re: BC Manager 1.5.0 released!

Here in the files section and at
http://shoshin.110mb.com/genmce/bcr2000

--- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, "Bob S." ...> wrote:
>
> I am new to the BC world....where is the BC Manager located?
>
> Thanks
> Bob
> El Segundo, CA
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: k5kip_1999
> To: bc2000@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2008 7:52 AM
> Subject: [bc2000] Re: BC Manager 1.5.0 released!
>
>
> Hey,
>
> Yeah, I check before taking 1.4.0 down @ 177.
> 1.5.0 currently at 25.
>
> --- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, "Mark van den Berg" >;
wrote:
> >
> > --- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, "k5kip_1999" > wrote:
> > > I have posted it on the page as well as pumping it on KVR.
> >
> > Thanks, as always!
> >
> > By the way, I checked just before I uploaded 1.5.0 how many
people had
> > downloaded 1.4.0 from your website: 175.
> > So let's see how far 1.5.0 gets before someone finds a bug that
forces
> > me to publish 1.5.1 ...
> >
> > Question: what are your and other people's experiences concerning
> > which download site works faster: the Yahoo group or your mirror?
>
> My experience is you can track from the mirror and not from yahoo.
> My site is up "most" of the time, however, not all the time.
> The free service www.110mb.com has issues sometimes, hard drives
> crashing... etc.
> I don't have a good indication on uptime.
>
> >
> > I do know that UPLOADING BC Manager to the Yahoo group takes about 5
> > 1/2 minutes - more or less independent of the speed of my own
internet
> > connection, so those 5 1/2 minutes may be because the Yahoo host
is in
> > the USA and I'm in Europe or so.
> >
> > A few months ago I considered putting BC Manager at the Wiki site
> > instead of the Yahoo site (assuming that BC Manager wasn't too
big for
> > that anyway), but then there was a discussion in the Yahoo group
about
> > the Wiki site being slow, so I never looked into that option any
> > further. I recently saw that the Wike site has a link to your
BC-page,
> > so that's good.
>
> I put that there, I think, I don't remember!
>
> >
> > > Love the way it opens(detects) and closes (much faster cleanup).
> >
> > "Closes"? I suppose you mean the termination of BC Manager as a
whole
>
> Yeah - termination of BCManager.
>
> > - I hadn't looked into that at all, actually, but I suppose that the
> > increased closing speed you've noticed is a result of the fact
that an
> > enabled MIDI input device doesn't take up 2 MB of RAM any more (only
> > 128 kB) - you must have a lot of MIDI input ports (via MIDI Yoke I
> > presume) if closing works that much faster!
>
> Well, yeah i have 5 io ports on a motu microlite as well as bcr2000
> and 8 midi yoke ports.>
>;
> I have not had a chance to play much, yet.
> Kip
>;