Message
Re: newbie. bcf 2000 please help
2008-09-15 by stefan_soundstudies
--- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, "ashwinkumar" wrote:
>
> hi people i am new to this forum. i am a amateur musician who has set
> up
> a small ( a very small ) home recording. i basically do instrumentals
> of
> known songs and compose instrumentals of various generes at my home. i
> have a p-c with m-audio audiophile 2496 now as soundcard of now. i
> have
> cunbase sx 3 as sequencer . i have a yamaha psr 2000 keyboard which i
> have
> connected with my computer and soundcard which i use to trigger midi
> for
> vsti and for my kontakt which i use for playing my samples. i also
> record audio tracks with the preset sounds in my keyboard. i use lot
> of
> vsti plugins and vst fx for creation of my music. i am also seriously
> thinking of adding vocals in future. i am basically frustrated using
> the
> mouse as controller for mixing and automation of the tracks with built
> in mixer in cubase. i wanted to buy a tactile controller surface for
> mixing / automation in my daw and also to control vsti/ vst fx knobs
> in
> software
>
> i have ordered for bcf2000as i was verymuch impressed with it. but i
> see
> from various forums that there are only presets for bcr and not for
> bcf.
thats almost 'natural', because the BCF has allready a Mackie Emulation built in.
but you'll find also some presets for the BCF, for example here in
/files/Presets/BCF Live MCE by Mago.rar
ok, this has been done for ableton, but with a little personalisation/finetuning you'll get it working as you want it to work.
the original 'Mackie Protokol' and the sent CCs are always the same, there are some functions/knobs that may have different functions in every DAW
if you look here (german, but i could help with that):
http://witez.blogspot.com/2007/11/cubase-41-und-behringer-bcr2000.html
if you take this preset & magos, compare them and 'fuse' them together,
than you should be able to make a nice preset that works fine for you
>
> so i wanted to ask u a few questions
>
> does the bcf work properly with cubase sx3? are there presets
> available
> for it? if so where can i download them?
sure the BCF works for cubase sx ;)
in bcf mode as well as in diff. emulation modes (Mackie, Baby Hui, etc...)
look in the comments there:
http://keyboards-midi.musiciansfriend.com/product/Behringer-BCF2000-BControl-Fader?sku=701763
also there (again, german):
http://www.deejayforum.de/17-hardware/16800-behringer-bcf2000-cubase-sx-3-mixer-anleitung.html
>
> can i use my bcf 2000 to control the vst instruments and vst fx?
in principle yes, but as you dont have that much rotarys as you could need,
maybe think about using BCF for the Cubase Mixer,
and an additional 'Novation Nocturn' as dedicated plugin controller (you get that new for 99â¬, well worth its money)... that one is really a great addon to any other (main) controller,
and because of novations 'automap' software it does a great job with plugins
if so
> is there presets available for each vst?
no, for some plugs you'll have to do some work on your own, but its really easy
or can i find out about the
> controller-numbers the plugs/vstis are working with and adjust the BCF
> according to them and then save them as presets?
you should still be able to create custom presets for almost any plugin as long as the plug is controllable with MIDI (even if not, you could add mGui wrapper to that plug)
so a clear yes...