Bc2000 (for the BCF2000 & BCR2000)

--- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, "laimisuni" <laimisuni@...> wrote:
> Hi guys, 
> Anybody know how I can change BCF/BCR presets with buttons? 
> Example: 
> First button - P-1 
> Second button - P-2 
> ... 
> Eighth button - P-8 
> 
> It's long way to jump from P-1 to P-8 in live situations by pressing "next preset".

Tricky.

First of all (you may already know this): you can hold the "<" or ">" button, then use any encoder to "dial" to any other preset; you may or may not find this easier than pressing the </> button multiple times.

But to answer your question: you can have any button send a particular Program Change message, and loop this message back to the BCF/BCR. (Don't forget to set the BCF/BCR's global Receive Channel to the correct value, or it won't respond. And of course these button assignments only apply to individual presets, so if you want a "global switchboard" for presets 1-8, you need to set up these 8 buttons in EACH of these 8 presets.)
However, in a live situation (in particular without a computer) such a feedback loop may be difficult to realize. And it can also be dangerous in the sense that ALL messages will get looped back, which might have undesired consequences.

Other workarounds I can think of:

- Use an external controller (e.g. another BCF/BCR!) to switch the BCF/BCR's presets via Program Change messages.

- If you switch presets in a fixed order (rather than "on the spur of the moment"), you can pre-program these presets in this order. Nothing prevents you from putting the same preset data in e.g. P-01 and P-08. And since there are 32 presets available, you do have quite a bit of room.

- Minimize the need to switch between presets by using the 4 "ENCODER GROUPS" buttons to switch between "mini-presets" for the top row of push encoders.

Hope this helps,
Mark.