Bc2000 (for the BCF2000 & BCR2000)

--- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, Howard Moscovitz <h@...> wrote:
> I have a couple of questions.
> 
> 1) When you edit the parameters for a preset, there is something to 
> check about LEARN. What is that?

Well, very complicated, in any case! As I remember, when I discovered
this feature last summer, it took me about a week to figure it out:

For each preset the BC allows you to define your own sequence of 
(max. 125) MIDI bytes. BC Manager allows you to create this sequence
via the "LEARN output" tab of the preset dialog box.

The BC will output this MIDI sequence in 2 situations:

1. When the preset gets selected (in whatever way), PROVIDED that a
particular preset parameter internally called ".request" has the value
"on". In BC Manager you can set this parameter via the checkbox
labeled "Request (i.e. LEARN output)" on the "Parameters" tab.

2. Whenever you press EDIT + LEARN.

So Behringer's idea apparently was that the MIDI bytes you define
somehow constitute a data request to which the receiving device
replies by sending "the things to learn" back to the BC, hence the
term "LEARN". However, you can of course have the BC send ANYTHING,
not necessarily triggering a response from the other device. One
obvious idea is to have the BC simply send a Program Change message
indicating that the BC has indeed selected THAT preset. So e.g. for
preset 1 you could define "$C0 $01", for preset 2 "$C0 $02", etc.

> 2) When you using the encoder or button table. Is there a way to change 
> the parameters of just the selected encoders to change just the
channel. 
> for example? It seems that even when you select several rows, you can 
> only change the parameters for one encoder at a time.

As you have already found out, the "E" button or the "Edit" menu item
indeed simply edits each selected encoder IN TURN. To set just the
channel of a range of encoders, use the "Set" submenu under the "Edit"
pull-down menu: there you can select the parameter of your choice
(like "Channel") that you want to change in one go for all the
selected encoders. A dialog box pops up in which you can select the
new channel, and even more sophisticated: if you check the "Increment"
box, the FIRST encoder gets set to the channel you've indicated, but
the second becomes 1 higher than the first encoder, and so on. Beware:
you may not actually see the channels change in the encoder table if
"Type" is "None". But you can set "Type" in a bulk operation as well,
so that can be easily fixed...

Mark.