Bc2000 (for the BCF2000 & BCR2000)

Hi everyone, Ray here from Holland.

I'm new to this group and do not yet own the BCR2000 but i'm seriously
thinking about it.

I have a Keystation pro 88 and am tired of the pots jumping to other
valeus in vst plugins. I want to buy a controller to tweak vst
plugins, i want the pots to be be touch sensitive so they are always
in the same position on the hardware as on the software. I also want
to be able to switch vst plugins and not have to reprogram the
hardware and software. I have read something about Mackie Emulation
that might do that.

So far i am thinking to get the BCR2000 and was wondering if anyone
can share their experience with me.

So far i have also looked at the Novation Zero SL but it only has a
few endless rotary encoders and faders i don't need ( i have a
Alphatrack for controlling my DAW. 

Any suggestions or comments are greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

Ray

PS. I am using Ableton Live.

> i want the pots to be be touch sensitive 
> so they are always in the same position on the hardware as on 
> the software. 

BCR2000 uses endless rotary encoders with LED rings around them.
You could make presets to control different VST plugins.

Ray,

Quite a wish list you have there! Unfortunately it might be a tough 
list to accomodate. The BCR does have endless encoders, but they are 
not actively monitoring the settings of your VSTi's, so upon 
initialization, you will have a CC jump until you sync up  the 
parameter and the knob. As far as I know, the Mackie Emulation 
suffers from the same fate. I have been controlling numerous synths 
and Cubase using different User created presets, and this has never 
been an issue, however. I usually sync the parameters up before 
recording. You can also create a template in your vST'i that is 
already synced with the settings of you BCR, REALLY easy to do! 
Simply have all your knobs on the BCR synced, and save a preset in 
the VSTi (I'd Call it BCR default), and store the preset on you BCR 
and no CC jumping! Unless you change patches that is....


Erik

 --- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, "Ray" <usa_ray@...> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone, Ray here from Holland.
> 
> I'm new to this group and do not yet own the BCR2000 but i'm 
seriously

> thinking about it.
> 
> I have a Keystation pro 88 and am tired of the pots jumping to other
> valeus in vst plugins. I want to buy a controller to tweak vst
> plugins, i want the pots to be be touch sensitive so they are always
> in the same position on the hardware as on the software. I also want
> to be able to switch vst plugins and not have to reprogram the
> hardware and software. I have read something about Mackie Emulation
> that might do that.
> 
> So far i am thinking to get the BCR2000 and was wondering if anyone
> can share their experience with me.
> 
> So far i have also looked at the Novation Zero SL but it only has a
> few endless rotary encoders and faders i don't need ( i have a
> Alphatrack for controlling my DAW. 
> 
> Any suggestions or comments are greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Ray
> 
> PS. I am using Ableton Live.
>