Bc2000 (for the BCF2000 & BCR2000)

Hello everyone. I am long time keyboard player from the US. But I am 
sort of an old school player in that I have a live setup that is pretty 
much like the good old days of piles of synths and sound modules. I do 
use as part of keys a Behringer UMX61 that is midi'd to a yamaha motif 
es.  But I would like to enter the 21st century and get one main 
controller keynoard that hooks into a midi interface which in turn 
drives multiple hardware sound modules/synths,etc.  I am really only 
interested in LIVE setups?  I just bought a MOTU Micro Express 
Interface but it seems to be appropriate for computer hookup and soft 
synths? I am not sure.  My question is.....If money were not an 
obstacle.......what would recommend as the BEST (for LIVE performance, 
strictly live-on-stage-performance) master controller and MIDI 
interface?  Also...with the Behringer UMX61 and the MOTU micro express 
(with a ton of sound modules and synths) COULD I PULL OFF THIS LIVE 
SETUP AS I AM DESCRIBING?  I also have a Triton Classic-perhaps that 
could be used as a controller. I am just new to the controller/midi 
interface world.  Any help/suggestions would be welcome.

Thank you, Will

Hello everyone. I am long time keyboard player from the US. But I am 
sort of an old school player in that I have a live setup that is pretty 
much like the good old days of piles of synths and sound modules. I do 
use as part of keys a Behringer UMX61 that is midi'd to a yamaha motif 
es.  But I would like to enter the 21st century and get one main 
controller keynoard that hooks into a midi interface which in turn 
drives multiple hardware sound modules/synths,etc.  I am really only 
interested in LIVE setups?  I just bought a MOTU Micro Express 
Interface but it seems to be appropriate for computer hookup and soft 
synths? I am not sure.  My question is.....If money were not an 
obstacle.......what would recommend as the BEST (for LIVE performance, 
strictly live-on-stage-performance) master controller and MIDI 
interface?  Also...with the Behringer UMX61 and the MOTU micro express 
(with a ton of sound modules and synths) COULD I PULL OFF THIS LIVE 
SETUP AS I AM DESCRIBING?  I also have a Triton Classic-perhaps that 
could be used as a controller. I am just new to the controller/midi 
interface world.  Any help/suggestions would be welcome.

Thank you, Will

You can probably program MIDI channels and program changes and such 
into Triton "combinations" - shoud be in the Manual.
Use BCF or BCR in standalone midi mode for additional Knobs and 
Faders, you need to look up the controller or nrpn numbers your 
modules respond to. 

The market for MIDI keyboard controllers at the moment is pitiful, 
most all of them are cheap devices that lack good keyboard action 
(exception: Doepfer, if you like hammer action). So I would recommend 
to see how far you get with Triton plus BCF/BCR (important to have 
real time control for sysnths parameters) and if you lack something, 
consider a (used) workstation.

If you would like to go 21st century, try brainspawn forte on a 
laptop as your central "brain". You can configure and patch internal 
and external instruments (with EHCO) in Scenes which change when you 
hit space bar or send a MIDI Program change. You can also easily map 
faders and nobs to different synths for different scenes.

Fab



--- In bc2000@yahoogroups.com, "willlandstrom" <willlandstrom@...> 
wrote:
>
> Hello everyone. I am long time keyboard player from the US. But I 
am 
> sort of an old school player in that I have a live setup that is 
pretty 
> much like the good old days of piles of synths and sound modules. I 
do 
> use as part of keys a Behringer UMX61 that is midi'd to a yamaha 
motif 
> es.  But I would like to enter the 21st century and get one main 
> controller keynoard that hooks into a midi interface which in turn 
> drives multiple hardware sound modules/synths,etc.  I am really 
only 
> interested in LIVE setups?  I just bought a MOTU Micro Express 
> Interface but it seems to be appropriate for computer hookup and 
soft 
> synths? I am not sure.  My question is.....If money were not an 
> obstacle.......what would recommend as the BEST (for LIVE 
performance, 
> strictly live-on-stage-performance) master controller and MIDI 
> interface?  Also...with the Behringer UMX61 and the MOTU micro 
express 
> (with a ton of sound modules and synths) COULD I PULL OFF THIS LIVE 
> SETUP AS I AM DESCRIBING?  I also have a Triton Classic-perhaps 
that 

> could be used as a controller. I am just new to the controller/midi 
> interface world.  Any help/suggestions would be welcome.
> 
> Thank you, Will
>