Anyone tried the Behringer BCF2000?

[Cheez]

Wonder if anybody has tried the BCF 2000. How's the latency via USB? If a keyboard is connected to it via midi and then goes through the USB midi into the computer, is the latency of the keyboard significantly increased?

 

[veganbleu]

My friend's got the bcf, i'm using the bcr. At the moment it's got my kaoss pad attached to it, so no full on synth. So far it's pretty ok. No problems except for the loose rear power cable and the fact that my vst host doesn't feedback parameters.

 

[Cheez]

A few questions. How's the sensitivity of the knobs? Do you get inconsistencies when using it on your sequencer?

So your kaoss is attached to the midi in of the bcr and the bcr is attached to your computer via USB, right? No noticeable latency when using the kaoss? Is it possible to try using a keyboard through the bcr? I need to know if the latency is bad or not. Thanks!!!!

I don't understand why the parameters are not fed back. Isn't the USB a two way transfer of midi? Have you contacted Behringer or is it built like that?

 

[seekz]

woohoo! can i know more about the BCF ?

I would certainly want a motorised control interface someday.
Like how fucking cool is that?

But ive read somewhere the drivers are like this tiny java applet thingy
Well I know it'll be a good tool for recording Automation. but what playing back the automation? is it smooth? or precise or accurate or what ever?

Dont know why but i'm just excited about motorised faders.
can anyone offer me more insights before i spalsh my 400 bucks on it
I'm using cubase sx by the way.

 

[veganbleu]

Ok in context first, these controllers are by far the cheapest things around and offer great value for money, though i'm sure behringer's not exactly making a loss.The only other time you'll get motorised faders would be with the behringer digital mixing desk Some cons, the rotaries are very plastic and could do with some beefing up, maybe a bit more rubberised. They don't offer much resistance and turn a bit too quickly. I'd have given up one row of them just to have better build quality.

At the moment there's no latency with it. Usually latency is governed by the audio aspect of the sound card, but there's none detectable through chaining the midi. BTW it offers 1 in/2 outs for midi and a few configurations for internal routing connections. The manuals can be downloaded off the behringer site.

Parameter feedback is dependent on the sequencer. For bcf, there's the mackie emulation mode in sonar, so those motorised faders do move, but the bcr doesn't have squat, so the rotaries don't update. I think for cubase sx it's all ok. If you're a tweaker, bcr is the way to go, traditionalists will go for the bcf.

The java application is just for easier editing, but at the moment it's easier to look for premade templates from bcontrol.tk. All good stuff!

 

[Cheez]

What about my question about using a keyboard routing to the computer via the BCR? Midi interfaces via USB usually have some latency. This latency may not be a problem when using controllers like faders and knobs, but when playing keyboads, a slight increase in delay in latency can be annoying. Have you tried it?

 

[seekz]

yeah i noe... Its like how bloody cheap compared to any brand else in the world..

So how much is it going for and where did you bought it ?

 

[trektechav]

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[InternationalOne]

http://www.bcontrol.tk.

Great link thanks