All user reviews for the Behringer B-Control Rotary BCR2000

- How long have you use it?

I use the BCR2000 1 Week Achete new ...

- What is the particular feature you like best and least?

THE +: -large number of rotary
-PRESET configuration
-contrleur well conut at the Bay distance and the size of the knobs
-the prix..permet to have a fairly complete Controller for less than 150 euros


LES -: -that plastic (but hey at this price should not expect a brushed aluminum finish)
knobs resists -some more than others (because of a store in return)
-2 Linear faders t would be welcome to return and rgler master
- How do you report qualitprix?
-excellent report qualitprix

about 4 months of repeated use
I fly in old synth MIDI
I love how quickly parameterize the bypass, the two outputs
I do not like the system to put labels and annotate my settings, I went to POST IT, I do not like the plastic casing.

record is available, the possibilities are enormous, including making a chaining between BCR
USB is a genius idea
ca ages if one considers the known mine to live, and now the technival my room.
I do not bugg, no latency, apparent led witnesses are MIDI messages sent receipts and

I have a mini pride to see that Laurent Garnier, Daft Punk and JUSTICE also fly with AC, like what, at behringer, there's also good stuff

I have been using the B Control Rotary BCR2000 in Cubase and even in Logic on my Mac for a long time now. The control surface of the BCR2000 gave me complete control over all of my virtual synths that I was using. This unit is so well made it actually feels like knobs that are on some expensive Motif or Fantom keyboards. You can have 4 groups and 32 presets with each group. It can be connected to your computer through USB or through standard MIDI connections. Using the BCR2000 will change the way your workflow is without a problem. It will take some time to fully remember how you have everything set up if you choose to save it as a preset, because there really are not any labels or any places to put labels so you can remember. There are blank spaces so you can write in your own labels that you may want but I just don’t like that because it can get sloppy if you want to move things around or change things up after time using a pen then having to scratch out words and write more. The unit has a good weight to it, it does not feel cheap or plastic like. It does also come with a power connection to a wall outlet.

Using it with Reason was probably the easiest to set it up with and start using it. Cubase took a little more work and so did Logic. It also runs great in Ableton Live and Sonar. It is very versatile and can be used to control anything you want. As long as you are using Windows XP or higher then it will work with your system. If you do need some new drivers you can easily download them from Behringer’s website and you can also get all of the support you need. This unit is also backed by a factory warranty as long as the damage is not your fault they will fix it or give you a new one.

Since 2009.

My first controller with knob.

Y has the knob, the knob and the knob again, you never miss a knob of this unit.

Against by the materials used are not tip-top, it is far from axioms (and not it's not the top of the basket. A gesture with moderate use and advise (my son 4 years old has already broken a knob, j ' neamoins have been the pick).

The system LED couple of knobs without purpose is genial, shame that only the knob of the first row are the knobs / buttons.

Some knob are more or less precise, but for the price it's quite frankly.

My advice to those on a budget who want to manipulate Deeper sound has excessive live.

Reason on happiness, I do not see the usefulness of Ableton Live (the BCF2000 is more appropriate).

How long you use it?

5 years.

What is so special that you love the most, least?

+
Simplicity.
The price.
Soundness.

-
No faders (but then I quibble to death).

Did you tried many other models before buying it?

No, but I scoured the net, and the only controller that was approaching the Mackie was costing four times the price.

How would you rate the quality / price? With experience, you do again this choice?

Quality / price excellent, I did everything with this controller, I took him everywhere, in the worst conditions, and it still works perfectly. When I speak of the fragility of Behringer, I answered BCR.

Maybe I would hesitate if I were forced to change banks, or get married, or have the operation of schizophrenic brain by a chimpanzee, but not to buy a BCR.

I was looking désespérémant a MIDI controller, a vraix!! which has an input and output ports DIN, not USB's!
Result smashes it all: a midi in, midi out and two usb ... concéquence I alegre pilot filters and envelope expendeurs of my fingertips (ATC1X among others) while sending the message notes from my sequencer.
Its functions merge, thru, are ideal for Hardware!

Conclusion:
you guessed it I use it mostly to drive my keyboard and expendeur which has no knob, and it works a lot!
Its different config (see instructions on the manufacturer's website) allow the blow to locate the center of your home studio!
Easy to program, I am delighted, only downside: a little plastoc finish anyway, but this eprix falait not expect the cabinet knobs in wood and chrome ....

For technical dtails see the comrade of a cot ...
I can add a notice that will attnuer the enthusiasm of some.
Overall, this machine is worth the dtour and report quality price seems good rev ... But I carry your attention to a point prcis: do not trust the information that the prsentent BCR2000 as a miracle plug and play! The assignment is supposed, if we are to rfre documentation, be automatic thanks to a learn mode which, in fact, works only in cases trs prcis ... For example, in Cubase, everything must be set "by hand". In addition to some versions of Cubase (SE at least I do not know SL) does not paramtres Access in the VST-I ...

In résumé is an area of ​​CONTRL not easier to use than others ... if you buy it, because you met your commands it offers, not for its simplicity ...

Used for 4 months
Aprcie for various reasons
- Appearance
- What lies derrire appearance
- Its price in miTHOMMAN (it sucks but hey ...)
- Software patching
- The flexibility of CONTRL (li software)

Dception: twisting the wrist to move from 0127 if the materials used does not include the bcr MIDI mapping
I have earlier stages of testing my keyboard via midi control evolution, the bcr is much more srieux
That's what made me avoid a uc33

The BCR seems to be perfect computer music: a lot of software allow the midi learn
I found a certain harmony between bcr and audimulch. What is missing may be the bcr is a morphing noon, but hey ca not currently exist. Also the possibility to make "jumps" with groups such encoders 10 50 via a dual-use groups: on-off and encoder.
The presets can grate simultanment paramtres 80 * 32: it is more than enough.
The inputs for connecting two switch pedals, convenient to the grate squence rhythmic dj if hands are on a keyboard (the one-man band of bcr ct)
In short, the bcr: perfect to control, plus it's class in the dark

Party to purchase a UC16, I compltement hearts seeing this thing (there's no other word ...) in a glass case. A 149 euros against 109 for the UC16, which resemble a toy in comparison Bontempi, j'tais dj relatively happy with my dpense. But it is the connection of the bcr Hallu really begins ... Since I sleep with, there is nothing that this machine comes out of it or I do not know, and the competition is far away derrire dropped. No hsitation controller is what you need.

Small BMOL ngatif the website Berhinger down that silent when g wanted download any manufacturer drivers (it works even when the drivers with XP or 98SE noon) over the explanatory are really not clear, we shuffled between a few drivers, software, & Updates

Use for a day: enough for a mastery of all the camera functions, but brief instructions clear and explicit.

Particularity loves most: LED rings, programming simplicity, price, robustness done everything correctly.

Particularity least favorite: apparent impossibility (OS 1.03) of not Sets the pots, one full turn of knob is Necessary for a transition from 0127 to the value of play pause stop parametre.Commandes locator are not recognized by SX2 (c ptetre binbin me too, I'm still the OS 1.03)

No other hardware test but visually we see immediately that a relative or UC16 UC33 there is no picture, the BCR2000 looks more robust.

Qualitprix Report: it's so good ... behringer

Choice again? no problem, I take the BCR2000

I've had six months, I am in OS 1.07, I had bought especially to control my synth that has a knob and a real pleasure to use, enough to rediscover his machine.
Compared to the CPU 33 that I also I find that it sounds better built, is similar
but the knobs are behringer + fluids.

What I like about the behringer is its intuitive programming is not rocket science and more on the fact that uc33
The knobs on top of several activation mode of the LEDs (to the pan for example) and it's great practice
Too bad these mode is confined to the top row.

Besides programming sysex I do not see what's missing on this controller, the price is really impeccable.
Oh yes overlays virgin worthy of the name to be displayed on the controller to navigate becaufe photocopying paper that serves as slab is not solid.

If necessary I bought it tomorrow

Complete update of my opinion ...
I sold my fault BCR utility, and I bought one for work with live.

- How long have you use it?
about 15 days very intensively.

- What is so special that you like best?
small, compact, full of knobs, light, efficient.

- What is so special that you like the least?
no screen, but live it's secondary!

- Have you tried many other models before buying it?
yes, various keyboards and master controllers. some better, but also more expensive! No controller is suitable for use as well as I do live, for me it is the custom! I need a mute and three encoders per track for 8 tracks simultaneously accessible, so it is near perfection.

- How would you rate the quality / price?
dificil do better I think ... Roros 1500 at Thomann. it may well be plastic, building trust.

- With experience, you do again this choice?
yes yes yes!

This controller is just great for the price, it is the control surface democratized. It is regrettable that we should make a 180 ° with the encoder to go from 0 to 127, but if one has the courage to edit a preset with a hex editor can step the problem by adding an acceleration coefficient (see Forums BCR "have a field rotation pots drier," everything is explained in detail)

Last day of mid-2009 I think beginners crit 2006

- How long have you use it?
Used 6-7 months, then put in a closet

- What is the particular feature you like best and least?

Assets:
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total recal

multiplicity of buttons

buttons enough prcis

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Cons:
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Aesthetics disaster

look cheap (even if it seems solid enough in time)

buttons somewhat enjoyable to the touch (hard plastic. prfre those I just cahoutchouts)

identification of the buttons difficult with the row of buttons identical to the labels under which is a bit ticklish, sometimes you find the right button. He does not jump to my eyes.

BOFs drivers or crappy. N'voluent not even that the software still in beta version for months and months.

the height of the buttons does not leave or ill see diodes crowns that are above the buttons when used on a possible table at which you sit.

can sometimes limit for MIDI CONTRL Volusion and programming often galre

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- Have you tried many other models before acqurir?
In the era of purchase, not normment surfaces CONTRL, but many matres Controller keyboards. Since then, many of the products on the market.

- How do you report qualitprix?
This is the highlight of this device: the price. At this price the multiplicity of the buttons, the total recal and quality even when well above Evolution is a true gift. Especially occasion (I d touch mine for nickel in a state 80).
If we want to set the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">complter</span> Controller or if you want a first MIDI Controller and we trs limited budget, it is the choice he would be a shame to forego.

Controller in a single, if you have a limited budget, it is much better to ogle other products such as Wave Idea Bitstream Pro, or the Controller Novation Akai or more upscale (but more expensive) , Doepfler products. See also keyboard matres Edirol / Roland (PCR-x00).
It should be remembered that a few buttons, the BCR offers only rotary. However, it is often INTERESTED to have a panel of Controller (faders, pads, ribbons, crossfaders or joystick or touchpad). Of course, all of dpend if you want to use the Controller to play (his fiddle rglages live) or just to program its sound or its rgler the EQs squenceur.

Otherwise, do not RVer: if we have a little more for their money than some brands such as Evolution is not THE ultimate cheap Controller. Its default is not rdhibitoire, but actually more of a utility device to a surface really enjoyable CONTRL the soft synth. But we made music, even when. The Fast Fashion does not fit well Aesthetics of sadness and bad ergonomics. The <span style="text-decoration: underline;">pleasure</span> that one can ask to have his fingers on a surface of CONTRL is a non lment ngligeable the pleasure of making music.
[edit]: I see that even when the price of the evolution UC-33 is much much lower that for the first amne yrflchir equipment if it is not make scne [/ Edit]

- With the exprience, you do again this choice? ...
I sold it because I used a long time. He had no place in the studio (which has indeed a Mackie Control, a BCF and a Novation Remote SL) and I can not find it suited to live (too bulky, not quite readable and above zero- pleasure)
I find the symbol used today leve (Author 100 for a device found nine 150), but most of the ads relate to the stuff almost new. It is a sign that people are finding may be the wrong product that is good business.
You should know what is achte: something practical, which makes many services for the price, but not happy either, far from it.

Used for a week, intensive (leave).

The particularity report quality / size / price / weight. Toc but not lightweight, large but not bulky, and above all affordable trs.

Essay quickly Evolution. Quite the opposite: more expensive smaller dmesurment LGERS, and really inmaniable with hands the size of mine.

Excellent price quality ratio, so.

With the exprience? There's much more focused on the market. But for a first Controller to do everything, I see no better: large variety of commands (push, turn, key) and huge number of assignments per preset (4 * 8 +8 * 4 +8 + 4 8 * 2 * 4 ........ 140 commands, three types together!).

Some software yrpondent the finger and the eye (for Live, it's perfect, it is even possible to review the assignments being set). Others are more annoying to configure (the Learn to Reason is really not the point, you have to use the presets .... tlchargeables a little rigid or dive in the canals). But against the plug and play is total.

The best test yet four operating modes in combination with other machines Midif or even as a MIDI interface for PC. I stayed at Systm Controller + pc.

EDIT APRS one year of use as a MIDI interface contleur AND: difficult to use all the commands! He can do everything, cc, NRPN, and must be a gross vritable to use all the Controller ...

Annoying little catch: in usb mode, do not give the BCR transmits by USB, the midi out serving only thru, or to spit give the pc. Therefore can not control both a PC via USB and a machine by its out ... But the Nano comes with just the four NCBs knobs arsolu this problem.

Deuxime annoying thing: the race of the knobs is trs trs long, you can not go from 0127 with a single finger swipe, and you can paramtrer the tense (the set of 25 105 for example), but not speed (going faster in 0127).

But rfleion, I would not even look elsewhere with more budget. The BCF does not tempt me, but I'll take a BCN ending for trs!

But once again perfect for live (push buttons and knobs).

- How long have you use it?

For two days, and intensive: p

- What is so special that you like most and least?

What I like most: ease of operation (Mac OSX / Ableton Live), the number of recordable presets, making that looks solid (to see over time of course), the impressive number controller to assign it a pleasure to work on his favorite soft with such a creature.

What I like least: for now nothing to report ...

- Have you tried many other models before buying it?

No, I hesitated with just the Evolution UC33, the number of controllers and reviews here, here and there, finally convinced me.

- How would you rate the quality / price?

Really excellent, purchased from Playback.fr (excellent store in passing) to 139 rubles. What could be better?

- With experience, you do again this choice?

Difficult to answer immediately, but the ratio Q / P leads me to predict a good future for my new machine. I will answer yes ...

- How long have you use it?
4 months
- What is so special that you like most and least?
most: the 108 assignable controller mode current channel.
Month: must Apui hard on the button if it marks not on or off without performing the action .... not cool at all!
- Have you tried many other models before buying it?
some one I also have a master keyboard Edirol PCR-50 m (no complaints at all!)
- How would you rate the quality / price?
quite effectively for the number of parameters.
- With experience, you do again this choice? ...
I think it is good to start but its not worth Rolland ...
in addition to the driver with multiple controllers I find it hard (latency-bug etc. ..)

I use the 2000 BCR in recent weeks.

Most:
- Lots of knobs,
- With Reason, a very easy to control synths and other modules (the software automatically configures the controller)
- Endless knobs with leds, it is the same as the motor
- The price

The -:
- No faders
- The lack of effective screen can interfere with some users (I can not find this handicap!)

I have tried no other model before.
The price / quality ratio is excelling! The corny is light, the knobs are very handy, 8 buttons also serve ... It is therefore, for a very affordable price, controller complete and easy to use.
I certainly do it again this election! It remains to be seen whether the toy holds up after prolonged use!

I have the machine for a year, but given the training, I would say self-training that I made to handle "live" from ableton I could not bring myself too. When I wanted to connect, I could not. I waited for a colleague to come down to show me Bourges, he failed not yet in the field of computer music is not the last!

In short, after elimination of all possible explanations, I ask the customer service that takes me over the machine immediately. Here I am impressed because I had heard a lot of trouble in the Service of Behringher like what it did not exist ... etc On the other hand I did hear they had done since a lot of progress on that side.
Anyway, I get another machine after one month, and the machine work which proved that the former was a problem and my inability to run did not come from incompetence (phew, I almost pass for a ---). Except ... one button does not work except beat him like a deaf man, the "click" under the finger is not. I decided to talk to after sales service which offers me a new exchange of machines.

I look back one month and a half and today I received.
2 buttons are not "click" sensitive but the activation is done without problem. But still! It is in the 3rd machine and it's still not that! Worse, the last two rotary knobs push function has a serious problem of poor contact, the knob rotates once every 36 months.

I say that the machine is nice, but once again we come across a company whose customer service is still HYPER HYPER LIGHT, no way to have a properly functioning machine from a to z, and especially I do not count to wait again a month / month and a half to find myself in a more hypothetical, with a machine having found another guy in the repair service, with even greater problems than the "Recycling" they provided me this time.
The machine is 8, the SAV is very disappointing, it will not even average.

Use for 1 month and avecreason live, the beast is really made for these two there!
I have almost all controlers essey price <€ 450, including master keyboards.
being one of the cheapest with more controllers, the price / quality ratio is pretty good, but not expect super knobs ...
+ I hesitate before making that choice but I think I fall for the price and ease of use.

(+) Number of knobs, recognition of instruments and their Control Change (CC) in Reason, LED controls. instead reduced connection and a USB midi in midi out + 1 + 1 MIDI Through.

(-) Poor quality of the knobs (by reading other reviews I wonder if my BCR has no manufacturing defects), the LEDs slow race knobs that are already not very stable! They are, cons, very useful to detect controllers and follow their course.

Some knobs have a different race than the others, one feels the mechanical or LEDs that limit.
the display is hard to follow the values ​​of the controllers, especially when it moves 2. it serves just to change the CC manual, but it is very long. to install the presets editor of BCR / BCF in PC you must install the "Java 2 Runtime Environment JRE" crashing my bike every time ...
I find the knobs / buttons a little gadget, I would have preferred + stable, well anchored in the base / surface with a deep mechanical + ... the coup may be that the others were of the same caliber.

Before the bcr I was convinced to have small hands, there are exactly 2cm between each knob and they are less than 2cm high, my little fingers just go in and it's better to be seated at his feet keyboard. Touch the + is not pleasant, I prefer the soft rubber of PCR or even a little hard changes, we want to talc as climbing.
Otherwise, the race of endless knobs is really not a problem, however ... you can let go of the movement and return to 0 with a snap without worry (my sound card delivers me with 6 msec latency, I do not know if it to see)

I had eight knobs on my keyboard roland PCR and frankly they have to be nice + small, they are much better to play the cut-off on synths and midi programming ... if they had had 16 (no faders) I would not have bought the BCR (rather look to the BCF), although it is very easy to connect and to add all of the natural lines in a twelve o'clock wink, just with the factory presets! (Slightly modified to fit other machines, it is on)

In short, it is a product that matches the name of cheap Behr. it is very practical, well thought out software for the easy of + time (for a while anyway), allows a greater freedom + Decreation but its use is restricted to a fixed home studio, live or not there is a risk of have worries!
I think I have a nifty tool to animate my components but does not shorten the long process of recording commeune control surface with several midi channels can do ... MIDI Through is good but it removes one of my MIDI smallpox PCR (I'm not too bent the top as they work well together in usb)

I have spent many hours fiddling with sound and happy, and I do not regret this purchase for this, 24 knobs (three groups of 8) more than enough to program any virtual machine on the market.
It can chain to a BCF, if the faders are good (really good knobs to compensate for the BCR) all may be interested.