All user reviews for the Behringer B-Control Rotary 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.

I use the BCR2000 for the past 1 year and a half.

it's companion when one wishes to control idalie mulitude of virtual pots. Special mention to switch buttons not always present on the controller of this price range ... Rotary are endless and a good size.

So she filled his role well enough and in time we really do Aprende without it in the compositions. live crowns led her to more clearly who desire to remain in the nail "laptop"!

missing can be a little bland for some cross vst ...

I also aprci that it serve as an interface noon (gnial vieu my keyboard I use a Casio something now) and the possibility to connect two footswitch
(Aisment we imagine the usefulness of the thing when you're guitar).
RAPORT good quality prices subject seems fairly good quality product but all the same atention finish small details ... I switch on off the back side seems lightweight walking, nothing dramatic, either.

with the experience I do not regret my purchase and if I had the same budget I do it again nd choice ... But it is undeniable that if one has a bigger stock market may think twice and maybe if we can test other controllers before you buy.

I ulitise for over two weeks (extensively) and I made a Controller with this fabulous evening. I used to CONTRL Reason 3 and is a breeze with this machine.

What I like most is its ease of use and installation (no driver required), the space between the knobs (which can stick labels) and the LEDs that follow the changes in Software (practice makes case for a knob).

The only regret is that the BCR ncessite a diet, but ... we always find an outlet somewhere.

The report price is excellent quality, cheaper than UC33 and yet the BCR is much better!

I do it again without hsiter this choice, and besides, I'll order a srement deuxime ...

I use the BCR-2000 for a month, with LIVE
The handling is a breeze
Sync with LIVE is excellent, everything is logical volumes and send effects are pre-assigned, same with the VST plug-in, the assignment and the config of the machine are simple extra (30 minutes and we all included)

Benefits: knob infinite, the LED rings to indicate the position of the knob, the unbeatable price, the reliability of the machine.

The knob "puch and turn" provide enjoyable opportunities: for example, push open the filter and the Turn RULES Cut-off, re-cut push the filter.
Or push launches a sample, and what you want to turn RULES (Dlay, effect etc ....)

Single default: to turn a control from minimum to maximum, must be more than a full turn -> with the flexibility in the fingers, a password

BCR-2000 with Windows 2000: an information that contradicts other opinions even posts here: The BCR 2000 works with Windows 2000
To do this, you must install the USB driver MIDI available at the Behring and the service pack 4 for Windows 2000;
If not actually, ds one branch PC restart the machine APRS a brief blue screen

Finally, the companion software to drive IDAL's
a counselor, trs simple to use, with a very competitive price dfiant
Go for it!