daw controller

[maxpayne]

sorry for this stupid question but if you get a daw controller with 8 faders to control your software does that mean it can only control 8 tracks?

for example if i buy the behringer bcf2000 how many tracks can it possibly control?

[fraserhutch]

I cannot speak for this unit because I don't know it, but being digital, it could support as many as the software designers wished to allow for. It is possible the 8 faders could be "switched" to control tracks 1-9, or 9-16, or 21-32, and so on. It really depends on the implementation. This of course assumes the hardware knob, toggle, or such to do this switch.....

Originally Posted by maxpayne

sorry for this stupid question but if you get a daw controller with 8 faders to control your software does that mean it can only control 8 tracks?

for example if i buy the behringer bcf2000 how many tracks can it possibly control?

[OhSh1rt]

The B-Control can handle as many as you can throw at it, it's got a switch to go back and forth through banks of 8 tracks


-jeffrey

[EdWonbass]

Sorry if this is a hijack attemp but I was wondering if the Behringer controls transport functions as well. I don't see anything that is marked with the usual play, stop, record type buttons.

[Carter]

Originally Posted by EdWonbass

Sorry if this is a hijack attemp but I was wondering if the Behringer controls transport functions as well. I don't see anything that is marked with the usual play, stop, record type buttons.

No it does not.

[EdWonbass]

Originally Posted by Carter

No it does not.

That seems like a waste.

[Carter]

Originally Posted by EdWonbass

That seems like a waste.

This is true, thats why I returned the one I had and coffed up the dough for the Mackie control universal.

[Dr Biscuits]

MCU is a great unit, and one of the few in the price range that has LED display to tell you what track you're on when you're cycling through all those banks of 8.

[ssscientist]

Originally Posted by Carter

No it does not.

Sure it does.

My BCR2000 supports MMC (Midi Machine Control) which can be assigned to any key on the controller.

Midi Machine Control is a near-universal set of commands and as far as I know it works with all the major software programs.

The BCR2000 is supported by Reason through their ReMote protocol, and for all devices in Reason the bottom right 'push encoders' fuction as stop, play, record, rewind, fast forward and top transport controllers.

In Ableton's Live, which has the most midi-friendly configuration I've seen, you don't even need MMC. You can do it with midi continuous controllers, midi notes or any other midi event that your controller can transmit.

[EdWonbass]

I have been looking at the TranzPort or that new thing Presonus has to control basic functions. At this point the TransPort looks like a cool deal. It would be nice to be able to stop, start, rec, arm tracks and such from behind the drums. I suck at drums so there is a lot of do-overs.

[Carter]

Originally Posted by ssscientist

Sure it does.

My BCR2000 supports MMC (Midi Machine Control) which can be assigned to any key on the controller.

Midi Machine Control is a near-universal set of commands and as far as I know it works with all the major software programs.

The BCR2000 is supported by Reason through their ReMote protocol, and for all devices in Reason the bottom right 'push encoders' fuction as stop, play, record, rewind, fast forward and top transport controllers.

In Ableton's Live, which has the most midi-friendly configuration I've seen, you don't even need MMC. You can do it with midi continuous controllers, midi notes or any other midi event that your controller can transmit.

Ok you got me on that one but I only had mines for one day and it was a bitch for me to set up so I took it back, Im impatient and want it NOW, the MCU is plug and play sot it took me all of 5 min to be up and running( most of the time was taking it out of the box and hooking it up )