Behringer BCA-2000 review ???

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Hi there...

I'm about to buy the USB interface from behringer. I saw a couple of post in here earlier, but nobody had actually bought it...

Has anybody gotten this audiointerface yet ? I think it looks very nice. Has everything you need to your home-studio (if you don't want to record several tracks at once)... If you do it step-by-step it seems to be the best solutions right know...

I'm using my laptop and Cakewalk to record...

Opinions about the BCA2000 is very wanted :)
 
Hey,
I am looking for BCA2000 reviews too, specially about their ADAT interconnection.
How does it works to track ? Is it real time or just a download interface ? I mean, can I record using ADATs 8 inputs at the same time by USB ?

Regards
 
As a self confessed fan of a lot of the Berry gear I can say the following with hand fully on Heart. KEEP AWAY from the BCA. At the moment it comes with the shittiest, dirtyist, most horrible scum ridden drivers known to man. To put it bluntly "It Stinks".
The recent review in SOS was a Joke, the bloke who wrote it should be ashamed, he totally overlooked its faults. I owned one for 2 days untill I pleaded with Digital Village to take it back which they promptly did.


Tony
 
>can I record using ADATs 8 inputs at the same time by USB ?
nop, you can not. That's what Bahringer support told me.

I was planning to get it too but dropped the plan and got Edirol interface.

wilkee is right about the drivers... you'd be better off with something else.
 
Thanks guys, I think I will try another interface or even save for a GINA.

Regards
 
I bought the BCF2000 from the GC and it was crap, one of the motorized faders didnt even work and it was loud as hell. I took it back and spent the extra money and purchased a Mackie Control Universal! now Im very happy, you know the more money you spend the better the equipment is going to be! :D
 
wilkee said:
As a self confessed fan of a lot of the Berry gear I can say the following with hand fully on Heart. KEEP AWAY from the BCA. At the moment it comes with the shittiest, dirtyist, most horrible scum ridden drivers known to man. To put it bluntly "It Stinks".
The recent review in SOS was a Joke, the bloke who wrote it should be ashamed, he totally overlooked its faults. I owned one for 2 days untill I pleaded with Digital Village to take it back which they promptly did.


Tony
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Yes, I agree. The drivers are horrendous, though slowly improving.
Bottom line - not ready for prime time.
Most of us are getting blue in the face for repeating the same thing over and over :
Avoid USB1.1
Best for laptop = Cardbus interface
Best for tower = PCI interface
(This goes for audio interfaces as well as MIDI interfaces).
Firewire is next best option, but make sure there are no driver issues with any of these options, with your particular computer system.
 
I still confused between usb2 and firewire, but from what I saw they are not ready yet for audio recording.
 
I found the SOS review a bit odd too bearing in mind user's comments. But they're worth staying away from if only because they have the cheapy preamps out of the UB series mixers in.
 
I'm glad djkoch asked this question and appreciative of wilkee's and the other responses. Berhringer gear is very popular here in South America (I own couple of their products myself) because of their low prices (Still very expensive here anyway).

A friend of mine has been raving and saving for the BCF2000, a piece of equipment that will run him more than his monthly salary here. I'm going to show him this thread and hopefully convince him to wait for favorable reviews.

:)
 
Don't get me wrong I have no problems with the hardware part of the unit even the so called shitty mic pre,s it is just that the state of the software was so bad that it should never have seen light of day untill they took a great big tin of "Flit" * to all the bugs.

I have since bought an Emu sound card that works great but I will have to enroll on a night school course to learn how to set the routing on the sucker!!!

Tony

* Thats one for all us old buggers.
 
Hmmm. When I read the SOS review I thought that the BCA was actually a very limited piece of equipment despite all the features it has. They seem to be implemented quite strangely. But there was no mention of the software being crud at all!

The routing on your sound card will be easy enough in your software, just making Windows get on with it will be harder because of all the 'virtual' devices multitrack cards have.
 
tuna said:
I still confused between usb2 and firewire, but from what I saw they are not ready yet for audio recording.
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Bullshit.

If that's what you're getting out of this board we should be ashamed of ourselves.

USB 1.1 is fine for normal home-style recording --- a guitar and a vocal at a time. Either USB 2.0 or Firewire is up to the task of recording a full band without breaking a sweat.

It may be tough for some of the younger members of our community to believe that it was only ten or so years ago that home recording became this easy, cheap and good-sounding.

As far as the BCA-2000 is concerned, the old saw about something sounding too good to be true apparently still goes...
 
tuna said:
I still confused between usb2 and firewire, but from what I saw they are not ready yet for audio recording.
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Firewire is great for recording. I'm not sure about USB 2 because I haven't used it, but USB 1 is okay for two track recording. But firewire is the best of the three in my opinion.
 
:rolleyes:

Ok, one more time. USB 2.0 is specced for a higher speed than standard Firewire (480mbps to 400mbps), but all bench tests have shown time and again that Firewire is capable of a higher sustained transfer rate, whereas USB 2.0 still only gets up to speed in short bursts.

Seriously ... look at MOTU and RME selling seriously expensive audio interfaces that work through Firewire. It's not just a toy for your digital cameras!
 
traidma said:
>can I record using ADATs 8 inputs at the same time by USB ?
nop, you can not. That's what Bahringer support told me.

I was planning to get it too but dropped the plan and got Edirol interface.

wilkee is right about the drivers... you'd be better off with something else.
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man.. its usb 2.0, read 1st, then talk thrash..
what is this site anyway? most fo the comments here are basically
from people who have NO clue whatsoever about digital recording.
"dont buy this! i got a blue screen running it on XP!" ffs...
welcome to microsoft..

i own a bca2000, it works like a charm. together with a mackie 1202vlzpro and alesis studio monitors, no complaints whatsoever,..
yes the first driver had issues from what i hear, none for me, but anyways the second driver corrrected these problems.

every audio interface has issues with windows or a DAW from time to time, that's how it is, if you don't know about digital recording, don't talk thrash about equipment.. and always have to compare performance to the price range.

for its price the bca2000 is an outstanding piece of equipment, with more functions than any other audio interface for this price,
compared to... hmmmm... an m-audio audiophile usb, fast track pro, edirol UA-1EX, etc.. cheap-looking little boxes can't compare
to the bca2000, a very well build audio interface

the cons: the pre amps are somewhat weaker than expected, but again, how much are you paying??

10/10 for its price and functionability
 
Vectron said:
Yes, I agree. The drivers are horrendous, though slowly improving.
Bottom line - not ready for prime time.
Most of us are getting blue in the face for repeating the same thing over and over :
Avoid USB1.1
Best for laptop = Cardbus interface
Best for tower = PCI interface
(This goes for audio interfaces as well as MIDI interfaces).
Firewire is next best option, but make sure there are no driver issues with any of these options, with your particular computer system.
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you shouldnt be near digital recording equipment... seriously.. stay away form it all!

lol what the hell are you talking about???
-USB 1.1??
where did you read that about this interface??

-best for laptop CARDBUS INTERFACE?
you crack me up..
SERIOUSLY

hehe
 
Akumal said:
you shouldnt be near digital recording equipment... seriously.. stay away form it all!

lol what the hell are you talking about???
-USB 1.1??
where did you read that about this interface??

-best for laptop CARDBUS INTERFACE?
you crack me up..
SERIOUSLY

hehe
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Calm yourself down a bit there mate. You're replying to posts that are four YEARS old when, yes, we were very much favouring PCI and PCMCIA-based interfaces. There wasn't much USB 2.0 around then either.

The world has changed, you just dredged up something ancient and got angry at it. :)
 
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