Yep, they are absolutely set correctly. I've even tried other ports as well and always get the same result.

Is there a system reset option for the BCF2000?

OK, some progress...

I was able to get the unit to reset itself. I had to go into a different emulation mode, then go into global options, then set the mode to standalone 1.

When I fire up sonar, the BCF shows pan mode and I can press the various buttons to switch modes. As I do, the sliders move up and down.

As I move the sliders on the BCF, they move in Sonar. The shuttle buttons move back and forth.

PROBLEM: I cannot play any audio with the Behringer turned on! When I press play, I see the midi outs on the hub light up very quickly, I hear a little audio pop, and the transport stops. If I leave Sonar, turn off the BCF, and restart Sonar, I can play audio with no problems.

SECONDAR (MINOR) PROBLEM: Even though I have it set, just touching a fader does not select the track.

QUESTION: How do you get the BCF to run busses instead of tracks?

Thanks guys! I'm hoping the light at the end of the tunnel is not a train! :)

Hi FBB,

I read your other post too, thank you! It's nice to have the support. Time is limited, and I hate spending so much on getting gear to work. I have installed/removed the drivers many times. But yeah, the USB stuff is giving me fits. I'm going to check my BIOS and see if I disabled legacy USB support - maybe that's a factor.

The switching between tracks and busses works GREAT, thank you!

I got the F1 help for the Mackie up and will read all of that.

Now, the fundamental problem seems to be that I can't play any audio with the Behringer on. The BCF seems to be working fine, but it's stopping Sonar from playing. When I press play, I get a millisecond of sound and movement of the transport, the midi outs get from the pc spammed briefly, and the transport stops. It's like the Behringer is sending a stop command. If I can get over this HUGE issue, I think I'll be in good shape!

Smallstonefan, just a thought but have a look at these threads. These helped me tremendously when I first got the BCF. Although I believe he's now upgraded to a Mackie Jesse G is/was a great authority on all things BCF. Hope they help

http://forum.cakewalk.com/tm.asp?m=656232&mpage=1&key=BCF

http://forum.cakewalk.com/tm.asp?m=717462&mpage=1&key=BCF2000

http://forum.cakewalk.com/tm.asp?m=879930&mpage=1&key=

Most of my knowledge is what I gleaned from these excellent threads.

SUCCESS!!!!!!

I had to put the unit into S4 mode - I was using S1 and that didn't cut it.

The only thing that doesn't appear to be working is that touching a fader doesn't select the track. I have that option checked, but it's now working. I can live with that though! On to video 2 and confirming everything is right.

thanks again FBB - this has been a seriously frustrating experience and I appreciate your help.

smallstonefan - sorry I didn't reply sooner. In my case, I'm not using the BCF via midi cables - I'm doing it via USB, so I honestly don't know what mode I'm in at the moment.

Glad to hear you got past that. The select track thing should be working...when you say "touch" a fader, you know that really means move one in the behringer world, though you so barely have to move it that it feels like touch sensitivity (as long as you aren't fighting automation). Have you tried to "flip the bit"? Meaning, change the setting to be not enabled, OK out of the panel, then go back in and change it back TO enabled. To my knowlege, there is no other setting to change.

I'd be interested to know what happens if you go USB - not that you need to stay that way, but as a troubleshooting mechanism. See if everything works there and at least that would help eliminate variables.

I guess I don't really consider that "touching" the fader, but Behringer can call it what they want I suppose. :)

Well, technically, Behringer doesn't call it that. You are reading MAckie's wording, and in the case of an MCU, they ARE touch sensitive. The Behringer is not, but that little movement simulates it. The Behinger unit is not advertised as touch sensitive - it's another of those little things that make it $199.

Excellent tutorial I was wondering is there any way to download it. I would hate to have everything set up and one day out of the blue something goes wrong and I cant find it or its not being hosted anymore.

Glad you like it. I'm resisting the urge to say "Told you so...."

Hello i need help with BCF2000 and sonar. I have a problem with third mode of EQ. I have in the display of BCF2000 - F1 but all faders go down an all encoders no lights. I see the second video of BLADES but my BCF2000 don't work in this mode. The rest of modes and the all functions works perfectly with sonar in Makie Emulation. Thanks.

For more details open the Mackie control surface properties page and press F1. That'll bring up a help file where all is explained.

First off I suggest if you haven't already download and install the BCView from the Behringer website. You'll find it amongst the BCF files. It's a virtual LCD display so you can see exactly where you are - that will make life much easier to start with.

For your specific question

The EQ mode has 3 different modes.

The first press puts you in multi-channel mode so all the V-pots control one parameter on one channel. I personally don't find this mode very useful

For example assuming you have tracks 1 - 8 assigned to the BCF channels 1 - 8 the first time you press EQ the V-pots will control the Band 1 Freq of each channel 1-8. You can use the shift + bank keys to step through the parameters one at a time.

The second press puts you in single channel mode. Each V-pot controls one EQ parameter but on the selected channel. In this mode if you make sure the edit light is lit (Shift 1 + Edit - and the light will only show when shift 1 is held down) you can then use the bank change buttons to select the rest of the EQ parameters available on that channel.

For example assuming you have track 1 selected via the BCF after the second EQ button press the V-pots will correspond to the first 8 EQ parameters on Channel 1. V-pots 1 - 4 will control the Band Freqs of bands 1 - 4, V-pots 5 - 8 will control the Q settings for EQ bands 1 - 4. If you then press the right bank change button the V-pots will jump by a bank of 8 and now correspond to the next set of parameters. In this case V-pots 1 -4 will control the gain of EQ bands 1 -4 and V-pots 5 - 8 will control whether the EQ bands 1-4 are switched on or off. (Press or turn to change). Press the right bank change again and the parameters selections change again but because there aren't exactly 24 adjustable parameters they don't shift as a whole bank. V-pot 8 now controls channel EQ on/off. V-pots 4 -7 control Band type of EQ bands 1 -4 (peak/shelf/etc) and v-pots 1 - 3 are the band on/offs for EQ bands 2 - 4.

I know that all sounds confusing but with the virtual LCD display and the EQ interface open should all make perfect sense. I use this mode a lot for setting the EQs up

The third press puts the first 4 channels on the BCF into edit mode that correspond to the 4 EQ bands. The V-pots 1 - 4 control the frequencies and the Faders 1 - 4 control the gain of EQ bands 1 - 4. This mode is very helpful for sweeping to find a particular frequency or as a visual guide as to the overall EQ curve shape. I find this mode very useful too.

Just to further complicate matters in any of these modes (or any mode on the BCF) you can use the flip function to change what the faders and v-pots control. The first press of the flip key and the faders duplicate whatever the V-pots control and the second press the faders and knobs exchange functions so in the third EQ mode press the flip key once and the faders 1-4 also control band frequency, press flip again and the faders 1 - 4 control frequency and the V-pots 1 -4 gain. Press flip again and you are back to normal.

Pressing track puts you back into track mode and of course if you then press the EQ mode key it takes you right back to where you were and the faders will snap about accordingly.

As I said install the LCD and experiment and it will all make sense (hopefully). It is incredibly quick to get about once you know the various key presses. I can now tweak an EQ setting and be back to mixing gains in the time it takes me to find my mouse never mind actually use it.

Hope this helps.

My avatar pic is the same VTR1000F, but I now have a ZX10-R for the road and a Fireblade for the track... anyway back on topic...

Are you definitely in Mackie mode?

The only other reason all faders and v-pots would go down in the third mode is if all the gains and frequencies are all the way down and/or if the BCF is in 'flipped' mode.

If everything else is working okay I can't think of any other reason for that behaviour.

I think even if the EQ was disabled and the BCF wasn't going to respond to the 3rd button press it wouldn't respond to the first 2 presses wither would it?

Funknando do you have the virtual LCD display and if so what does that indicate?

Yes when I press 1 time I have E1, in the 2 time E1. and in the 3 time I have F1. in the 1 time I have in the virtual display "track 1 GnDBn1 track 2 GnDBn1 .... " encoders iluminates and change values to gain in the sonitus EQ and faders changes Vol. a track. When I push the 2 time I have E1. in the virtual display I have GnDBn1 0.0dB GnDBn2 0.0dB GnDBn3 and GnDBn4 FrcDB1 FrcDB2 ... the encoders changes values and the faders same a 1 time changes value of Vol. a track and in the 3 time display F1. Virtual display nothing, encoders off and faders down.

Thanks FastBikerBoy and Blades not work F1. I continue investigating the problem. I don't know if the problem is in the BCF2000 or is in Sonar. I try in Sonar6 and in Sonar8 and is the same.

Thanks and best regards.