Behringer BCR2000
The BCR2000 is a midi controller from Behringer . You can use it to modify midi parameters with pushbuttons and rotary knobs.
The BCR2000 is not really expensive (current price (Sept 2010) is 139,- euro from feedback). It has a few minor drawbacks like the infamous "wobbly knobs".
All rotary encoders have a string of leds as indicators. I had expected Behringer would have used prefab modules with switch and LEDs for this from Bourns or Avago and was surprised to see this was not the case. All rotary knob and led parts are built up from separate parts. The BCR2000 consists of an amazing number of parts.
The BCR2000 has a swichmode power supply an d 3 other PCB-s.
Power supply
Lower Board
6 x HC574 "Octal Edge-Triggered D-Type Flip-Flops With 3-State Outputs"
4 x HC273 "Octal D-Type Flip-Flops With Clear"
6 x HC163 "4-Bit Synchronous Binary Counters"
1 x HC138 "3-Line To 8-Line Decoders/Demultiplexers"
Upper Board
2 x HC165 "8-Bit Parallel-Load Shift Registers"
CPU Board
1 x PDF OKI L671000: An ARM7TDMI CPU with full speed USB and UART, handy for MIDI.
1 x TMS 418160DZ, a 2 MB DRAM. The CPU apparently has DRAM Refresh logica on board.
1 x HCT04 "Hex Inverters"
1 x H11L1 "6-Pin DIP Schmitt Trigger Output Optocoupler" for the receiving side of the MIDI current loop.
1 x HCT245 "Octal Bus Transceivers With 3-State Outputs"
November 29th, 2010 - 15:52
Hello,
One of the knobs on my BCR2000 is not responding very well. Do you know a part number or anything so i can try to get a new one and solder in myself?
December 6th, 2010 - 01:00
I don’t have a clearer image than http://www.knutsel.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/100_2676.jpg . Your best option would be to use mouser.com to find rotary encoders that look like these (maybe from Bourns or Alps) or by a defective BCR2000 for parts.
February 21st, 2011 - 20:27
I don’t know if you’re the right person for this question, but is there way to connect 2 or more behringers, in series that they would act as 1 single 24 tracks device controller? (as experience, when I press preset/bank, it changes the preset but not the tracks) my idea is like if I just press bank in main unit all the units would follow the cmd moving the faders from trck 1-24 to 25-48, just in single button push? if not is there and way that it can be tweaked/hacked to perform such task?
Thanks a lot
best regards
February 21st, 2011 - 21:07
I mean the behringer bcf2000
April 28th, 2012 - 20:35
I am building a mobile soundsystem that is powered with a car battery.
We would love to use the BFC 2000….would you think it is possible to hack it so we could power it from our battery instead of using an inverter?
All the best!
Bjorn