#Bcr 2000 panels mac os x#
#Bcr 2000 panels pdf#
#Bcr 2000 panels manual#

A mains lead and USB cable are included in the box, which is very thoughtful. Once again, these are only available on line.

#Bcr 2000 panels mac os x#

Though both devices will work with Mac OS X and Windows XP straight out of the box, Behringer recommend their dedicated drivers for Windows users. It would be nice if this material - plus drivers and some further extras - were packaged with the controllers in future on CD.

#Bcr 2000 panels pdf#

There is more documentation available from Behringer's web site as PDF files, and some of it is rather useful. A glossy four-page 'preset' leaflet is the only documentation specific to either controller box.

#Bcr 2000 panels manual#

Operation is so similar for both units that Behringer have produced just one slim manual for both units (as usual with Behringer, other European languages are supported with multiple translations). They even share a raised row of rotary encoders and switches across the top, a four-digit LED display and a strip of edit and assignable switches down the right. DescriptionД«oth the BCR and BCF have identical dimensions and overall shape. Well, that extra 40 quid buys you eight 100mm motorised faders, which I think is unheard of in this price range. That's still good value, but you might be curious about a price difference that buys fewer simultaneously useable controllers. The second unit, the BCF2000, offers eight faders, plus eight rotary encoders and loads of switches, for just ВЈ180. The BCR2000 features no less than 32 rotary encoders, plus a host of assignable switches, and retails for just ВЈ140. Their first steps into products specifically aimed at computer users are two cross-platform USB-equipped MIDI controllers - a logical move. And as in any competitive market, manufacturers keep bringing out new controllers that offer more functions and features at prices that seem astonishingly low - until the next price-lowering development.Д«ehringer are the latest company to throw established controller price conventions on their head. Inevitably, there is now a range of products at a variety of prices, from handy little boxes that feature just a few knobs or small faders in compact packages for the same price as a budget soundcard, right up to moving-fader assignable control surfaces that cost more than a computer. The past few years have seen an explosion in the number of affordable MIDI controller boxes available on the market, at prices that would have been unthinkable a few years ago.

But have Behringer gone a price-cut too far this time?

It sounds like an amazing deal - endless-rotary and (even more incredibly), moving-fader controllers for well under ВЈ200 each.