IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS DETAILED SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS: 1) Read thee intruction 2) Keep thee intruction 3) Heed all warning 4) Follow all intructi

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1 Uer Manual Verion 1 0 June 2005

2 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS DETAILED SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS: 1) Read thee intruction 2) Keep thee intruction 3) Heed all warning 4) Follow all intruction CAUTION: WARNING: To reduce the rik of electric hock, do not remove the top cover (or the rear ection) No uer erviceable part inide; refer ervicing to qualified peronnel To reduce the rik of fire or electric hock, do not expoe thi appliance to rain and moiture The apparatu hall not be expoed to dripping or plahing and no object filled with liquid, uch a vae, hall be placed on the apparatu Thi ymbol, wherever it appear, alert you to the preence of uninulated dangerou voltage inide the encloure voltage that may be ufficient to contitute a rik of hock Thi ymbol, wherever it appear, alert you to important operating and maintenance intruction in the accompanying literature Pleae read the manual 5) Do not ue thi apparatu near water 6) Clean only with dry cloth 7) Do not block any ventilation opening Intall in accordance with the manufacturer intruction 8) Do not intall near any heat ource uch a radiator, heat regiter, tove, or other apparatu (including amplifier) that produce heat 9) Do not defeat the afety purpoe of the polarized or grounding-type plug A polarized plug ha two blade with one wider than the other A grounding type plug ha two blade and a third grounding prong The wide blade or the third prong are provided for your afety If the provided plug doe not fit into your outlet, conult an electrician for replacement of the obolete outlet 10) Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched particularly at plug, convenience receptacle, and the point where they exit from the apparatu 11) Only ue attachment/acceorie pecified by the manufacturer 12) Ue only with the cart, tand, tripod, bracket, or table pecified by the manufacturer, or old with the apparatu When a cart i ued, ue caution when moving the cart/ apparatu combination to avoid injury from tip-over 13) Unplug thi apparatu during lightning torm or when unued for long period of time 14) Refer all ervicing to qualified ervice peronnel Servicing i required when the apparatu ha been damaged in any way, uch a power upply cord or plug i damaged, liquid ha been pilled or object have fallen into the apparatu, the apparatu ha been expoed to rain or moiture, doe not operate normally, or ha been dropped 15) CAUTION - Thee ervice intruction are for ue by qualified ervice peronnel only To reduce the rik of electric hock do not perform any ervicing other than that contained in the operation intruction unle you are qualified to do o 2

3 B-CONTROL B-CONTROL DEEJAY BCD2000 DEEJAY BCD2000 The Ultimate DJ Machine Play, Mix and Scratch any MP3 and WAV File jut like Vinyl Record Play, mix and cratch any MP3 and WAV file jut like vinyl record with ultra-low latency Full-peed USB 4-channel audio interface plu high-reolution 24-bit A/D and D/A converter Perfectly complement the included BEHRINGER B-DJ oftware or any other DJ oftware 2 cratch wheel upport creative DJing uch a cratching, pitch bending and cue earching BCD2000 Full-fledged DJ mixer control panel with premium quality mic preamp, 3-band kill EQ per channel, ultraprecie fader, uper-mooth crofader and talkover function 2 tate-of-the-art phono preamplifier one witchable to CD player Sophiticated headphone ection include PFL Mix, Split option and direct litening to mater output mix Play, Paue, Cue, Loop and Pitch Bend function via dedicated control for intuitive DJing 4 uer-aignable control and button available for integrated FX ection Innovative Cue logic with multiple torable cue point per ong High-quality component and exceptionally rugged contruction enure long life Conceived and deigned by BEHRINGER Germany 3

4 FOREWORD TABLE OF CONTENTS Dear Cutomer, welcome to the team of BCD2000 uer, and thank you very much for expreing your confidence in u by purchaing the B-CONTROL Writing thi foreword for you give me great pleaure, becaue it repreent the culmination of many month of hard work delivered by our engineering team to achieve a very ambitiou goal: to preent a firtrate DJ ytem that combine oftware with controller technology The B-CONTROL fulfill the wih of DJ who want intuitive and need-oriented controller The tak of deigning our new B-CONTROL certainly meant a great deal of reponibility, which we aumed by focuing on you, the dicerning computer uer and muician Meeting your expectation alo meant a lot of work and night hift But it wa fun, too Developing a product uually bring a lot of people together, and what a great feeling it i when all who participated in uch a project can be proud of what they ve achieved It i our philoophy to hare our enjoyment with you, becaue you are the mot important member of the BEHRINGER team With your highly competent uggetion for new product you ve made a ignificant contribution to haping our company and making it ucceful In return, we guarantee you uncompromiing quality a well a excellent technical and audio propertie at an extremely reaonable price All of thi will enable you to give free rein to your creativity without being hampered by budget contraint We are often aked how we manage to produce uch high-quality equipment at uch unbelievably low price The anwer i quite imple: it you, our cutomer! Many atified cutomer mean large ale volume enabling u to get better purchaing term for component, etc In t it only fair to pa thi benefit on to you? Becaue we know that your ucce i our ucce too! I would like to thank all of you who have made the B-CONTROL poible You have all made your own peronal contribution, from the developer to the many other employee at thi company, and to you, the BEHRINGER uer 1 INTRODUCTION Before you get tarted Shipment Initial operation Online regitration Sytem requirement 5 2 INSTALLATION Driver intallation Intallation of the B-DJ oftware Control panel oftware 6 3 CONTROL ELEMENTS AND CONNECTIONS Control urface The rear panel 9 4 THE B-DJ SOFTWARE 10 5 OPERATION Firt tep Additional DJ function Expanded etup Signal routing Routing option with ASIO driver Routing option with WDM/MME driver 13 6 MIDI CONTROL Sending control change function Sending button function Receiving MIDI command 14 7 AUDIO CONNECTIONS 15 8 SPECIFICATIONS 15 9 WARRANTY 16 My friend, it been worth the effort! Thank you very much, Uli Behringer 4

5 1 INTRODUCTION Thank you for expreing your confidence in u by purchaing the B-CONTROL BCD2000 The BCD2000 feature a full-peed USB 4-channel audio interface plu high-reolution 24-bit A/D and D/A converter It perfectly complement the included BEHRINGER B-DJ oftware or any other DJ oftware And don t let the cutey look fool you: thi i an integrated, full-fledged audio mixer with a premium quality mic preamp, 3-band kill EQ per channel, ultra-precie fader, uper-mooth crofader and talkover function The BCD2000 i packed with 2 tate-of-the-art phono preamplifier, one of which i witchable to a CD player It ophiticated headphone ection include PFL Mix, Split option and direct litening to mater output mix Play, Paue, Cue, Loop and Pitch Bend function are regulated via dedicated control for intuitive Djing, and 4 uer-aignable control and button are available for an integrated FX ection Take advantage of the enormou proceing power of modern PC and mix, cratch and manipulate digital muic in real time regardle of the format! + The following uer manual i intended to familiarize you with the unit control element, o that you can mater all the function After having thoroughly read the uer manual, tore it in a afe place for future reference 1 1 Before you get tarted Shipment The BCD2000 wa carefully packed at the aembly plant to aure ecure tranport Should the condition of the cardboard box ugget that damage may have taken place, pleae inpect the unit immediately and look for phyical indication of damage + Damaged equipment hould NEVER be ent directly to u Pleae inform the dealer from whom you acquired the unit immediately a well a the tranportation company from which you took delivery Otherwie, all claim for replacement/repair may be rendered invalid + To aure optimal protection of your B-CONTROL during ue or tranport, we recommend utilizing a carrying cae + Pleae alway ue the original packaging to avoid damage due to torage or hipping + Never let unupervied children play with the B-CONTROL or with it packaging + Pleae dipoe of all packaging material in an environmentally friendly fahion Initial operation Pleae make ure the unit i provided with ufficient ventilation, and never place the B-CONTROL on top of an amplifier or in the vicinity of a heater to avoid the rik of overheating A power upply unit which meet the neceary afety requirement i encloed for connecting the B-CONTROL to the main WARNING! + We would like to bring your attention to the fact that extremely loud ound level may damage your hearing a well a your headphone Pleae turn the MASTER control all the way to the left before powering up the unit Alway try to keep volume at appropriate level B-CONTROL DEEJAY BCD Online regitration Pleae do remember to regiter your new BEHRINGER equipment right after your purchae by viiting www behringer com (alternatively www behringer de) and kindly read the term and condition of our warranty carefully Should your BEHRINGER product malfunction, our goal i to have it repaired a quickly a poible To arrange for warranty ervice, pleae contact the retailer from whom the equipment wa purchaed Should your BEHRINGER dealer not be located in your vicinity, you may directly contact one of our ubidiarie Correponding contact information i included in the original equipment packaging (Global Contact Information/European Contact Information) Should your country not be lited, pleae contact the ditributor nearet you A lit of ditributor can be found in the upport area of our webite (www behringer com) Regitering your purchae and equipment with u help u proce your repair claim quicker and more efficiently Thank you for your cooperation! 1 2 Sytem requirement Minimum requirement: IBM compatible computer Operating ytem Window XP 1 free USB port (USB 1 1) Proceor 800 MHz or higher (recommended) 192 MB RAM min 30 MB free hard-dik memory Screen reolution 800 x 600 pixel, 1024 x 768 pixel recommended DirectX 8 1 or higher i required in all cae! 2 INSTALLATION 2 1 Driver intallation Firt, intall the driver on your computer The driver i on the CD-ROM upplied with the unit 1 Connect the BCD2000 to a free USB port on your computer 2 Start Window XP 3 Once your computer ha booted, witch on the BCD2000 and wait for the device to be detected by the ytem The Found New Hardware Wizard open up 4 Cloe all application, in particular thoe running in the background, uch a viru canner oftware 5 Put the driver/oftware CD-ROM upplied with the unit into the CD/DVD drive 6 In the firt window that open up, elect Automatic oftware intallation and click on Next > 7 If the error meage Driver oftware ha not paed Window Logo teting appear, ignore it and click on Continue anyway to intall the firt part of the driver 8 Then click on Finih 9 Now the intallation window for the WDM driver of the BCD2000 appear on the creen Again, elect Automatic oftware intallation and click on Next > 10 If the error meage i hown again ( Driver oftware ha not paed Window Logo teting ), ignore it and click on Continue anyway 11 The econd part of the driver i intalled 12 Click on Finih The driver intallation i complete After a ytem reboot, the BCD2000 i ready for ue 2 INSTALLATION 5

6 + Note for notebook uer: If you encounter problem operating the BCD2000 from your ytem, pleae diable the following etting: 1 In the Device Manager (right click on My Computer > Manage > Device Manager), click option Batterie > diable Microoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery 2 3 In the USB Controller, do the following for each ingle USB Root Hub: Right click > Propertie > Power management > diable the option Allow the computer to turn off thi device to ave power Retart Window XP Now the ytem performance of your computer hould be more table 2 2 Intallation of the B-DJ oftware Preparatory tep: In order to ue the B-DJ oftware without problem, you mut have DirectX, rev 8 1 or higher Pleae check what verion of DirectX i intalled on your ytem before you tart to intall the oftware 1 Start > Browe > File or folder 2 Select the following option on the left-hand ide (below Select the item to be earched ): File and folder 3 Enter dxdiag (= DirectX Diagnoi) in the upper text box, and click on Browe 4 Double-click on the file diag exe found in the folder C:\WINDOWS\ytem32 5 In the DirectX diagnotic program now appearing, the current DirectX reviion tored on your computer i hown at the bottom of the main Sytem page Intallation: 1 Open Window Explorer (My Computer > right moue button > Explorer) 2 In Window Explorer, elect the drive containing the BCD2000 driver/oftware CD-ROM (e g double click on DVD drive (D:)) 3 Select the folder B-DJ Software 4 Double-click on the etup file ( exe) to tart intallation 5 Follow the on-creen intallation intruction After intallation, the B-DJ oftware will be ready to operate Open the B-DJ program by double-clicking on the B-DJ icon on the dektop or ue Start > Program > XYLIO B-DJ > B-DJ Pleae note that the B-DJ Software can only be ued if the BCD2000 hardware i connected and witched on! 2 3 Control panel oftware The BCD2000 control panel allow you to control ome general etting of the BCD2000 The control panel will be available in the ytem a oon a the driver ha been intalled and the BCD2000 ha been connected and witched on To tart the control panel oftware, click on the BCD2000 control panel ymbol in the tak bar at the bottom right of your creen If the B-DJ oftware ha already been tarted, you can alo acce the control panel from the Configuration menu The following baic etting can be elected in the control panel: GLOBAL MODE election: If B-DJ i elected, you can only adjut the input ource for IN A (Mic or Phono A) and the driver latency on the ASIO page (ee below) The output are aigned a follow: CH 1-2: channel 1-2 are alway routed to the MASTER OUT, CH 3-4: channel 3-4 are alway routed to the PHONES OUT Additionally, the BCD2000 MIDI characteritic differ from thoe in ADVANCED mode (ee below) In ADVANCED mode, all election option are available in the ASIO window The ASIO page: Fig 2 1: The ASIO window in the BCD2000 control panel Thi i where all ASIO driver parameter can be adjuted Mot profeional muic program ue ASIO, a doe our B-DJ oftware You can only elect one oftware button per field In the field IN A (CH 1-2), you can elect the input ource to be routed to the computer on channel 1-2 (Record) In the MASTER OUT ection, you can elect the playback channel CH 1-2 or CH 3-4 for the main output (Playback) In the PHONES OUT field, you can elect the playback channel CH 1-2 or CH 3-4 for the headphone connector (Playback) Ue DRIVER LATENCY to adjut the latency in order to optimize your computer performance If you et the control to low thi will optimize the repone of your BCD2000, but alo increae the proceor workload In extreme cae, thi can lead to clicking and drop-out in the audio ignal The mid poition give you a good compromie between proceor workload and the repone time of the BCD2000 A high latency enure trouble-free performance even on low computer + Latency i the time that elape between an operator action on the BCD2000 (e g preing the PLAY button) and the actual output of the audio ignal from the OUT connector Latency depend on the ytem ued and the proceing peed of your computer Typical latencie are in the milliecond range (1 m = one thouandth of a econd) Mot people cannot hear latencie below 10 m When audio ignal are paing through a computer, it i impoible to achieve a 0-m latency 6 2 INSTALLATION

7 The WDM/MME page: B-CONTROL DEEJAY BCD2000 Fig 2 2: The WDM/MME window in the BCD2000 control panel Ue the WDM/MME driver if your muic oftware doe not upport ASIO (e g mot oftware media player) RECORD SELECT allow you to elect BCD2000 input IN A or IN B for 2-channel recording When you chooe IN A, you can determine in the left-hand field whether the phono or microphone ignal will be recorded PLAYBACK of thi driver type i alway tereo (channel 1-2) For thi reaon, the MASTER OUT connector on the rear panel and the PHONES connector on the front panel alway provide the ame muic ignal The MIDI page: Fig 2 3: The MIDI window in the BCD2000 control panel On the MIDI page no parameter can be et It only inform you about the variou MIDI mode, depending on the GLOBAL MODE elected: In B-DJ mode, the button are toggle off, i e when you releae a button after preing, the MIDI command i et back to it original value (like when you releae a key on a keyboard) In B-DJ mode, all LED can be witched on and off individually with pecific MIDI command In ADVANCED mode, all button are toggle on, i e pre = witch on ; pre again = witch off the MIDI function (imilar to a light witch) In ADVANCED mode, the repone of the button LED depend on the repective button, i e LED on = function enabled, LED off = function diabled 2 INSTALLATION 7

8 3 CONTROL ELEMENTS AND CONNECTIONS The variou control element of your BCD2000 are decribed in thi chapter All control and connection are explained in detail, and there are everal ueful tip on their ue 3 1 Control urface Fig 3 1: The BCD2000 control element The microphone input ection (MIC INPUT) Set the volume of the microphone ignal with the MIC LEVEL control The CLIP LED illuminate a oon a the microphone ignal level i too high and could poibly caue audible ditortion If thi happen, lightly turn the MIC LEVEL control counterclockwie The microphone input ection ha a 2-band equalizer (EQ HIGH for high frequencie and EQ LOW for low frequencie) Ue the TALKOVER button to activate the oftware talkover function The talk-over function reduce the mater output ignal and can come in handy when your own voice need to be prominently heard When you want to make an announcement, alo pre button The ON AIR button route the microphone ignal to the mater output ignal The FX CONTROL ection Thee four control a well a the button A to D can have variou oftware function aigned to them By default they are aigned to the two effect ection Ue the ANALOG INPUT button to elect the input ource If the button are not preed, the ignal from deck A and B of the oftware are played back When you pre a button, the analog input ignal will be added to the correponding deck in the B-DJ oftware Deck A can play back the phono input A or the microphone ignal Deck B play back the ignal applied at input B (phono or CD) The input ource for deck A i choen in the control panel (ee chapter 2 3), while the input ource for deck B i elected on the rear panel (phono/line witch ) The OUTPUT ection The PHONES output (1/4" tereo connector) i ued for connecting headphone Ue the PHONES control to adjut the volume for the headphone output 8 3 CONTROL ELEMENTS AND CONNECTIONS

9 The PFL MIX control determine the headphone volume ratio between deck A and deck B Both ignal can be heard in both earcup (tereo) When the PHONES SPLIT button i preed, it control the volume ratio between the ignal of deck A in the left and deck B in the right earcup PHONES SPLIT/MASTER OUT button In the poition PHONES SPLIT (pre button briefly) the ignal of both deck are eparated in the headphone In thi cae, they will be audible in mono in each earphone In the poition MASTER OUT (keep button preed until button LED tart flahing), the ame ignal i applied to the headphone output and the mater output Thi allow you to control your crofader kill, for example, when practicing at home or when there i nothing connected to the mater output Set the volume of the MASTER output MASTER OUTPUT control B-CONTROL DEEJAY BCD2000 with the The POWER ON-LED light up when the BCD2000 i witched on The deck ection A and B The control element of deck A and B are the ame However, ome of them are grouped the oppoite way round We will therefore decribe the element to only once All of thee control element refer to the oftware function which can be remotely controlled from the BCD2000 The crofader i ued to fade between deck A and deck B Ue the GAIN control to adjut the input ignal Each deck feature a 3-band equalizer (HI, MID and LOW) with kill feature Thu, the ignal can be attenuated to a much greater extent (-36 db) than it can be raied (+12 db) The CUT button below the EQ control give you maximum ignal attenuation at the touch of a button In thi way, you can fade out a pecific frequency range of a muic piece completely and produce intereting filter effect For beat juggling, too, thi function i a mut When you pre the BACK TO TOP button, the ong poition pointer i et back to the beginning of the piece Playback top even though the deck ha jut played! LOOP IN/END determine the tart and end point of a equence to be played back everal time in a loop Pre the button to et the loop tart point, and then again to et the end point Once the end point ha been et, the loop tart, i e the equence i played back from the tart point and i repeated until you pre the LOOP OUT button LOOP OUT deactivate the loop which wa tarted with button Depending on the etting choen in the oftware configuration, the loop i either deleted directly or repeated one more time SYNC SLAVE i a function which allow you to automatically adapt the tempo of two muic piece to each other The ong whoe SYNC SLAVE button i preed, i automatically adapted to meet the tempo of the ong currently playing The cratch function i uually active only when the deck i in paue mode The SCRATCH button activate the cratch function of the cratch wheel alo during playback (PLAY button preed) With the VOLUME fader, you can control the volume While mixing, it i important to have the ame volume in both deck Ue the CUE button to et and elect the cue point Pre the CUE button a little longer to delete the currently elected CUE point How to ue the CUE function i decribed in chapter 5 2 Playback i tarted with the PLAY/PAUSE button Pre thi button again to top playback Pre the button once again to reume playback from the poition where it topped BEND button Pre the UP button (+) to raie the playback tempo Pre the DOWN button ( ) to low down the playback tempo With thi function you can ynchronize the beat of two piece currently running In the Configuration window of the B-DJ oftware you can adjut the percentage by which the tempo i changed The pitch fader provide continuouly adjutable playback tempo control The pitch range can be adjuted in the Configuration menu Ue the SEARCH button to move forward or backward in a ong The function performed by the cratch wheel depend on whether the deck i in PLAY or PAUSE mode PLAY: pitch bend i active Thi function mimic the pitching technique (accelerating and lowing down the turntable to adapt the rhythm of two vinyl record to each other) Turn the cratch wheel clockwie to raie the playback tempo Turn it counter-clockwie to low down the tempo However, if the SCRATCH button i preed, you can alo cratch during playback PAUSE: Cue Search i active: You can both cratch and locate exact cue poition 3 2 The rear panel Fig 3 2: The rear-panel audio connector of the BCD2000 MIC INPUT The MIC IN connector i the balanced XLR input for your dynamic microphone The analog input A (PHONO) i ued for connecting a turntable Connect the ground cable on your turntable to the GND crew on the BCD2000 houing Analog input B To connect a CD player or tape deck to thi input, et the witch to LINE Connect the MASTER OUTPUT to your power amplifier It provide the main output ignal, which can be adjuted with the MASTER control SERIAL NUMBER 3 CONTROL ELEMENTS AND CONNECTIONS 9

10 5 OPERATION The operating concept of the B-DJ ytem ha been deigned o that you will undertand it quickly and intuitively All control element are arranged in a way you probably know from DJ mixer or DJ CD player The uer interface (BCD2000 Blue Skin) i almot identical to the uer interface of the BCD2000, o that you can control a many function a poible from the B-CONTROL, thu knowing immediately where to do what without having to touch your computer moue Fig 3 3: POWER witch, main and USB connector The USB connector i ued for connecting to a computer with a compatible USB port The BCD2000 ue the USB connector to end and receive audio and control data A tandard power ocket i provided for connection to the main A matching power cable i included with the unit The POWER witch turn your BCD2000 on and off It hould alway be in the OFF poition (out) when connecting the unit to or diconnecting the unit from the main + Pleae note: The power witch doe not completely eparate your BCD2000 from AC power If you plan on not uing your BCD2000 for a prolonged period of time, pleae diconnect it from the main by removing the power cable from the wall outlet 5 1 Firt tep Wiring Firt of all, connect all the device you need to the BCD2000 Make ure the unit i off before connecting it to other equipment If you want to ue the BCD2000 without additional audio ource (CD player, turntable, microphone), you only need to wire the output: 4 THE B-DJ SOFTWARE Here a hort overview of the encloed B-DJ program Since many program function are controlled from the B-CONTROL, chapter 5 decribe how to work with the B-DJ ytem (hardware and oftware) a a whole A detailed decription of the B-DJ oftware can be found in the encloed B-DJ manual (pdf document acceible via Configuration > Help) Fig 4 1: The main B-DJ window The B-DJ uer interface i divided into everal ection: the two deck are diplayed in the lower left and right halve of the creen, like two CD player or turntable (deck A i on the left and deck B i on the right) Between the two deck, there i the mixer ection with the crofader and level indicator for both deck a well a the mater level indicator The Lit Brower i located in the upper half of the creen, on the left; the lit currently elected i hown on the right In the middle of the creen, there are the two graphic waveform diplay howing the track currently loaded in the deck Fig 5 1: Standard wiring of the BCD2000 Connect the MASTER output to your hi-fi ytem, a pair of active peaker or the PA ytem in the club where you are playing Connect your headphone to the PHONES output The BEHRINGER DJ headphone HPX4000 are particularly well uited Program launch Once you have intalled the driver and B-DJ oftware, you can launch the program Boot your computer, then witch on the BCD2000 Your computer will detect the driver and diplay the control panel icon Start the B-DJ program via the Start bar or by clicking on the B-DJ icon 10 5 OPERATION

11 The output ection Set the volume of the MASTER output with the MASTER control The MASTER output alway provide the ignal routed to the crofader Ue the PHONES control to adjut the headphone volume The PFL MIX control determine the balance between deck A and deck B Create a play lit Before you can play back a ong or track, you need to create a lit or load an exiting lit Click on the ADD button to load a new track onto the current lit Add Directory allow you to upload a complete directory from hard-dik The equence of ong on the lit can alway be changed later on Load a track Load a ong from the lit by clicking on the title and dragging it to the waveform diplay of deck A Alternatively, you can ue the Load button to load the next track you have marked from the current lit Start playback Move the crofader fully to the left and tart playback by preing the PLAY button of deck A Select a econd track, move it to deck B and tart it by preing the PLAY button of deck B Pre-liten to next ong Move the PFL MIX control to the right to pre-liten to the next ong on your headphone You will hear the ong played on deck B Now you have to adapt it tempo to the tempo of the ong that i currently being played back on deck A There are variou way to do thi Either you control the tempo with the pitch fader or ue the pitch bend button located below the pitch fader A third alternative i to turn the cratch wheel clockwie (fater) or counter-clockwie (lower) It will be bet to ue the currently playing kick or nare drum a a metronome Once the rhythm are in ync, the beat ha been aligned perfectly Ue the Beat Mix indicator in the waveform diplay a your optical guide, or imply ue the Sync Slave function (button ) 5 2 Additional DJ function Phone Split In order to liten to both deck eparately (Phone Split function), briefly hit the PHONES SPLIT/MASTER OUT button (LED light up) The ignal on deck A can be heard on the left The ignal on deck B can be heard on the right The PFL MIX control determine the volume ratio between the left and right ignal Mater Out Pre the PHONES SPLIT/MASTER OUT button longer to activate the Mater Out function (button LED tart flahing) When Mater Out i on, you will alway hear the mater ignal in your headphone, i e the muic that i being played on the dance floor CUE function The CUE function allow you to et cue point in a track Cue point are poition in the track, which you can mark during playback Mainly, thee will be poition you want to return to later to tart the ong from thi point, e g the beginning of a choru You can et eight cue point per track and elect them at the touch of a button When you pre the CUE button, the ong poition curor jump to the elected cue point If no cue point ha been elected, it will automatically go back to the beginning of the track B-CONTROL DEEJAY BCD2000 Pitch Bend With the pitch bend function, you can modify the tempo of a track, in order to adapt it to the tempo of the track playing on the other channel There are everal way to do thi: 1 Ue the pitch fader to control the oftware pitch function Move the pitch fader up or down to raie or low down the tempo The pitch range can be adjuted in the Configuration menu 2 If the deck i in play mode, you can ue the cratch wheel to adapt to the tempo (and beat) of the econd track It imilar to vinyl record: turn the cratch wheel clockwie to raie the playback tempo; turn it counter-clockwie to low down the tempo 3 The bend + and bend button perform the ame function a the oftware bend button: Pre either of thee button to temporarily change the tempo Loop function The loop function of the B-DJ oftware can alo be controlled from the BCD2000 Thi i done with the LOOP IN/END and LOOP OUT button Baically, you can define any egment of a currently played ong a a loop Firt, mark the tart and end point on the fly, i e during playback (firt pre = tart point; econd pre = end point) Once the end point ha been et, playback return to the IN point and the loop i tarted immediately Pre the LOOP OUT button to deactivate loop playback Sync Slave With it Sync Slave function, the B-DJ oftware give you a tool for ynchronizing two muical piece Thi function hould alway be activated in the currently pre-litened channel Otherwie, there may be jump in the rhythm, which would be very annoying The pre-litened ong i adapted to the piece currently being played back 5 OPERATION 11

12 5 3 Expanded etup Even though the B-DJ ytem can do without external drive and media, you can expand thi controller oftware etup by adding a CD player (which you maybe already have) or two turntable In thi cae, you can integrate the analog ignal into the oftware mixer and proce it with all real-time function of the deck (uch a EQ, cut-off filter, effect, fader, crofader, VU meter, etc) Operating external device i a intuitive a internal mixing 5 4 Signal routing The USB interface allow you to record and play back four audio ignal at the ame time The ignal routing i determined by the etting of the B-DJ oftware, the control panel and the button poition The ignal routing alo depend on the elected driver (ASIO or WDM/MME) Routing option with ASIO driver B-DJ Mode: If B-DJ i elected in the GLOBAL MODE of the control panel, you can only elect the input ignal The aignment of the output i fixed Output 1-2 alway provide the MASTER OUT ignal, while the tereo headphone mix i aigned to output 3-4 The headphone mix i the ame a the mater ignal, if MASTER OUT ha been activated too Fig 5 3: Audio routing in B-DJ mode (ASIO driver) Advanced Mode: In Advanced Mode all ASIO parameter can be et Select the input ource for channel IN A (CH 1-2, Mic or Phono A) in the control panel Select the input ource for IN B (CH 3-4, Phono or Line) with the PHONO/LINE witch on the rear of the BCD2000 The playback channel CH 1-2 or CH 3-4 for the main output and the headphone connector are alo elected in the control panel (MASTER OUT or PHONES OUT field repectively) Fig 5 2: Expanding the tandard etup In thi etup, the tandard etup hown in fig 5 1 i expanded by adding two turntable and a microphone The connection to the computer and the other peripheral device i the ame a in example 1 Connect the output of the turntable to input A and B To ue input B, et the PHONO/LINE witch to poition PHONO Alternatively, you can connect a CD player to input B In thi cae, the PHONO/LINE witch mut be et to LINE Pre the input ource button to activate the input You can manage up to four ignal ource at the ame time by witching the two channel between the analog ource and the oftware ignal The MIC input with it XLR connector allow you to connect a microphone The MIC LEVEL control in the MIC INPUT ection determine the volume of the microphone ignal Ue the ON AIR witch to activate the microphone channel The clip LED illuminate a oon a the input ignal level i too high and could poibly caue audible ditortion If thi happen, turn the MIC LEVEL control to the left until the LED doe not light up anymore ANALOG INPUT A override the microphone channel When thi button i preed, you cannot ue the microphone Fig 5 4: Audio routing in Advanced Mode (ASIO) 12 5 OPERATION

13 5 4 2 Routing option with WDM/MME driver The WDM/MME driver upport playback/recording of 2 audio ignal For 2-channel recording you can elect input IN A or IN B in the WDM/MME window of the control panel When you chooe IN A, you can alo determine the ignal to be recorded (Phono A or MIC) When you elect IN B, you can ue the PHONE/LINE witch to determine the ignal to be recorded (phono or line) Playback with the WDM/MME driver i alway in tereo, which i why the MASTER output and the PHONES connector of the BCD2000 provide the ame muic ignal B-CONTROL DEEJAY BCD2000 Rotary control function: Group Name MIDIÃ&&Ãno. DECK A LOW (EQ) 3 MID (EQ) 4 HIGH (EQ) 5 GAIN 6 DECK B LOW (EQ) 7 MID (EQ) 8 HIGH (EQ) 9 GAIN 10 FX CONTROL Value A 13 Value B 14 Value C 15 Value D 16 OUTPUT PFL MIX 17 Table 6 1: MIDI command for tranmitting rotary control function Fig 5 5: Audio routing with the WDM/MME driver 6 MIDI CONTROL All control function of the BCD2000 are ent to your computer a MIDI data The Muical Intrument Digital Interface i a generic, non-manufacturer-pecific tandard that enable communication between electronic muical intrument Although the BCD2000 i not equipped with the claic 5-pin MIDI connector, it till ue the MIDI protocol for data tranmiion via USB Thu, the BCD2000 can alo control third-party oftware, a long a it i able to peak MIDI In turn, the BCD2000 can receive MIDI data and ue them to how the witching tatu of the button LED Baically, two type of MIDI data are ued: Control Change (CC no ) and note meage (Note no ) CC command are ued for the real-time tranmiion of value that are changed continuouly Note command are ued for the tranmiion of button function You can ue any DJ oftware you like to adapt the MIDI command to the oftware function 6 1 Sending control change function All rotary control, all fader, the cratch wheel and the crofader are control element ending CC data Each control element ha a CC number aigned to it The abolute value tranmitted range from 0 to 127, an exception being the cratch wheel a they are infinitely variable encoder ending no abolute value Intead, they tranmit value change in tep of 1 (increment = +1, decrement = -1) The following table how the fixed aignment of CC number according to function group Infinitely variable encoder function: Group Name MIDI && no. DECK A PITCH BEND/CUE 19* SEARCH WHEEL DECK B PITCH BEND/CUE SEARCH WHEEL 18* * the cratch wheel tranmit +1/-1 pule only (Inc/Dec) Table 6 2: MIDI command for tranmitting infinitely variable encoder function Fader function: Group Name MIDI && no. DECK A PITCH Fader 11 VOLUME Fader 0 DECK A<>B CROSS Fader 1 DECK B PITCH Fader 12 VOLUME Fader 2 Table 6 3: MIDI command for tranmitting fader function 6 2 Sending button function All witching element (button) of the BCD2000 tranmit MIDI note command When you pre a button, the ytem end a note on command, together with the correponding note number When the button i releaed, the ytem tranmit a note off command Pre (and hold) a button = note on / releae a button = note off (For a permanent note-on command, pleae elect toggle on in the oftware ) 6 MIDI CONTROL 13

14 Group Name MIDI QRWH no. DECK A DECK B MIC INPUT FX CONTROL INPUT SELECT & OUTPUT MIDI QRWH name SEARCH << 0 C -1 SEARCH >> 1 C# -1 BEND - 2 D -1 BEND + 3 D# -1 LOW CUT 12 C 0 MID CUT 13 C# 0 HIGH CUT 14 D 0 BACK TO TOP 4 E -1 LOOP IN/END 15 D# 0 LOOP OUT 5 F -1 SYNC SLAVE 16 E 0 SCRATCH 17 F 0 CUE 18 F #0 PLAY/PAUSE 19 G 0 SEARCH << 6 F# -1 SEARCH >> 7 G -1 BEND - 8 G# -1 BEND + 9 A -1 LOW CUT 20 G #0 MID CUT 21 A 0 HIGH CUT 22 A# 0 BACK TO TOP 10 A# -1 LOOP IN/END 23 B 0 LOOP OUT 11 B -1 SYNC SLAVE 24 C 1 SCRATCH 25 C# 1 CUE 26 D 1 PLAY/PAUSE 27 D# 1 TALKOVER 29 F 1 ON AIR 30 F# 1 Button A 31 G 1 Button B 32 G# 1 Button C 33 A 1 Button D 34 A# 1 ANALOG INPUT A 35 B 1 ANALOG INPUT B 36 C 2 PHONES SPLIT 28 E 1 Table 6 4: MIDI command for tranmitting button function 6 3 Receiving MIDI command The reception of MIDI data alo allow for tranmitting command from third-party DJ oftware to your BCD2000 Although thi function i not neceary to control the device from the oftware, you can till diplay the witching tatu of button LED, which enable you to work more intuitively All button LED receive MIDI control change data (on/off) If the controller value tranmitted i between 0 and 63, thi value correpond to the witched-off tatu (LED off) If the value i 64 or higher (max 127), the LED illuminate Group Name MIDI && no. DECK A LOW CUT 24 MID CUT 23 HIGH CUT 22 LOOP ON/OFF 21 SYNC SLAVE 20 SCRATCH 19 CUE 18 PLAY/PAUSE 17 DECK B LOW CUT 16 MID CUT 15 HIGH CUT 14 LOOP ON/OFF 13 SYNC SLAVE 12 SCRATCH 11 CUE 10 PLAY/PAUSE 9 MIC INPUT TALKOVER 8 ON AIR 7 FX CONTROL Button A 6 Button B 5 Button C 4 Button D 3 INPUT SELECT ANALOG INPUT A 2 & OUTPUT ANALOG INPUT B 1 PHONES SPLIT 25 Table 6 5: MIDI command for receiving button LED tatue Data requet for all moving element: Current control element value of the program ued can be tranmitted to the B-CONTROL uing a data requet command, a long a thi command type i upported by the program In thi cae, the MIDI device doen t end data The B-CONTROL requet them intead The required command i of the control change type: MIDI && no. 100 Table 6 6: Controller for data requet Selecting the input channel: You can elect the analog input A (ee chapter 2 3) via MIDI To do thi, a program change command mut be ent to the BCD2000 ANALOG INPUT A election MIDI channel MIDI meage 3+212$ IN &+ Program Change 0,& IN &+ Program Change Table 6 7: Switching the analog input uing program change command 14 6 MIDI CONTROL

15 7 AUDIO CONNECTIONS B-CONTROL DEEJAY BCD SPECIFICATIONS You will need a large number of cable for different application The illutration below how how the connector hould be wired Be ure to ue only high-grade cable The microphone input of the BCD2000 i electronically balanced to avoid hum problem Of coure, you can alo connect unbalanced microphone to the balanced input In thi cae, connect pin 1 and pin 3 Fig 7 1: XLR connector AUDIO INPUTS Microphone input Type Gain range Frequency repone Impedance Max input level Signal-to-noie ratio Ditortion (THD+N) CMRR Equalizer EQ low EQ high Line input Phono in Line in Impedance Max input level AUDIO OUTPUTS Mater Out Type Impedance Signal-to-noie ratio Crotalk Max output level Phone Out Type Max output level XLR balanced -oo db 10 Hz - 29 khz (-3 db) approx 2 kω (balanced) db Gain (mic level center poition) 110 db (A-weighted) 0 01 % (A-weighted) typ -40 db ±12 40 Hz ±12 12 khz 40 db Gain 0 db Gain approx 47 kω +12 dbu RCA 120 Ω 101 db <80 1 khz +18 dbu 1/4" TRS connector +4 7 dbu ( Ω loading DIGITAL PROCESSING Converter 24 Bit Sample rate 44 1 khz Signal-to-noie ratio A/D: 100 db D/A: 100 db Fig 7 2: 1/4" TRS headphone connector USB INTERFACE Type Full-Speed 12 MBit/ SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS Signal-to-noie ratio >80 db Crotalk <80 db Ditortion (THD) 0 01% Frequency repone 15 Hz - 21 khz, +0/-3 db POWER SUPPLY Voltage Power conumption Fue Main connection V~, 50/60 Hz max 7 W T 1 A H 250 V Standard IEC receptacle DIMENSIONS/WEIGHT Dimenion (W x H x D) 13" x 3 9" x 11 8" (330 mm x 100 mm x 300 mm) Weight approx 4 41 lb (2 0 kg) BEHRINGER i contantly triving to maintain the highet profeional tandard A a reult of thee effort, modification may be made from time to time to exiting product without prior notice Specification and appearance may differ from thoe lited or illutrated 8 SPECIFICATIONS 15

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