Comments on: Vestax VCM600 is a Ableton Specific Controller

By: VeraNova

VeraNova — Mon, 17 May 2010 19:14:20 +0000

Lost, boot the BCF2000 up in mackie control mode.

power of the unit
Hold down the second button on the top row of buttons, and then hold in the power switch until you see the lcd sreen turn on and then change what it says.
then in ableton set it up as a mackie control under the control surface option and turn on all the switched for input and output underneath.

works perfectly.

By: Mao Duchatellier

Mao Duchatellier — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:23:04 +0000

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By: Kerry

Kerry — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:19:46 +0000

This might interest some you – I have just done a video review..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W496YMopmxI

By: dennis ackermann

dennis ackermann — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:00:51 +0000

where is the 4 channel version in “set-top-box” style? Would love this piece of gear if it’d be more portable….

By: eerms

eerms — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:47:21 +0000

hmm. been using xone:3d for some time, but never i had fun much to use it with live.
this look like a lot of fun. i hope the price range is somewhere around 700-800 bucks.

By: digitalbeatsyndrome@yahoo.com

digitalbeatsyndrome@yahoo.com — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:41:31 +0000

there was a cat on the ucapps.de / midibox forums who integrated a fw 410 into one of the smaller allen heath dj mixers..ill post the pic when i find it..fly as fuck it was though

By: digitalbeatsyndrome@yahoo.com

digitalbeatsyndrome@yahoo.com — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:34:43 +0000

The CME/Bitstream 3x is cool but its a shame they add FW audio cards to there keyboard range only and not the bitstream…same for the novation thingy. Korg zer 8 zero 4 do it but i hear they are buggy as fuck. Not enough ppl buying em either to do a review and I got no music store around me to test one out in..regardless i wouldnt shell out the coin for one anway

By: Lost

Lost — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:33:16 +0000

Yeah I recently got a BCF2000, and am having trouble integrating it into my work flow. It seems quicker to struggle with the on screen knobs/faders rather than assign them in live to the bcf you know? but i think after most of the work, in the mix down and polishing phase it will be most useful. Who knows. I hope i didn’t just waste 200 bucks.

By: Pete

Pete — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:28:25 +0000

“From underneath the curved edges is a row of white LEDs that light up the face of the unit in the dark. ”

WOW – now that is a hot design feature! I also think that no company can match Apple for design – and this Vestax looks very Apple-esque (to me), which is a compliment.

I don’t mix with hardware (I mix as I go), though I do own a Novation SL0 mainly for live use but also in the studio to record automation in realtime using physical knobs.

Speaking of mixing, in a previous article you mentioned that you have all of your faders at -12db, and your master at 0. This is interesting – do you set each chanell to -12 whenever you create a new one? Personally I default mine at 0db and go from there, though as a result my master usually ends up around -9db by the time I’ve finished a track!

By: os

os — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:54:11 +0000

I use a Behringer BCR2000. There’s a lot to be said for any external controller over keyboard and mouse – not least that you can twiddle more than one knob/fader at once.

This Vestax thing looks very nice. Unless it’s not bus powered. That would be rubbish.