just amazing, my recordings are so much better now thanks to the ease of use from the bcf2000. I can concentrate on making music finally.

emulates baby hui and mackie, as well as allowing customized programming??? better than all other control surfaces in my opinion because of this. I can run ANYTHING with it, even pro tools.

perfect I guess. nothing's wrong with the build of my unit. Great stuff. dropped it even and it keeps on working. Don't recommend dropping any control surface or mixer though, just for the record.

simply blows away the competition for versatility and compatibility and price (like less than half the price).

they've helped me get setup, helped me through a blue screen problem (which turned out to be sonar related), quick response, excellent english, technically smart yet talking to me in language I can understand.

it's soooo sexy, flying motorized faders, flashing red leds all over the place. Very kewl, very professional too.

pro recording engineer

rock, pop, dance

This is a control device and doesn't actually alter the quality of the sound. I use the BCF2000 to control the faders, pan, solo, mute and such on my DAW recording software. In regards to sound, what is important is it controls the DAW actions without introducing buzz, hum or unwanted electronic noise.

I am finding that this controller does pretty much what it advertises. The faders are smooth and accurate. The buttons and knobs feel well made. The transport buttons layout could be done better, with a dedicated forward/back/pause/stop/record layout.

Here, some users may find that setting up the controller to work with their particular software can be a bit of research. I use Reaper as my primary DAW (recording/mixing software). The BCF2000 didn't come with setup instructions or drivers for Reaper, specifically. But, due to the great folks at the Reaper forum I quickly had everything I needed to get my new controller up and running. I should say that it does come with everything necessary for a sizable list of well known DAWs.

This controller is about a third the cost of most comparable units, so I had some pre-purchase reservations about the low price. So far, I can say that this is a quality made unit that does its job very well.

Although, depending on which DAW you use it with, it may require a bit of tinkering to setup, it is an excellent choice for the cost.

No service related contact with this company.

This is a neat machine. It looks great on your mix desk, and it performs. What else can you ask?

Retired hobbyist musician, home recording.

Many styles

Well it doesn't really make sound except for the motors that move the sliders, but I'm rating the sound quality based on how improved my audio editing experience has been since I purchased and learned the bcf2000.

Excellent features, AMAZING for the money, absolutely nothing else comes close. HOWEVER, I'd love to see a jog dial and the built-in led is something I'm simply ignoring except for the most basic startup settings. It does have a great on-screen display that runs in windows though, a free download from behringer, and that makes up for the tiny led display. faders are long (10 cm), slightly rough movement but very controllable, pots are great, buttons are, well, buttons, they work fine.

I guess it's pretty good. Haven't had any problems so far with the hardware. I have had some windows conflicts with the behringer usb driver blue-screening on me (and that's the latest version 1.1.1.1 which is supposed to fix that). However I'm working with their tech support team currently to solve the problem and we're getting it worked out.

well it's unbelievable really. I never dreamed I'd be able to have a motorized control surface for less than $800 canadian, but I got this for less than half of that. How can you go wrong?

Very good support so far. I had the problem described above and emailed them, heard back in 2 or 3 days (which is somewhat slow) and the guy was obviously a techie type who I've found to be a very knowledgable and intelligent person with good advice. They're taking their time to not only help me with my problem but to learn from my problem so they can help other users in the future. I'm impressed. Very good service all-in-all. I've heard of much worse service from other companies, although your mileage may vary.

moving faders, pro looking hardware, flying leds, only use your mouse for really specific tasks (or for plugins when using sonar 4 cuz the mackie support in sonar is lacking somewhat at this time). It rocks. It's sexy. My wife went WOW, and I thought she'd say "take it back" LoL.

Pro musician, violin, guitar, bass, drums, engineer, composer, arranger, performer

classical, rock, pop, classic rock, experimental

Musician 40 years

Classic rock/Blues

It is really loud. The motorized faders, I mean. I don't know what other term to use, but they're fidgety. When they're responding to a slow, steady volume curve (either manual or one drawn in the DAW) it's like the little motor-gear-thingie is nervous or jumping between notches or something. And when the faders are sent from top to bottom, boy do they ever hit! Snap! snap! Of course, one would expect motorized faders to have a little sound, but this is loud enough to bother people in the next room over, through closed doors! Technically, there's no "sound" as this is a midi controller. The sound comes from the speakers. But I rated it a 3 because it actually does make noise.

Given that this is a midi controller, if you know enough about how midi works and can configure things on the software-side, this will do just about anything you need.

The BCF2k isn't made for any particular DAW software, though it has presets built-in for some of the major products, so the hardest thing about using it comes from that fact: Most of the buttons are not dedicated to one function, but can perform several, depending upon other buttons and selectors you depress. Also, you can tweak or edit the assigned functions to make the machine do pretty much anything. I've even heard of a guy using his as a DMX lighting controller. The learning curve comes from figuring out how the button assignments work and how to modify/use them. I use mine as a DAW controller for Logic Studio. There's a built-in configuration for Logic, but you wouldn't know it from reading the directions. I'd say the manual is garbage. But Youtube has some good videos. The knobs and faders all feel pretty good, especially considering the price of the thing. I like the full-length faders. The pan-pots can go 360°+ as where they are at is shown by a ring of LEDs. My only complaint on that front is that I have to fight with the faders when they're following some automation and I want to adjust the tracks via Latch setting. They should just give way, but instead the motor fights me and generally I've got to go back into Logic and pencil in a few bars where the automation curve went all buggy.

If the faders weren't so dang loud and were smoother, I'd have zero complaints on the hardware side. Of course I could complain that the buttons aren't dedicated to this or that function, but the BCF2k wasn't built *just* for Logic or ProTools or whatever.

There's nothing else in its price range. You've either got to sink to the one-fader-at-a-time controllers or the korg nanokontrol ($60-$100) or you've got to buy a keyboard with faders on it, or jump up to the $1000 range.

Haven't dealt with Behringer. Wish the drop-down allowed for a "N/A" but it's 5 stars instead.

It looks good. Sure, it's a lot of plastic with a little metal, but it feels pretty solid. The LEDs are nice. It's mostly just a practical way for me to do multi-channel automation.

Recording Engineer, Producer, Guitarist, Hobbyist

Rock, Jazz, Rockabilly, Techno, Alternative, Folk...

Not to much noise to a fader, ya the motorized faders create noise but not much!

It has the volume faders for mixing, you can Pan and Solo and Mute on it as well! Mine is connected to Pro Tools 8! Great product!

Easy setup, this products installation varys one what your trying to use it with! Cubase was a lil complicated to setup with, but Pro Tools was a breeze! Contact me if you need to no how!

Its kind of light, not to much weight to it. But everything feels sturdy on it and good quality. I read somebody dropped theres and it still worked great! (PS dont drop yours lol)

Definitely worth the selling price! Its worth every penny! Its so nice to have faders in front of you for mixing instead of a mouse! I recommend it to anyone! (Motorized faders are wonderful, they fly in to place where left off in your last session!

Havent had to use any support, so i geuss its good! :-D

Nice blue color or white you can get both!

Rapper / Recording Engineer / Mastering Engineer (One Day :-)

Rap / Hip Hop

well it dosn't really make a sound because its only a midi controller but the faders make some noise when they move

The features of the BCF2000 is basicly unlimited its fully mapable and can be used under Mackie Control Universal mode, you can even daisy chain them together to have 16,22 ect. ect. faders. Behringer has an app out that gives you a virtual LCD screen that gives you all the info

real easy to set up, if not just go to youtube

it is real durable

this is about the only midi control surface that has moving faders for such a low price. and the possibilitys are endless with 2 or more of these, you could even thro in a BCR and it is priced WAY WAY WAY lower than the Mackie Control,,the only thing missing is a jog wheel

Havn't had any problems

well....i dont know about sex appeal but it does look nice, I have the white one in my studio

Music Producer/Engineer

rap/Hip hop and R&B

I HAVE OWNED THIS PRODUCT FOR QUITE SOMETIME NOW ON MY PROTOOLS LE SYSTEM AND I HAVE TO HONESTLY SAY THAT IT SAVED ME ALMOST $1000... DOES THE EXACT SAME THING AS THE COMMAND 8 AND CAN ACTUALLY CONTROL UNLIMITED NUMBER OF TRACKS... WOW!

MOST USEFUL FEATURES WOULD INCLUDE LIVE AUTOMATION THROUGH MIDI ON MULTIPLE TRACKS AT ONCE... AND IF U FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR SET UP AND CAN GET THE DRIVERS FROM BEHRINGER IT LOADS IN HALF AN HOUR AND IF 2 BUTTON PUSHES FROM CONTROLLING YOUR PROTOOLS SYSTEM.

VERY SIMPLE READ THE DIRECTIONS....

DUNNO BOUT HOW WELL IT'S MADE IT'S LIGHT AND PLASTIC AND THE FADERS DO SOUND LIKE THEY ARE STUCK SOMETIMES... BUT FOR $1000 CHEAPER THAN IT'S COUNTER PART WHO CARES... P.S. YOUR NOT SUPPOSED TO RECORD FROM THE ROOM THIS IS IN ANYWAY... AND IF YOU LIKE THE MUSIC YOU MAKE IT SHOULD BE LOUD ENOUGH FOR IT TO STUFF THE MINIMAL NOISE ANYWAY...

AT $1000 CHEAPER THAN THE COMMAND 8 LOL IT'S A NO BRAINER...

WHO NEEDS IT LOL IT COMES WITH DIRECTIONS AND THE DRIVERS AND ON THE BEHRINGER WEBSITE ...

I WOULD RATHER HAVE THE COMMAND 8 BUT IT'S NOT IN MY BUDGET SO HELL YA THIS WORKS

RECORDING ENGINEER/EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

RAP/RNB

It's not have any effect for sound

Not like Mackie controller but is very near and sexsy

I need it

very nice and very cheap

protool and mackie and tascam had first controller technology and so very expensive...but behringer built after this mark and so is cheap...but it is very nice

good good good...very good....

I want it to be close freind with sonar and reason

Pop- folk-hiphop

modern Folk

N/A but it helps me make my sound a 10

It's great, push button rotary knobs paired with faders for $180. It's hard to ask for more, but I wouldn't mind another row of buttons to toggle recording on/off. Emulation is 100% awesome, Throw it in BabyHUI and my ProTools6.7 rig works flawlessly

The documentation is worthless, use'd google to get what I needed, the website's driver download was misleading, but once it's setup it's as easy as moving a fader.

It's behringer, It won't last forever, the rotary's are a little cheap and so are the faders but so is the product.

Worth every single penny

Haven't had to, but, I have heard that they are good.

There's nothing sexier than faders that move by themselves

Homestudio Junkie

Alternative, Grunge, Indie

DOES NOT AFFECT SOUND QUALITY.. Just a control surface..

For the money, its the best out there. dont get a mackie universal. way over priced.

It is built solid.

Good!

havent needed them yet... Heard they suck though.

Looks good, geat design!

15+ years of guitar playing, theory. 5+ years of audio engineering.

Alternative, JAzz, and BLues..

just amazing what this did for my life. I run a small studio and use 3 of these chained together to control 24 tracks in real time. I spent $1227 CAD in total. Try THAT with the major studio gear of the past!

great features - only flaw is that it doesn't have touch sensitive faders. Makes re-recording of automation data difficult to impossible, at least what I've found so far. but otherwise great!

very very good, but I wish the faders were a little smoother. a bit on the rough side.

no comparison, best value of all motorized control surfaces. it's a baby hui, logic control, mackie control and customizeable device all in one.

great - had very good help from behringer through email.

well it's just too cool isn't it?? moving faders!?

professional recording engineer and producer, own a small studio

commercial rock

Motors are really pretty loud.

Musician-engineer

rock, jazz, blues

Of course it doesn't make sound but the resolution on the faders are awful. They're practically useless, you're still going to need to be using your mouse to get levels right if you're working in a daw. Much better going with the One fader using the AlphaTrack or the Presonus one.

You can map commans to the control surface but since virtually every mixer does that it's not special in any way.

Easy to use I guess, not much to it. Setting it up to use with my DAW wasn't difficult at all.

Feels cheap prbably because it is cheap.

It's pointless and a waste of money. I was so upset when I bought the thing I returned it the third day after I had it and bought the AlphaTrack one instead and couldn't be happier. I am shocked people gave this mess good reviews on here

Never had to use it.

Not sexy

Audio Engineer, Music Producer, Beat Maker, Musician

Hip Hop, R&B, Folk, Rock, Gospel

The little that I was able to use it before I gave up on it I was pleased with what it would do if I could get it to work. Behringer doesn't support Mac users. I have their VAMP for bass and for guitar, and the Mac support just isn't there. This would probably be great for Windows, but for Mac it screwed up Performer being able to recognize the channel settings and basically made using the features difficult to apply.

I am a Mac user and using Performer with the BCF2000. It was really frustrating. At first I couldn't get Performer to recognize it. After being really frustrated trying to follow the directions I finally contacted tech support. That is when I learned about emulation mode. I thought all of my problems were solved, but it was just one thing after another, and tech support wouldn't even acknowlege my e-mails. Support for Mac users is pretty non-existent. It seems that the updates are for Windows. Think twice if you are a Mac user before buying.

Seems well made for the price. I came close to hurling it across the room in frustration but didn't actually do it. Maybe that would invalidate the warranty. There were moments when I was definitely tempted.

If it worked it would be a fantastic value, but it doesn't get along with my main application (Performer for Mac) or my midi interface so what's the point of owning it?

After an initial answer to an e-mail where I was told about emulation mode, they stopped responding. Why on earth wouldn't the manual mention emulation mode? You have to wonder. My experience is that tech support doesn't responde unless it's an easy question.

If Behringer doesn't support Mac users then they should make it known. If the BCF2000 isn't seamless in emulation mode then that should be made known too. To spend so much time trying to decipher the directions only to find out that it only works in emulation mode, and then to waste so much time trying to get it to work with my application is not acceptible. Tech support is maddening. You don't want this if you use something other than Windows.

Hobbyist, play some live music, home studio

Jazz, rock, gospel

The BCF2000 has great potential, but why in heaven's name Behringer didn't include a transport panel is mindboggling. To record, one must press two buttons at once, and these buttons are located at the very top and bottom of the unit respectively! If you have small hands, it is a two handed operation! Who came up with this design? There is no jog-wheel, and no master fader. How much would these items add to the price? Probably no more than $25.00 or so. I would gladly have paid another $100.00+ to have these things included. Given that the closest competitor sells for $1,0000+, this kind of corner-cutting is self-defeating. I can live whithout a master fader and a jog-whel, but the absence of a reasonable transport panel spoils the whole thing for me. It gets three stars, since you can't get the motorized faders for anywhere near the price, but it would, could, should have been a 5+

For me, the ridiculous transport control ruins the whole thing!

Excellent for the price.

The addition of a transport panel would have made it a 10! If it had a transport panel, jog-wheel, and master fader it would be an easy 11+ ! Talk about a missed opportunity!

Didn't need it.

It is half as usable as it should have been.

Composer

Choral to Jazz and everything in between

No Sound But it controls the sound just fine.

I havent owned a mixer controller before but from what I heard and the price of it I wasnt expecting too too much. the outcome however BLEW MY MIND. Features are great as well. BTW this work GREAT with FL studio and Pro tools le.

Very easy to use. Kind of hard to get everything set up within the daws but that's because the manual didnt say anything about that really. so I relied on Youtube lol.

I dont know about other controllers like this, but I still can't believe the quality for the price! 200 dollars and you get full control of you software's mixer PLUS motorized faders which I believe are a Must.

Very Valuable to me because it makes my job ALOT easier!!!

manual wasnt that great. But on the other hand I never did call the helplines because I figured it out on my own.

I got it...

This is a midi controller so there is no sound, except the faders moving! :D

8 faders, 8 knobs, assignable buttons, all u need for good work.

I had trouble with my mac to get it started with logic 7, but then i founded in a forum that i need a firmware to get a simulation of logic control, and then it works flawlessly!

sturdy products, good full size motorized faders, nice knobs with leds... Very nice indeed for the price...

Best controler for the price, motorized faders looks and feel so cool!!

I had luck that i founded good forum to ask what to do. Behringer is not so good with their support.

I have it, and its working perfectly over the years...

Active musician , sound designer

regge, dub, trip hop, jazz...

Not really applicable, this is a midi control surface. The faders are a little noisy, but your audio application will probably have a "mute" feature for the faders because all motorized faders make a little noise. Might be a cool feature to add into the unit for a future revision though, a hardware button that "mutes" the faders moving. Heavy UI thinking would be needed though. Anyway, I digress, the main point is that this thing loses 2 points for making sound at all (but you don't buy this thing for the sound).

8 faders, 8 nobs, a handfull of buttons. What more could you ask for? Oh, and if you're in an emulation mode there's a layer or two of shift buttons to increase the functionality of that handful of buttons.

The documentation is very very foul. But that's par for the course with Behringer. You're buying a relatively inexpensive, feature-laden product. They save their money buy leveraging the global economy and not hiring anyone to make readable/actionable documentation. The web is your best source for how to use this thing.

Seems rugged enough to me. The fit and finish was perfectly fine on the model I got. No blemishes or loose anything. It's made of plastic (like everything these days) so I trust it as much as I trust plastic. If it was made of steel/hardwood and had a perfect tension ratio when I moved the faders I'd give it a higher rating. For keyboard players, it's like the difference between an inexpensive midi controller and one with weighted keys. You pay a lot for weighted keys. I don't know if competing products have a more satisfying resistance on the faders or not though. I give it a 7 but this product is totally in line with it's price and I am not worried about it breaking anytime soon.

I could buy two of these for the price of one Logic Control. Given the lack of decent documentation I wouldn't pay any more for the BCF2000. But I'm very satisfies with my purchase.

Documentation is useless, might as well put in the the WC for better use. It probably makes sense to an engineer somewhere. With Behringer, you save money on product but lose time in learning how to use the stuff. The good old time/money quandary. There is no free lunch. I've never used support for Behringer because I assume, based on the quality of the manual, that it would drive me insane to speak to anyone from the company.

It's par for the course in looking cool. There is no aesthetic value in this piece of hardware. It's not sexy, but it isn't ugly. I wish that it was built in such a way that I could tear it down and mount it in one of my rolling rackunits. Then it would look sexy. This thing is a practical device that lacks the beauty of a truly austere industrial design but also avoids the gross "alienware" style stupid flourishes of modern plastics design.

Active Musician, Orchestrator/Arranger, Composer, Small time recordist

Rock, Ya'llternative, Classical. Bassist.

This controller is very adaptable, any of the faders, knobs, or buttons can be assigned a midi message. The motorized faders are a little noisy but work and respond fairly well. The noise shouldnt bother you unless you are recording right next to the bcf2000.

The manual is pretty basic , but this is simply a midi controller and doesn't have a large learning curve at all. A simple google search will also direct you to people also using this controller.

For the cost of this controller , its build quality is pretty good. I personally don't do any touring/gigs so I don't have experience with transporting it around. If you plan on using it in a studio it should be fine.

When comparing the cost to features of the bcf2000, I would say it is a great deal. 8 motorized faders, 8 assignable knobs

Contrary to what another user commented about , behringer does not make it difficult for mac users. I had no trouble updating the firmware of the machine. I had no problems getting the bcf2000 to work with any of the programs I use. I didn't try it with Digital performer, but I had no problems with Pro tools (after updating to get bhui support), logic, ableton, reason, and reaktor.

Not much in the way of "sex appeal" unless your a gear addict like myself, but its definetely a practical addition to your setup.

Recording Engineer, Composer

Anything

N/A

The knobs/faders are motorized, the knobs work as buttons AND as knobs, the interface is very intuitive...I'm very happy with this purchase!

Seems pretty sturdy. The knobs are sligly wobbly, but I think thats because they're also buttons.

No Sound

Has everything that you need to control programs such as sonar 4.0, cubase, etc.

just because it's not a heavy piece of equipment and the sliders are not made of fake metal like material like the protools and mackie systems doesn't mean it is not of good quality. It does all that any other 1000 controller with ease.

I'm very picky and this is by far the best for the price piece of equipment I have ever purchased. I was skeptical at first since it is only $200, but i love this piece.

not sure, haven't had any problems.