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Sources & links
The 17 documents, threads, articles and tools this guide is built from, plus 2 videos. Each one also appears beside the guide section it covers. As of November 2026 there’s no full independent video review. Reddit threads and the Gearspace thread block automated reading, so they weren’t used. Videos load from YouTube only when you press play.
Assign MIDI CC to encoder on Behringer BCR32 - Quick how-to
Unicyclic GEAR
A quick how-to: giving an encoder a CC in controller mode.
Official documentation
- Behringer BCR32 product pageBehringer — The manual, the ControlTribe downloads and the specs.
- BCR32 user manual, Rev1 / V 2.0 (PDF)Behringer · 2026-04-06 — Item numbers 1–85, every menu and the full sequencer key map. Read it with the errata.
- MusicTribeOpenSource/0715-AAWMusic Tribe · 2026-10-30 — Schematic, pinouts, the bootloader protocol and a bare-metal demo firmware you can build.
- ZAQ Audio downloadsZAQ Audio — The original Zaquencer manual and the SynMag review, for the BCR2000 firmware.
- Zaquencer Instruction Manual v1.5 (PDF)ZAQ Audio — Written for the BCR2000: the clearest explanations of chords, ratchets, chains, scales and clocking, and the ratchet lookup table.
- Microsoft KB5129195: Windows 11 USB audio-class Code 10 known issueMicrosoft — Background only: no source ties it to the BCR32.
Owner threads & reviews
- Elektronauts: Behringer BCR32Elektronauts — Owner reports from post #182 (24 Sep 2026): firmware fixes, DAW feedback and SysEx. Check each post’s date.
- Thomann owner reviews (German)Thomann.de — The most detailed owner reports, including the Bitwig script and the SysEx workaround.
- Thomann owner reviews (Spanish)Thomann.es — Includes the Repair Driver fix for Windows 11.
- Thomann owner reviews (English)Thomann.ie — One review, in English.
Articles & reviews
- SynMag review and interview, English (PDF)David Thiehoff, SynMag (via ZAQ Audio) — A magazine review of the BCR2000 Zaquencer followed by an interview, in English translation.
- Synth Anatomy: BCR32 coverage since 2021Synth Anatomy · 2026-10-30 — Updated for the open-source firmware: a rocky launch, with recent updates fixing the major issues.
- MusicTech: BCR32 available to pre-orderMusicTech · 2026-08-20 — Pre-order news: £142 at Thomann, with a 12–15 week wait.
- Gearnews: Behringer BCR32Gearnews — News coverage of the controller and its built-in sequencer.
- Mixmag: the BCR32 sequencer teaseMixmag · 2021-01 — Coverage of Behringer’s January 2021 tease, with the Zaquencer built in.
- Music Supremacy pre-release overview (low reliability)Music Supremacy · 2026-08-27 — Written before release, and repeats the outdated 8-push-encoder spec.