Bitbox 2.5 User’s Manual
7/17/19 11:13:00 AM
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6.
If you are modulating
Pitch
or
Slice Sel
, you can optionally turn on the
1V/Octave
setting. When this is set to
OFF
,
the
Amount
parameter controls how the voltage maps to pitch or slice selection. When this is
ON
, 1V difference in
CV maps to one octave difference in pitch playback. In this case, 1/12
th
of a volt maps to one semitone. Each
semitone of voltage level changes the pitch or slice selection by 1.
NOTE
•
EXT1 through EXT8 can be used as modulation sources when these cells are triggered via CV. Modulation will not be
applied for these modulation sources when MIDI is used to trigger them.
Use External Signals to Select Slices
You can create some interesting sound patterns using a modulation signal with Slice Seq to control the slice position of a
Sample Cell. The next time a trigger is received, bitbox will play the slice that has been selected by the modulation signal.
To Select Slices with a Modulation Signal:
1.
Create a Slicer Cell and create 4 or more slices as described in
Work with Slicer Cells
above. One example of a
WAV file to use with this feature is \SFX\Metal\METL_shake and squeal.wav.
2.
Set the following values for the cell parameters:
Parameter
Value
Explanation
LaunchMode
Trigger
This will cause the WAV slice to play from beginning to end
when a trigger is received. Other values will work, but let’s
use this for the example.
Loop Mode
Off
We will turn off looping for this example.
Slice
1
When a MIDI Note on MIDI Channel 10 is received, Slice 1
will serve as the starting point for the sequencer.
MIDI
Default
We want the default behavior where the corresponding MIDI
for this cell on MIDI Channel 10 will trigger this cell.
Slice Seq
Random
This will cause the bitbox to select a slice at random.
3.
Slice Seq will not work unless we choose a modulation signal to work with it. Touch one of the three black boxes
below the Slice Seq parameter to bring up the Modulation Parameters screen.
4.
Choose a value for
Source
. For demonstration purposes we suggest you choose
TRIG
and touch the cell or push the
Play
button to trigger playback.
5.
Press
INFO
until you see the Waveform screen. Trigger playback of this cell by pressing the triangular
Play
button in
the top right corner of the screen. Each time you press play, the Trig modulation will select a different slice to play at
random.
6.
Connect a CV signal to EXT 1.
7.
Set Modulation source to
EXT 1
and set
Slice Seq
to
Forward
. Now, when bitbox receives a CV pulse on EXT1, the
current slice position will advance to the next slice. Press Play or use any of the other ways to trigger a cell repeatedly
and you should hear the slices advance with each CV pulse. If you are using a CV input as the modulation source (EXT
