WORK WITH KEYS
The Keys screens provide two alternative ways for you to play WAV files that have been
loaded into pads. When you select a sample or clip pad to play with Keys, bitbox mk2
will play the WAV file for that pad pitch shifted based on the triggered note. The native
sample will play with the root note, and it will shift up or down the appropriate number of
semitones based on the note you play. When you select a slicer pad to play with Keys,
bitbox mk2 will map the slices in the pad to the notes on the keyboard. When you use a
multi-sample pad with Keys, it will play the sample that has the root note closest to the
played note and then pitch shift as needed.
There are two Keys input modes. The first time you touch the Keys button on the menu
screen, bitbox mk2 will display a traditional black and white keyboard. Push the INFO
button to switch to the grid keyboard. Use the HOME button to go back to the traditional
keyboard layout. On the grid keyboard, you can trigger four octaves of notes within the
scale specified using Scale selection buttons in the top right of the screen, so you don’t
have to worry about scale specific sharps and flats. Touch the arrow buttons (
<<
and
>>
) at the top of the screen to access additional octaves.
To Play a Sample With the Traditional Keyboard:
1.
Go to the Pads screen and select a pad that
has a tonal sound.
2.
Push INFO twice to display the Pad
Parameters screen.
3.
Touch Main at the bottom of the screen if
needed to go to the Main page.
4.
Set the Launch Mode parameter to Gate. You
can use other settings, but this is the setting
that most closely mimics playing a keyboard.
5.
Push HOME 3 times to display the Menu
screen.
6.
Touch the Keys button at the top right of the menu to display the Traditional
Keyboard screen.
7.
Touch the keys on the screen to play notes. You can slide your finger across
the screen to play adjacent notes.
8.
Touch the arrow buttons at the top of the screen or turn a knob to scroll left or
right one note or one octave. The current octave label is displayed on each C
note.
Traditional Keyboard
Screen
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