BLACKBOX USER MANUAL v 1.5
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To Manually Create or Remove Slices:
1.
On the Waveform screen for the slicer pad touch the menu item with the
three dots “
. . .
”.
This will display the Waveform Slicing menu.
2.
Use touch gestures to move the waveform so the fixed cursor position (the
vertical white line) is at the position where you want to add another slice
point. Touch
Split
to create a slice point. The slice point is shown as a pink
horizontal line with a small pink square near the bottom.
3.
Use touch gestures to move the waveform so the fixed cursor position (the
vertical white line) is on or near a slice point that you want to remove.
Touch
Join
to remove the slice point.
You can have as many or as few slices as you want.
To Use Auto Scan to Create Slices:
1.
From the Waveform screen for the slicer pad
, touch the menu item with the three dots “
. . .
”.
This will display
the Waveform Slicing menu.
2.
Touch
Scan
and then use a control knob to select a
Threshold
percentage for
the sensitivity of the scan. The lower the threshold, the higher the number of
slices that will be created. Touch
OK
when you are ready to scan. (You can
touch anyplace outside of the Threshold field to cancel the scan.) Blackbox
will detect and create slice points in the file automatically. The slice points
are shown as pink horizontal lines with a small pink square near the bottom.
To Use Slice to Grid:
1.
From the Waveform screen for the slicer pad, touch the menu item with the
three dots “
. . .
”.
This will display the Waveform Slicing menu.
2.
Touch
Grid
and then use a control knob to select the number of
Slices
to
create. Touch
OK
when you are ready to scan. (You can touch anyplace
outside of the Slices field to cancel the scan.) Blackbox will automatically
divide up the WAV file evenly into the number of slices you specified. The
slice points are shown as pink horizontal lines with a small pink square near
the bottom.
You can adjust the results of the slice to grid or auto scan by manually adding or
removing slices to get the slices that match your creative vision.
To Use Slices to Synchronize Playback of Clip Pads:
You can use slices in a clip pad to synchronize playback of the beats in the clip. When the value of the
Sync
parameter for a clip pad is set to
Slice
, blackbox will use the location of the slices in the WAV file as the location of
the “beats” for Sync purposes
in order to prevent timing drift.
But how do you get slices in a clip pad? First configure the pad in Slicer Mode, create the slices, and then change
the Pad Mode to Clip. The slices will still be visible on the Waveform screen and can be used for synchronization.
Work with Granular Pads
The final pad mode is granular mode. Granular is similar to sample mode, but with the additional ability to use
multiple grains when playing back your sample. You can use granular to facilitate loop crossfading and to
generate new sounds from your samples. In this mode, the sample is played back in small portions about 10 to
200ms in length, called grains. You can control the size, count, spread and playback speed of the grains.
Waveform Slicing Menu
Scan Threshold
Grid Slices Selector
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