BLACKBOX USER MANUAL v 1.5
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Copyright 1010music LLC 2020
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Overview
Blackbox has a fairly simple set of input controls. You choose which
functional area you are controlling by pushing the white navigation
buttons. You control playback and recording of clips, sequences and
songs using the black transport buttons. You select and trigger sound
elements and configure parameters using the touch screen and the
knobs. The INFO button allows you to drill into an item on the screen to
edit more details. Push it repeatedly to access detailed information about
the item. The BACK button takes you to the previous screen.
Blackbox was designed so that you build your song by working through
the navigation buttons from left to right. You can certainly jump around
and do things in any order, but the general flow is to start on the left and
move to the right.
1.
On the
PADS
screen, play, record, and organize a bank of samples. Blackbox comes with prerecorded
samples and allows you to record or transfer over your own WAV files.
2.
The
KEYS
screen lets you play samples chromatically. You can also connect a MIDI device to blackbox to
trigger pads.
3.
On the
SEQS
screen, record sequences as you play pads or keys. Each sequence can record any one or
more of the pads.
4.
On the
SONG
screen, enable Song Mode to record Song Sections as you turn sequences on and off.
5.
On the
FX
screen, adjust the parameters for the delay and reverb effects.
6.
On the
MIX
screen, adjust the volume and pan of each pad.
7.
On the
PSET
screen, save your work and start a new creation.
The black bar along the top of the screen displays the blackbox playback state and recording context. The
number pair on the left displays the overall playback time in measures and beats. The text in the middle displays
the recording context. In Song Mode, this will display the name of the section that you are recording into. When
not in Song Mode, this displays the number of the sequence that will be recorded. You can toggle the state of Song
Mode by pushing the
SONG
button, then touching the on-screen Song button. Song Mode is active when the on-
screen button is blue. In the top right-hand corner, a progress bar displays the current playback progress of the
sequence or section that has recording context.
In this manual, we will first briefly make sure you have blackbox set up correctly and can make some sound with it.
Next, we will explore one of the provided presets so that you can see what blackbox is capable of doing. After
that, we will quickly create a new preset so you have a blank slate to use as we next walk through the basic use of
the screens behind each of the navigation buttons. That will be followed by a discussion of how to use MIDI devices
with blackbox, along with some more advanced usage features. Lastly, we will delve into managing blackbox
firmware and files, touch on a couple of technical specs and finally tell you where you can find more information
about blackbox and other 1010music products.
This manual was written for version 1.5 of the blackbox firmware.
Summary of Contents for BLACKBOX 1.5
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