USE MIDI DEVICES WITH BLACKBOX
If you prefer a more tactile input mode, you can use a MIDI device to play pads, keys and
sequences. MIDI can also be used to change the sound that is playing and to synchronize
clocks with other instruments. If you’d like to drive an external instrument with a
sequence in blackbox, you can connect it to the MIDI Outputs of blackbox.
Work with MIDI Inputs
Blackbox is designed to work with MIDI devices to offer a more tactile input mode and a
bigger keyboard. It can also use MIDI inputs to modulate pad and effects parameters.
Blackbox can also use MIDI clocks to synchronize with external equipment.
To start, plug your MIDI input device into either the Device USB jack or the MIDI In TRS
jack. If you are having trouble getting MIDI to work through the TRS jack, please read the
Mini TRS Audio Jacks for MIDI Connections Compatibility Guide at https://1010music.com/
stereo-minijacks-midi-connections-compatibility-guide
. You may need to use the MIDI
adapter that came with blackbox. You can use MIDI inputs in a few different ways:
■ Trigger pad hits and trigger sequences
■ Play notes and use common MIDI modulation signals with a specific pad or pads
■ Play notes and use common MIDI modulation signals with the currently selected
pad
■ Use MIDI Continuous Controllers (CCs) to modulate various pad and effects
parameters
■ Use a MIDI Program Change to change the selected Preset
You can combine these different MIDI input modes to use more than one at a time, but
there are some rules about how they interact. First, we will talk about how to use each of
these MIDI play modes, and then we will discuss how they interact with each other.
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