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Blackbox User Manual 1.7
the notes and pad triggers you play while recording. Push the
INFO
button repeatedly to
cycle through the piano roll and parameter pages for the sequence.
Select an empty sequence cell and we will record into it. Push
PADS
to go to the Pads
screen. Hold down the
REC
button and push
PLAY
to start recording a sequence. After
the 4 beat count down, tap some pads to create a sequence. By default, the sequence is
one bar long. Blackbox will play the sequence in a loop as soon as you finish recording it.
If you tap some more pads, you will add more pad triggers to the sequence. Push
REC
to
stop recording while the sequence still plays. You can choose different sequences to
record into while the other sequences are playing. Press
STOP
when you want the
sequences to stop.
Before we move on to song sections, go back to the
SEQS
screen and touch
OFF
on the
right. This will deactivate all sequences.
Explore Song Sections
Push the
SONG
button to go to the Song screen with its list of song
sections. Touch the on-screen
Song
button to enable Song Mode.
Notice that the context bar at the top of the screen now displays the
name of the currently selected section. Now press
PLAY
to play the
song sections in order starting with the selected section. You can
jump around between the sections by touching a section to make it
the next section. You can play a section on loop by touching the
Loop
button at the top of the screen.
While a song section is playing, push the
SEQS
button to watch as blackbox plays the
sequences in the section. You can play additional sequences by making them active. This
will not add to the song section because you aren’t recording yet.
While a song section is playing, push the
PADS
button to watch pads being triggered by
the sequences in the song section. Touch a pad to trigger it and play along. On the Song
screen, turn the top left knob to adjust the BPM of the internal clock. The song will slow
down or speed up in real time as you adjust this. Turn the top right knob to adjust the
amount of swing in the notes. Push
STOP
to end playback of the song section.
Song Sections
