WORK WITH PADS
Each pad in blackbox can be assigned a WAV file or a folder of WAV files. You can
configure playback options, such as trigger mode and looping, individually for each pad.
Once a pad is loaded, you can touch the pad on the main Pads screen to trigger it. You
can also use the Keys screen to play the currently selected pad. When you trigger a pad
from the Keys screen, a pad with a single WAV file is pitch shifted to correspond to the
note played. Multi-sample pads play the WAV file with a root note closest to the played
note, with pitch shifting if needed. We’ll talk more about multi-samples later.
Steps Common to All Pad Modes
From the Pads screen you will choose WAV files to assign to pads and assign a mode to
each pad. The main screen has a 4x4 grid of 16 light gray pads. A WAV file can be assigned
to each of these pads, and each pad is assigned a Pad Mode.
Blackbox supports the following pad modes:
Icon
Pad
Mode
Description
Reverse
Playback
Beat
Sync
Set
Loop
Points
Play
Slices
Poly-
phony
Sample
Use to play single notes or
drum hits. You can control
start and end points for
playback and looping.
Supports reverse playback,
along with forward and
bidirectional looping.
√
√
16
notes
Sample:
Multi-
Sample
Mode
Spread a folder full of wav
files across the keyboard
to get more realistic
instrument pitch shifting
or to map different sounds
to each key on the
keyboard.
16
notes
Clip
Use for synchronized loops
and quantized playback,
e.g. drum loops and guitar
tracks between one and
eight measures long.
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2 notes
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Blackbox User Manual 1.7
