BLACK
BOX
PLAYER
- User Manual v 3.1
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The footswitch provides a very basic level of control, acting as a PLAY or
STOP button only.
All other commands can be accessed via the menus or via a separate
QWERTY Keyboard.
Control using a QWERTY keyboard
A PS2 keyboard plugged into the keyboard socket on the rear of the unit
gives comprehensive control of the Player. The numeric keypad provides the
following functions:
Enter
PLAY
Ins (0)
STOP
Del (.)
Pause
+
Load next CUE
-
Load previous CUE
*
Record (disabled when player active)
1 through 9
Load CUE 1 through 9 as the next song to
cue up
Alt + (numeric keypad) number
Load a specific CUE number next. Allows
quick change to set list
Right arrow
MENU
Left arrow
BACK
Up arrow
previous menu item
Down arrow
next menu item
By using the numeric keypad to enter a cue number while playing a cue, the
BlackBox Player will override the playlist sequence. The Player will jump to
the newly selected cue when the current cue finishes and will continue to
the following cue thereafter.
Control using MIDI
The BlackBox Player responds to MIDI Machine Control (MMC), MIDI
Program Change (MPC) and MIDI Show Control (MSC) commands, in
addition to MIDI timecode as explained below.
