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Editing the Modulation and Filter Effects
The Black Box has 121 different modulation and filter effects for you to choose from, most of which can be beat-synced to the
drumbeats or to an external MIDI clock. It is these synchronized effects—including Black Box’s wonderful filter sequences—that help
make this device so creative, fun and inspirational to work with.
When you press FX, the lower part of the screen will display the following four control parameters: EFFECT, FX SPEED (or FX FREQ),
FX DEPTH (or FX KEY), and FX WET/DRY. Here is a description of those settings:
Effect
This knob (#1) is used to select one of 121 modulation or filter effects. See the next section “Modulation and Filter Effect Descriptions”
for a list of the effects and a description of each. Once selected, the effect can be modified by the other three parameters below.
FX Speed or FX Freq
This knob (#2) controls either FX Speed or FX Frequency, depending on the selected effect:
1)
FX Speed
controls the speed of modulation effects (effects that move up and down in frequency over time) and ranges
from 0-99 (fixed speeds of .1 cycle per second through 10 cycles per second), followed by 16 tempo-synced speeds:
8M
8 measures
4N
1/4 note
4M
4 measures
4T
1/4 note triplet
2M
2 measures
8N
1/8 note
2MT
One cycle every 2 whole note triplets
8T
1/8 note triplet
1M
1 measure
16N
1/16 note
1MT
One cycle every whole note triplet
16T
1/16 note triplet
2N
1/2 note
32N
1/32 note
2T
1/2 note triplet
32T
1/32 note triplet
2)
FX Freq (frequency)
controls the brightness of the effect for filter tremolo, random filter or filter sequence effects. “0”
is the lowest frequency setting and creates a deep tone. The highest setting is 99 and creates a very bright tone.
FX Depth or FX Key
This knob (#2) controls either the FX Depth or FX Key, depending on which effect is selected:
1)
FX Depth
controls how far up and down the effect moves over time. A setting of 0 gives no movement; a setting of 99 gives
maximum movement. A setting of -99 gives maximum negative movement; for example, this will cause the auto wah effect
to sweep only down instead of up when you play a note.
2)
FX Key
only appears when the arpeggiator effect is selected. It allows you to transpose the arpeggio sequence to a different
musical key in semitone steps (i.e. half-steps) from 0 to 99. Settings of 0, 12, 24, 36, etc., are different octaves in the key of E.
Most of the included sequences are set by default to 24, which is the key of E at an octave that is not too low and not too
high. To transpose the sequence, change this value up or down by the number of semitones you which to transpose. For
example, if the value is 24 (key of E) and you wish to transpose the arpeggiator sequence up to A, change the Key value from
24 to 29 (5 semitones). You can also transpose arpeggio sequences in real time by sending MIDI Note On messages from the
computer.
FX Wet/Dry
This is a balance control between the effected and unaffected signal. 0 is no effect (effect is bypassed) and 99 is full effect.
