M-Audio Black Box, User Manual

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User Guide
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Modulation and Filter Effect Descriptions
Black Box includes a variety of unique beat-synced modulation and filter effects that you won’t find in other products. These unique
sounds range from beat-synced versions of classic effects like tremolo or flanging to our innovative random filtering, filter sequences,
tremolo sequences and arpeggio sequences. To hear these synchronous effects in their best light, we recommend that you audition
them while the drum machine is playing . An effect by itself may sound interesting, but that same effect heard beat-synced to the
drums suddenly becomes inspiring. Simply play open chords at first to get the full sound of the effect.
The MIDI effects permit various MIDI messages (note number, note velocity or controller) to alter the frequency of either the internal
bandpass filter (wah-wah) or resonant flanger (also useful for arpeggiator effects). For example, you could use a computer sequencer
to record your own custom filter or arpeggiator sequences. The Black Box’s effects will then follow this sequence as you play along
with your composition. These effects are for MIDI geeks only (you know who you are!) and some fantastic sounds can be created
using these tools.
TREM1 Normal tremolo ATOWA3 Auto-wah 3 (louder notes produce lower filter freq)
TREM2 Hard-switched tremolo ATOWA4 Auto-wah 4 (same as 1 but soft filter tone)
TREM3 Sawtooth wave tremolo ATOWA5 Auto-wah 5 (same as 2 but soft filter tone)
PAN1 Normal stereo panning ATOWA6 Auto-wah 6 (sharp attack, fixed decay)
PAN2 Hard-switched stereo panning ATOWA7 Auto-wah 7 (louder notes = higher fixed filter)
PAN3 Left-to-right only stereo panning ATOWA8 Auto-wah 8 (louder notes = lower fixed filter)
PAN4 Hard-switched random panning WAHPDL Wah pedal
FTREM1 Filter tremolo 1, up and down sweeping low-pass filter TKBOX1 Talk Box 1 (voice box simulator)
FTREM2 Filter tremolo 2, sawtooth down mod of low-pass filter TKBOX2 Talk Box 2 same as 1 but louder notes result in lower tone)
FTREM3 Filter tremolo 3, slow up and down band-pass filter TKBOX3 Talk Box 3 (slow attack and decay speeds)
FTREM4 Filter tremolo 4, sawtooth up mod of band-pass filter TKBOX4 Talk Box 4 (fast attack, slow delay speed)
FTREM5 Filter tremolo 5, switches between low-pass frequencies TKBOX5 Talk Box 5 (note-triggered chorus sound)
FLANG1 Slow flanger, positive phase (full bass at top of cycle) TKBOX6 Talk Box 6 (louder notes result in higher fixed freq)
FLANG2 1-bar flanger, inverted phase (less bass at top of cycle) SWELL Volume swell
FLANG3 1⁄4-note flanger, inverted phase FIXFLT Fixed band-pass filter (use FX FREQ to change frequency)
CHORS1 Chorus 1, triangle wave, low depth FIXFLA Fixed flanger (use FX FREQ to change frequency)
CHORS2 Chorus 2, sine wave, higher depth TLKPDL Pedal-controlled talk box
ROTOR1 Rotary speaker at slow speed SCIFI1 Science fiction sound FX 1
ROTOR2 Rotary speaker at fast speed SCIFI2 Science fiction sound FX 2
VIBRA1 Vibrato at slow speed SCIFI3 Science fiction sound FX 3
VIBRA2 Vibrato at medium speed SCIFI4 Science fiction sound FX 4
RNFI 4 Random filter 1/4 notes, band-pass filter SCIFI5 Science fiction sound FX 5
RNFI 8 Random filter 1/8 notes, band-pass filter TRSQ 1 – TRSQ 20 20 preset tremolo sequences
RNFI8T Random filter 1/8 note triplets, band-pass filter FLSQ 1 – FLSQ 20 20 preset filter sequences
RNFI16 Random filter 1/16 notes, band-pass filter ARSQ1 - ARSQ20 20 preset arpeggio sequences
RNFI24 Random filter 1/16 note triplets, band-pass filter MVE2FI MIDI velocity modulates filter freq
RNFL 4 Random flanger 1⁄4 notes MNT2FI MIDI note modulates filter freq
RNFL8 Random flanger 1/8 notes MMD2FI MIDI controllers 1 (mod wheel), 11, 16, 70 or 74 modulate filter freq
RNFL8T Random flanger 1/8 note triplets MVE2FL MIDI velocity modulates flanger freq
RNFL16 Random flanger 1/16 notes MNT2FL MIDI note modulates flanger freq
RNFL24 Random flanger 1/16 note triplets MMD2FL MIDI controllers 1 (mod wheel), 11, 16, 70 or 74 modulate flanger freq
ATOWA1 Auto-wah 1 (filter frequency follows guitar level)
ATOWA2 Auto-wah 2 (fixed attack-decay speed)