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Blackbox 3.0 User Manual
Blackbox will now load all of the files in the current directory into this pad and map the
files to notes across the keyboard based on the root notes defined in the WAV files. Now,
use the
KEYS
screen or an external MIDI controller to play notes for that pad. Blackbox will
play the sample with the root note that is closest to the note played, and pitch shift as
needed to achieve the necessary tone.
You can also use multi-sampling to map multiple waves across the keyboard. This can be
useful if you have a folder full of drum sounds that you want to trigger with a keyboard. If
you follow the steps above and load a folder where the files do not have root note
mappings, it will load the files in alphabetical order, map the first file to note C2, and then
each subsequent file to the next note above that. If you load the folder
\SoundtrackLoops\SL Acoustic kit, you can see this in action. This folder has 16 drum
samples which get mapped to notes C2 through D#3. Notes below C2 will play the first
WAV file pitch shifted down the appropriate number of half steps.
You can use blackbox to map the files to specific notes if you want. Open the files as
individual samples on blackbox and edit the Root Note on the Misc tab of the Parameters
screen. Save the WAV file with the root note information. To save the WAV file, push Info
on this pad to display the WAV form screen. Touch the WAV file name at the top of the
screen, then touch File and Save. After you have done this for all of the files in the folder,
use File-> Load All to load them all into a pad. Now when you play the pad chromatically
you will hear this root note mapping in use.
Because a multi-sample pad uses multiple WAV files, it is not possible to set start, length,
loop start or loop end points for these pads. Therefore, it doesn’t make sense to enable
looping for these pads either. As a result, the POS and MISC tabs of the parameter page
are not used when multiple samples are loaded in a pad. Only the standard Main, LFO
and Conf parameter pages are supported for Multi-samples. The following parameter is
also used on the Conf parameter page:
Parameter
Description
Range of Values
Mod
Target?
Interp
The interpolation algorithm used
when pitch shifting pads. In Normal
mode, blackbox may introduce some
aliasing with some WAV files when
pitch shifting notes to play sample,
multi-sample and granular pads
chromatically. The High Quality (High
Q) algorithm reduces the aliasing, but
requires more processing power,
leaving less room to do other things.
Normal, High Q
.
Set to Normal mode unless you
experience aliasing for the WAV file for
this pad.
No
