User manual M-AUDIO BLACK BOX QUICK START GUIDE

[. . . ] Black Box Quick Start Guide English New Version 2 Firmware GREETINGS FROM ROGER LINN Thank you for purchasing the Black Box, a very exciting product created collaboratively by Roger Linn Design and the great folks at M-Audio. You may know me as the inventor of the first digital drum machines in the 1980s, or from my MPC MIDI Production Center products with AKAI in the 1990s. But you may not know that I'm also a guitarist, and my passion for guitar sound led to my more recent creation of the award-winning AdrenaLinn beat-synced guitar effects processor (www. rogerlinndesign. com. ) Now I'm very proud to combine the best parts of AdrenaLinn with M-Audio's considerable expertise in computercentric recording products. It's a superb amp modeler combined with a unique effects processor that syncs to an internal drum machine. [. . . ] 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 down instead of up when you play a note. It allows you to transpose the arpeggio sequence to a different musical key in semitone steps from 0 to 99. FX Wet/Dry - This is a balance control between the affected and unaffected signal. 0 is no effect (effect is bypassed) and 99 is full effect. 4 · Black Box Quick Start Guide ADJUSTING THE DELAY AND REVERB The settings for Black Box's beat-synced delay and reverb are accessed by pressing the DELAY button. The delay time can be either a fixed time or it can be synced to the internal drum machine (or incoming MIDI Clock). Push the DELAY menu key to bring up the following four menus: Delay Time - This parameter value sets the time between your original signal and the delayed signal. There are 100 fixed delay times (shown in milliseconds), followed by 19 beat-synced settings: 2M 2MT 1MD 1M 1MT 2D 2N 2T 4D 4N 4T 8D 8N 8T 16D 16N 16T 32N 32T 2 measures (Uses `1M' below 172 BPM, `2n' below 86 BPM and `4n' below 43 BPM) 2 measure triplets (3 delays in 4 measures; uses `1Mt' below 115 BPM and `2t' below 58 BPM) Dotted whole note (1. 5 measures; uses `2d' below 129 BPM and 4d below 65) 1 measure (Uses `2n' below 86 BPM and `4n' below 43 BPM) 1 measure triplet (3 delays in 2 measures; uses `2t' below 58 BPM) Dotted 1/2 note (1/2 note + 50%; uses `4d' below 65 BPM) 1/2 note (Uses `4n' below 43 BPM) 1/2 note triplet (3 delays in 1 measure) Dotted 1/4 note (1/4 note + 50%) 1/4 note 1/4 note triplet (3 delays in a 1/2 note) Dotted 1/8 note (1/8 note + 50%) 1/8 note 1/8 note triplet (3 delays in a 1/4 note) Dotted 1/16 note (1/16 note + 50%) 1/16 note 1/16 note triplet (3 delays in an 1/8 note) 1/32 note 1/32 note triplet (3 delays in a 1/16 note) < SHIFT: To adjust Reverb Time, select Delay Time then double-tap the DELAY button. (See the "Additional Shift Parameters" section below. ) There are five Reverb times: RVTM 1 (shortest) through RVTM 5 (longest). Delay Repeats - This parameter value sets the amount of repeats in your delayed signal. < SHIFT: To adjust Reverb High Frequency, select Delay Repeats then double-tap the DELAY button. (See the "Additional Shift Parameters" section below. ) The range is from RHF 0 (least high frequencies) to RHF 99 (most high frequencies). Black Box Quick Start Guide · 5 English Delay Volume - This parameter value simply sets how loud the delayed signal is compared to your original signal. < SHIFT: To adjust Reverb Volume, select Delay Volume then double-tap the DELAY button. (See the "Additional Shift Parameters" section below. ) The range is from RVL 0 (reverb off) to RVL 99 (highest reverb volume). Drums > Delay - This is a special feature that allows you to send the Drum machine signal to the Delay effect, as well as the reverb or the input of the entire guitar signal path. The options are: 1) DLY 00 - DLY 99: This is the level of the drum signal that is sent to the delay. 2) INP 00 - INP 99: This is the level of the drum signal that is sent to the input of the entire guitar signal path. 3) TPO GL (Global tempo): The tempo never changes unless manually changed. 6 · Black Box Quick Start Guide ADDITIONAL SHIFT PARAMETERS English This Black Box has been upgraded to our new version 2 firmware, making it far more powerful than before at no extra cost. Among the enhancements are the following bonus features: Amp Mid control Reverb Compression Link Drumbeat: Now selecting a preset will automatically call up its assigned drumbeat, which you can change. < Tempo Source: Now you can select one of three sources for the playing tempo: the preset's assigned tempo, the drumbeat's assigned tempo or the global tempo. < < < < These new bonus features go beyond the 16 parameter menus in the LCD display, so we created a new Shift mode to access their settings. Similar to how the SHIFT key on your computer keyboard permits a single key to have 2 functions, the new Shift mode permits a single row and column in the 4 x 4 menu matrix to have both a normal and a shifted menu function. [. . . ] In addition, your unit will not be able to lock to incoming MIDI Clock from a DAW. You will not be able to save and load presets to the computer, nor will you be able to update your unit, as these features require that you install drivers. You can always start by running the unit as a class-compliant device and then install the drivers later to obtain additional functionality. However, be sure that your Black Box is not connected to your computer via USB when you install the drivers. Black Box Quick Start Guide · 9 Windows Sounds and Audio Devices Setup In your Windows XP control panel, double-click on the Sounds and Audio Devices icon. [. . . ]