Working With The Drum Machine; Interfacing With The Computer; Minimum Computer System Requirements; Connecting Your Hardware To The Computer - M-Audio black box Quick Start Manual

WORKING WITH THE DRUM MACHINE

There are 100 fixed drumbeats numbered 0 to 99. To change from one drumbeat to another, press the
DRUMBEAT UP and DOWN arrow keys. The number and name of the currently active drumbeat will
appear after it is selected, and will remain showing in the display for 1.5 seconds. After that, the LCD
will revert to whatever the display was showing previously. To view the active drumbeat, press both the
DRUMBEAT UP and DOWN arrow buttons simultaneously; the active drumbeat number and name will
appear for 1.5 seconds.
Tap Tempo -
This button allows you to enter the tempo for the drum machine by tapping. As the
effects are beat-synced to the drum machine, this also sets the tempo of the effects. The drums do not
need to be playing for the effects to lock to the tempo.
Start/Stop -
This button will start and stop the drum machine. When in play mode, the tempo LED will
blink at the current tempo. When in stop mode, the LED will be dark.
(For a complete list of the drumbeat presets, please refer to the PDF manual).

INTERFACING WITH THE COMPUTER

Minimum Computer System Requirements

If you intend to use your Black Box as an audio interface with your computer, please make certain that
your computer meets these minimum requirements:
Windows
• Pentium III – 500 MHz or higher
• 128 MB RAM
• Windows XP (SP1) with DirectX 9.0b or higher
• Onboard USB connection or installed USB-interface PCI card
NOTE: The Black
Windows 2000.
Mac OS
• Macintosh G3/G4* 500 MHz or higher
• OS X 10.3.7 or later, 512 MB RAM
• Onboard USB connection or installed USB-interface PCI card
*G3/G4 accelerator cards not supported

Connecting Your Hardware to the Computer

The Black Box is a class-compliant device for both Windows XP (SP1) and Mac OS 10.3.7 and above. This
means that there are no M-Audio software drivers required to be installed on your computer to achieve
minimum functionality. Minimum functionality means that you will be able to record the processed guitar
sound in most standard DAW applications, including Ableton Live Lite 4 GTR. To start using the Black Box
as a class-compliant device simply connect it to your computer via USB and power it on.
Note that unless drivers are installed to enable further functionality, the DAW application will not have
access to the dry guitar or the XLR mic input. Your unit will also 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. You will also not be able to
update your unit. You can always start by running the unit as a class-compliant device and then install
the drivers later to obtain these other features. However, be sure that your Black Box is not connected to
your computer via USB when you install the drivers.
Box is not supported under Windows
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