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BLACKBOX USER MANUAL v 1.5
Explore Sequences
Now that we know how to trigger the pads, let's play some sequences. Before we do that, let's take a minute to
turn off Song Mode. Push the white SONG button. You will see a list of sections that
have been created for this song. Touch the on-screen Song button to toggle the state
of Song Mode. The on-screen Song button is blue when Song Mode is active, but for
now let's make it gray for inactive so we can focus on sequences.
Push SEQS to go to the Sequences screen with a grid of 16 sequence cells. The cells
that have sequences have dots in the mini-piano roll icon on the cell. Touch one or
more filled cells to make them active. A white box appears around the active
sequences. Push the black PLAY button to play the active sequences. Touch
Sequences
sequences to turn them on and off. There may be a delay in response as the
blackbox waits for the next quantization point before triggering the sequence. Playing sequences have a blue
progress bar at the bottom of the cell. Sequences that are queued and waiting for a quantization break to play
have a white box in place of the blue progress bar. Push STOP when you are done. Push STOP a second time to
interrupt any pads that continue to play out after the sequence ended.
Select a sequence by touching the cell or turning a knob. The currently selected sequence is highlighted pink. The
number of this sequence is displayed in the context bar above the grid. This is visible on all of the top-level screens.
This is the sequence that will capture the notes and pad triggers you play while recording. Push the INFO button
repeatedly to cycle through the piano roll and parameter pages for the sequence.
Select an empty sequence cell and we will record into it. Push PADS to go to the Pads screen. Hold down the REC
button and push PLAY to start recording a sequence. After the 4 beat count down, tap some pads to create a
sequence. By default, the sequence is one bar long. Blackbox will play the sequence in a loop as soon as you
finish recording it. If you tap some more pads, you will add more pad triggers to the sequence. Push REC to stop
recording while the sequence still plays. You can choose different sequences to record into while the other
sequences are playing. Press STOP when you want the sequences to stop.
Before we move on to song sections, go back to the SEQS screen and touch OFF on the right. This will deactivate all
sequences.
Explore Song Sections
Push the SONG button to go to the Song screen with its list of song sections. Touch the
on-screen Song button to enable Song Mode. Notice that the context bar at the top
of the screen now displays the name of the currently selected section. Now press
PLAY to play the song sections in order starting with the selected section. You can
jump around between the sections by touching a section to make it the next section.
You can play a section on loop by touching the Loop button at the top of the screen.
While a song section is playing, push the SEQS button to watch as blackbox plays the
sequences in the section. You can play additional sequences by making them active.
This will not add to the song section because you aren't recording yet.
Song Sections
While a song section is playing, push the PADS button to watch pads being triggered by the sequences in the song
section. Touch a pad to trigger it and play along. On the Song screen, turn the top left knob to adjust the BPM of
the internal clock. The song will slow down or speed up in real time as you adjust this. Turn the top right knob to
adjust the amount of swing in the notes.
Push STOP to end playback of the song section.
Song Mode and REC | STOP | PLAY Buttons
Let's talk about Song Mode and the transit buttons. When Song Mode is disabled, the PLAY, STOP and REC buttons
generally control the sequences. The one exception is when you are recording a new sample on the Sample
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