Technical Specs Onboard Memory; Maximum Sample Length; Samples Supported; Maximum Number Of Voices Supported - 1010music Blackbox 3.0 User Manual

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TECHNICAL SPECS

Onboard Memory

Blackbox has 64MB of onboard RAM. However, this is a cache, not a hard limit to what can

be loaded at once. That's because blackbox streams content directly from the microSD

card in real time.

Blackbox streams the longer samples from the microSD card, so the maximum length is

a function of the maximum file size for a sample. The maximum file size is 4GB, which

can be many hours depending on the sample rate and bit depth.

Blackbox caches smaller samples as needed.

Blackbox supports stereo samples. It can record in stereo and has stereo outputs.

Blackbox supports samples in the WAV file format. It supports 1 or 2 channel files with 16,

24 or 32-bit resolution at any sample rate. 48kHz is the preferred sample rate. The

blackbox engine uses a 24-bit ADC and DAC.

WAV file names may use alphanumeric characters (A-Z, 0-9) and some special characters.

The following characters are NOT allowed: double quotes, forward slash, back slash,

question mark, asterisk, less than and greater than symbols, the colon and the pipe

symbol ( " / \ ? * < > :

| ). File names must be less than 256 characters, including the

path name. Files that do not conform to these naming constraints will not be recognized

by blackbox.

Blackbox can support playback of up to 32 total voices across all pads at once.

Additionally, there is a limit for each pad, based on the pad mode. Blackbox supports 16-

note polyphony for pads in Sample and Multi-Sample Modes, 2-note polyphony in Clip

and Slicer Modes, and one note at a time in Granular mode.

Nothing in blackbox will prevent you from trying to play 16 voices on all 16 pads at the

same time. However, the CPU can be overloaded if you play too many notes at once while

also using sequencing and effects. You can reliably play 24 voices across all pads

simultaneously. Beyond that, you may encounter some sound quality issues like crackling.

The exact breaking point depends on whether effects are running, the CPU load, and

other factors.

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