Link Drumbeat, Tempo Source, Gate; Tempo Source; And A Few Other Updates; Delay Time - M-Audio Black Box Addendum To Users Manual

Link Drumbeat, Tempo Source, Gate

There are three new settings that you'll find handy: Link Drumbeat and Tempo
Source. Plus, we've enhanced the Noise Gate and made it easier to adjust.
LINK DRUMBEAT
This setting permits each preset to have an assigned drumbeat. When the
preset is selected, its assigned drumbeat is also automatically selected. Certain
presets and drumbeats go together well and with this setting on, selecting a
preset will automatically select a drumbeat that goes well with it. This parameter
has 2 options:
LKDB N: When you select a new preset, the drumbeat won't change (as
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in version 1 firmware).
LKDB Y: When you select a new preset, its assigned drumbeat is
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automatically selected.
This is a Shift parameter. To view or adjust it:
1) Press the UTILITY button and select column 2.
2) Double-tap the UTILITY button to enter Shift mode.
3) The screen will show the current Link Drumbeat value. To change it, turn
rotary control 2.
Note: To assign a specific drumbeat to a user preset, simply select the
drumbeat and save the preset. The assigned drumbeat of the factory presets
cannot be changed.

TEMPO SOURCE

This permits the choice of one of three sources for the playing tempo:
TPO PR (Preset tempo): Whenever a new preset is selected, its assigned
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tempo automatically becomes active.
Note: Whenever a preset is saved, the current tempo at that time is saved
with the preset as its assigned tempo.
TPO DB (Drumbeat tempo): Whenever a new drumbeat is selected, its
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assigned tempo becomes active.
Note: The assigned tempo of the drumbeat is set at the factory and
cannot be changed.
TPO GL (Global tempo): The tempo never changes unless manually
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changed.
This is a Shift parameter. To view or adjust it:
1) Press the UTILITY button and select column 4.
2) Double-tap the UTILITY button to enter Shift mode
3) The screen will show the current Tempo Source value. To change it, turn
rotary control 4.
GATE
The noise gate has been enhanced to be more transparent, fading out on
sustained notes more naturally than before. However, it is no longer adjusted
by simultaneously pressing TAP TEMPO and the DRUMBEAT UP/DOWN buttons.
Instead, it is now a shift parameter. As before, there are 9 gate thresholds:
GATE 0: Noise gate is disabled.
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GATE 1: Noise gate is on at lowest threshold. Very sensitive to soft picking,
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OK when very little background noise and hum exists.
GATE 9: Noise gate is on at highest threshold. Least sensitive to soft
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picking, but best rejection of high background noise and hum.
This is a Shift parameter. To view or adjust it:
1) Press the UTILITY button and select column 1.
2) Double-tap the UTILITY button to enter Shift mode
3) The screen will show the current Gate value. To change it, turn rotary
control 1.

And a Few Other Updates

Here are a few other updates that we've made in version 2:

DELAY TIME

The 100 fixed delay times are now shown in milliseconds instead of the former
arbitrary values of 0 to 99. As before, after these 100 fixed delay times are the 19
tempo-synced delay times.
DRUMS > DELAY
The DRUMS > DELAY (drums send to delay) parameter has been enhanced as
shown below:
DLY 00 – DLY 99: Amount of drums signal sent to audio delay (same as
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version 1)
INP 00 – INP 99: Amount of drums signal sent to instrument input (same
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as version 1)
REV 00 – REV 49: Amount of drums signal sent to reverb (new in version 2)
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EXPRESSION PEDAL

The list of possible expression pedal assignments has changed to the
following:
VOLUME Same as former AMPDRV, a volume pedal inserted before amp
models
FXSPED FX speed
RVBVOL Reverb volume (NEW)
FXDPTH FX depth
FXKEY FX key
WETDRY FX wet/dry
DLYVOL Delay volume
DLYRPT Delay repeats
DM2DLY Drums send to delay
DM2INP Drums send to input of entire signal chain, same as guitar
DM2RVB Drums send to reverb (NEW)

INTRO/ENDING

The ability to play a single drumbeat intro or ending was possible in version 1
firmware, but wasn't documented in the manual.
INTRO: If the drumbeat is not playing, pressing TAP TEMPO before pressing
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START/STOP will play an intro of four 1⁄4-note hi hats before the drumbeat
starts.
ENDING: If the drumbeat is playing, pressing TAP TEMPO before pressing
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START/STOP will stop the drumbeat at the beginning of the next measure.
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