Black Box Quick Start Guide English New Version 2 Firmware
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.
NEW VERSION 2 FIRMWARE This Black Box has been upgraded to our new version 2 firmware, making it far more powerful than before at no extra cost. Enhancements include: < The number of amp models has been increased from 12 to 40 and the original amps have been improved to be more accurate. We’ve also included four classic bass amps, a fuzz tone, an octave fuzz and a clean mic preamp. < The number of effect types is increased from 43 to 121.
These are the four knobs on the right side of the Black Box: < Guitar input level knob - controls the amount of incoming guitar signal. < Mic input level knob - controls the amount of incoming mic signal. < Mix input/playback level knob - controls how much of the guitar and drum sounds you hear versus how much output from the computer you will hear. < Output level knob - controls the overall unit volume output.
ADJUSTING THE EFFECTS The Black Box has 121 different modulation and filter effects, including 60 looped sequences of filter tones or tremolo effect levels. The modulation and sequence effects are normally beat-synced to the internal drum machine tempo, but they can also lock to incoming MIDI Clock tempo. This assures that your effects are always in perfect time with the drum machine or your DAW session. For a complete list of the effects, refer to the full Users Guide.
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). For a complete description, please refer to the full User Guide. 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.
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.
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.
STORE If you make any changes to a preset, the EDIT icon will show on the LCD. This is to remind you that you must store your changes to keep them. If you change to another preset before you save your changes to the old one, they will be lost. To store a preset: 1. Quickly press the PRESET INCREMENT and PRESET DECREMENT keys simultaneously. (The preset number and the first three characters of the preset name will blink.) To select the destination preset, use the PRESET INCREMENT or PRESET DECREMENT buttons.
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 (SP2) with DirectX 9.0c or higher Onboard USB connection NOTE: The Black Box is not supported under Windows 98, Windows Me or Windows 2000. Mac OS < < < < Macintosh G3/G4* 500 MHz or higher 512 MB RAM OS X 10.3.9 / 10.4.
Windows Sounds and Audio Devices Setup In your Windows XP control panel, double-click on the Sounds and Audio Devices icon. You should see the properties dialog below. If the Black Box does not show up automatically, use the drop-down menus to select it. If the device is not shown available on the menu, restart your computer and try again. Macintosh Audio MIDI Setup On the Mac, open Audio MIDI Setup in Applications > Utilities. You should see the screen below.
FRONT PANEL CONNECTORS English < Plug your headphones into the jack with the headphone icon. < Plug your guitar into the Guitar Input jack. REAR PANEL CONNECTORS Plug a dynamic microphone into the Mic input. Use the Balanced Outputs to connect to powered speakers or an analog mixer. Use a 75-Ohm S/PDIF cable to record from the S/PDIF digital output. Connect an expression pedal, like the M-Audio EX-P, to the Expression pedal jack to control functions like wah effects.
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