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Screen Layout

The black bar at the top of the screen provides

information about timing and recording context. The

recording context is a useful way to see if you are in Song

mode or Sequence mode. We'll talk about that more

later. The blue progress bar in the top right displays the

current progress of the sequence or section that has

recording context.

The individual cells on some of the screens will have blue

progress bars when they are actively playing. This bar will

be white when the element is waiting for a quantization

break to start to play.

Presets

You can explore the available functionality of blackbox by trying out the preloaded presets. Push PSET, and then use

the knobs to select a preset. Touch Load to open the selected preset. We will use the preset SL BLASS MUSIC KIT as

our example in this guide. NOTE: Blackbox does not automatically save your changes to Presets. Use the File menu on

the Presets screen to save your changes.

Pads

Touch the PADS button to go to the Pads screen with a grid of 16 WAV files. Touch a pad

to trigger it. Depending on how the pad is configured, the sample might play all the way

through each time you press it, it might play only while you are touching the pad, or it

might play until you touch it again. A blue progress bar appears at the bottom of the pad

while it is playing. You can trigger multiple pads at once.

The pink box indicates which pad is currently selected. Use the touch screen or a knob to

Pads

select a pad. Push INFO repeatedly to drill into the WAV screen and parameters screens

for the selected pad. Touch the name of the WAV file at the top of the waveform screen to select a different WAV file for

this pad. Please select one of the pads labeled SY Chor so we can have fun with it on the Keys screen.

Keys

With SY Chor selected on the Pads screen, push the KEYS button. Blackbox displays a

keyboard on the screen. Touch some of the keys on the keyboard to hear the selected

pad play pitch shifted by key. You can adjust which octave is playing by touching the

arrow buttons above the keyboard or by turning a knob. The C keys are numbered so you

can quickly identify which octave will be playing.

Keys

Sequences

On the Sequences screen you can record and play back musical sequences. Push SEQS and you will see a grid of

sequences. The currently active sequences have white frames around them. Before we push PLAY to hear the

sequences, let's make sure we are not in Song mode. Push SONG to display the Song screen. Note the Song button at

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