User manual M-AUDIO BLACK BOX RELOADED

[. . . ] Reloaded: with updated firmware and additional features. User Guide English Table Of Contents English . Editing the Guitar Amp and Compression Settings . Editing the Modulation and Filter Effects . Modulation and Filter Effect Descriptions . [. . . ] MIDI Note to Filter In this effect, incoming MIDI note numbers are used to modulate the frequency of a bandpass filter. For example, if you record a MIDI piano track in your sequencer and play that track in to the Black Box as you play guitar, the filter frequency will roughly track the frequency of the notes played by the sequencer. If you don't find a filter sequence that you like among the 20 in Black Box, take the opportunity to create your own custom sequences, MIDI Modulation to Filter In this effect, a bandpass filter is used with incoming MIDI controller values modulating the filter frequency. The filter will respond to controller numbers 1 (mod wheel), 11, 16, 70 and 74. For example, you could use a MIDI keyboard's mod wheel as a wah wheel. MIDI Velocity to Flanger In this effect, a flanger is used with incoming MIDI velocity modulating the flanger frequency. For example, if you record a MIDI track into a sequencer by simply pressing a keyboard key over and over at different velocity values, then play that MIDI track back to the Black Box while you play guitar, the flanger tone will change proportionally to those velocity values. MIDI Note to Flanger In this effect, a flanger is used with incoming MIDI note values modulating the flanger frequency. For example, if you record a MIDI piano track into a sequencer and play that track into the Black Box as you play guitar, the flanger frequency will exactly match the frequency of the notes played by the sequencer. If you don't find an arpeggio sequence that you like among the 20 in Black Box, this gives you the opportunity to create your own custom sequence. MIDI Modulation to Flanger In this effect, a flanger is used with incoming MIDI controller values modulating the flanger delay. The flanger will respond to controller numbers 1 (mod wheel), 11, 16, 70 and 74. Note: Reference to artists and bands is for informational purposes only and does not imply an endorsement or sponsorship of the Black Box by such artists or bands. User Guide 19 English Editing the Delay and Reverb The Black Box has a dedicated delay effect with a special advantage--it can automatically sync its delays to the drumbeat or incoming MIDI clock. This is great for creating syncopated delays; setting the delay time to dotted 1/8 notes will create fascinating rhythmic effects similar to those used by U2's The Edge. And setting the delay time to one measure enables simple looping; you play one measure then solo over it on the second measure when it comes back. With version 2 firmware, Black Box now has a stereo reverb. Between the beat-synced delay and the reverb, Black Box can achieve some very big sounds. Push the Delay key to bring up the four Delay menus: DELAY TIME, DELAY REPEATS, DELAY VOLUME and DRUMS TO DELAY. The three reverb parameters--REVERB TIME, REVERB HIGH FREQUENCY and REVERB VOLUME--are implemented as Shift parameters of the first three Delay parameters. Here is a description of each of the Delay and Reverb parameters: Delay Time This parameter sets the time between your original signal and the delayed signal. This is where the Black Box differs from other delay effects. Most delay effects make you set delay time in milliseconds (ms). This is useful and the Black Box can do this too. [. . . ] 2) This parameter is unused for the following effects: TRSQ1-20, ARSQ1-20. 3) For all other effects, FX Speed is active. In this case, the range is 0-114 consisting of 100 fixed arbitrary speeds from 0 to 99 followed by 15 tempo-synced speeds 100-114 (8M, 4M, 2M, 1M, 1Mt, 2n, 2t, 4n, 4t, 8n, 8t, 16n, 16t, 32n, 32t). 6 FX Depth or FX Key This parameter is either FX DEPTH, FX KEY or unused, depending on which effect is selected: 1) FX Key is active if ARSQ1-20 or MNT2FL is the selected effect. In this case, range is 0-99 (arpeggio sequence may be transposed to one of 100 semitones). [. . . ]