M-AUDIO Black Box - Manual (Page 5)

4 • Black Box Quick Start Guide
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.
When you press FX, the following four rotary control functions will appear in the bottom of the LCD:
Effect - This knob (#1) is used to select one of 121 effect types.
FX Speed or FX Freq - This knob (#2) controls either the FX SPEED or FX FREQUENCY, depending on
which effect is selected:
1) FX Speed controls the speed of modulation effects (effects that cycle up and down over time)
and ranges from 0-99 (fixed speeds of .1 cycle per second through 10 cycles per second),
followed by 16 tempo-synced speeds:
8M 8 measures 4N 1/4 note
4M 4 measures 4T 1/4 note triplet
2M 2 measures 8N 1/8 note
2MT One cycle every 2 whole note triplets 8T 1/8 note triplet
1M 1 measure 16N 1/16 note
1MT One cycle every whole note triplet 16T 1/16 note triplet
2N 1/2 note 32N 1/32 note
2T 1/2 note triplet 32T 1/32 note triplet
2) FX Freq (frequency) controls the “brightness” of the effect for Random Filter or Filter Sequence
effects. “0” is the lowest frequency setting, which creates a deep tone. The highest setting is
“99,” which creates a very bright tone.
FX Depth or FX Key - This knob (#2) controls either the FX DEPTH or FX KEY, depending on which effect
is selected:
1) FX Depth controls how shallow or deep the effect becomes over time. A setting of 0 gives
no movement; a setting of 99 gives maximum movement. A setting of -99 gives maximum
negative movement; for example, this will cause the Auto Wah effect to sweep down instead
of up when you play a note.
2) FX Key only appears when the Arpeggiator effect is selected. It allows you to transpose the
arpeggio sequence to a different musical key in semitone steps from 0 to 99.
FX Wet/Dry - This is a balance control between the affected and unaffected signal. 0 is no effect (effect
is bypassed) and 99 is full effect.