M-AUDIO Black Box - Manual (Page 2)

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Black Box Quick Start Guide • 1
GREETINGS FROM ROGER LINN
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.) Now I’m
very proud to combine the best parts of AdrenaLinn with M-Audio’s considerable expertise in computer-
centric recording products. The result is the Black Box.
What is the Black Box? It’s a superb amp modeler combined with a unique effects processor that syncs to
an internal drum machine. It’s also a complete digital audio interface to your computer. The beat-synced
effects are the part I enjoy most: tremolo, flanging, delay—even looped sequences of filtered tones or
arpeggiated notes and more—all playing in perfect sync to the beat or your recording software! And now
with the improved Version 2 firmware, it’s far more powerful than before. I think you’ll find—as others
have—that the Black Box will lead you down a path of new musical ideas and head-turning recordings.
On behalf of all the creative minds at both M-Audio and Roger Linn Design, I’d like to welcome you to the
brave new world of the Black Box!
INTRODUCTION
This Quick Start Guide contains enough information to get you up and running quickly. IT IS NOT A
COMPLETE USER GUIDE. To download the User Guide, go to www.m-audio.com and click on Support/
Manuals. This document will give you more details about the extensive functionality of the Black Box,
including pedal programming, software driver installation, and more.
IMPORTANT!
Audio equipment should ALWAYS be powered on and off in a precise order. The power amp that feeds
your speakers should ALWAYS be turned ON LAST and turned OFF FIRST. If you turn other pieces of audio
equipment on while they are connected to the powered speakers, loud transient pop noises will occur—
possibly damaging your hearing and your speakers. Always turn on all of the other audio devices that
are connected to your powered speakers
BEFORE you turn on your powered speakers. The same is true
for turning things off. ALWAYS turn off your powered speakers BEFORE you turn off any other equipment
connected to them. Following this simple rule will ensure that both your ears and your speakers will
function optimally for a long time to come.