M-AUDIO Black Box - Manual (Page 9)

8 • Black Box Quick Start Guide
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.)
2. To select the destination preset, use the PRESET INCREMENT or PRESET DECREMENT buttons. (Note
that you can only save to a user preset; if the original preset was a factory preset, the same preset
number in the user bank will be automatically selected for you.)
3. If you like, you can rename the preset before saving it. Use the first three rotary controls to rename
the first three characters, respectively, of the preset name. Then, turn the fourth rotary control one
click to the right to make the last three characters blink. Now you can use the first three rotary
controls again, this time to change characters four through six of the preset name.
4. To save the preset, again quickly press the PRESET INCREMENT and PRESET DECREMENT keys
simultaneously.
“SAVED” will briefly appear on the screen to confirm the save.
TUNER
Pressing the UTILITY and DELAY buttons simultaneously will engage the Black Box’s built-in instrument
tuner. This is a tuner sensitive enough for any guitar or bass. Play a note and it will be displayed in the
LCD with 2 arrows to either side. The left and rightmost arrows indicate coarse tuning, and the two inner
arrows are for fine tuning. More arrows on the left side indicate that the note is flat; more arrows on the
right side indicate that it is sharp. When both arrows are displayed on both sides (two on either side of
the note) then you are perfectly in tune for the note displayed. Pressing any button will exit the tuner
function.
WORKING WITH THE DRUM MACHINE
There are 100 fixed drumbeats numbered 0 to 99. To change from one drumbeat to another, press the
DRUMBEAT INCREMENT and DRUMBEAT DECREMENT keys. The number and name of the currently active
drumbeat will appear after it is selected, and will remain showing in the display for three seconds. After
that, the LCD will revert to whatever the display was showing previously. To view the active drumbeat,
press both the DRUMBEAT INCREMENT and DRUMBEAT DECREMENT buttons simultaneously; the active
drumbeat number and name will appear for three seconds.
TAP TEMPO - This button allows you to enter the drum machine tempo by tapping on it. Since the
effects are beat-synced to the drum machine, this will also set the tempo of the effects. The drums do
not need to be playing for the effects to lock to the tempo.
START/STOP - This button will start and stop the drum machine. When in play mode, the tempo LED
will blink at the current tempo. When in stop mode, the LED will be dark.
(For a complete list of the drumbeats, please refer to the full User Guide.)