The b4 as an effects unit – Native Instruments B4 II User Manual
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The B4 is also able to have all of the on-screen controls manipulated by MIDI
controller messages. The MIDI controllers used are listed on the
Setup View.
They can be changed to your needs. You can do this either on the Setup View
(which is described in the next section of this manual) or by right clicking on
the control and choosing
MIDI Learn… from the pop-up menu. Afterwards just
move the hardware controller you want to assign to that specific B4 control
and you are done.
Hint: The B4 can be used with any programmable MIDI controller box.
The B4 comes with templates (in the form of MIDI Sys-Ex files) for
various hardware controllers.
The B4 as an effects unit
You can route any audio signal through the B4 tone shaping sections. The
external sound gets in just before the amp section and is mixed with the
tonewheel signal. This opens up a world of possibilities for shaping external
sound with the beefy tone engine of B4.