M-Audio Black Box User Guide

English

Version 2 Firmware

Addendum to User Guide

Table of Contents

English . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

What’s New in Version 2? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Amp Models Increased from 12 to 40

Effects Increased from 43 to 121

Special Bonus Features

New Shift Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Amp Models Increased to 40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

PAN1 - PAN4

ROTOR1 and ROTOR2

VIBRA1 and VIBRA2

SWELL (Volume Swell)

FIXFLT (ﬁxed ﬁlter)

FIXFLA (ﬁxed ﬂanger)

Effects Increased to 121 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

TLKPDL (talk pedal)

SCIFI1 – SCIFI5 (science ﬁction sounds)

Reverb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

REVERB TIME

REVERB HIGH FREQUENCY

REVERB VOLUME

REVERB ON/OFF

REVERB/DELAY COMPROMISES

Compression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

COMPRESSION

Amp Mid Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Link Drumbeat, Tempo Source, Gate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

LINK DRUMBEAT

TEMPO SOURCE

GATE

And a Few Other Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

DELAY TIME

DRUMS > DELAY

EXPRESSION PEDAL

INTRO/ENDING

Amp Model Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1. BASMAN (based on Fender Bassman)

2. DLXREV (based on Fender Deluxe Reverb)

3. TWNREV (based on Fender Twin Reverb)

4. DELUXE (based on Fender Deluxe)

5. CHAMP (based on Fender Champ)

6. MAR 45 (based on Marshall JTM45)

7. PLEXI (based on Marshall 100 watt Super Lead “Plexi”)

8. MAR800 (based on Marshall JCM800)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

. . . . . . . . . . 6

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

9. MAR 2K (based on Marshall JCM2000 TSL100)

2 2

4 5

10. VOKS30 (based on VoxAC30 Top Boost)

11. VOKS15 (based on VoxAC15)

12. JAZZ (based on Roland Jazz Chorus JC-120)

13. HIWHAT (based on Hiwatt DR103)

14. STU70S (“Studio 1970s”, based on Mesa Boogie Mark 2)

15. BIG90S (“Big 1990s”, based on Mesa Boogie Dual Rectiﬁer Solo head)

16. SOLDON (based on Soldano SLO 100 Super Lead Overdrive)

17. UBER (based on Bogner Uberschall)

18. Deisel (based on channel 4 of a Diezel VH4)

19. ANGLE (based on ENGL Powerball)

20. EDDIEV (based on Peavey 5150 MkII)

21. XTASY (based on Bogner Ecstasy)

22. BUDDHA (based on Budda Twinmaster)

23. CHIEF (based on Matchless Chieftain)

24. INTENS (same as Black Box version 1’s “LAMOD”)

25. BIGMID (same as Black Box version 1’s “UBER”)

26. SIZZLE (same as Black Box version 1’s “MAVRIK”)

27. PLEXIS (same as Black Box version 1’s “PLEXI”)

28. SCOOP (a custom high gain model with scooped mid)

29. CRISP (a custom model with a 60s twangy tone)

30. HOLLOW (a custom model with a cool, “hollow” sound)

31. BITE (a custom model with biting high notes)

32. NECKPU (a custom model great for a Strat neck pickup)

33. SOLID (a custom model with a very solid crunch and lead tone)

34. ACO360 (based on Acoustic 360 bass amp)

35. AMPSVT (based on Ampeg SVT bass amp)

36. GK 800 (based on Gallien-Krueger 800RB bass amp)

37 SWR500 (based on SWR SM500 bass amp)

38. FUZZ (fuzz tone)

39. OCTAVE (based on Octave fuzz)

40. MICPRE (a clean mic preamp)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

. . . . . . . . . 6

. . . . 6

. . . . . . . . 6

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

. . . . . . . . . . . . 7

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

. . . . . . . . . . . . 7

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

. . . . . . . . . . 7

. . . . . . . . . . . . 7

. . . . . . . . . 7

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

. . . . . . . . . 7

. . . . . . 7

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

. . . . . . . . . . 7

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

© Avid Technology, Inc. All rights reserved. This guide may not be duplicated in whole or in part without the written consent of Avid Technology, Inc. Product features, speciﬁcations, system requirements and availability are subject to change without notice. Avid, M-Audio, and Black Box are trademarks of Avid Technology, Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. All other trademarks contained herein are the property of their respective owners.

What’s New in Version 2?

Amp Models Increased to 40

Version 2 of the Black Box ﬁrmware delivers a wide variety of new features and improvements. You’ll ﬁnd a summary of the major enhancements in the following sections.

Amp Models Increased from 12 to 40

The new amp models sound great both in recording and on stage—classic amps, big stacks, boutique amps, modern high gain amps, a few famous bass amps and even some new ones of our own design. We’ve also thrown in a classic fuzz, octave splitter and clean preamp. See the “Amp Model Details” section for speciﬁcs.

Effects Increased from 43 to 121

We’ve expanded our collection of effects to give you a ton of creative, inspiring and fun new choices. There are more modulation effects, beat-synced effects, note-triggered effects, plus 60 idea-generating ﬁlter, tremolo and arpeggio sequences. See “The Effects” section for details.

Special Bonus Features

In order to add more features beyond the existing 16 front-panel menus, we created a new Shift mode to access bonus features including Reverb, Compression and an Amp Mid control, plus a couple of useful features called Link Drumbeat and Tempo Source.

New Shift Mode

A new Shift mode permits access to new bonus features including reverb, compression, mid control and others.

The parameters for these new features are implemented as Shift menus. Similar to how the SHIFT key on your computer keyboard permits a single key to have 2 functions, the new Shift mode permits a single row and column in the 4 x 4 menu matrix to have both a normal and shifted menu function.

For example, the new AMP MID control is the Shift function of AMP BASS. To view or change AMP MID:

1) Select AMP BASS by pressing AMP and then turning the 3rd menu knob one “click” to select its column. You’ll now see the current value of AMP BASS.

2) Double-tap the AMP button to view the Shift parameter, AMP MID. Even though the menu still blinks AMP BASS, the screen text shows “MID 50” and the PARAMETER screen icon blinks to indicate that Shift mode is active.

3) To change the value of AMP MID, turn the third menu knob up or down.

To exit Shift mode, press any key or turn another menu knob.

Here’s an overview of the new Shift functions and where they are located in the 4 x 4 menu matrix:

Since the release of the Black Box, we have created lots of new amp models and enhanced many of the existing ones. Here is a list of the models and the real amps upon which they were based. You can read more details in the section “Amp Model Details” further below in this manual.

1. BASMAN Fender Bassman

2. DLXREV Fender Deluxe Reverb

3. TWNREV Fender Twin Reverb

4. DELUXE Fender Deluxe

5. CHAMP Fender Champ

6. MAR 45 Marshall JTM45

7. PLEXI Marshall Super Lead Plexi

8. MAR800 Marshall JCM800

9. MAR2K Marshall JCM2000

10. VOKS30 VoxAC30

11. VOKS15 VoxAC15

12. JAZZ Roland Jazz Chorus

13. HIWHAT Hiwatt DR103

14. STU70S (Studio 1970s) Mesa Boogie Mark IIc

15. BIG90S (Big 1990s) Mesa Boogie Dual Rectiﬁer

16. SOLDON Soldano SLO 100

17. UBER Bogner Uberschall

18. DEISEL Diezel VH4

19. ANGLE ENGL Powerball

20. EDDIEV Peavey 5150 MkII

21. XTACY Bogner Ecstasy

22. BUDDHA Budda Twinmaster

23. CHIEF Matchless Chieftain

24. INTENS Custom model with an intense high-gain solo tone

25. BIGMID Custom model with strong high-gain mid tone

26. SIZZLE Custom model with a present high-end sizzle

27. PLEXIS Custom model based onMarshall Super Lead Plexi with EQ

28. SCOOP Custom high gain model with scooped mid

29. CRISP Custom model with a ‘60s twangy tone

30. HOLLOW Custom model with a hollow tone

31. BITE Custom model with biting high notes

32. NECKPU Custom model, great with a Strat neck pickup

33. SOLID Custom model with a solid tone

34. ACO360 Bass amp: Acoustic 360

35. AMPSVT Bass amp: Ampeg SVT

36. GK 800 Bass amp: Gallien-Krueger 800RB

37. SWR500 Bass amp: SWR SM500

38. FUZZ Fuzz tone

39. OCTAVE Octave fuzz

40. MICPRE Clean mic preamp

For an explanation of these functions, see the relevant section of this manual.

NOTE: Because of the MENU buttons’ new double-tap mode, it is no longer possible to step through the four menu columns by repeatedly pressing a MENU key.

NOTE: M-Audio and Black Box are trademarks of Avid Technology, Inc. All other product names used are trademarks of their respective owners, which are in no way associated or afﬁliated with Avid Technology, Inc. These trademarks of the other manufacturers are used solely to identify the products of those manufacturers whose tones and sounds were studied during M-Audio’s sound model development. No claim is made that the Black Box duplicates these sounds exactly, but rather that it produces tones inspired by these classic amps. 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.

+ 6 hidden pages