https://uffuff.bandcamp.com/track/exacerbate-break2 audio thru ableton fx
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Yoo at around 20 seconds that is tight! Nice track 
Blackbox can really do wonders. Audio quality is always mint!
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Hi there, I have a BB arriving soon at at home. Do you mind if I ask a few questions ?
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The outputs are at modular level. Is is true for the inputs as well ?
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Would you say that I can send a mono signal from the modular to the BB to be processed (mainly just a delay) and send that wet signal, mixed with BB samples, back to the modular ?
My setup will be :
MN Rosie SEND to BB.
BB output (samples + processed modular-Rosie) to Rosie L/R Return.
Hope you get it and that itās possible !
From the manual: Blackbox assumes Eurorack level audio is coming in to the audio input jack at +/-5V. If you are using a line level signal of +/-1V you may need to adjust the input gain on the recording screen.
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The BB canāt apply its effects to the incoming signal in real time, it has to be sampled first. The monitor is always dry. Unless Iām misunderstanding your question.
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Ahā¦Thatās a shame. Really.
thank you 
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Still on my radar, Iāve been watching a few videos of the BB, noticed that there seems to be quite a bit of clicking on some of the examples - could be earlier firmwares? Is this still an issue or has that been fixed?
I think my main usage for it would be as a sequenced stems player as I have other samplers more suited to normal sample duties. Anyone using the BB for this kind of work?
I think the sequencer and song mode looks quite interesting and fairly unique in a hardware device, it seems to cover a lot of what interests me, the ability to set sequences of different lengths and realtime jam record sections of a song looks to be quite intuitive, fun and flexible.
Thereās clicks and pops if you push it too hard, and / or if you go for polyphony and play it like say a synth or even a keyboard.
Iām a pianist so am used to moving around a lot over the keys when Iām in that mood, and for that purpose, multisampling polyphony style donāt work well on Blackbox. As it cuts the envelope of the last note to trigger the next one, voice stealing causes clicks. For slow pads and monophonic bass lines, itās great though with no clicks & pops.
Essentially, the more you go for fx and filtering, as well as time stretched clips (and the granular engine!), the closer you get to unwanted artefacts.
Thereās no way Iād recommend anyone to stay away from the Blackbox because of this, just to be very aware to not expect it to push all sixteen sample slots to the max, no matter what you put them through.
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Ha, just realised it was you AR - read your review, as a fellow kitchen disco aficionado I just buckled and ordered one 
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No Sir! Thanks for the infos and persuasion on BB 
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I think youāll have a great time with the BB @darenager - my intentions for it are exactly the same - quantized sampling of synths and then playing them as stem-like samples, with optional filtering and effecting. That I think itāll do well. (Have had it for a bit but havenāt yet gotten around to, say, playing 16 stems st a time)
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Sorry if this has been asked already: can it sequence in sync long clips (say 64 bars) ? How would you specify the length of such sample ?
(Iām thinking about it for long backing tracks)
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should have read the manual 
So no full track but 8 bars stems.
EDIT: Should have read better
So yeah, totally feasible.
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Thanks, yes Octatrack for main sample mangling, short loops, realtime sampling, AR for drum/synth hits, SP16 for all-in-one jams, Deluge for all-in-one jams, BB for stems and bit of granular weirdness - 5 bloody samplers! But I think they all have strengths which for the meantime means Iāll see how I go 
Looking forward to plumbing the BB (possibly semi permanently) into the Aira FX modules for filtering, delay, compression etc, and into Zoia for other fx.
Just joined the 1010 forum so hopefully see some of you fine folk over there too 
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Iām looking at getting one of these as well - sort of as a combo with my OT. Would probably use it for long loops made in Ableton to mix in and out of tracks on the OT. Would also like to have a few samples triggered with the BB sequencer routed out to their own outputs into a Eventide Space, all in sync and use a few sample slots to live sample my monomachine/synth loops in the studio. This all seems possible from reading through this thread. Not sure if it could handle these different tasks easily.
I guess my only question would be-
If I want to change the 16 pads out for another preset- I know there is a gap of time before it reloads (as read here), but does it stay in sync. Iām guessing it does. As
Mine just arrived, not tested it yet, but it is so tiny! Even smaller than I expected, still not too small to be fiddly.
The build quality though - superb, even better than I expected, it feels like no corners have been cut, very impressed so far.
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Mine arrived today as well.
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Nothing like new gear landing on a friday!
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