1010music Bitbox mk2 1.0.8, User Manual

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Page 2: ...18 Trigger a Cell via Control Voltage Signal 18 CREATE A NEW PRESET AND CONFIGURE PADS 20 Starting a New Preset 20 To Create a New Preset 20 Assign WAV Files to Pads and Control Playback Options 21 To Load a WAV File into a Pad 22 To Configure Basic Cell Parameters 23 To Assign a Cell to an Exclusive Playback or Choke Group 26 Set up a Sample Cell 26 Set Up a Multi Sample Cell 29 Work with a Clip ...

Page 3: ...V File 39 To Record a WAV File 39 If you are recording WAVs for the current preset 41 If you are recording WAVs to build up a library of sounds 41 Record a Multi sample Pack 43 To Manually Record a Multi sample Pack onto Bitbox mk2 45 Trim WAV Files 46 Use Clipboard Functions with Cells 46 Manage WAV Files 47 Working with WAV Files on the microSD Card 47 To Delete Save As or Rename a WAV File 48 S...

Page 4: ...and Pan of a Pad 56 To Mute and Unmute Pads 56 MANAGE PRESETS 57 To Save Changes to a Preset 58 To Load a Preset 58 To Pack a Preset 59 To Delete a Preset 59 To Rename a Preset 60 To Save Current Changes as a New Preset 60 Work with Preset Files on the MicroSD Card 61 Preset Compatibility with 1010music Samplers 61 When will my legacy bitbox mk1 presets and WAV files get cleaned out of the root fo...

Page 5: ... To Remove Modulation from a Parameter 68 Control Slice Playback 69 To Use MIDI Notes to Play Slices 69 To Use a CV Signal to Select Specific Slices 70 To Control the Slice Sequence with a MIDI or CV Signal 71 Synchronize with an External Clock 73 Reset the Clock 74 Use a MIDI Program Change to Load Presets 74 To Enable or Disable MIDI Program Changes 74 Customize MIDI Note Mapping for Pads 74 Sha...

Page 6: ...CHNICAL SPECS 80 Module Specs 80 Pin Mapping for Mini TRS Jack to MIDI 5 Pin DIN Connectors 80 On Board Memory 81 Maximum Sample Length 81 Samples Supported 81 Maximum Number of Voices Supported 81 STAY UP TO DATE 82 Demonstration Videos and Latest Docs 82 Connect with Other Bitbox mk2 Users 82 Contact Us 82 Copyright 1010music LLC 2020 Page 6 of 82 Bitbox MK2 1 0 8 User Manual ...

Page 7: ... used with bitbox mk2 then continue with an overview of the controls Next we will cover how to install the module in your rack and do initial setup of the firmware options Once the module it set up we will describe how to create a preset and configure pads This will include a discussion of the different pad modes and how to record a new WAV file Once you have pads setup we will apply effects and a...

Page 8: ...he Pad mode and adjust start length and loop points You can also cut the samples into slices that can be triggered independently Touch screen pinch and stretch gestures allow you to zoom into the display of the wave file to get more precise control when you need it and also allow you to zoom out to see the whole picture You then use the parameter screen to adjust playback settings for the pad and ...

Page 9: ...h INFO to drill down for more information and HOME to go back a screen At the highest level HOME will toggle between the Pads and Menu screens Push INFO to get more information about the item selected on screen Some screens have buttons you can touch to navigate to other functions On some screens like Pad Parameters or Keys you can touch the grid icon in the top left to select a different pad to e...

Page 10: ...ec Tools Presets Pad Parameters Load and Record Modulation Parameters Waveform Menu Mix T o o l s FX Option H I Push INFO Push HOME Touch On Screen Key Or Pads H H I I I I I Load User Interface Flow Diagram Page 10 of 82 Copyright 1010music LLC 2020 Bitbox MK2 1 0 8 User Manual ...

Page 11: ...you to use touch gestures to interact with the firmware The INFO and HOME buttons are used to navigate the screens Press INFO to view the information screen for the current selection In some cases you can press INFO more than once to get to deeper information The HOME button takes you back a screen If you get lost you can push HOME until you get back to the Pads screen The control knobs are used t...

Page 12: ...cted WAV file or folder A blue bar across the bottom of the pad represents the playback state of Pads Screen the pad The four pads along the right side of the screen labeled EXT1 through EXT4 are mapped to external inputs jacks The column of jacks to the left of the EXT jacks can also be used as additional external inputs EXT5 through EXT8 in addition to simultaneously being used to trigger sample...

Page 13: ...make sure you have a compatible Eurorack Bitbox mk2 requires a 12V connection and uses the standard 16 pin ribbon cable to connect to the rack You should always power down the Eurorack when connecting new modules Remove bitbox mk2 from the packing material and attach the ribbon cable to the back of the module The cable is the same on both ends so it does not matter which end is inserted into the m...

Page 14: ... Pads screen as shown on the right Pads Screen Connect an Output In order to hear the sounds that are playing on your bitbox mk2 you will need to connect the outputs to some speakers Start by inserting two mini TS cables to the OUT1 and OUT2 jacks and then connecting the other ends to your mixer or speakers Connect an Input Bitbox mk2 accepts several different forms of input For now we will set up...

Page 15: ...parameter to adjust its value Touch the tabs at the bottom of the screen to access additional settings Tools Main Page Tools Rec Page Tools MIDI In Page Menu Screen Here are the available settings Page Parameter Description Main Brightness Controls the brightness of the display screen with 100 being the brightest and 0 being totally dark MasterVol Controls the output level to Out 1 and Out 2 Flip ...

Page 16: ...ll respond to MIDI program change messages received on the MIDI Pads and MIDI Keys channels by opening the Preset that maps to the specified program number See the section Use MIDI and CV with Bitbox mk2 below for more information Program change messages on other channels will be ignored Remember that bitbox mk2does not automatically save changes This means that when you change presets you will lo...

Page 17: ...one so that HOME is always on the left and INFO is always on the right The alignment of the control knobs in this mode is slightly high compared to the parameters on the touch screen However the top left control knob will control the top left parameter and the lower right control knob will control the lower right parameter The CV trigger inputs are also now mapped to the inverted display The input...

Page 18: ...n the touchscreen The pad that corresponds to the used CV Trigger jack will now be triggered when the CV Trigger input receives a high signal of around 5V Depending on the Launch Mode selected for the pad you may need to send another CV Trigger to stop playback of the pad Trigger a Cell via MIDI Input You can use MIDI signals to sequence samples and get a more tactile play mode Connect your MIDI s...

Page 19: ...by default responds to MIDI inputs on all MIDI Channels You can change this in the Tools screens as described above Bitbox mk2 can also use MIDI inputs on a specific channel to trigger playback of slices within a Slicer pad See To Use MIDI Notes to Play Slices below for more information The MIDI parameter for a pad can be used to configure a pad to be triggered by a MIDI channel other than the one...

Page 20: ...he top menu A new preset is added to the list with the name New Preset You can use the on screen keyboard to change the name 3 Touch Clear to erase the preset name Then use the on screen keyboard to type in a new name Turn the knob to change where you are typing Use the carat button to toggle between upper and lower case letters Touch the 123 button to display the numeric keyboard if needed 4 When...

Page 21: ...ks between one and eight measures long 2 notes Slicer Use with a WAV file with different sections that you want to trigger independently 2 notes Granular Generate new sounds from your samples The sample is played back in small portions about 10 to 200ms in length called grains mono New Rec Use to start recording a new WAV file or to clear a WAV from a pad New Multi Use this for automatic recording...

Page 22: ...on the Waveform screen touch the name of the Waveform at the top of the screen MX_Low Floor in the screenshot above You will now be on the WAV File Selection screen 4 From the WAV File Selection screen use the control knobs to scroll through the list of files The selected file name has a blue highlight Touch Play to preview the highlighted file The Play button will turn blue to show that auto prev...

Page 23: ...a WAV file to play let s tell bitbox mk2how you want to play it 1 Touch the icon immediately to the left of the WAV file name at the top of the waveform screen to display the Pad Mode menu Touch one of the options Sample Clip Slicer or Granular to set the pad mode The icon changes to represent the selected pad mode See the table at the beginning of this section for help in choosing the pad mode If...

Page 24: ... for all pad modes Touch the control knob closest to each parameter to set its value Make sure you pay attention to the LaunchMode parameter because this impacts how the pad responds to triggers Here are the parameters that apply across all sample modes Parameter Description Range of Values Mod Target Level Adjusts the loudness level of the pad 24 0 to 24 0 semitones Yes Pitch Adjusts the pitch of...

Page 25: ...nd point in loop mode or the Start Len point when not looping In Trigger mode for Clips and Slicers the release has no effect 0 to 100 The release percentage is a logarithmic scale between 0 and 38 seconds No MIDI In Specifies a MIDI channel to be used to play this pad chromatically or sliced across keys and for some MIDI parameters More than one pad can be assigned to the same MIDI channel In thi...

Page 26: ... option to select it When Excl X is selected there will not be an exclusive behavior for this pad When a pad is assigned to Exclusive Group A B C or D any other pad in this group will stop whenever a pad in the group is triggered Exclusive Grouping Options The remaining configuration options for a pad vary based on which pad mode is selected We will walk through the configuration of each of the pa...

Page 27: ...oop playback proceeds from Loop Start to Loop End then backwards to Loop Start It then repeats the looping back and forth No Rev When Reverse is ON the WAV file will play in reverse ON OFF No Loop Fade The amount of overlap used in the cross fade at the loop points The cross fade is accomplished by overlapping part of the WAV file from before the loop start point This number represents how long th...

Page 28: ... equal to LpEnd LpStr is read from the WAV file when sample is loaded and saved to the WAV file when the WAV is saved 0 to number of samples in the file Yes LpEnd Point where the looping will end when playing forwards or looping will begin when playing in reverse Expressed in samples Must be after or equal to LpStr LpEnd is read form the WAV file when a sample is loaded and saved to the WAV file w...

Page 29: ... on the Waveform screen touch the name of the WAV file at the top of the screen You will now be on the WAV file selection screen 4 From the WAV file selection screen Use the control knobs to scroll through the list of files and directories The selected file name has a blue highlight When looking at the list of files list items that start with a slash are directories Load a directory to see its con...

Page 30: ... will hear that the notes are mapped accordingly Because a multi sample pad uses multiple samples it is not possible to set start length loop start or loop end points for these pads Therefore it doesn t make sense to enable looping for these pads either As a result the Pos and Misc tabs of the parameter page are not used when multiple samples are loaded in a pad Only the standard Main ADSR and MID...

Page 31: ...ap to a musical grid with intervals specified by the Quant Size parameter When quantization is used the note trigger will cause playback to start and end on the next quant size boundary For example if the Quant Size is set to 1 bar and you press the pad the playback will begin at the start of the next bar None always start and stop immediately 1 16 1 8 1 4 1 2 1 bar 2 bars 4 bars 8 bars No Sync Sy...

Page 32: ... the sync will cause the playback of the WAV file to jump to the next selected sync increment in the file when the corresponding clock time has passed So if the WAV was a little faster than your clock the playback position will jump backwards to move the playback of the WAV to the selected clock increment If the WAV is slower than your clock the playback position will jump ahead to the selected cl...

Page 33: ... Loop Mode Controls whether the slice playback is looped This does not work with Launch Mode of Trigger Use Launch Mode of Gate or Toggle if you want to loop slices ON OFF No Quant Size Use Quant Size to quantize when the playback starts and stops Quantization will cause playback to snap to a musical grid with intervals specified by the Quant Size parameter When quantization is used the note trigg...

Page 34: ...e slice ON playback will continue past the end of the slice to the end of the file OFF playback will stop at the end of the triggered slice No Slice Seq When Slice Seq is set to a value other than None each new note will advance the selection of the next slice to play The value of this parameter controls the order in which slice selection is advanced None This parameter will not be used to control...

Page 35: ...l lines with a small pink square near the bottom You can adjust the results of the slice to grid or auto scan by manually adding or removing slices to get the slices that match your creative vision scan or slice to grid When you use auto scan bitbox mk2 uses an internal algorithm to decide where to place the splits You can control the sensitivity of the algorithm When you use slice to grid you def...

Page 36: ...ers as sample pads along with the following additional parameters Parameter Description Range of Values Mod Target Grain Size The size of the small segments of the WAV file that will be played measured in number of samples 1024 to 16384 which is about 10ms to about 200ms No Grain Count How many different grains are layered together during playback 2 to 8 Keep in mind that more grains require more ...

Page 37: ...fy a different value here to be used for this WAV on this pad in this preset If you save the WAV file from this pad the Root Note value will be saved with it Stored in the WAV smpl tag Sample Single and Multi Granular LpStr Point where the looping will begin when playing forward or looping will end when playing in reverse Expressed in samples Must be before or equal to LpEnd LpStr is read from the...

Page 38: ...t the pad mode based on the parameters that are available in the WAV file If there are slices in the WAV then it sets the pad mode to slicer If there are loop points in the WAV then it sets the pad mode to sample To save the values you have configured for a pad back to the WAV file 1 Open the WAV screen for the pad 2 Touch the name of the WAV file at the top of the screen to display the WAV select...

Page 39: ...ill now see the Load and Record screen Load and Record Screen Just above the recording parameters you will see a VU meter that shows the audio input levels Adjust the level of your incoming signal or adjust the gain parameter if needed Configure your recording session by selecting values for the parameters in the table below Turn the top knob to select a parameter then turn the bottom knob to sele...

Page 40: ... recording is enabled None always start and stop immediately 1 16 quantize to the next sixteenth note time 1 8 eighth note 1 4 quarter note 1 2 half note 1 bar a whole note assuming 4 4 time 2 bars 4 bars 8 bars RecThresh Use the threshold recording option if you want to start recording when a sound level threshold is reached ON OFF Threshold When threshold recording is enabled this controls the m...

Page 41: ...he file is stored on the microSD card in the folder associated with the preset This folder is located under Presets and has the same name as the preset For example if your preset name is KickinGroove then your recordings will be in the folder Presets KickinGroove How you will work with these files depends on whether you are recording samples to build a library to use in presets in the future or wh...

Page 42: ...laying the new sample when recording ends if the Length parameter was used for recording Use the Resam input option to layer recordings apply effects or capture new clips Bitbox mk2 won t stop you from loading a WAV file from Preset B s folders into Preset A However if you do this you could potentially break Preset A if you ever move or rename Preset B for any reason Therefore if you have WAV file...

Page 43: ...lti sample pack 1 First you need to connect the FX outputs from bitbox mk2 to the source to be recorded Connect FX1 of bitbox mk2 to the pitch control of the instrument to be recorded Connect FX2 of bitbox mk2 to the Gate control of the instrument to be recorded Bitbox mk2 will send out a CV signal on FX1 that maps 1 V per octave 2V C0 0V C2 2V C4 5V C7 2 Next connect the audio output from the sou...

Page 44: ...ulti sample bank recordings It will also be used as a prefix for the individual file names Select this parameter and then push the INFO button to open the file naming screen Turn a knob to move the cursor position Touch the onscreen keyboard to enter a file name Touch Enter to save the filename and return to the parameters screen Start Note The note that will be sent out as a trigger to record the...

Page 45: ...nto the multi sample pad 7 Touch the Rec button at the top of the screen and sit back and let the auto sampler do its work Bitbox mk2 will display which note it is currently recording When recording is complete the files will be saved on the microSD card in a folder named with the filename you selected The folder will be in the directory for the current preset Bitbox mk2 will then display the Wave...

Page 46: ...n 5 Touch File and then Trim Bitbox mk2 will ask if you want to Trim and Save Touch OK to overwrite the WAV file with the portions outside of the pink bracket trimmed off Touch anywhere else on the screen to cancel 6 Save your preset to save the change to the pad Otherwise the length parameter for the pad will be wrong when you reload the preset Note You may want to use File Save As before you tri...

Page 47: ... card When you create a new recording bitbox mk2 will store it in the folder for that preset For example the first new recording for the My Kickin Grooves preset will be saved as Presets My Kickin Grooves RC000001 wav When you load an existing WAV file into a pad the preset will have a pointer to that WAV file in its source folder If you want to gather copies of all of the files for a preset into ...

Page 48: ...ontrol knobs to scroll to the WAV file you want to work with You may need to load directories to navigate to the file you want 4 Touch File to display the WAV File menu 5 Touch Delete to delete the selected WAV file from the microSD card Touch Save As to save a copy of the WAV file with a different name Touch Rename to change the name of the file on the microSD card 6 If you select Delete bitbox m...

Page 49: ... are assigned to pads and copy them into the folder for this preset Multi sample banks will be copied to a sub folder A progress meter is displayed until the packing is complete Note If you continue to add WAV files to your preset after you pack it the preset will still point to these WAV files in their source folders Pack the preset again to copy these files over If the Pack option is disabled th...

Page 50: ... can trigger four octaves of notes within the scale specified using Scale selection buttons in the top right of the screen so you don t have to worry about scale specific sharps and flats Touch the arrow buttons and at the top of the screen to access additional octaves To Play a Sample With the Traditional Keyboard 1 Go to the Pads screen and select a pad that has a tonal sound 2 Push INFO twice t...

Page 51: ...n the screen to play notes You can slide your finger across the screen to play adjacent notes 8 Touch the arrow buttons at the top of the screen to scroll up or down one octave The current octave label is displayed on each root note 9 Use the two buttons in the top right of the screen to select the Key and Scale that will be used by the grid keyboard Now you can play without worrying about hitting...

Page 52: ...rd screen 4 Play C2 on the Traditional Keyboard screen You will hear that slice 1 is played 5 Play D 2 and slice 4 will be played Keys C2 and up are now mapped to Slices 1 and up for playback 6 Push the INFO button to go to the Grid Keyboard screen Bitbox mk2 will display numbered squares in the grid for each slice in the WAV file Use the arrows at the top of the screen to access additional octave...

Page 53: ...lices play when a pad trigger is received To Select a Scale on the Grid Keyboard 1 On the Grid keyboard touch the left Scale Selector button labeled C in the screenshot to display a list of values for the Root Note Touch an option to select it Alternatively you can turn any knob while on the grid keyboard to change the Root Note 2 Touch the right Scale Selector button labeled MAJ in the screenshot...

Page 54: ...t knobs to set the Delay send amount for the pad This is the amount of the signal from this pad that you want to send to the Delay for effects processing You can also use the touch screen to slide the level bar graph for the effect When a pad is sending some of its signal to Delay a blue triangle is displayed in the top left corner of the pad Turn one of the right knobs to apply Reverb to the pad ...

Page 55: ...eration will ring out Yes Damping 0 to 100 The amount of damping that is applied to the reverb Higher values will make the reverb end sooner Yes Predelay 0 to 100 Determines the amount of delay in the signal before the reverberation is applied In real life this is related to how close the sources is to the walls No Note The same effect parameter values are applied to all pads that are sending sign...

Page 56: ...e Sound Level and Pan of a Pad 1 Push HOME until you see the Menu screen then touch Mix to display the mixer screen 2 Touch the pad you want to adjust 3 Turn one of the top two knobs to adjust the level of the currently selected pad 4 Turn one of the bottom two knobs to adjust the pan if available Mixer Screen To Mute and Unmute Pads The mixer screen also allows you to mute individual pads 1 Push ...

Page 57: ... which may be blank Bitbox mk2 stores all of the preset xml files in sub folders under the Presets folder Each preset has its own sub folder with the name of the preset and a preset xml file within that sub folder E g the preset My Kickin Grooves will be stored as a file named preset xml in the Presets My Kickin Grooves folder When you first start working with the preset it will point to the WAV f...

Page 58: ...g bitbox mk2 you will lose your work To save the preset 1 Push HOME until you see the Menu screen then touch Presets to display the Preset Management screen 2 Touch Save to store your changes to the currently loaded preset or touch Save As to save changes to a new preset To Load a Preset 1 Press the HOME button repeatedly until you see the Menu screen then touch Presets to display the Preset Manag...

Page 59: ... 3 Touch File then Pack Bitbox mk2 will copy all of the WAV files used by this preset into the preset s folder Any multi sample banks will be copied with their folder The preset xml file will be updated to point to these copies of the WAV files and will be saved To Delete a Preset When you delete a preset you remove the preset from the list of presets on the Preset Management Screen and you delete...

Page 60: ...ave the name and return to the Presets screen with the preset selected but not loaded Keyboard Screen Note Renaming a preset does not load that preset Note If you enter a name that is already in use you will replace the old file with the current preset To Save Current Changes as a New Preset Sometimes while working on a preset you decide to save your changes to a different preset in order to save ...

Page 61: ... folders outside of the Presets folder Preset Compatibility with 1010music Samplers Bitbox mk2 is compatible with preset files from other 1010music samplers original bitbox bitbox micro and blackbox When you load presets bitbox mk2 will display a single list with all presets stored at the root from bitbox mk1 and all presets stored under the Presets folder The files will be in alphabetical order b...

Page 62: ...heir respective folders When that is done you may choose to delete the files that are stored at the root or safely move them to a sub folder for future use Can I use my bitbox mk1 or blackbox microSD in my bitbox mk2 Yes you can You don t need to copy the bin file over The bin file is only used when programming the module See the notes above about preset compatibility Copyright 1010music LLC 2020 ...

Page 63: ...wo ways to set up bitbox mk2 to trigger pads chromatically You can use the MIDI Keys setting on the Tools screen to configure a MIDI channel that will be used to play whichever pad is currently selected You can also use the MIDI In setting on the pad parameters screen to configure a pad to always respond to a specific MIDI channel even when the pad is not selected To Use MIDI to Play the Currently...

Page 64: ...urn to the Pads screen 2 Select a loaded pad and push INFO twice to go to the Pad Parameters screen 3 Touch the MIDI tab at the bottom of the screen to go the page with MIDI parameters 4 Turn the knob to set the value for the MIDI In parameter to the channel that you want to use to play this pad chromatically 5 Connect a MIDI controller to the MIDI jack and set up the controller to use the MIDI ch...

Page 65: ...er to open the Modulation Parameters screen 3 Use the knobs to select the EXT port you want to use for input 4 Use the knobs to set the 1V Octave parameter to ON This will configure bitbox mk2to map the voltage on the CV so that one volt spans one octave You can set 1V Octave to off and use the Amount parameter to control how bitbox mk2maps the voltage 5 Push HOME to go back to the Pad Parameters ...

Page 66: ...u want to modulate an effect parameter go to the FX screen and touch the effect FX1 or FX2 you want to modulate 2 Press INFO once or twice to display the Parameters screen If needed touch the page tab for the parameter you want to modulate 3 Touch one of the three black boxes below the parameter to display the Modulation Parameters screen 4 Use the top left knob to select a value for the Source pa...

Page 67: ...modulation source will be used EXT1 to EXT8 External Control Voltage connected to one of the numbered EXT ports as shown in the image on the right IN1 and IN2 The audio input jacks can also be used for high quality Control Voltage inputs If you want to use 1V Octave to control pitch these inputs are the best choice Trig Any input that is used to trigger a pad such as CV input touch or MIDI Note Ve...

Page 68: ...avigate to the parameter page for the pad parameter you want to modulate 3 Touch one of the three black boxes below the parameter you want to modulate This brings up the Modulation Source screen 4 Touch Learn in the top right corner to enable MIDI CC learning mode 5 Move the MIDI control such as a knob or slider that you want to use with this parameter When bitbox mk2has learned the mapping the Le...

Page 69: ...4 will be played MIDI Notes 36 and up are now mapped to Slices 1 and up for playback Parameter Value Explanation Launch Mode Trigger This will cause the WAV slice to play from beginning to end when a trigger is received Other values will work but let s use this for the example Loop Mode Off We will turn off looping for this example Slice 3 This doesn t impact how the MIDI device or Keys screen pla...

Page 70: ...ng for this example Slice 3 This parameter does not impact which slice is triggered in this example because the modulation for this parameter will override it MIDI Default We want the default behavior where the MIDI channel selected for MIDI Pads on the Tools screen will be used to trigger this pad Slice Seq None We will not use the Slice Sequencer in this example PlayThru OFF For this example we ...

Page 71: ...licer Cells above One example of a WAV file to use with this feature is SFX Metal METL_shake and squeal wav 2 Set the following values for the pad parameters Parameter Value Explanation Launch Mode Trigger This will cause the WAV slice to play from beginning to end when a trigger is received Other values will work but let s use this for the example Loop Mode Off We will turn off looping for this e...

Page 72: ...d Now when bitbox mk2 receives a CV pulse on EXT1 the current slice position will advance to the next slice Press Play or use any of the other ways to trigger a pad repeatedly and you should hear the slices advance with each CV pulse If you are using a CV input as the Slice Seq modulation source IN1 IN2 or EXT 1 through 8 the position of the slice selector cursor may change several times before th...

Page 73: ...k input is available the highest priority clock signal lowest priority number will be used Bitbox mk2 can delay the timing of the playback of a Clip pad to synchronize it with a specified unit of musical clock time To synchronize the playback of Clip pads with the clock configure a pad in Clip mode and set the value for Quant to something other than None Bitbox mk2 only synchronizes pads with a pa...

Page 74: ...ameter that allows you to control whether or not the device responds to program change signals By default this is set to off To Enable or Disable MIDI Program Changes 1 Push Home until you see the Menu screen 2 Touch Tools to open the Tools Parameters screen 3 Touch the MIDI In tab at the bottom of the screen to change the page 4 Turn the knob to set the value of the ProgChange parameter to ON or ...

Page 75: ...gned as the MIDI Pads channel on the TOOLS screen If the MIDI Keys parameter is set to Omni and the incoming notes are on a MIDI channel that has not been specifically assigned to anything else a pad s MIDI In or the MIDI Pads parameter then the currently selected pad will respond to notes on this channel If the MIDI Pads parameter is set to Omni and the incoming notes are on a MIDI channel that h...

Page 76: ...ill now see the Load and Record screen 3 Push INFO again to see the Parameters screen for this pad 4 Choose the Pad Mode on the Main page of the Parameters screen 5 Use the buttons across the bottom of the screen to choose the desired page and update the parameters as you normally would 6 Push HOME until you see the Menu screen then touch Presets to display the Preset Management screen Touch Save ...

Page 77: ... creative choices That being said here are some tips you can use to reduce your processor load and the corresponding chance of encountering sound artifacts Configure your pads to run monophonic whenever possible On most percussion sounds you won t hear the difference and this is an easy win Use mono samples instead of stereo where appropriate Stereo samples are twice the work to load and play Use ...

Page 78: ...mputer Install New Firmware Here are the steps required 1 Backup your microSD card as described above 2 Download the desired firmware onto your computer You can choose to download either synthbox fxbox or bitbox mk2 firmware but only one set of firmware can run at a time You can find the latest firmware images on the forum at https forum 1010music com You must be a registered user of the forum to ...

Page 79: ...ou see the message about upgrading the firmware you can let go 9 When the upgrade finishes in about 15 seconds the unit will restart with the new software You can confirm the firmware version on the startup screen or in the top right corner of the Tools page Page 79 of 82 Copyright 1010music LLC 2020 Bitbox MK2 1 0 8 User Manual ...

Page 80: ...nents of a mini TRS jack 1010music bitbox mk2 is compatible with both TRS Type A and TRS Type B configurations The included MIDI adapter uses the following PIN mapping 1 4 2 5 3 Current Source Shield Current Sink SLEEVE TIP RING SLEEVE TIP RING 5 Pin DIN and Mini TRS Jack Connectors MIDI Signal MIDI Connector Mini TRS Current Source Pin 4 Tip Current Sink Pin 5 Ring Shield Pin 2 Sleeve MIDI Connec...

Page 81: ...greater than symbols the colon and the pipe symbol File names must be less than 256 characters including the path name Files that do not conform to these naming constraints will not be recognized by bitbox Maximum Number of Voices Supported Bitbox mk2 can reliably play up to 24 polyphonic notes across all pads when your samples fit in the 64 MB of internal memory or up to 8 larger samples streamin...

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