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BLACK
BOX
PLAYER
- User Manual v 3.1
Normal Operation
The most important information needed to use your BlackBox Player can be
broken down into a few key points: the individual audio files; the playlist file;
the control mechanism you want to use and how you want to wire it into the
rest of your system. There are other settings that may be necessary to
change, but fundamentally these points will get you most of the way to
being able to use the system.
The Audio Files
The BlackBox Player uses standard mono Broadcast WAV files (sometimes
called BWAV files). Most digital audio workstations (DAWs) can create these
files simply and efficiently and there is not enough space in this manual to
outline the operation of every workstation. Alternatively, these files can be
created using the BlackBox Recorder itself. Once the files have been created
and copied onto a suitable disk you should not have to revise them again.
Decisions to be made before you create your audio files:
What sample rate?
All files must be at the same sample rate:-
44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88.2kHz or 96kHz
What resolution?
24bit or 16bit
How many songs?
There is no practical limit apart from the size of
your disk. A folder can only contain a maximum
of 999 songs (though in practice you’d never
want to get close to that number as the machine
could become very slow).
How many tracks?
Each player can play up to either 24, or 64 tracks
(depending on the hardware version), but
multiple players can be used together to
accommodate larger track counts
