BLACK
BOX
PLAYER
- User Manual v 3.1
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Which tracks have to
come out of which
outputs?
If there are multiple songs in the playlist you’ll
want to make sure that the bass guitar always
appears on the same console channel in each
song. Similarly, you’d want a “click track” to
always appear on the same channel of the
console so that it can be sent to the drummer’s
fold back mix. The same issue will affect
permanent installations when feeding surround
to multiple speaker systems.
How many playlists / set
lists?
These files are tiny but it’s wise to know before
you start whether you’ll need hundreds of
different playlists.
Once you’ve decided on the above criteria, you can start to create the
playback files you will require.
File and Folder Names
As a bare minimum, the BlackBox Player requires its audio files to be named
as follows:
nnn-tt
.wav
Where
nnn
is the song number (between 001 and 999) and
tt
is the track
number (between 01 and 24). The “
-
“ (dash) and “
.wav
” extension are also
required and must not be omitted.
These parts of the file name are mandatory.
The Song Number tells the BlackBox Player which collection of files need to
be loaded up and replayed together to form the song. The Track Number
determines the output through which each file will be played.
The track number is not shown in the BBP’s user interface screen. It is vital
for these parts of the file name to be correctly filled in or the tracks will not
play back.
