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Just stumbled onto this video... 3 years after the fact, haha. This technique is so awesome, thank you for sharing.

Great video! Just reacting to what you've said at 29:30. In the tracker there are ways of making the sequence generative using the step FX. This includes chance, random instruments, notes, and random FX values which randomises the other effect on that step. It's not as deep as the Elektron conditional probabilities/fills but certainly opens up some generative possibilities for ambient, idm, or techno. Also performance mode has a random pattern play mode to shuffle the steps around.

Great review, Super informative for new user. thank you!

Thank you, great tuturial.

This was a really great summary, thank you!

The Yamaha SY-22 was my first synth back in the early 1990's, loved it, together with a Roland SoundCanvas SC-55 and Roland MC-50 Mk2 sequencer composed/arranged lots of original music, keep doin' what you're doin' mr. minimal camera!

Those fx seemed uncontrollable, unless that was the desired effect.

Superb , deserves way more views ....it will shined with tha chord engine in syntakt ... By the way any plan to go digitone 2 or you good with the og ?

Thank you very much.

BTW - if you have the MK1, checking out the MIDI implementation chart can gain same superb insights. Example Control 48 is the amp decay. Which is of little use to know - UNLESS you use an external sequencer to drive it. Then, you can have a single sample - like an open high hat, that can have the decay set to jump from really short (<20) to full, so it acts like a closing and open hat. You then still have the linked sample slots 9 & 10 for other high hats OR the same sound at two different pitches, for actual notes that will never clash OR two variations of the same drum loop that again, will not clash.

I got the model samples in a trade yesterday. I'm a musician but not very familiar with electronic [ especially digital devices]. It took me a couple of hours to figure the basics out but finally I created a sequence I was happy with. I haven't been able to use different delay times and feedback on individual tracks. Am I missing something or is the delay and reverb global? Thank you.

i loved doing this with the volca, but not.having easy chromatic.input is a serious downside. this is much better mmm

Sounds great with piano ! Thanks for sharing 👍🏻

Great video, only one point. The volca drum does have probability per step, just keep the step you want to alter pressed and turn the level/value knob.

Nice 80s minimal synth sound 👏

if the model:samples had audio-in+built in mic it would be TOO good

Honestly, I forgot that the Blackbox is a sequencer because it can do so much. I got it just to launch clips like Ableton without having to use Ableton. Being able to load up 30 minute long drone tracks into a single pad is pretty cool. The only limit is the size of your SD card. So the live performance capabilities are definitely there as long as you approach the unit in a nontraditional way compared to other sequencers. Use it in tandem with a drum machine like the Digitakt and you've got the best of both worlds.

Bonjour possible faire une vidéo comme Mapp le pad korg sur la blackbox. E keyboard sur blackbox. Merci beaucoup, thank you

can u do a beginner tutorial for a first timer who just bought a model:samples?

Thanks for the tutorial. helped me alot

I love and dislike this unit. I had my original novation circuit stolen by someone with deep & dark struggles from my church. It was used solely as a drum machine & the volca was a replacement. I snapped up a used unit at a great price with no research. That's the dislike it's not a drum machine. My fault but the name could be better. The love is how deep and complex sound manipulation is😊. I've had hours fly by making a simple little pattern. Sometimes just sculpting a single sound, tiny adjustments with massive changes. Also a complete lay like me can make some nice little melodies, no tutorials, not even a glance at the instructions. Is it possible to export these effects in real time to other synths? Say the Polyend Tracker? You mentioned the duration of a pattern being a limitation. Could the tracker be used to increase it or add variation to a loop? Yes I also did the same with the Tracker, bought used because the price was so low. The seller told me it would make a great d.m but the work flow is strange, musical Excel.

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Thank you for sharing this.

This is a great video, but does anyone know if the android app is still available? I can't find it on the play store and the link doesn't work

Syntakt 2??? You definitely baited me with that one, but great video nonetheless.

Some very interesting sounds being born out of that setup, (although it appears to have been a difficult birth for most of them! 😅). Lovely stuff!

Nice lighting ❤

nicely done!

So spookyyy what a mood 👻

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On top of that... with midel: Cycles(in my setup) its great idea to use that complex Elektron sequencer. Thx for it!

Just bought one. This Volca sounds really unique. I like that in synths. Design!

Can they work on androids?

I'm listening to this track on repeat, I'm learning the Syntakt myself. This is a banger, it is stuck in my head. Thanks for sharing this inspirational peice.

How does the bb responded to the Dn in song mode? I use dn as my brain and would like vocal samples and such coming from the bb but wonder if it responds well to song mode

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neat n smooth !

Melodic with the Kick? That IS ambitious!

This video is great! But I don't understand how you're getting those sounds. I need a good drum kit but it doesn't appear to have one. Do I need to load a drum kit in or where can I download one?

Thank you a lot!

OH LAWDY startin us off with that BEEFY monster bass 🧌🎶 Such cool transitions too ✨ Makin me want some volcas lol

As my guitar playing is improving I find myself wanting to work more with audio, at least in the beginning stages of an idea. Less midi and engineering and more basic demo cutting. The audio looping functionality in the blackbox is rare at this price point. The only competitor I can see is the SP 404. The main difference is the blackbox was built to thrive with looping and recording audio, while this functionality is an afterthought on the 404. I would never bother with any serious sequencing on the black box. That work should be done in the DAW or some MPC like machine

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I think BB should really focus on its powerful looping capabilities. I don’t like to deep dive.. in fact, taking my sessions from ableton and breaking them down into parts is also more exciting when playing live.

I have one of these and have hardly used it... I was thinking that maybe I should try to use as only a 6 track drum machine, it seems it might have similar capabilities as the erika lxr1

I find sequencer/song mode as difficult to understand as cracking the Enigma code. I just can't get my head around it.

Very helpful :-)

Can you please make more Blackbox videos I learn so much from you :)

This is a really excellent commentary on the way Blackbox excels especially given a certain genre of music. Although I agree it's most flexible compared to other sequencers, it is more intuitive if you want to compose unstructured /experimental /ambient. I moved from more "grid-based" electronic music (ie. techno) to ambient/atmospheric and in so doing, shifted tools from Electribe/MPC /MC-909 to the Blackbox. Especially nice is your idea of "looping" (out of sync) long or short samples. Blackbox excels at this whereas other hardware (eg. Electribe) can't even do it. This video is worth watching end to end of you are wanting to understand the scope of Blackbox as a tool, versus other sequencers.

Very cool set. grit on grit