1010music Bluebox 1.0 User manual

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Bluebox 1.0 Quick Start Guide
THE BASICS
White Buttons: Select a control mode. Push again to access additional
screens for a control mode.
Knobs & Touch: Select tracks or control panels, adjust levels and toggle
settings.
A Button: Change the knob focus when there are multiple banks
of controls. On Edit, toggles Active state.
B Button: Access conguration options for the current control
mode.
SETUP
1. Plug bluebox into a wall outlet or a USB power source of 2 amps.
2. Connect your inputs and outputs along the back panel.
3. Connect a MIDI controller to the Device input on the back or the MIDI input on the front panel if
desired.
4. Choose how many tracks you will work with: Push MIXER, then push B. Touch to select the number
of tracks, and single or double row display mode.
5. Map inputs to tracks: Push TRACK and then push B. Touch a track at the top of the screen, and then
in the bottom grid touch the input or inputs you want to map to that track.
6. Name your tracks: Push TRACK and then push B. Touch a track to select it. Touch the number in the
middle of the screen to bring up the QWERTY keyboard where you can enter a new name. Touch
Enter to save your change.
7. Adjust the gain for your inputs: Push MIXER and then touch Gain. Four of the tracks are highlighted
in the meter bridge at the top of the screen. The knobs are controlling the highlighted tracks. Touch a
dierent group or push A to select another group. Turn a knob to adjust the gain for a track. You can
also touch a slider and move your nger up/down or left/right to control it.
ADJUST THE MIX FOR MULTIPLE TRACKS
Push MIXER and then touch a control option on the bottom of the screen. Push MIXER again to toggle
between the main and extended control panels. You can use the knobs or touch gestures to adjust the
sliders. Touch a track to toggle it’s state for toggle controls. Touch the Main meter to arm or mute it.
Change which
tracks are
controlled by the
knobs by pushing
the A button, or
touching a track.
The pink highlight
indicates which
tracks have the
knob focus.
Control
Option
Description Control
Type
Vol The track level going to the Main output connected to OUT1 Slider
Gain Trim the input to balance the incoming signals Slider
Solo Disables the output to Main for all other tracks. Tracks in Solo mode
have a green outline.
Toggle
Mute Disables the output to Main for the muted tracks or the main output. The
track label and meter bars are gray for muted tracks.
Toggle
Rec Arms the selected track or the Main output for recording. Armed tracks
have a red outline.
Toggle
Pan Adjust how much of the signal is sent to the left and right channels of
the sends for this track
Slider
FX1 Control the level of the track audio sent to FX1 (Delay) Slider
FX2 Control the level of the track audio sent to FX2 (Reverb) Slider
CUE The track level going to the output connected to PHONES Slider
OUT2 The track level going to the output connected to OUT2 Slider

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ADJUST OUTPUT LEVELS
Push MAIN to access the output controls. The left two knobs adjust the output levels to CUE (PHONES)
and OUT2. The right two knobs both control the MAIN output level. Touch MUTE to mute the signal to
that output.
Push B to access some advanced options. Turn a top knob to select a parameter, and turn a bottom
knob to select a value for that parameter. Be sure to scroll down to see the Compressor options. Here
are a few of the conguration options available here:
Output Option Description Values
CUE Source Choose which signal to send to the PHONES output. Custom: the CUE mix
Main: the Main mix
CUE Mix
OUT2 Mix
FX1 Mix
FX2 Mix
Controls whether the corresponding signal levels are sent
pre- or post-fader
Pre-Fader
Post-Fader
Compressor Is the compressor applied to the MAIN Output On
O
FOCUS ON ONE TRACK
1. Push TRACK and then touch a track in the meter bridge to select it. The controls on the bottom half of
the screen are now controlling only the selected track.
2. Turn the knobs to adjust the four controls with the pink highlight.
3. Push A to toggle the knob focus to the other set of controls, or tap a control panel to give it focus.
4. Touch and drag to change the value of a knob. Slide your nger up and down or left and right to
adjust the value.
5. Touch the REC, MUTE or SOLO button to toggle the state for the current track.
ADJUST THE EQ
1. Push EQ and touch a track or the Main meter to select it.
2. Turn the bottom right knob to select the node behavior, and then turn the
other knobs to adjust the parameters. You can also use touch or drag to
adjust the currently active node.
3. Push A to cycle the selection through the 4 dierent EQ nodes per track or
output.
4. Press EQ to toggle the display of the meter bridge and display the graphic EQ
in full screen mode.
APPLY DELAY AND REVERB EFFECTS
1. Adjust the eects sends for each track using the Track or Mixer control mode.
2. Push FX and then turn a knob or use touch gestures to adjust the eect
parameters.
3. Push FX again to cycle between the following FX Screens: FX1-Delay, FX2-
Reverb small, FX2- Reverb large, XY Grid.
4. Push A to to advance the knob focus.

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RECORD AND PLAYBACK TRACKS
1. Push MIXER. Touch Rec at the bottom of the screen. Touch tracks or the
Main meter to arm them for recording. Armed tracks have a red border.
2. Hold REC and push PLAY to start recording.
3. Push STOP to end recording. The recordings are saved to the microSD card
as WAV les, one for each track and one for the Main.
4. Disarm a track for recording and push PLAY to play the latest recording for
that track.
5. Push EDIT to see the list of recordings for each track. Main recordings are not
listed here.
6. Turn a knob to select a recording. Push A to toggle the Active playback state.
The Active recording will play when you push PLAY and the corresponding
track is not armed for recording.
7. Touch File and then Rename to change the name of the WAV le.
8. Touch File and then Delete to remove a WAV le from the list and delete it
from the microSD card.
9. You can take the microSD card to your computer or other device to work with
the WAV les. The les are stored in the folder \Projects\<Project Name>.
MANAGE PROJECTS
Bluebox stores all of your settings and the collection of WAV recordings in a project. You are working with
the default project when you rst start up bluebox. You can create dierent projects as needed. The WAV
les you record will stay with your project, but you must save the project if you want other settings, such
as track mappings and EQ settings, to persist after you change projects or power down bluebox.
To Save the Current Project:
1. Push PROJ.
2. Touch Save.
To Manage Projects:
1. Push PROJ.
2. Touch File.
3. Touch the le option you want: New,
SaveAs, Rename or Delete.
SLEEP MODE
In sleep mode, the bluebox stops sending signals to the outputs and darkens the screen, reducing power
consumption. To enter sleep mode press and hold B until the screen goes dark. To wake up, push a
white button.
To Manage Project Settings:
1. Push PROJ, then push B.
2. Use a top knob to select a parameter and a
bottom knob to change it’s value.
To Load a Dierent Project:
1. Push PROJ.
2. Turn a knob to select a project.
3. Touch Load. Note: Load is disabled for the
currently loaded project.
ADJUST THE CLOCK
Bluebox uses a clock to synchronize the delay eect. You can manually set the tempo in bluebox or you
can connect an external MIDI device to follow an external clock. You can also use MIDI out to send the
clock signal to other devices.
To Set the Tempo:
1. Push PROJ, then Push B.
2. Turn a top knob to highlight BPM, and then turn a bottom knob to adjust the BPM.

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CONNECT A MIDI CONTROLLER
To use an external MIDI controller to control some of the MIXER, EQ and FX settings, you have to teach
bluebox how to work with the controller.
1. Connect a MIDI controller to the USB Device input on the back, or the TRS MIDI In on the front panel.
2. Push EDIT and touch Learn to enable MIDI Learn mode.
3. Push MIXER and touch the control option from the bottom of the screen. Then touch the track you
want to control. Now move the MIDI control you want to map to this setting. The MIDI channel and
CC number are displayed on the track while you are in Learn mode.
4. Push EQ and touch the track you want control. Push A until the node you want to control is selected.
Touch the parameter on the EQ grid that you want to control. Now move the MIDI control you want to
map to this setting.The MIDI channel and CC number are displayed on the control while you are in
Learn mode.
5. Push FX and touch the on screen knob that you want to control. Now move the MIDI control you want
to map to this setting. The MIDI channel and CC number are displayed on the control while you are in
Learn mode.
NOTE:
■ You can only use one MIDI CC to control each bluebox control.
■ Each MIDI CC can only map to a single bluebox control.
■ In MIDI Learn Mode, there is a small blue outline around controls that can accept a MIDI mapping.
LEARN MORE
This guide just covers the basics. To learn more, you can watch How To Videos on YouTube and
download the full user guide:
User Guide: 1010music.com/blueboxdocs youtube.com/c/1010music/playlists
STAY IN TOUCH
Forum: forum.1010music.com facebook.com/1010musicllc
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CHECK AVAILABLE SPACE ON MICROSD
To monitor the space left on the microSD card:
1. Push TOOLS.
2. The space remaining on the microSD card is displayed in the top left corner.
ADD A WAV FILE TO A TRACK FOR PLAYBACK
You can include a previously recorded WAV le in your mix by adding the WAV le to a track:
1. Push Edit, then touch File and Add.
2. Use a knob to select a folder or le and then touch Load to navigate into the folder or add the le to
the track. Touch ^ to navigate back in the folder structure.
3. Push A to toggle the Active state of a le.
4. Push Play to play all Active WAV les for all tracks that are not armed for recording.