The Black Sequencer Video Manual
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- Everything you need to know about the Erica Synths Black Sequencer but were afraid to ask :)
This video was commissioned by Erica Synths. Get your Black Sequencer here:
www.ericasynths.lv/shop/euror...
If I missed anything please comment below and I'll address any omissions or mistakes in a second video. Have fun!
See you soon and Stay Noisy!
Index:
Intro 0:11
Panel Layout 0:25
Set the BPM 2:02
The patch 2:44
Transport control 5:10
Manual Reset 5:36
SAVE ALWAYS! 5:48
Modifiers 6:16
The Blank Slate 6:33
Navigating Bars 6:43
Bar Follow 7:13
Pattern Length and Direction 7:34
Setting Master Length 9:35
Time Multiplication and Division 9:56
Tracks Overview 10:39
Using the Grid to set length 11:39
CV edit page 12:47
Defaults: changing to all steps inactive 12:59
Quick program notes and gates 13:33
Notes Quantization 14:05
Creating a custom scale 15:46
The Grid Piano 17:01
The Grid QWERTY 17:21
Editing Notes 19:07
NO Note quantization 20:02
Changing the Root Note 21:11
STEP CV Modulation (foreshadowing) 21:45
Gate Edit Page 22:19
SHUFFLE 24:31
Ratchet Page 25:17
Glide Page 28:07
Probability Page 29:57
Repeat Page 31:19
Arp Page : Ratchet Arpeggios 32:46
Micro Timing 35:40
The sequence in a sequence trick 38:04
Making a pattern longer 40:40
Patterns and Banks 42:47
MAGIC ! 44:12
SETUP PAGE 44:36
Magic Ranges 44:50
the CLEAR Button 46:24
Magic on specific parameters 46:37
Adding tracks 50:24
The MUTE page 50:55
Mute Arming 52:45
Tracks Overview recap 53:30
Track Solo 56:26
MIDI SYNC - Zen Delay 58:35
PERFORMANCE Mode 1:00:10
PATTERN Select mode 1:02:51
SHAZAM! 1:05:05
SONG Mode 1:06:03
Banks and Patterns reprise 1:10:52
Using MIDI to create patterns 1:12:07
MIDI Overdub 1:12
MIDI MOD Rec 1:14:20
Recording with a Keyboard 1:14:43
MIDI INSERT 1:18:19
MIDI Fill 1:19:33
Analog Inputs 1:20:15
MOD Modes 1:21:36
MOD: CV SLIDE 1:22:01
Disabling Popup 1:22:59
MOD: CV Note 1:24:06
MOD: Decay Envelope 1:24:53
MOD: ASR EG 1:25:10
MOD: ADSR 1:26:56
MOD: LFO 1:27:59
MOD: Step LFO 1:30:11
MOD: Trigger 1:31:07 - Hudba
As a completely blind eurorack user... Thank you
my pleasure :)
3 years out and this video is still super helpful. thank you!
Best one on Black Sequencer! Well done. Thanks a lot!
Another awesome tutorial Bro... I also have this sequencer and it was a bit confusing until I watched your tutorial. I'm greatful! Thanks you 🙏 Bless
I love the way you explain things Quincas! Thank you for this wonderful tutorial.
Just picked up the Black sequencer and although I knew it had capabilities I was looking forward to using, your tutorial video opened up a box of amazing possibilities that I know will bring me back to this video again and again. Outstanding job!!
Excellent deep dive into the Black Sequencer! I just recently got my hands on one, and this tutorial is chock full of good information. Thank you!
Received my Black Sequencer yesterday and your video is a Master Class for it! Thank you very much!
Thanks for the tutorial. Got it yesterday and I am not disappointed. Great machine
The video manual I have been waiting for, thanks and good explination!
Thank you for putting this together. I found the midi and analog record section particularly helpful.
The Black Sequencer is very intuitive but I still learned a lot from this great video. Thank you!
Amazing video. I'll need to rewatch it to refresh my memory every now and then.
Thanks for your great video manual. I just got mine today. Great sequencer!!! This ratchet and arp function is just crazy and I like it.
Great tutorial Quincas, it really helped me a lot on using this sequencer in a short time whiteout reading the manual. THX
Very good , clear helpful and fun many thanks. This is a megga sequencer, I am still scratching the surface of possibilities, This manual will help a lot. Thanks.
Thanks a lot! It's really cool to be able to see and hear each manipulation. I'm keeping the link to this video because I'm sure it will be useful to come back to it time to time until I will know all the options without reading the manual :-)
This tutorial deserves 100 comments, so i'll be the one to make it so! A great source of reference material, massively speeds up the learning curve.
Woohoo. I’ve been waiting for this video! 🥳
hey, thanks for joining my Patreon :)
Thank you very much, I just got my Black Sequencer and this was really helpful!
Great tutorial! Thank you! 😊
It's a great sequencer and a fantastic tutorial
Thank you. This is an excellent tutorial and is super useful.
This video manual is so valuable. In the first 38 minutes I noted 20 things (on 2 sheets of paper) that I'd either not known before or learned more about something already known. It confirmed my decision to sell 2 other sequencers to buy 2 Black Sequencers. Thanks for your detailed explanation!
This is an interesting sequencer. Good job showing it. The black wires look great.
This video is absolutely amazing. I haven't got this sequencer, it is on my wishlist, I don't know if I will be able to buy it in any foreseeable future but still find it interesting to watch what and how you can work on this sequencer. Why I find this video amazing though is all the work you put into making such a thorough comprehensible manual, even keeping people with bad eyesight in mind, and I think you are a hero for that. Wish you all the best.
that means a lot to me, thank you very much!
Brilliantly covered in detail: Mine is currently on its way. Can't wait to get stuck in!
Great video, I love my Erica Black Sequencer!
HI, Thanks, Great video. Just got this sequencer and so I am watching this.
Ooooh I can’t wait to watch! Speaking of sequencers, have you considered covering the Westlicht Performer? I just finished building mine and I am kind of blown away by how much it can do. Heck I even have a spare pcb and panel I’d be glad to send your way if you like. Thanks for the amazing videos!
Perfect tutorial! 🤖
Super tutorial!
Perfectly done
I figured out about 1/10th of what the Black Sequencer could do without the manual, that was an incredibly deep dive! Thanks for taking the time to make it.
Does anybody know how to make the led‘s (not the display) less bright?
I feel like i need sunglasses while using it..
@@PanamaDog Click *SETUP* select *DISPLAY* change *CONTRAST* with the *FIRST* encoder.
AMAZING DEMO!!!! Thank You!!!
Great! Congrats!
That was insanely good, thank you.
Having said that, it seriously looks like this thing will at most have one modulation input (Mod in)?!
Thanks for the video!
God bless you Quincas. This is so well done. I hope they paid you $$$
Thanks! And yes, they did :)
Yea well now I bought one. Thanks this is epic.
Great tutorial Quincas! I just ordered mine with a 20% sale now could not resist. Now I will watch your video as I learn the sequencer once it arrives. Hopefully Girts comes out with a gate expander for sequencing drums!
you can use the MOD outs in trigger mode and have a 4 track drum sequencer ;)
@@QuincasMoreira awesome! I plan to pair the Black Sequencer with Eloquencer in a 7u Intellijel case for the ultimate portable modular sequencer setup with my drum and voice modules. It reminds me of a larger easier to use Eloquencer.
Nice tops👍🏻 from France
Danke!
Wow! My first super thanks ever! Super thank you ☺️
Nice work !
in version 1.05 - it seems that when I push the "pattern " function, the screen showing the pattern is not forever on screen. I need to press and hold this function… not so useful because I can't manipulate the module while lauching pattern
Hi,
I'm having trouble finding good info on what types of information the MIDI out of the Black sequencer is capable of sending, and how customizable it is.
Does it send CV/Gate/Mod for each track to a different MIDI channel? If so, can you specify what MIDI channel each track's data gets sent to?
Also, can you specify which MIDI CC vale the Mod data is mapped to?
Finally, can you send all 4 tracks to the same MIDI channel to sequence a polyphonic synth?
I'm hoping to integrate this into a non-modular setup.
got mie today!
Quincas, best manual out there, thank you! But how do I use BS to sequence Vermona DRM via midi??? Please...
Great explanation, but one thing that I didn't hear (or can't find online) is if it is possible to create a 3 step sequence (or 5 step, etc) that won't reset after the master step length. A 3 step sequence does not fit into a 64 step master and will result in the first note playing twice at the 64th and 65th (first) step. Is tthere a feature we're it won't reset?
thanks for the overview.
Is it possible to run the sequencer on muted steps in one channel but with midi overdub to play external midi while other channels are playing?
I‘m trying to control my Korg NTS-1 with the Black Sequencer for half an hour now. I have set the NTS-1 to Midi Track 8 and set the BS to „Setup - Midi - Midi CV out“ Track 1 Channel 8.
I have a TRS-a to TRS-B Adapter and a standard stereo headphone cable and I can‘t get the NTS-1 to create any sounds. What am I missing? Is the BS „Midi CV out“ setting the real midi out channels? Because it says CV out?
Hello everyone, I recently got a Black Sequencer and I can't figure out one thing: when I want to copy a pattern, for example, pattern #1 to pattern #5, and I'm in ch1, the sequencer also copies the patterns from the other channels, meaning pattern #1 from ch2 to #5. It doesn't make sense to me. Where am I going wrong?
Very helpful video manual. Am I missing something or the arp is not an arp, but just a highly customizable ratchet? I don't own a Black Seq, but can you maybe clarify. This seems like a lot of work to activate an arp.
Great tutorial! Is there a way to modify all params at once, I want to set the gate length for all steps?
hi! you can reset them all by clearing (shift+clear+track button). But there's no way to set all gates to the same value at once otherwise. Shift just gives you fine control
Amazing video! Question! Is there a way to change any particular note in a step out of the scale's quantized range? So, for example, if I'm in Cm Pentatonic, is there an easy way to change, let's say step 4, to a B??
No, in that case just use chromatic and manually select pentatonic scale notes for most of your pattern
Hey my black sequencer us having an issue i think. When i press the start button the stop button comes on instead. Is this an issue I can fix? And how. The sequencer doesnt run when I click play.
Have you tried the Black Sequencer to send ADSR envelopes, when entering notes from a MIDI keyboard? I'm using black sequencer to generate my envelopes, but when I play it with a MIDI keyboard, the 'Attack' stage gets ignored. The notes always have a 'Sharp attack' even when I enter a slow attack. I find it weird, since the rest of the envelope works as intended, and when I hit 'play' the sequence and the envelope starts working again, it's just when the sequence is stopped. Does this happen with yours too?
Yeah, the ADSR currently only works with the sequencer, not the direct keyboard input. They may implement that in a future update
Can you loop and define loop start and end on steps easily on this?
yes!
Does anybody know how to make the led‘s (not the display) less bright?
I feel like i need sunglasses while using it..
i use zhe westlicht and i really love it to death, but this one seems 2 be one of the easiest seqs i've ever seen. i think i go fot this. would be amazing if it had 8 cv/gates. do you think this and westlicht perfourmer undestand each other well? much love
Sorry, can't comment on the Performer, since I've never had one myself
How do I start a new project?
Hello, when I use a keyboard or if I send a midi note from the daw, the systm III trig the ADSR but I can heard a kind of pitch note during the released. Have you an idea about this problem - It "double" the note - I looked everywhere :(
don't quite understand, can you elaborate?
Hi again! Im so sorry bother you but I need to understand something . If I want to connect the second oscillator to eg like this to have 2 separat Chanel and beneficiate the result of eg how could I do the patch? Thank you so much
really hard to teach this over youtube comments! write me and I can give you some classes: www.quincasmoreira.com
QUINCAS! Comprei um Black Sequencer essa semana, chegou ontem, mas quando ligo não sai da tela inicial "TEST cv ( numero rodando) mod ( numero rodando)" , pode me ajudar?? Parece ser algum tipo de calibração, mas fica horas e não acontece nada, e nada que eu mexo também faz sair dessa tela.
que estranho! Voce falou com a Erica Synths?
Is there a special/musical reason why you need to double the setting for the number of steps after which a new pattern is played when you let the sequence play at half clock speed? I understand the maths behind it, but if I program a 32 step sequence I surely want to hear all my 32 steps, even if I change speed during performance. Having to change it to 64 to then play all 32 feels a bit weird ...
i had not noticed this was the case, I'll have a look
I noticed that when you started the song, it played pattern 1 once before the song actually started- so it played pattern one 3 times instead of 2. Is that a bug?
I guess this was because of the cursor was positioned 1 event before the beginning
hello, can you send midi note/CC to external synth ?
Solved: Just In case someone will look for the same answer I was looking before my Black Sequencer came to me. Answer is YES. it works with external synths via midi out on Back Sequencer and adapter (standard port), then to external synth. In default BS will send all 4 channels to midi out but it is easy to manage it via BS Midi menu
Hey Quincas, adoro os seus vídeos sempre muito práticos. Acabo de comprar o blacksequencer estou amando, super intuitivo, porém não consigo setar os gates muito bem com meu o envelope, quadrax. já tentei os diferentes modos no quadrax mas ele não altera (abre e fecha) o envelope quando eu altero os gates no black sequencer. Consegues me ajudar ?
quando uso o gate out direto pro VCA está a dar uns clicks no attack.....
isso é normal, por isso usamos envelopes entre os gates e VCAs. Agora, o fato do gate out do Black Sequencer não disparar seu quadrax é bastante estranho. Aqui no meu sistema o Black Sequencer dispara qualquer dos meus envelopes!
qualquer coisa, lembra que voce pode configurar o mod out como envelope também, e usa-lo para modular o VCA direto, sem precisar de um Envelope externo.
@@QuincasMoreira Sim mas o que eu falei foi que está a dar uns clicks quando uso o mod out como envelope. E o Black sequencer dispara sim meus envelopes... o que ele não está fazendo bem são os tamanhos do gate no bs (curto ou longo) o quadrax não reage bem a essa função.
Nicely done... I wish there would be a way of transposing all notes at once per channel. If you start with all notes being on C-1, but exceptionally you'd want them for that pattern to be on E-1, I would want to move all notes in one go up a couple of semitones.
btw, much love for Tom&Jerry ;)
You can do that by changing the root note in the quantization page ;)
@@QuincasMoreira you're right in that respect, but I was not asking correctly. Let's assume I'm on F root and have 64 note pattern for a pad. 1-16 should be F, 17-32 should be A, 33 - 48 should be an G and 49-64 should be D. I always have to adjust 16x the same encoder for each note, even though I tie each note (gate-wise). Would you know of another solution to hold the same note for a long time? hope my explanation makes sense ;) thanks
@@chiefthomson use a keyboard for note entry! Via MIDI or CC, just play the long notes in real time, or play them in fill mode 16 times each and group-tie them in the gate page
@@QuincasMoreira I don't have a spare keyboard to use in my rack and I don't intend to start using one ;) I've raised a feature request with ES, I think it would be cool to be able to modify all notes in the same bar at once, when their gates are tied. let's see what they think. thank you for your help
Bought second hand Black Sequencer but it wont start when i hit "play" . Can you help me with that ? I just cant understand what i'm missing ...
Clock was set to Midi. Pfff ))))
@@kokasharabidze2495 that's what I was gonna say :)
Hi! I really need your help! so because of you I bought Das Klaine! because of you I bought tehno system! today I bought Black sistem 3! So...you must help me! first question...I want to test a sound directly in black sequencer .,no efect, no nothing, a pure sound from black iso 2 or black wavetable...how to make a connection? I have tried connect 1v/oct to cv 1 and then gate in mixer... no sound > I know that is a hard way to understand modules I not try easy way bat I need help. second...how to connect black sequencer to drum sequencer to clock!
Thank you so much
Hi! Connect the CV1 from Black Sequencer to v/oct input of your oscillator (Black 2 or Wavetable). Take the output of your oscillator to the audio input of a VCA. Take the GATE1 output of Black Sequencer to the Gate/Trig input of an Envelope Generator. Send the OUT of the Envelope Generator to the CV input of the VCA. And the Output of the VCA is your sound, plug it into a mixer or audio interface.
Have fun!
And for the Drum Sequencer:
With a STEREO minijack cable (not the usual mono ones) connect the MIDI out from the Black Sequencer to the MIDI In on the Drum Sequencer. Press shift + PLAY (triangle) on the Drum Sequencer and change the SYN (sync) parameter to MID (MIDI).
Or you can use two regular mono cables and plug the Black Sequencer Clock and Reset outputs to the Drum Sequencer Clock In and RST inputs. In this case you want to set the SYN to CLK on the Drum Sequencer Settings page (shift+Play)
BIG Thank you!
Thank you so much for this. I really dislike how the manual is layed out (it's like a novel instead of manual and there is no table of content). Video manuals are so much easier to understand since you see an real example of each feature/workflow.
Does it output midi polyphonically? I have the Demon Core Oscillator and Expander which is a polyphonic module.
hi! no, each track is monophonic. You could I guess program 4 note chords using all 4 tracks together
@@QuincasMoreira Ah bummer. Hermod seems to be my only option to play and sequence midi polyphonically.
@@ScottofOakland Keystep pro!
@@QuincasMoreira Trying to keep it all in the case
hey there, can you set it up to send velocity by midi with the modulation? (not the fixed velocity output). I saw in the manual you can setup up just midi CC#s
For now the only outgoing midi information is clock.
@@QuincasMoreira and Midi cc# right?
@@plutostube no, there's no midi output of any kind except for clock at the moment. You can send midi CC to the Black Sequencer, not from it
@@plutostube Those settings are for input, not output! remember, this is a cv sequencer, not a MIDI sequencer. The MIDI features are auxiliary. I don't know when or if this will change
@@QuincasMoreira from the last BS manual (24 of Feb 2021): "In the second MIDI OUT configuration page you can set the MIDI CC message that will transmit the modulation CV"
One big major issue of this (incredible) sequencer, is that the quantizer works ONLY pre sequence, not post. Which means that once you have set up your scale, you can not change it anymore for another one, to see what different result you could get on the fly to your sequence with another scale. It's pretty dramatic if you ask me. That's why i'm not using any quantizing inside and using external quantizers to do whatever I want, whenever I want. Appart from this big downfall, best sequencer out there.
My work around is to change the scale, then turn the encoders one click back and forth in the cv page ;)
@@QuincasMoreira we should be able to freely change scales at anytime while the sequence is running without having to use some dodgy tricks :)
now you have to stop the sequence, find another scale (potentially loose that cool sequence too) and press play again. Worst workflow ever, but like i said, external quantizers (Scales, Sinfonion) do magic
@@SebastienLeger I use Tubbutec uTune for that!
Definitely agree and would have been an instant buy with that feature, still hoping they update it. Your work is amazing, I'm really interested in how much the Sinfonion comes into play for your workflow
Havent they added this by now with 1.04?
The gate cannot used as drum trigger. Only with the 4 Mod Outs.
Why not? I’ve done it
Great but I have already 4 or 5 sequencer
But not this one...