BlackBox 2 is about as big as the original BlackBox sampler, but in many ways, it’s a Bento Mini as opposed to a second-generation BlackBox. It shares the overall workflow with Bento and many, but not all, of its features.
In this video, I take a look at BlackBox 2 in detail and compare it to both the original BlackBox and Bento, as well as cover the pros and cons compared to the competition:
0:00 Intro
1:10 Overview
4:35 vs Bento
7:15 I/O
8:35 vs OG Blackbox
10:00 In common
11:00 Making music
11:30 Tracks page
11:50 Inst page
12:30 Patches
13:00 Track config
13:20 Sampling
14:25 Multi tracks
15:15 Modulation
16:00 One-shots
17:30 Loop tracks
17:50 Timestretch?
19:45 Live looping
20:55 Slicer
22:40 Shredder
23:55 Sequencing
25:45 Step seq
27:05 Launch!
28:40 Scenes
29:30 Song
31:00 Loop seq
32:20 Mixer
33:20 FX
34:50 Pros & cons
39:00 Outro