Blackbox

“Take music creation beyond your computer with Blackbox, a compact sampling studio with intuitive touchscreen control. It’s a complete music creation workflow—at your fingertips.” Your Own. Personal. Sampler. Take music creation beyond your computer with blackbox, a next-generation sampling studio with intuitive touchscreen control. Record hours of audio and loops from your synths, drum machines, and other tabletop studio devices. Arrange sequences using built-in synchronization and slicing, then structure your sequences to create complete songs. Perform your compositions live and trigger one-shot samples on the fly. Blackbox makes it easy to create music anywhere thanks to a compact and nearly indestructible design that fits in the palm of your hand. It’s a complete music creation workflow—at your fingertips. Reach Out, Touch Beats. - Record, edit, and sequence using a familiar touchscreen interface. - Integrate synths, drum machines, and other devices to form your tabletop studio. - Capture samples, arrange sequences, and create songs without using a computer. - Get into the groove with a fast, fluid, and intuitive workflow. - Connect external hardware via USB to expand performance and control capabilities. - Record and play back hours of music with an expandable microSD memory slot. - Combine loops with different tempos using built-in synchronization and slicing. - Perform with drum loops and samples using one-shots. - Use granular mode to smooth loops and create new sounds. - Map up to 80 samples to different key ranges for realistic sounding instruments - Make music anywhere thanks to a compact and nearly indestructible design. What Is Included When you purchase blackbox, you will receive: - one blackbox compact sampling studio - a microSD card with blackbox firmware, about 60 presets and approximately 900 WAV files - a USB power cable and USB wall wart with 3 international adapters - 2 MIDI Adapters – Male 3.5mm TRS to Female 5 pin DIN, MIDI Class B standard - a Quick Start guide to get you playing right away Big Sound. Little Blackbox. - Streams long samples from the microSD card with a max sample size of 4 GB, which can be many hours - 1 stereo audio input and 3 stereo audio outputs, plus stereo headphones output - 16 note polyphony: Up to 4 notes per pad for samples, 2 notes per pad for clips and slicers - 16 samples, 16 sequences and 16 song sections per preset - Supports 1 and 2 channel WAV files with 16, 24 or 32-bit resolution at any sample rate (48kHz preferred) - 24-bit ADC and DAC - USB MIDI Device In and TRS MIDI In can trigger samples, notes and sequences - TRS Clock In and Out, and TRS MIDI Out for synchronizing with additional instruments - USB powered – can run off a USB power block or wall outlet Dimensions: 5.5″ x 5″ x 1.25″ (14 cm x 13 cm x 3 cm)