1010music Blackbox - Sampling Workstation [Three Wave Music]

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, resample, 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 and MIDI 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 create new sounds from your existing WAV files.
• Map up to 80 samples to different key ranges for realistic sounding instruments.
• Mix down samples and route to 3 stereo outputs and the headphone jack.
• Loop samples and clips.
• Create dynamic sounds by controlling level, pitch, ADR, loop points, the granulator, effects and more using MIDI control surfaces and an internal LFO.
• Send the output of your pads through delay and reverb effects to further customize your sound.
• Sequence nuanced rhythms with off grid recording and editing.
• Surprise yourself with per note probability settings in sequences.
• Tap out a tempo to stay in the groove with a jam.
• Polish your final mix with a 4 band global EQ.
• Add live looping to your set with MIDI triggered recording and playback.
• Include other gear in your composition with MIDI out sequences.
• Quickly pack up all of your samples for a preset to move to another device or microSD card.
• 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 power adapter 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.

• Streaming support for 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
• Shared pool of 16 note polyphony, with user defined polyphony limits per pad.
• 16 samples, 16 sequences and 16 song sections per preset
• Support for 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, modulate your sound, and trigger sample recording
• TRS Clock In and Out, and TRS MIDI Out for synchronizing with additional instruments
• USB powered – can run off a USB power block or use the power adapter to plug into a wall outlet
• Dimensions: 5.5″ x 5″ x 1.25″ (14 cm x 13 cm x 3 cm)