The BLACKBOX RECORDER is a novel concept in live recording technology - a multi-track for the 21st century. it is no longer necessary to dismantle your home studio or recording studio to take a complete Digital Audio Workstation into a live venue to capture your live performance.

The BLACKBOX RECORDER plugs into any standard live mixing console via the normal insert points and not only allows for the capture of the performance but also will record the sound check to help set the foldback mixes and allow the performers to hear the live mix for themselves. In difficult acoustic spaces it also lets the sound engineer achieve the best balance without exhausting the band with endless rehearsals before the gig.

The BLACKBOX RECORDER provides 24 tracks of audio recording directly onto a removable USB2 disk drive that can be immediately plugged into your Digital Audio Workstation after the gig.

Recording the audio at up to 96kHz and at 24 bit resolution into standard Broadcast Wave (BWAV) files on a standard FAT32 formatted drive allows the user to replay the material on any workstation. Just unplug the disk from the back of the BLACKBOX RECORDER and plug it into your workstation as an external disk. No copying or reassembling your studio is required and you have every mixer input recorded and available to create the perfect live remix.

For really large multi-track recordings, multiple BLACKBOX RECORDER units can be chained together and operated from a single control surface.

The unit has been designed to be as simple as possible to operate, recognising that during a live performance the sound engineer will naturally need to concentrate on the sound for the audience and the performers.

Consequently, having connected up the unit to the desk the BBR1 defaults to all tracks being armed ready for record; just pressing Record will start the recording. If the record button is pressed again whilst in record, the BLACKBOX RECORDER will automatically start a new recording so that each song can be easily identified later. To end a recording requires the STOP button to be held for 2 seconds to ensure that the recording cannot be stopped accidentally.

A foot switch input is also provided and can be set up to duplicate the record button function so that the engineer doesn't even have to move away from the console.

Features

• Records up to 24 channels at 24 Bit / 96 kHz
• Records audio in Broadcast WAV format onto a regular USB 2.0 disk drive, USB Flash drive (FAT32 formatted), or SDHC card via USB 2.0 connector. Built-in formatting facility included
• Enables direct import of recorded audio files from the hard drive to any Mac or PC-based DAW for instant editing and remixing. No file transfer or conversion necessary
• Is simple to operate via a sleek front panel menu-driven user interface and touch sensitive controls
• Supports Linear Time Code, MIDI time code and SONY PII (9-pin) control, MIDI Machine Control and AES / SPDIF word clock
• Can attach to the insert points of any live console to provide Virtual Sound Check facilities
• Includes "fail safe" features for secure audio capture such as playback lockout and preventing accidental Stop
• Allows the creation of headphone monitoring mixes, with level and pan on each track
• Features a QWERTY keyboard interface and Name Manager for easily creating templates and modifying track or song names
• Offers enhancements for film, TV and broadcast applications including support for 23.98fps time code, improvements to 9-pin support for edit controllers and support for iXML
• Balanced I/O via 6x 25way D-sub connectors. Lower row inputs; Upper row outputs. (TASCAM analogue format, cable looms not supplied)

Warranty

This item is sold without the Sound Pure 3-year warranty (used / B-stock / dealer-exempt). Coverage terms for items in this category live in Terms & Conditions, Section 27.

Returns

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