BlackBox review in Audio Media Magazine
28th January '10
“For anyone who needs to record a muti-track quickly and reliably without having to think about it, this is a very elegant and cost effective solution.”
JoeCo’s BlackBox recorder is reviewed in the latest issue of Audio Media magazine by live and studio engineer, Ben Burns. Ben’s credits include Blur, Dido, Embrace and the Happy Mondays.
Designed to attach to the inserts of any live mixing console, the JoeCo BlackBox recorder captures up to 24 tracks of live audio at 24 Bit / 96kHz, without the need to have a computer at the performance. Audio is recorded in industry-standard Broadcast WAV format onto a regular USB2, FAT32 formatted drive.
“You can’t deny the striking features of this BlackBox – the sleek lines of the front panel are not interrupted by any hardware switches, all the controls are touch sensitive and colourfully lit. You cant help but notice an iPod style data wheel, which is used to navigate menus and set mix levels – it’s a rather neat solution for the control interface and works intuitively”.
“When you first power up the unit, so long as a drive is powered and connected, it’s ready to record in under 10 seconds – my specific setup was recording audio 8 seconds after the power came on, which is pretty impressive”.
“The Blackbox is undoubtedly a fantastic bit of kit, by using a ‘disposable’ drive as a recording medium saves time when it comes to transfers – something anyone familiar with other hard disk recorders will appreciate”.
“The small size and lightweight (nature) of this unit are also to be celebrated – it could easily be taken on a plane as hand luggage”.
“For a reliable computer multi-track system you are are really looking at something (just) a bit bigger than a laptop – replacing a pro rig with a set of BlackBox interfaces and hard drives will certainly save on the wait and power consumption”.
To read the full review, pick up the January Issue of Audio Media Magazine on sale now. The JoeCo BlackBox Recorder is available now from £2001 RRP with various I/O options available.
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