“As a simple and very pretty way of making live recordings without the overheads involved in workstations or multitracks the Blackbox has no rivals.”

JoeCo’s ground-breaking BlackBox recorder continues to receive a stream of press praise, this time in the latest issue of Resolution magazine.

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. 

“Sometimes the worlds of live and studio sound have similar needs; sometimes they don’t.  Live obviously requires more robust kit, but there are other profound differences.  While you can record a live performance from the PA mixer with a multitrack or a DAW, neither is engineered specifically for the task.  The JoeCo BBR1 BlackBox Recorder is”.

“Recording can be as simple as switching the unit on, waiting a few seconds while it discovers the external drive, and hitting Record.  When you press Stop to terminate the recording there is a housekeeping pause while the open files are closed and then you’re good to go again”.

“Menu navigation is simple and intuitive using the data wheel, Menu, and Back buttons”.

“Thanks to the use of console inserts, the BBR1 is a natural for virtual sound-checking, and it is easy to set up a playback loop in a song”.

“Truly innovative user interface; excellent targeting; sounds good…a great deal of though has gone into the BlackBox”.

To read the full review, pick up the January/February Issue (V9.1) of Resolution magazine on sale now. The JoeCo BlackBox Recorder is available now from £2001 RRP with various I/O options available.

Further Links

• Read other JoeCo Blackbox Recorder reviews
• Visit the JoeCo website
• Visit the Resolution magazine website