PREMIERE: PEPE MOGT LIVE SESSION TR-909 & 1010 Blackbox

Published on Apr 6, 2020 Pepe Mogt

"Here I am connecting the TR-909 to the Blackbox as a MIDI controller and some samples that I did. I hope you like it."

The Blackbox Revived

Published on Jun 24, 2019 Todd Barton

"Yesterday I pulled out this little blackbox and was delighted that it still worked having been gifted it in the 1980's. I posted a little something on Instagram @synthtodd and immediately a friend posted that that day he had coincidentally been searching for the schematics, he had remembered building one back in the day.
Amazing synchronicity!! Here is his MW thread with more info including the original article from Popular Electronics: https://www.muffwiggler.com/forum/vie...
And . . . Logan Erickson at Low-Gain Electronics & ToneWrecker Devices will be revitalizing this unit soon!!! @lowgain @tonewreckerdevices"

Apparently this is the circuitry featured in the Bongotnik previously featured here. Also check out the updated Bongotnik 2 here.  The following are scans of the project from Popular Electronics via the muff thread.

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Digitakt VS Blackbox // 5 Big Differences

Ricky Tinez

"I get this question all the time. Should i buy the Blackbox or Digitakt? The answer is heavily dependant on what you want to do with the machine in the end. Are you Looping? Sampling? In need of a Drum Machine? Backing tracks? These all play a factor. But on top of that, there are 5 other things that i think matter a lot when trying to decide between the two."

Blackbox now has Multi-Sample Recording

Olivier Ozoux

"You won't believe what happened once I pressed the record button!!! 😜 With firmware v1.6, 1010Music added multi-sampling support to the Blackbox, but instead of just loading multi-sampled instruments, they've also implemented multi-sample recording, for both MIDI and CV/Gate instruments.

00:00 Intro
00:21 Audio/Midi Routing
00:35 Multi-Sampling Parameters
01:38 Let's Record a Grand Piano
02:09 Velocity Layers
02:35 More Multi-Sampling
02:49 Audio Files
03:32 Conclusion"

Schaffhausen - 1010music Blackbox - Ambient Session

video upload by Senti mental

"Was visiting a good friend in Shaffhausen and made a little session on the Blackbox, which is always a good tool for a travel.

We had a little trouble with the autofocus, sorry for that!
Still using the old OS, there is a newer version out now.

SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/padchops
(No more Instagram)

Pretty straightfoward session as you can see. Best listened to with good headphones or decent stereo equipment."

Track: Marooned (Yamaha EX5, Digitone, PEAK, Blackbox, Guitar, Zoom R24)

"I tried to create a #Triphop track in the style of Massive Attack. As seen in the video, this was done #DAWless on hardware #synthesizer: Digitone plays the drum pattern and the Novation PEAK and also provides the MIDI clock. EX5 is in it's 16 voice performance mode, song sequencer playing a chain of 4 patterns (intro, verse, break, silence), providing pads, sub bass, the harp sound and some sound effects. The pad sound is a pure saw wave routed through the additional audio outputs into my pedal board. I use the Strymon Big Sky's brightness setting for creating that sublime filter sweep effect. The 1010 Music Blackbox is synced to the Digitone, playing back the guitar and vocal track recorded previously. Music recorded, mixed and mastered on a Zoom R24, as can be seen in the video. As also seen in this video, absolutely no skill whatsoever is needed for playing this live, but the preperation for this took quite some hours. :-)

If you like this track, you can download this track on Bandcamp https://floydsteinberg.bandcamp.com/t... or on Spotify: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/flo...

Stock footage from https://www.pexels.com/videos/
Video thumbnail generated from a video by cottonbro https://www.pexels.com/@cottonbro"

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Pittsburgh Modular Documentary Films Presents Important Interviews Episode 2 with Aaron Higgins

Published on Jun 29, 2019 Pittsburgh Modular Synthesizers

"Richard gets straight into the 1010 Music Blackbox naming controversy with creator Aaron Higgins. Learn more about the 1010 Music Blackbox at 1010music.com."

Eurorack Jam with 1010 Blackbox, Erica Black Sequencer, Qu-Bit Mojave, RE-303 and Mutable Beads.

video upload by t. noise

"Just a little dawless jam, experimenting with some granular fx modules in context.

- 1010 Blackbox for Drums
- Erica Black Sequencer
- Mutable Plaits through Qu-Bit Mojave
- RE-303 trough Mutable Beads.
- Bass by Mutable Braids through Make Noise LXD"

Unstable Articulations

video upload by nbor

"Intending to just try some things out, I ended up indulging in an extended jam, then doing some overdubs. Although it's a very different sound and structure, I'm pulling influence from early 70's Miles Davis, which so often pulls off that psychedelic miasma vibe so well. YouTube is really not the best place for this type of music, I suppose, but it will have to do.
I didn't capture the guitar work on video, but got everything else. The guitar is so heavily processed and only occasionally appears, so it doesn't really add much to show it. Once again the Bucha Easel Command is featured. Some pings from the modular, and drums on the 1010 Blackbox, the Thunder is used to play Newfangled Generate synth. Everything was refined in Bitwig, quickly mastered with Newfangled Elevate.

The drums are one of the several drum kits you can download for Blackbox:
https://forum.1010music.com/forum/pro..."

Pittsburgh Modular SV-1 Blackbox Review

Published on Sep 23, 2016 sonicstate

"We take a look at the Pittsburgh Modular SV-1 Blackbox analog synth voice - self contained gateway into modular and more.."

1010 Music Blackbox - Cloudburst Flight | Demonstration

Published on Oct 27, 2019 Under the Big Tree

"I wanted to see what the 1010 Music Blackbox standalone sampler/sequencer/performance platform could do, so I loaded up some samples of vintage synths, plugged in a McMillen QuNexus USB micro-keyboard, and did an arrangement of one of my favorite Tangerine Dream songs, 'Cloudburst Flight' from the 1979 album Force Majeure.

This is a very capable piece of hardware. Great fun to work with when you are traveling - I did this arrangement on a plane on the way from Los Angeles to Chicago for Knobcon '19."

RSF Blackbox Vintage Rare Synthesizer SN 13239

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"Up for sale is an (1) extremely rare RSF Blackbox, family of the RSF Kobol. It's a 18 keys synthesizer made in the seventies by Ruben and Serge Fernandez in France. The synthesizer works perfectly! Optical it looks ok for it age, the wooden sides are a bit damaged (see photo's). It's a 220V version and the serial number is: 13239..."

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A Window In Felton

video by nbor

"There's a lovely spot in a funny little cabin in Felton CA that lends itself to ambient music. Very slow, possibly even boring, but it certainly fit the vibe I had, not far from ancient redwoods.

I have been trying out super portable setups, and this is about as portable as it gets: battery power for 1010 Blackbox and Sensel Morph, filmed with phone. Sounds are from a variety of sources - a couple stock sounds from 1010, some recordings I did with my son, some sounds from the NASA archive, etc.

More Music: http://nbor.us

Gear:
https://1010music.com/product/blackbox
https://morph.sensel.com"

Bad Gear - This BOX is not BLACK

video upload by AudioPilz

'Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world’s most-hated audio tools. There is no lack of compact, costly and multitalented touchscreen devices in our lives and usually we want to get away from them - especially when making music.

Today we are going to talk about 1010music blackbox. This 2019 “thing” not only threw down the gauntlet to its competitors in the crowded field of sampler / sequencer combos with an acute fit of feature-based megalomania, it also wants to take on the big Berlin Excel of DAWs."

Chapters:
00:00 Intro tune
00:50 Overview 1010 music black box
01:17 Concept (Pads, Loops , Slicer , Granular Synth )
02:04 Sampling , Multisampling , Recording , Looper
02:14 Sample Playback Functionality, Engine
02:41 File Management, Polyphony
02:53 What to do with it?
03:09 Sequencer, Limitations
03:51 Controlling External Instruments
04:00 Is this a Bug???
04:10 I'll Skip Song Mode
04:14 FX Section
04:24 Mixer, Connectivity, Midi Host , Multiple Outputs
04:44 Eurorack Integration
04:53 What else? (Clock, Midi , Thanks)
05:19 Hate
05:42 Jam 1 ( House )
06:35 Jam 2 ( Drum'n'Bass )
07:37 Finale ( Granular Electronica )
08:08 Verdict
09:15 Patreon Vocoder Shoutout (more of a granular one ;))


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Linn LinnDrum LM2 synced with the 1010music Blackbox

video upload by Pepe Mogt

"The LinnDrum was the second machine from Linn Electronics. It's basically an upgraded version of the original with added crash and ride cymbals to the kit. The LinnDrum uses samples of acoustic drum sounds. At the time, they sounded great and much more realistic and they were a fresh alternative to the analog drum sounds of the '80's drum machines. The LinnDrum also had a handy upgrade option, a well designed layout and interface, and live drum trigger inputs.

The LinnDrum had beefed up the sampled sounds from 28 to a 35kHz sample rate. It features 15 sounds including bass, snare, rimshot, hihat, crash, ride, three toms, cabasa, tambourine, high and low congas, cowbell, and clap. Up to 12 sounds are available simultaneously. Individual controls are available to tune, pan, and mix each drum sound via dedicated knobs and sliders. An Accent is available for the kick, snare and hats. The handy upgrade options involve inserting new chips containing new sets of sampled drum sounds created by many session drummers of the time.

The sequencer had some innovative features (for the time) such as swing, quantizing and memory storage! Two-bar patterns can be recorded in real or step time, with or without quantizing. There are 56 user patterns for storing your drum patterns. There are also 42 preset drum patterns. Patterns can be arranged into Songs for which there are 49 memory locations. Old songs and patterns can be off-loaded to cassette tape for storage. Designed for the studio, there are 15 individual outputs for each sound around the back as well as external sync and trigger but no MIDI (unless modified by a 3rd party)."

1010music blackbox jam with slices

Published on Jun 20, 2019 umusic6

"This is a hell of a machine! Having it for 2 days, i can even just scratch the surface of what is possible..."

Inside the 1010 Music Blackbox

Olivier Ozoux

"Is it 1010 Music pronounced Ten-Ten? One-Oh-One-Oh? or just Ten if you convert from binary? I'm always curious to see what powers digital synths, so I'll admit I opened mine as soon as I got it. This is what's inside:

0:00 intro
0:24 tools
0:39 film
0:53 open
1:38 chipset
02:20 disassemble
03:30 re-assemble"

David & Goliath (1010music Blackbox with Yamaha RS7000)

Published on Jun 23, 2019 umusic6

"A deadly combo ... Guess the sample"

Drums through Lyra-8 Mod Delay Effects

video upload by Dj Puzzle

"The bizarre and beautiful sound of drums running through a Lyra-8 and a Dreadbox Hypnosis. 1010music Blackbox playing a groove. Also in the mix but off camera Acidbox III with slow and subtle modulation and Klark Teknik BBD-320 3rd Dimension. #lyra8 #dreadbox #1010music"

1010 Music Blackbox Desktop Compact Sampling Studio w/ Original Box

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"Includes (2) 1010 MIDI adapters, 8GB micro SD card, guide and USB cable."

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