Bitbox Mk2 Custom Firmware Overview

video upload by Ville Walveranta

"I created a custom patch for the official 2.3.4 firmware that adds a screen saver, speed change without pitch change, vertical waveform zoom, and an easy way to reset parameters to their defaults."

Additional details via the developer:

"I’ve put together a free, unofficial customization of 1010music Bitbox MkII firmware 2.3.4, adding a few features I’ve wanted on my own module. The customized version identifies itself as 2.3.4+c.

What’s added:

Vertical waveform zoom: pinch/spread vertically to adjust waveform height from 25–3200%. This makes quiet samples easier to see and lets you shrink loud waveforms. Horizontal zoom still works normally. A stationary two-finger tap restores 100% vertical zoom and horizontal fit. This only changes the display, not the audio.

Optional screen saver: a black screen after 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 15, 30, or 60 minutes of inactivity. It’s disabled by default, under Tools → Disp. Playback continues while blanked. The first touch, button press, or encoder movement only wakes the display, preventing accidental edits.

Optional MIDI/CV-trigger wake: choose MIDI, CV triggers, or both. MIDI clock and active sensing are excluded. Unlike physical wake controls, the first incoming musical event still performs its normal action.

Pitch-preserving Speed: 50–200% playback speed, with a dedicated SPEED dial on the Sample-mode LFO/Spd page. It supports live adjustment and the normal INFO modulation editor, including LFO/CV modulation. At 100%, it uses native playback.

Double-tap dial defaults: double-tap a numeric dial to restore its default base value. Modulation sources and amounts remain intact.

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TEAR - Experimental jam #31 // Vhikk X, Moog Subharmonicon, Bitbox

video upload by David Falcon

"Testing this battery powered mobile setup. The Palette case can be powered via powerbank and with the Bitbox micro I can record within the Modular case itself, without the need of any other equipment. The idea behind it is to take it outside to some special places to record, and maybe add some field recordings in the background.

I finally got to try the Vhikk X after a while trying to get one. The first few hours with it I was not very inspired by it, but kept digging and found this small melody that felt pretty emotional. Ironically the drone bass did not come from the Vhikk, but instead from my favorite, the Subharmonicon.

The Bitbox is here because it can do a lot in such small footprint. It is a sampler in the classic sense, but also is acting as a pseudo-Radio Music module with a radio sample I found, and also is recording the whole piece directly like the 4ms Wav Recorder.

In Ableton I added later on a bit of compression and EQ to even out the sounds.

I have published the first ALBUM that is acompilation of songs, some from this year and some older called "Hipotese". It is available in the streaming platforms and bandcamp. Go check it out!
https://davidfalcon.bandcamp.com

// Patch notes //
Moog Subharmonicon - Drone Bass, modulated from Pam's New Workout
Forge TME Vhikk X - Melody, sequenced from Oxi One and processed with a LPG in the Disting mk4.
1010 Music Bitbox Micro - Synth, piano and radio samples. Records the whole mix that comes out from the Befaco Output Bus. This is what makes the setup truly portable."

SYNTHESIZER NIGHT SHIFT

video upload by DESTROY WITH SCIENCE

"My first time exploring the ‪@Dreadbox-synths‬ ARTEMIS! Really enjoying the experience so far. Also I got a new camera, so we're back to HQ uploads i guess (no more phone camera to twitch VOD hahaha).

GEAR LIST

Dreadbox Artemis + Telepathy
1010music Bitbox Micro
Bastl Crust + Neo Trinity
Noise Engineering Electus Versio + Lacrima Versio + Desmodus Versio + Incus Alia + Xer Dualis + Univer Inter + Mimetic Digitalis + Sinc Defero
Nano Modules CEQ
Shakmat Dual Dagger
Tiptop ModFX
4ms WAV Recorder
Befaco Out
Novation Launchpad Pro MK3
Midi Fighter Twister
Raspberry Pi 4"

Looking Outside: Synthesizer and Eurorack Performance

video upload by MKustomAudio

"Three tracks created by using standalone synthesizers and eurorack modules. Sequenced from the Squarp Hermod+, I thought about recording everything simultaneously, but I decided to record it in groups to allow for more hands on manipulation of the equipment.

For drums, samples were loaded into the 1010music 'Bitbox Micro' with the following modules also used for processing the summed samples: Make Noise 'QPAS', Xaoc 'Koszalin', Qu Bit 'Mojave' and 'Nautilus', Erica Synths 'Blackhole DSP 2', Qu Bit 'Data Bender' (triggered/modulated using the Make Noise '0-CTRL'), and Noise Engineering 'Librae Legio'.

For synthesizers, the following hardware was used: Sonicware 'Evoke', Korg 'Arp 2600m' and 'Minilogue XD', Sequential 'OB-6 Desktop', Novation 'Peak' and 'Circuit Mono Station'.

Forward Momentum 0:00
Revival 3:59
Through the Window 8:20

Tracks are also available to download from the following link:
https://mkustomaudio.bandcamp.com/alb..."

Strymon SuperKar+ (Part 4) Chord Voice w/ Magneto, BitBox Micro, XPO, and ZPO

video upload by Rheyne

"The ‪@strymon‬ SuperKar+ Chord Voice through a Strymon Magneto. Percussion is from a BitBox Micro, bass is from a Make Noise XPO, and the background synth voice is from a Steady State Fate ZPO.

Loops are from Ableton Live, with a Korg SQ-64 acting as a MIDI to CV converter. Ableton's clock is randomized by CV Tools stepped-random LFOs. The Strymon Magneto is clocked by the kick drum trigger. Reverb is from Ableton Live. Recorded in one take.

SuperKar+ is a Eurorack voice module that uses Karplus-Strong synthesis to create the sound of plucked or bowed strings, struck or blown pipes or tubes, or a suite of other sounds."

Modular meets Oberheim | TEO-5, MCO MKII, Zagrzeb, Bitbox Micro, Sealegs

video upload by Ondřej Píša

"When I went to Superbooth 2024 in Berlin and tried TEO-5 by #oberheim there, I immediately knew that this is the synth I wish to have and wish to combine with my modular system. This is the very first try I played both together.

I am not a keyboard player, no musical background, just learning on my own and enjoying the sound so please bare with me :). Also this is the very first try to put both instruments together.

TEO-5 setup: this is my own patch I set when I was chasing for Yamaha CS-80 sound. It is not quite like that. I love this patch anyway. Both oscillators are combinations of square and sawtooth waves, bit of filter detuning, voice spread panning. Also it is runs through #meris Mercury X pedal for larger reverb (preset #1 Two Worlds)

Modular setup:
Drums are samples on #1010music Bitbox Micro, triggered by #intellijeldesigns Steppy
Voice: ALM Busy Circuits MCO MKII (Digiwave engine), Wave B modulated by Pam's Pro Workout (sine wave, heavily attenuated). It is run through #xaocdevices Zagrzeb LPF into #intellijeldesigns Sealegs for delay + reverb. It is sequenced by #xaocdevices Moskwa II with probability for step play, ratcheting and also I use #intellijeldesigns Planar 2 into #intellijeldesigns Triplatt for attenuation into #intellijeldesigns Scales into #xaocdevices Ostankino's Transpose occasionally to transpose the sequence."

Dawless #melodictechno with TS1 #eurorack #sequencer .

video upload by bvr-instruments

"This video deals with minimal eurorack gear to make techno without DAW. The sequencer is the TS1and despite it's tiny cpu power it has now ability to receive any external midi keyboard notes to be recorded live and play them thru midi output.

This demo was performed with :
TS1 sequencer, Bass Drum from @bvr-instruments.net,
Bitbox micro from 1010Music ,
Filtare SEIII from Division 6
UDO super 6 synthesizer."

Ramp + Loop + Euclidean in Pamela's Pro Workout (sound.report english)

video upload by Heiner Kruse a.k.a The Green Man (TGM)

"this demonstrates new options
#soundreport # #heinerkruse #synthesizercloud #modularesynthesizer #tgm

The drums sounds are coming from 1010music bitbox micro #1010music #bitbox #bitboxpatch"

Radiant Tech 137 Bpm with #ts1 #eurorack #sequencer.

video upload by bvr-instruments

"This video is a #dawlessjam in one take, minimal setup composed with the following:
#bassdrum and #ts1 sequencer from #bvrinstruments.
#bitbox Micro from #1010music.
#mc303 from #roland .
Composed with the aim to make #fastpaced #technomusic and added some #nineinchnails musical tend."

#melodictechno with #ts1 #eurorackmodular.

video upload by bvr-instruments

"This video is in #benböhmer style presents Ts1 sequencer capabilities to control 6 samples via 6 triggers via the bitbox micro and 2 sequences (bass + lead) one with midi output to bass station and one with CV/gate to the Moog werkstatt-01."moo

You were not supposed to see this | Multi Sample DPO (from 2034)

video upload by Cinematic Laboratory

"When I made the Deckard's Dreams video yesterday [below], I tried to multi-sample a Shared System patch. I thought it would be cool to sample a big duophonic patch with movement an effects - and sample a range of C2 to C6 into bitbox so I could play it like this huge machine of countless Shared Systems.

I am going to try Strega too one day. It felt like magic, almost like patching on 'forbidden ground'. Then I tought it would be cool to use a bit of click-bait and imagine myself in 2034 when I'd have 1M likers and 1.1M haters while collecting forbidden MakeNoise gear on the Black market. I realize it may be too farfetched for some of you, but this is real. It's a private video and you are not supposed to see it anyway."

Deckard's Dreams | BitBox Multi-Sampling & Deckard's Voice

video upload by Cinematic Laboratory

"BitBox MK2 (and the Micro) offer support for 'multi-sampling'. It's an easy automated process where BitBox will send pitch CV and a gate to sample a range of notes and lay them out on the keyboard. So with this simple trick, you could turn any VCO into a polyphonic velocity sensitive patch. In this case, it helps me to turn Deckard's Voice (mono) into a (static) CS-80 patch which still can be filtered, enveloped, etc. But it's also possible to play the VCO while sampling, so you'd get a rich pad with lots of movement. It's the first time I used this technique and it will not be the last."

„rhein“ | minimal music | disting ex | ttmc 258 | supercell

video upload by Elinch

„I wish you a Merry Christmas and relaxing days.“

a piece for the dark, legendary river "rhine"

00:00 disting ex (mellotron voice sample) / supercell
01:40 tokyo tape music osc 158 / bitbox micro (loop)
02:02 tokyo tape music osc 158 / 4ms dld loop / bitbox micro (loop)
02:32 tokyo tape music osc 158 / 4ms dd.loop / bitbox micro (loop)
02:56 2x disting ex (mellotron voice sample) / supercell / bitbox micro (loops)
03:58 2x disting ex (mellotron voice sample) / supercell / bitbox micro (loops)
04:23 disting ex (mellotron voice sample) / 4ms dld loop
05:45 disting ex (mellotron voice sample) / supercell / make noise morphagene

recorded live with tascam dr 100
for the best listening experience listen to the video with headphones or good speakers.

if you want to support me:
https://elinch.bandcamp.com

#synthesizer #minimalmusic #art

„duisburg“ | minimal music | buchla tiptop 258t/292t | intellijel sealegs | bitbox micro

video upload by Elinch

"most sounds buchla tiptop 258t / 292t into sealegs. lopped with bitbox micro.

recorded live with tascam dr 100
for the best listening experience listen to the video with headphones or good speakers.

if you want to support me:
https://elinch.bandcamp.com"

stille #9 | ambient | mellotron m4000d | soma cosmos

video upload by Elinch

"„... because easter is. a 10 minute slowly developing music piece“

all sounds from the m4000d / t-rex tape delay / soma cosmsos / bitbox micro

recorded live with tascam dr 100
for the best listening experience listen to the video with headphones or good speakers.

if you want to support me:
https://elinch.bandcamp.com

#synthesizer #minimalmusic #art"

Massive Eurorack Setup for Sale

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WHEN / eurorack jam / 1010music BITBOX Micro / Nerdseq MIDI

video upload by BRiES

"Having to use the midi output on the Nerdseq expander to get those poly multisamples to work on Bitbox is something I didn't plan on doing, but it does work really well."

Hardware Jams Weekend Challenge: Beads Pack Jam

video upload by SynthAddict

"Modular impromptu jam with some provided Beads samples
loaded into my BitBox Micro and used for percussuion.

Camera has a focus issue... oh well. :-P

Too many other modules to mention... sequenced with the Keystep Pro and Modcan Touch Seq.
Some live keys."

Experimental Glitchy Eurorack Performance (BIA, Plaits, Bitbox Micro etc.)

video upload by Piotr Garbaczonek

Thanks for watching!
The goal for this patch was to essentially try to sound like Richard Devine's style of modular performance but with far less gear, so only 2 cases worth of modules. There are quite a bit of voices in this patch, including:
- Noise Engineering Basimilus Iteritas Alter
- Mutable Instruments Plaits
- Mutable Instruments Rings
- Instruō Cruïnn
- Instruō Arbhar
- Instruō Lúbadh
- 1010music Bitbox Micro
- Moog Subharmonicon
#modular #eurorack #idm #glitch

Here are some links of mine:
https://linktr.ee/pgarbaczonek
Go follow my Patreon here:
https://www.patreon.com/pgarbaczonek?...

Perks of being a member include Patch from scratch videos, behind-the-scenes, HD pictures of gear and such, unreleased music, sample packs, and many more :)"

Cruisin' with the Instruo Cruinn

video upload by Red Means Recording

"Are you ready for BZZZ? Are you ready for 5 BZZZZ, moving very fast from left to right? Well then, come aboard the good ship Cruinn. This is a demo of the new Instruo stereo oscillator through the XOAC Zagrzeb filter and Mutable Instruments Beads. We'll be joined by Bastl Pizza doing some FM duties, and the Bitbox Micro doing drums. Ahoy.

Modules used in this video (via Perfect Circuit and Patchwerks)

00:00 intro
01:52 basic sound demo
03:54 rhythmic fm modulation
07:41 spread cv modulation
09:23 dune fm drones
12:12 outro jam"

Chill Eurorack Lullaby || Bitbox Micro, Milky Way, Plaits, Clouds ||

video upload by Piotr Garbaczonek

"Thanks for watching!
Got some new modules recently, including the 1010 music Bitbox Micro, so I decided to test its functions a bit. Here is a little lullaby-vibe-like tune.

Here are some links of mine:
https://linktr.ee/pgarbaczonek
Go follow my Patreon here:
https://www.patreon.com/pgarbaczonek?..."