AudioMedia - March 2009 - (Page JoeCo1) Special Promotion BLACKBOX RECORDER FROM JoeCo + + JOECO LIMITED + + + + JOECO LIMITED+ + + + JOECO LIMITED+ + + LIMITED+ BLACKBOX RECORDER Capturing Live Performance Sound The BLACKBOX RECORDER captures multi-track live sound directly to USB2 disk in BWAV file format, letting you leave your DAW at the studio. Simple Live Multi-track Capture The BLACKBOX RECORDER from JoeCo simplifies capturing multi-track recordings of live performances. Taking a laptop or full digital audio workstation into the live environment can be a harrowing ordeal, fraught with potential boot up delays, stability and fragility issues, and the operating system deciding that its priorities are not necessarily the same as the engineer’s. The BLACKBOX RECORDER has a dedicated operating system; records up to 24 separate BWAV files directly to a regular USB2 drive, and is ready to record in less than 10 seconds from power up. Just press the Record button and you’re capturing the performance. Small Footprint Physically, the BLACKBOX RECORDER is a 1U rack-mounted steel box with a sleek front panel concealing touch sensitive controls and colour display. It has no moving parts – even in the switches. Rugged enough to handle a life on the road, and because of its small size, it takes up much less rack space than other recorders. It uses a regular USB2 drive – the sort of drive that can be obtained from any Internet retailer at a very reasonable in Record, the Stop button must be price. For example, a 500GB drive will store approximately 20 hours of 24 track held down for two seconds to end a recording, to prevent accidentally ending material at 24-bits/96kHz (and over 40 a recording. Similarly, the playback hours at 48kHz). And because it records facility will normally be locked out after in industry standard mono Broadcast a recording to prevent you inadvertently WAV files (BWAV), virtually all digital pressing Play at the audio workstations wrong time – like can use the files Sample Rates Supported: in the middle of the directly without 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88.2kHz, 96kHz performance! having to waste any The standard time uploading, Analogue Inputs & Outputs BLACKBOX transferring, or Levels: -10dB/+4dB switchable RECORDER has 24 converting them – Max levels: +20dBU = 0dBFS channels of analogue just unplug the drive A-D and D-A conversion: inputs using quality from the BLACKBOX 24-bit, 96kHz 24-bit/96kHz RECORDER at the converters. The input end of the gig and Timecode levels are selectable plug it directly into All standard frame rates supported to accommodate your workstation the outputs of your back at the studio, Physical mixing desk, and the and you’re ready 19” rack mountable – 1U high unit will normally to work on the Dimensions: 425mm x 150mm plug directly into the performance that x 44mm insert points on your you’ve captured. Weight: 2.1kg; console just after dc input: 7.5V - 12V the mic amps. Designed For Live Power consumption: <25W The 24 outputs (again Work 24-bit/96kHz) are fed The primary aim back to the insert returns, and provide of the BLACKBOX RECORDER is to the increasingly popular Virtual Sound capture live performances, so certain Check facilities previously unavailable safeguards have been designed into the unit from the ground up. Once on any equipment at this price point.
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