Stimming reviews 1010music Bluebox / Blackbox

In this video, our in-house reviewer, Martin Stimming unpicks the BlueBox and BlackBox from US-based 1010music.
The BlueBox is a portable digital audio mixer with 6 stereo or 12 mono tracks and the BlackBox is a compact sampling studio with intuitive touchscreen control which received several firmware updates in the last months giving this sampler a ton of new features. Let's see what Stimming hast to say about the two stylish boxes.

Addendum from Stimming:
The BlueBox records each track into an individual file, making it a true multitrack recorder, I didn't make that clear. I also forgot to mention both devices stream all their audio from the micro sd card.
The noise doesn't come from the 1010 units, it was the headphone amplifier of the Sounddevice recorder.

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[MartinStimming]

another thing I forgot to mention regarding the blackbox: the audio output voltage fits inside the eurorack norm (5V?) - that means two things: any audio output can be used inside your modular system as triggers, envelopes, fm, you name it. and then: its output is very loud! (and clear :))

[TheGreekSamurai]

I could watch Stimming review gear forever

[musictalk-tech]

Important information: The noisyness doesn't come from the 1010 units, it was the headphone amplifier of his Sounddevice recorder.

[Lhenndyn]

I could watch 6 hours of Stimming reviews in a raw. The best !

[thelantern]

I’ve got the Blackbox, it seems quite simple at first, but it’s really a very creative magic machine. Granular is insanely beautiful for ambient stuff, and poly playing samples is gorgeous. Love this machine. Sound fidelity it quite on point as well.

[crolodon]

The part where he second-guesses twiddle, ahaha, loved it.

[henryAightch]

Finally someone does a good review on the Blackbox! Love that machine. It's quirky but it is super cool!

[milanwulf]

I have a Bluebox and love it so far, but I wish there was a cue/pfl button to switch between the main mix and the selected tracks on the headphones. Also a one knob filter would be great, otherwise a super nice unit that replaces my bulky Mackie mixer.

[chridmeister]

Why doesn't Stimming have a million fans? He rules

[roccoharris]

this is great!! thanks for walking us through all this so thoroughly. very, very helpful stuff. bravo!! that little jam right before your summary is a sweet, little organic groove. brilliant!!

[aradder]

Just picked up both of them, cool to see a video using them together. My wish for firmware update on the Bluebox is per-track dynamics on the inputs. Even a basic one-knob comp/lim would be an amazing addition.

[spenzakwsx]

just call it Goldbox. Because everything Stimming touches becomes gold.

[GuitarsAndSynths]

Love my Bluebox works great and also have a TX-6 on the way as I like small mixer recorders that don't require a lot of space.

[th]

me everyday "why does it work now, that is strange..." enjoyable and informative as always, cheers :D

[konstantine]

Dude, you're really funny! I'll buy you a beer next time I'm in Germany, this was an unexpectedly fantastic review!

[jahmontee]

Great review, been eyeing the bluebox for multi tracking my eurorack jams.

[thesesmallboxes]

This was excellent! Your reviews are a dive into how the units are used. Oh, and I feel equally “awkward” saying “DAW”. It’s an acronym that doesn’t really invite pronunciation so I just spell it.

[KordTaylor]

Very cool! Really like seeing these together.

[KordTaylor]

Such a great video! Exactly what is was looking for thanks. Time to subscribe so I can all the latest Blackbox tricks.

[No..o.]

There should be a shift+scroll to minimize twiddle times for long files. :3