I absolutely love this little blue box. I keep it on my desk, connected to a patch bay and control all my HW synths with it. Now looking forward to get a Blackbox, too 😊

Glad to see these tutorials. Keep them coming for the Bluebox and Blackbox. I own both!

this think looks absolutely awesome. If it also was an audio interface with direct daw integration, I couldn't justify not having it :P

I love how compact it is and yet so capable. Looking forward to learning to use one to record.

The best instructions ever, I haven’t brought this unit yet, but thanks to you, I will buy it much sooner.

At first i was like wow who in the world asks five hundreds for a mixer... turns out it's not just a mixer but basically a porta studio... with midi stuff that greatly appreciated. Gotta buy one now

Good stuff! Just bought an Akai midi mix controller to map to my bluebox that I was hoping would do what I’m seeing on this video!

Love my Blue box and my black box. This was really helpful and now my launchpad is connected and working. Thanks.

Lots of information on connections and settings for Blackbox/Bluebox which I will need in June/July when I get them both, Thanks for the Video its appreciated and will save me a lot of setup time.

Good luck with all the ground noise!

Great one bravo.....

Great tutorial. My only suggestion would be to slow them down just a bit.

Aaron, this is a great tutorial. I use my Blackbox and Bluebox in a similar way but I've yet to use a MIDI controller to control Bluebox faders. Something on my todo list.

Can you adjust the fader course ? I use the bluebox with the launch control , if the fader are on the minimum it’s -96db but I would like to have it a little higher

This and a faderfox mx12 would kill it

The one thing is missing when I setup all of this to save the project as preset or at least duplicate it. It would be such a time saver!

I don't see the display of the blue box reacting to the fader movement during MIDI learn. Is that because you have to exit that mode before it takes over?

For some reason I hadn’t looked at this unit before, thinking it was a sampler and not a recorder. 🤔 I’ve been looking for something small, exactly like this, that I can use to setup Eurorack mixes, and simultaneously record stems! 🙀😻 it’s perfect for what I need, except.... I really need it to record the individual tracks pre fader (post gain but pre fader, EQ, and mutes) so that I’m recording my stems completely dry as they come into the Bluebox. 👍 hopefully you guys will switch it back to that way of recording in an update, or better yet make it a setting?

Is that the guy from "How It's Made"?!

@1010music - how are you able to connect the MIDI out to the NTS-1? I am using a regular TRS cable with no luck... I see TRS AnB on the one you are using. Please let me know how I can get this cable. Thanks!

Fabulous video! Bluebox and Razzmatazz are coming in the mail soon!

So am I to understand that a BlackBox can tell the difference in samples that are Drum (Out 1), Bass (Out 2), and Lead (Out 3)? Or is this actually Sampler out, Something else for the bass, and the on screen keyboard out? Or, is there some way to dictate output that I haven’t found yet?

I’m new to the Bluebox but the question I have about is if I have 5 songs loaded up on the SD card (backing/midi tracks) and I want to play them during a live performance- can I play each song without menu diving to load them up in between songs? I’ve only used my bluebox to load some files to it but I haven’t really played them back in a performance setting. Just wondering how that would work. Thanks for the help!!

Hi! What cables did u use for the Blackbox 1-2-3 to connect to Bluebox? Is it TRS or TS?

Hey where did you source those small head 3.5mm jacks from? I’m finding that with the BlackBox the inputs are quite close together and most 3.5mm Jack heads are too bulky and are squeezed alongside each other 😞

How can I get audio played via omnisphere or Kontakt on my PC to go into the bluebox?

Hello guys, fantastic device! just a question, does the blue box record motions? Let''s say I move the eq or the delay send for a track while recording , will that movement be recorded? Thanks!

Is it possible to use the bluebox as an audiointerface. For example I can send every single channel to the DAW or I can send a single or many channals from the computer to the bluebox?

can record start and stop be synchronized with external instruments/sequencers?

Great tutorial. Can you tell us where where to buy those sleek stereo mini jack cables?

Are all these cables 3.5? Most of my gear is 1/4 I didn't see 3.5 - 1/4 on your website.

Bluebox looks awesome. Could files be transferred to computer via usb?

When I record, it seems to only record everything as a full song It won’t record mute edits or solo edits in real time. Am I missing something?

I want to record multiple keyboards and guitars and vocals all on SD card also need it to connect to phone for live recordings and posts on social media . Is this capable of that or will I need another recorder ?

so you can't midi sync the recording start/stop?

Any chance this will save ALS files for easy import to Ableton?

Anybody know if it is possible to connect an Ipad to the Bluebox an use the Ipad as a midi controller?

As a beginner synth/keyboard/grooveboxist i'm researching getting my first mixer/recorder and the 1010 bluebox looks the bees knees but just wondered what the pros/cons are between it and a slider/knob control portastudio - anyone been there/done that that can help me decide what path i should take on my bewildering journey please ? Then i can get on with the rest of my life ! I'm dawless and clueless.Thanks for the review btw.

Is there a way to use the LaunchControl XL to enable MIDI learn on both the Bluebox & Blackbox concurrently?

If you have to complete it on the computer who needs the novation? For an example like this I would have used and IPhone and assigned it a duty, you would had to use a Bluetooth splitter which would have been more informative. Just an observation. I have a black box and love it but I think this demo showed a lot of extra work when there didn’t need to be. Plus you have to have a novation! Everyone has a phone.

Can you record direct from Eurorack modules to Bluebox and will Bluebox save as Ableton files? If so then it is what I am looking for to record modular stuff easier.

Just got mine but unfortunately I can’t imagine keeping it. I had high hopes for it to fill the void for recording my modular gear, Pocket Operators, OP-Z etc but I never thought for a minute I can’t punch in the middle of a recording. In fact, you can’t even fast forward during playback? When your friend is like, ooh that breakdown was cool let me hear it again and you’re like, umm you need to listen to the entire track

What about the super confusing song mode on the Black Box? It’s the reason I sold mine!

Sad that isn’t 12 physical input