is it just an audio recorder/arranger or does it also sequence external MIDI devices in addition to the recording functions?
I’m just guessing here but it might to do with a fixed/set component based input impedance and channel summing, like the input path and possibly the physical jack is different between the TRS and mono inputs, the mic input being under similar constraint. Otherwise I don’t know, it wouldn’t make sense. But it does feel deliberate.
You can record notes with a keyboard or whatever, and then you can send those notes to external MIDI devices.
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That’s a highly specific fetish! Here you go:
(not mine)
Back on topic, this box looks like what many peeps on here have been asking for. Hopefully it will live up to the expectations…
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they both have buttons so clearly still on topic but this is what I’m thinking, although both have that nice earthy tone.
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That’s should be in the Thingstone promo copy.
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The dual USB inputs might mean a multi input class compliant audio interface can be used?
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You ever record hardware into a computer and deal with jitter and latency? My guess is this box should solve that problem by sending a tight sync out. You could then build an arrangement in this box and then export the stems into your daw or you could just stay in this box if you wanted.
This is what I assume it is made for. It is still a bit of a question mark for me but punching in hardware takes on a daw can really suck if you hate phasing and jitter. The best current solution is a sync box currently. This is another alternative to that.
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In addition to the MIDI DIN In/out you can use the two USB ports to connect up to 16 MIDI In&Out devices (whether you want to connect 16 devices having 8 tracks that’s up to you, but technically you con do it assigning different devices to different channels.
You can also plug a USB stick with samples that you can save to the device or play from the USB stick.
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You can also input notes from the device itself, in step mode or real time recording. You can define default note length and quantize.
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Can you ask him if it sends clock and can record synths and drum with no added jitter? Also how much latency is in the hardware? Also does it record in stereo?
Oh yeah, and does he have a price for it?
Thanks for speaking with him and sharing the info!
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Wow, now this is interesting.
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I have friends young and old who don’t use computers at all and don’t want too.
My Elektron boxes outlived three $3000 laptops.
I see lots of pics in “your setups” of synths from the 70’s and 80’s, not nessiccarily computers tho.
I’m sure there’s other reasons for people but those are enough for me to understand.
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Agreed!
Majority of users here understand how powerful a DAW can be. That said, some of us want nothing to do with them. It’s all good either way!
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This looks like it could solve the problem of the modern multitrack, which is that they tend not to have any kind of sync. Maybe, like the Force, you’ll be able to add a class compliant mixer and get simultaneous inputs.
I don’t think I need it, but I do think it fills a gap, which is good. I can think of any real specialised competitors except the Bluebox, so I expect success may well come down to pricing.
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If that is the case that could be very useful and should also be the first thing they say about it😊 I usually do not record this way on a computer exactly to avoid having to deal with that so if you are right it could actually be quite interesting
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Sure I am one of them a lot of the time. My point was that this seemed like it was just a computer basically
Oh I definitely “get it”
For me having the internet directly available on my computer workstation has been good and bad.
But having to constantly buy computers has become very noticeable in a bad way only
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Yeah my thinking was to send my MPC 8 outs into my old grimey boss mixer and then send that stereo out into a box like this. I would personally just want to record the kick separatley as track 2 so I can use it as my sidechain. The rest of the stuff I’d record would be synths and percussion sounds so 1 mono or stereo in would be fine.
It would just be an easy way to get a complete hardware recording down. Definitley a luxury but very practical if it works as expected and is not super expensive. Only alternative out there is the bluebox but this seems a lot easier to navigate.
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One thing I’d love to see on a device like this is multiple outs. If you’re going this route it’d be nice to mix on a mixer.