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JoeCo BBR1A
Live Multi-Channel Audio Recorder
Since its release in 2009, the BLACKBOX RECORDER has won a series of international awards from industry press, readers and trade associations, including a PLASA Award for Innovation and a TEC Award for Best Recording Device. The recorder has a wide range of applications in Live Performance, Broadcast, Film & TV Sound and Post Production.
Specifically the BBR1A provides Lightpipe i/o via 3xTOSLINK inputs and 3xTOSLINK outputs (24 channels @ 48k, 12 channels @ 96k). Moreover it provides a Word Clock Input on BNC and it is Unbalanced Analogue as BBR1U (cable looms not supplied).
As a sum a BLACKBOX RECORDER can fulfill a variety of requirements according to your needs such as:
- 24-channel record or playback @ up to 24bit/96kHz.
- Multiple units can be linked together for large recordings.
- Unbalanced or Balanced analogue, AES/EBU and Lightpipe digital i/o options. (64-channel MADI and Dante versions also available)
- Recordings of standard broadcast WAV files to an external USB2 drive, or USB flash drive
- Connectivity to any live console to provide virtual sound checking
- The creation of headphone monitor mixes with level and pan on each track.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
GENERAL
Sample rates: 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88.2kHz, 96kHz
Bit depths: 16/24bit
Disk interface: USB2 - easy to obtain
Disk format: FAT32 - compatible with both MAC and PC
File type: Standard mono Broadcast WAV files
Monitoring: 1x1/4" TRS jack socket, headphone mix/solo
Physical: 19" rack mounted 1U (435x44x170mm)
Weight: 2.1Kg
Power: 9V-16V DC (<30W). 2.1mm DC inlet. PSU supplied
AUDIO ANALOGUE INPUTS / OUTPUTS
Levels: -10dBu/+4dBu switchable
Max input/output level: +22dBu = 0dBFS
A-D/D-A conversion: 24bit, 96kHz 106dB S/N, 96dB THD+N (typical A-weighted)
CONTROL & SYNCHRONISATION
MIDI: 1x5-pin DIN (open loop). MIDI time code (MMC) and MIDI Machine Control (MMC) protocol
LTC: 1x1/4" TRC jack socket. Frame rates supported: 30fps, 29.97drop fps, 25fps, 23.98fps
Machine Control: 1x9-pin D, SONY PII protocol
Audio clock synchronisation: 2xRCA sockets AES3/SPDIF format, also used for communications to slave units