{"id":564641,"date":"2026-08-10T11:42:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T11:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/564641\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T11:42:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T11:42:12","slug":"1010music-updates-its-blackbox-sampling-workstation-with-a-better-screen-onboard-battery-and-usb-audio-streaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/564641\/","title":{"rendered":"1010music updates its Blackbox sampling workstation with a better screen, onboard battery and USB audio streaming"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Back in May, 1010music unveiled a successor to its Blackbox sampler<\/a> at Superbooth 2026<\/a>, promising a creative and more portable successor to its 2019 original. This week, Blackbox 2 has landed and is now available for purchase.<\/p>\n

Like its predecessor, the Blackbox 2 is a portable, touchscreen-equipped instrument that houses a self-contained sampling workstation within a compact, rugged device. However, for version 2 1010 has significantly reworked the interface, adding a larger touchscreen and new layout that promises an improved workflow.<\/p>\n

According to its creators, \u201cBlackbox 2 is heir to its own portable sampler throne with more creative features for the studio and stage. An even more elegant workflow, great sound, industry standard IO and portable size.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The central feature of this new look Blackbox is its four-inch hi-res colour touchscreen, which is used as the primary interface for sequencing and sample editing. A bank of four multi-use rotaries sit directly above the screen while a bank of transport and navigation buttons are placed below.<\/p>\n

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Blackbox 2 is a four-track workstation that can load up-to four one-shot, loop, slicer or multisample instruments, with the one-shot and loop instruments capable of supporting 16 samples per-patch. Blackbox 2 expands the song-creation features of the original, introducing new launch, scene, song, mixing and effect screens for editing various elements of the composition.<\/p>\n

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Unlike its predecessor, which required an external power source, Blackbox 2 contains its own rechargeable battery, allowing for 3hrs of fully portable use. It also adds USB-C host and device ports capable of transmitting multichannel USB audio and MIDI.<\/p>\n

Other elements of the Blackbox workflow are unchanged from version one. As before, the instrument has a sequencer with step, grid and piano-roll modes, which is capable of probability sequencing. There are DJ-style effects with XY pad control for filter, echo,, gating, flanger, bitcrusher and repeater effects.<\/p>\n

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Sample editing tools include multiple filters, envelopes and LFOs, distortion and a flexible mod matrix. It also features a four-band EQ with cut, shelf and parametric modes for each band.<\/p>\n

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The hardware features a stereo main audio in and three stereo outputs, plus headphones output. It\u2019s equipped with an automatic multisampling function allowing users to easily turn external gear into sampled instruments.<\/p>\n

Blackbox 2 also has a microSD card slot, allowing users to expand the memory for projects and samples. Longer WAVs and detailed multisampled instruments can be streamed directly from the microSD.<\/p>\n

Between this and the likes of Akai Sample<\/a>, Teenage Engineering\u2019s KO II<\/a> and Casio\u2019s forthcoming sampler<\/a>, we\u2019re living in something of a golden age of portable samplers. If, as 1010 states, \u201cBlackbox 2 is heir to its own portable sampler throne\u201d, then it\u2019s facing Westeros-levels of rivalry.<\/p>\n

Blackbox 2 is available now and priced at $649\/\u00a3669.<\/p>\n

Head to the 1010music site for more information<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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