1010 Music Bitbox - Sampler/Looper

[mritenburg]

Will they solve the screen problem with the second batch? I'm really interested in the micro, but all the dead screen posts here and on the 1010 forum are pulling me back.

People without problems probably don't post about it. Bought mine about two month ago and it works fine.

That's for sure. But read about people having some problems even with a repaired unit it's something to worry about. Glad to read some wigglers don't have this failure, btw.

Parts fail sometimes. 1010 Music didn’t fabricate the displays, they just sourced a pre-built part to drop into their design, so it’s probably a bad production run from the display manufacturer.

The real question should be whether or not 1010 Music is doing the right thing by its customers. Are they responsive to support requests and are they fixing the problem?

People tend to spread too much unwarranted FUD on Muff’s.

[mritenburg]

Double post

[Bob Charlotte]

Will they solve the screen problem with the second batch? I'm really interested in the micro, but all the dead screen posts here and on the 1010 forum are pulling me back.

People without problems probably don't post about it. Bought mine about two month ago and it works fine.

That's for sure. But read about people having some problems even with a repaired unit it's something to worry about. Glad to read some wigglers don't have this failure, btw.

Parts fail sometimes. 1010 Music didn’t fabricate the displays, they just sourced a pre-built part to drop into their design, so it’s probably a bad production run from the display manufacturer.

The real question should be whether or not 1010 Music is doing the right thing by its customers. Are they responsive to support requests and are they fixing the problem?

People tend to spread too much unwarranted FUD on Muff’s.

For what I've read on the forums they are repairing every faulty module, guess they are very responsive with that problem.

[xcc]

If anyone needs a Bitbox, Perfect Circuit seems to have some in stock and on sale right now.

[morgulbee]

The real question should be whether or not 1010 Music is doing the right thing by its customers. Are they responsive to support requests and are they fixing the problem?

I had one of the early failed Bitbox Micros several months ago. Of course I was disappointed at first, but I'm very happy with the support and repair process. The repaired unit works great and I would recommend 1010 Music.

[kriskeyman]

Is there a way to set up bitbox so that no samples play until external clock is received? For example, in grid view, I want to tap 3 cells to play looping clips before the external clock is running... but I don't want them to play until bitbox receives external clock. Once I hit play on the external sequencer sending clock, all 3 clips play at 1:1. Is this possible?

[Joey P.]

Is there a way to set up bitbox so that no samples play until external clock is received? For example, in grid view, I want to tap 3 cells to play looping clips before the external clock is running... but I don't want them to play until bitbox receives external clock. Once I hit play on the external sequencer sending clock, all 3 clips play at 1:1. Is this possible?

I don't think it's possible. When no clock is received, BB automatically defaults to its own clock. It will reset to measure 1 when it begins receiving external clock, but you would have to send either CV to each pad input, or the corresponding 3 MIDI notes to start the samples.

If your sequencer sends reset trigger at start, you could mult your reset to the 3 CV inputs of the clips you want to start at 1:1. If it also sends reset at stop, it will stop those clips as well.

[Peng33]

I just installed the 3.0 firmware last night. I haven’t seen any discussion on this here.

I’ve had the Bitbox for a couple years but haven’t really used it that much. I want to dig deeper into this. I was looking for sample libraries can’t really find anything except the default library. Can anyone recommend anything?

I like Samples from Mars...

This is the correct answer. They did a sale late last year/maybe earlier this year for their entire catalog of samples for something stupid like $75 or something. I only downloaded the "greatest hits" included with it, but am planning on buying a BitBox Mk1 during this Perfect Circuit sale, and so will finally have a usable and accessible sample player, which means I will most likely download the entire Samples From Mars catalog to jam onto a MicroSD card to use on the BitBox.

[kriskeyman]

Is it possible to have one of the trig inputs of bitbox fire off multiple sample pads? For example, I’d like to specify in each pad info where the trig is coming from, similar to how ext cv can be specified.

The only advantage to this would be to not have to mult the same gate out and use 3 extra cables for the same task (if I was wanting to fire 3 pads at the same time).

[scragz]

Pretty sure they are hard associated to their input. Best to use a ninja star 0hp mult.

[Joey P.]

Is it possible to have one of the trig inputs of bitbox fire off multiple sample pads? For example, I’d like to specify in each pad info where the trig is coming from, similar to how ext cv can be specified.

The only advantage to this would be to not have to mult the same gate out and use 3 extra cables for the same task (if I was wanting to fire 3 pads at the same time).

You could mult to all 3 with a single TipTop stackable and one extra cable.

[djthopa]

Just wanted to chime in that i got my micro replaced and 1010 music and Aaron have been very helpfull sorting things out.

[scragz]

Sure could go for ADSR mod destinations.

[studio460]

You could mult to all 3 with a single TipTop stackable and one extra cable.

Tell me more! I have a Bitbox Mk.2 and a Launch Codes trigger-module coming!

[GregIcky]

Random question - I was just reading a post about the aliasing effect you could get from old Akai samplers where you scrub the pitch up or down. It was a super cool digital effect that you can't get pretty much anywhere else, probably considered an annoying "bug" in early digital equipment. I'm guessing it was caused by latency in early AD to DA converters in the unit.

Does anyone know if BB can do that? It's basically like sweeping the pitch knob on an old Akai, makes the sound kind of choke out, stutter and get weird artifacts.

[mritenburg]

Does anyone know if BB can do that? It's basically like sweeping the pitch knob on an old Akai, makes the sound kind of choke out, stutter and get weird artifacts.

I don’t know what the Akai pitch modulation sounds like, but the BitBox does support pitch modulation with an external control voltage. Pitch on the BitBox actually has three modulation slots so you can simultaneously modulate pitch with three different control voltages. Whether or not you can achieve the same effect as on the Akai needs to be explored.

[GregIcky]

Does anyone know if BB can do that? It's basically like sweeping the pitch knob on an old Akai, makes the sound kind of choke out, stutter and get weird artifacts.

I don’t know what the Akai pitch modulation sounds like, but the BitBox does support pitch modulation with an external control voltage. Pitch on the BitBox actually has three modulation slots so you can simultaneously modulate pitch with three different control voltages. Whether or not you can achieve the same effect as on the Akai needs to be explored.

It would be super obvious.... it's like a stuttering type of effect... artifacting the shit out of the sample as it's trying to compensate for the rate it's playing. Like I said, it was probably seen as a "bug" back in the day. I'm guessing it was do to "digitalization" of the speed of the sample playback. The AD converters not being able to keep up with the rate of the sample speed changing over (a short amount of) time.

[Rex Coil 7]

Oy! .... ok I've been through 50-sumthin pages of this thread by now .... mine eyes! ... the bleeding! heheh ... whew! ... lots of reading there.

So, quickly if possible, then I'll resume progress reading this thread (great by the way!);

1.) are brand new/recently built Bitbox Mk1s still having troubles with screens, or lockups, and the like?
2.) or did all of that get worked out by this time in it's life?
3.) would you feel good (at ease) about buying one of the Mk1s as a gift for someone you care about?

I'm considering an offer, a bit of horse trading ... I'm Christmas shopping for a very deserving person who's had it really bad this year. We're not wealthy either but we're doing better than this person we've in mind. If we do some scraping/dealing we should be able to manage this offer. I just want to make sure I'd not be giving them something that will create more grief than joy.

Thanks ... I'll go back to continued reading in this thread now ...

EDIT: Also, money better spent on the Blackbox over the Bitbox Mk1? (stability and such?).

[scragz]

1.) are brand new/recently built Bitbox Mk1s still having troubles with screens, or lockups, and the like?

I don't think any mk1 are recently built, they're all old stock. New ones would be mk2 and micro. I think the only one that had screen issues was the micro? mk1 is solid and you can find some for pretty cheap now being closed out. All you really lose over the mk2 is the built-in FX, maybe some polyphony but I never run into that.

[xcc]

Perfect Circuit has new ones in stock and on sale right now. Hard to beat.

[Rex Coil 7]

1.) are brand new/recently built Bitbox Mk1s still having troubles with screens, or lockups, and the like?

I don't think any mk1 are recently built, they're all old stock. New ones would be mk2 and micro. I think the only one that had screen issues was the micro? mk1 is solid and you can find some for pretty cheap now being closed out. All you really lose over the mk2 is the built-in FX, maybe some polyphony but I never run into that.

Ah. I see. Thank you. Righteous .... very good helpings ... I shall call you Helpie.

Perfect Circuit has new ones in stock and on sale right now. Hard to beat.

Couldn't find Mk1s at Perfect Circuit .... but I do see that Mk2s are selling for $510 presently ...

LINK: https://www.perfectcircuit.com/1010-mus ... x-mk2.html

When I said ~new Mk1~ in my post up a few .. I should have worded that as "most recent Mk1 stock". It's just an opportunity .. an usused "new" Mk1 with the latest firmware published for it.

Thx.

[scragz]

Perfect Circuit has new ones in stock and on sale right now. Hard to beat.

Couldn't find Mk1s at Perfect Circuit .... but I do see that Mk2s are selling for $510 presently ...

LINK: https://www.perfectcircuit.com/1010-mus ... x-mk2.html

When I said ~new Mk1~ in my post up a few .. I should have worded that as "most recent Mk1 stock". It's just an opportunity .. an usused "new" Mk1 with the latest firmware published for it.

Thx.

mk1 at Sweetwater for $400 right now

[Cedre]

It is really boring that 1010 have never release an update with Midi thru to the micro!!!!

[xcc]

It is really boring that 1010 have never release an update with Midi thru to the micro!!!!

Have they said that was planned? It would be handy for sure, but MIDI thru boxes are cheap and require no power.

[Peng33]

mk1 at Sweetwater for $400 right now

Damn...just bought mine at Perfect Circuit less than a month ago for $450, and I thought THAT was a good deal.