Datasheet
BLACKBOX BBR64-MADI RECORDER
www.joeco.co.uk
Designed for a range of applications including Live Music, Broadcast, Film & TV Sound - in fact just about anything that
requires the capture of multiple channels of live audio material with minimum fuss.
Multi-track technology for the 21st century
64 channels in one rack unit
The JoeCo BLACKBOX BBR64-MADI RECORDER is based on the award-winning, tried and tested BlackBox Recorder design.
However, rather than being limited to recording 24 channels of audio, the BBR64-MADI is designed to record and replay up to
64 channels of MADI data.
Developed to solve the inherent problems of working with computer-based systems in a live performance environment, the BlackBox
Recorder provides engineers with a computer-free, high-quality solution for multi-channel live audio capture. The BlackBox BBR64-MADI
Recorder can capture the full 64 channels of MADI data at standard sample rates directly to Broadcast WAV files on an external USB2
drive, and yet only occupies one unit of rack space! Double sample rate MADI recording (up to 96kHz) is also accommodated.
The recorder sports both coaxial and optical MADI connections for interfacing with any MADI equipped console or other equipment.
Additionally, the BBR64-MADI caters for 56-channel legacy MADI and can record a further 8 channels of analogue (balanced line in) for
capturing the audience reaction or general ambience.
The BBR64-MADI will lock to or generate word clock, as well as locking to the received MADI data stream. The MADI input can be
echoed direct to the output to ease system integration. Individual channels or pairs of channels can be monitored on an internal PFL bus
providing both hi-resolution metering and headphone output.
The recorder is designed to be supremely simple to use, requiring just the input and output connections, power and a USB drive before
pressing the RECORD button. A full colour LCD screen and striking LED displays show all the information the recording engineer needs
in order to know what’s happening.
The BBR64-MADI includes numerous safety features, inherited from the original BlackBox Recorder, to keep your recording as secure as
possible. Safe’n’Sound Record Recovery will recover files even if the power fails in the middle of a recording.