JoeCo - Bluebox Audio Interface

Interface to your DAW and back-up for all your recordings

Bluebox are based on JoeCo's award-winning Blackbox series but not just another series of sound cards your DAW. Each Buuebox is also a stable, multi-track recorder and back-up solution so you can be sure not a single sample is lost.†

There are three models of Bluebox to choose from, all deliver precisely audio in up to† 24bit/96kHz with the recognized reliability that has made JoeCo famous.

The latest model is the simplest with 24 balanced line inputs, 16 ADAT, SMUXII support and 24 line outputs.


The middle model has eight individually selectable mic/line inputs and 16 balanced line inputs.

BBWR24MP which is big brother in the context has 24 selectable mic/line inputs with JoeCo's best-in-class amplifier.†

In a studio environment, Blurbex functions as a sound card with latency close to zero with 24 inputs and 24 outputs with 24bit/96kHz audio on USB 2.0 and if your computer freezes or crashes Bluebox continues to record so no sound is lost!

Blurbox also has the advantage that it can be used as a stand-alone recorder out in the field and can then be synchronized to an external Word Clock, time code or video.

Microphones can either be plugged into a D-Sub whip or into an optional 2He panel. The audio is recorded to an external USB hard drive in Broadcast Wave.

The unit can either be controlled via its front panel or via JoeCoControl on a PC, or JoeCoRemote on an iPad.†

Specifications :

Sample rates: 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88.2kHz, 96kHz
Bit depth: 16 / 24 bit
Local Disk interface: USB2 (compatible with USB3)
Local Disk format: FAT32 ? compatible with both Mac and PC
Local File format: Broadcast WAV (BWAV)
External drive: USB2/3 hard drive or fast memory stick
File type: Standard mono Broadcast WAV or multi-channel WAV
User interface: Primarily designed for use with the JoeCoControl app or JoeCoRemote iPad app, the unit can also be configured directly from the front panel
Workstation Interface: USB2.0 ? up to 24 channels of 24bit 96kHz audio in both directions simultaneously
Driver compatibility: Core Audio and Windows drivers
Latency: Local foldback mix <10uS; Workstation (depends on spec of computer and plug-ins) typically 6.5mS round trip Local Record/playback Up to 24 channels @ up to 96kHz / 24 bit
Inputs: Switchable microphone / line inputs on channel by channel basis

Mic preamps
Gain: 0 ? +60dB continuously variable;
Soft limiter: software selectable on/off;
Hi-pass filter: -6dB @ 100Hz, 12dB/octave
Max input level: +21dBu EIN: <-124dBu (20-22kHz) THD: <-110dBFS (20-22kHz @ - 10dBFS input)
Cross talk rejection > 80dB @ 20kHz ZIN: >10kOhm (single ended); >2kOhm (differential)

Outputs:
Artist?s stereo headphone output, Engineer?s stereo headphone output, 2 stereo artist feeds for feeding external headphone amps E-E THD+N
E-E: < -90 dBFS (unity gain, 20 ? 22kHz, unweighted)
Frequency response: better than +/- 0.5dB, 20-40kHz @ 96kHz sampling
Monitoring Front-mounted º? TRS jack socket: stereo headphone mix, PFL, solo etc (Engineer); Rear-mounted º? jack socket for stereo headphone mix only
(Artist); 24 line level outputs

Control and Synchronisation:
Audio clock synchronization Word clock, AES/EBU or SPDIF clock, Video reference* and SMPTE linear timecode* (all std frame rates supported)
Control JoeCoControl interface on workstation; JoecoRemote for iPad (requires JoeCoRemote hardware or JoeCo Bluetooth interface); Sony 9-pin and MIDI (MMC) for transport controls

Physical: 19? rack-mounted 1U (435x44x170mm) ? >3kg Optional 19? rack-mounted 2U breakout panel (XLR) (475mm x 88mm x 35mm) 1kg

Power: 12V dc (Kycon 4-pole connector), 35W max. External universal PSU included.