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Tuning Box TBX1

Microtonal Keyboard Converter Got a standard MIDI keyboard? Retune it! TBX1 makes retuning as easy as pushing a button. Attach this little box to your synth and you can make every key play any pitch you want. It comes preloaded with 128 tunings for you to try out, and it stores tuning tables in 4 layers, totalling over 500 tunings, which you can easily edit using the free TBXE Tuning Box Editor cross-platform software. Set up your own tuning, upload it to the Tuning Box and plug it into any General MIDI controller and synthesizer to make your music. Portable and ready for the stage, it even runs for eight hours on batteries. Tuning 128 tables x 4 layers = 512 full range programmable tunings with Tuning Box Editor software General MIDI compatibility — Compatibility Charts Controls jog dial: select and enter preset program parameters MIDI LEDs: monitor MIDI IN and MIDI OUT traffic LCD display: currently selected tuning, bank, patch and polyphony (with backlight ON/OFF switch) sixteen channel switches: selectable MIDI output channel polyphony, from 1 to 16 voices fifteen preset buttons: store and recall tuning, synthesizer bank and patch 14-bit MIDI pitch bend resolution: 0.01 cents bypass switch: turn tuning function on and off without swapping cables — NEW for 2008! External MIDI Message Pedal / Sequencer Control receive tuning table Changes receive bank and patch changes full sustain pedal support full control of held key behavior when tuning table change messages are received Inputs and Outputs 12V DC power input — International Switching Multi-Plug Power Supply Included! MIDI IN: connect to any MIDI controller (keyboard, sequencer, etc.) connect computer to MIDI IN to upload tunings MIDI OUT: connect to any general MIDI tone module, sampler or computer MIDI interface for tuned output sends the following MIDI data on selected channels bank select, patch change, pitch bend range RPNs, 14-bit pitch bend note on / note off (one note per channel = monotimbral up to 16 voice polyphony) MIDI Velocity, Modulation, and Volume are passed as received at MIDI IN MIDI THRU: sends unmodified MIDI data received at the MIDI in through to another unit. Tuning Box Editor software cross-platform compatibility (Mac OSX and Windows XP) intuitive user interface tunings formatted as text files import Scala files upload tunings via the tuning box MIDI in 2 MIDI Cables Included!	TBX1: ~~349 USD~~ NEW LOW PRICE! USD Quantity: Estimated Lead Time: Now ships with FREE MIDI CABLES!

Microtonal Keyboard Converter

Got a standard MIDI keyboard? Retune it! TBX1 makes retuning as easy as pushing a button. Attach this little box to your synth and you can make every key play any pitch you want. It comes preloaded with 128 tunings for you to try out, and it stores tuning tables in 4 layers, totalling over 500 tunings, which you can easily edit using the free TBXE Tuning Box Editor cross-platform software. Set up your own tuning, upload it to the Tuning Box and plug it into any General MIDI controller and synthesizer to make your music. Portable and ready for the stage, it even runs for eight hours on batteries.

Tuning
- 128 tables x 4 layers = 512 full range programmable tunings with Tuning Box Editor software
- General MIDI compatibility — Compatibility Charts
Controls
- jog dial: select and enter preset program parameters
- MIDI LEDs: monitor MIDI IN and MIDI OUT traffic
- LCD display: currently selected tuning, bank, patch and polyphony (with backlight ON/OFF switch)
- sixteen channel switches: selectable MIDI output channel polyphony, from 1 to 16 voices
- fifteen preset buttons: store and recall tuning, synthesizer bank and patch
- 14-bit MIDI pitch bend resolution: 0.01 cents
- bypass switch: turn tuning function on and off without swapping cables — NEW for 2008!
External MIDI Message Pedal / Sequencer Control
- receive tuning table Changes
- receive bank and patch changes
- full sustain pedal support
- full control of held key behavior when tuning table change messages are received
Inputs and Outputs
- 12V DC power input — International Switching Multi-Plug Power Supply Included!
- MIDI IN: connect to any MIDI controller (keyboard, sequencer, etc.)
- connect computer to MIDI IN to upload tunings
- MIDI OUT: connect to any general MIDI tone module, sampler or computer MIDI interface for tuned output
- sends the following MIDI data on selected channels
- MIDI THRU: sends unmodified MIDI data received at the MIDI in through to another unit.
Tuning Box Editor software
- cross-platform compatibility (Mac OSX and Windows XP)
- intuitive user interface
- tunings formatted as text files
- import Scala files
- upload tunings via the tuning box MIDI in
2 MIDI Cables Included!