Tuning

• 128 tables x 4 layers = 512 Full Range Programmable Tunings with Custom Scale Editor software
• General MIDI Compatible — 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 and Patch (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

Inputs and Outputs

• 9-12V DC Power Input
• MIDI IN, OUT (tuned) and THRU (untuned)

External MIDI Input

• MIDI IN Port: Connect to any MIDI Controller (Keyboard, Wind Controller, MIDI Guitar, Sequencer, etc.)
• Connect Computer or another TBX1 to MIDI IN Port to Upload Tunings
• 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

MIDI Output

• MIDI OUT Port: Connect to any General MIDI Tone Module, Sampler or Computer MIDI Interface for Tuned Output
• Sends the Following MIDI Data on Selected Channels
• Pitch Bend, Pitch Bend Range RPNs, Bank Select, Patch Changes
• 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 Port: Sends unmodified MIDI data received at the MIDI IN Port through to another unit.

CSE Custom Scale Editor Software

• Cross-Platform Compatibility (Mac OSX and Windows XP)
• Intuitive User Interface
• Tunings formatted as Text files
• Import Scala and .tun files
• Upload Tunings via the Tuning Box MIDI IN Port

Price

• (U.S. Dollars)