The latest loopop video takes a look at the 1010Music Series 1 modules, Bitbox, FXbox & Synthbox.

The Euro-format modules share a single hardware platform, so you can use any of the firmware versions on it.

Video Summary:

A few years ago 1010Music released Bitbox – a simplified but extremely powerful Ableton-Live style sampler, slicer and clip launcher – by far the most advanced Eurorack sampler I’ve ever seen. Where it gets a little confusing is that since then they’ve released two completely different firmware versions for the same hardware – Fxbox and Synthbox, which transform it into radically different modules.]

I’m not talking about just updates with new features (which have also come out separately), but rather alternate firmware versions with entirely different functionality. In parallel, they’ve released independent modules with said firmware versions, which can also load each other’s firmware.

Topics Covered:

0:00 1010Music Series 1 is really a 3 in 1 combo
0:55 Series 1 vs 2
1:15 Hardware layout overview
3:30 Bitbox
3:50 Sample mode
5:00 Editing samples
6:40 Clip mode
8:20 Slicer mode
9:25 Notable features
11:20 Swapping firmware
12:10 Fxbox
13:15 Demo of all 20 effects
16:45 Fx presets
17:00 Sequencing fx
18:10 Modulation
18:35 Synthbox
19:35 Oscillators
20:20 Wavetables
22:30 Other synth stuff
25:00 Playing some presets
26:50 Pros and cons

If you’ve used the 1010Music modules, leave a comment and share your thoughts on them!