All user reviews for the Zoom SB-246 StreetBoxx

MIDI output for use with the aid of an external sequencer I use it with roland mc909 home
Sequencer very simple but effective two recording modes or not is not in real time
comp + reverb slight effects of good quality
ps AD006 adapter 9v indispansable Optional

UTILIZATION

Getting started with fairly simple ten hours was enough to go around this little drum machine
edition of sounds and effects very simple and very complete manual in french

SOUNDS

C is where it snaps I was looking for kits, batteries for my hiphop instru c and the surprise is all west and east coast old school and so the sounds are very heavy and can be a complete rhythm section with an amazing result
for the rest of the sounds there low (23 exactly) but a bit light c

OVERALL OPINION

I got the special for the holidays that I love is the general configuration is perfect and the drum sounds (hiphop) beautiful and I stress ....
a small defect is not to cut into the rhythm part, but good for the price
buy 178 euros SONOVENT with power supply included (a bit long delay in passing them but the c - expensive)
for such a small investment we have no motive to deprive

I leave this notice in Emergency!

everything about the connections adjacent t say, but read the following.

UTILIZATION

I bought two months ago the street sb zoom box from home, sounds really nice, simple take charge .... but happiness

Except that the range Street box is defective.

I do not know o this is, but that's two times I change my pace box (under warranty thankfully) and problems are always the same:

Poor contact of the key "function" (problematic to move from quantifying the eighth or triple, or to change the tonality of the bass)

And also, it's impossible to program a song by PAD as there is a loose connection that does not allow any time to put a name on the song, the memory does not take into account (if you turn off the box, you do that all over again).

SOUNDS

What good is having good sound if you can not use them well?

OVERALL OPINION

Without his huge problem, I will certainly put 7 / 10 this bote ... but since it is dfectueuse .... much to forget

TO AVOID EMERGENCY! ! !

First in response to that post before, all Streebox are not defective, the evidence of mine works fine ...

Drumbox This is identical to the Zoom RT-223, only the sounds and rhythms are different.
Despite its small size, this box has a rhythm all that is basic. It works very well with batteries (8 kind of autonomy) and its use is so simple that it does not really need to read the manual.
It just needs some aditional controllers to manage the real-time effects come and do the ESX Korg EMX, but the price (half the price) requires a make consession.

UTILIZATION

Very very simple and very well thought: it is used like a joystick for video game console.
You hold in your hands and you play with the pads. It is very well designed, you can walk down the street, or play with friends.

SOUNDS

Unlike the Zoom RT-223 is oriented Rock / Pop, this box is for Hip Hop, R & B, Techno and other contemporary music.
The sounds are very good. They are made by Big Fish Audio and sound really great in this style.
There is everything, Human Beat Box, Dirty South, West Coast, it sounds good and rappers should Amricain apprcier.
Nothing to say about the sound.

OVERALL OPINION

For the price it is hard to beat. It sounds great, it is very convenient to use, need I say more. Buy one!

What connection (audio, MIDI ...)?
MIDI input, not output, shame! Line input, which was one wonders how it can serve ... In the manual they say to mix with a CD player, I do not mind ... lol If it's classic.

How many sounds, styles available? Are they edited? Through a utility Mac / PC?
A bank of sounds comfortable even if they are clearly identifiable for the most part ... I use it as basis for software processing in the ass, and it is true that it provides a fast rendering that sounds very urban. no editor of my knowledge, it is indeed not editable samples.

He has an effects section?
Reverb, EQ, multiband compressor (3). Parameters editions are still quite extensive. Only the reverb is affectuée instrument, the other effect is on the master.

What are the characteristics of the sequencer? ...
Simple, direct game programming, or no thanks to technology developed by Intuitive zoom (not tested yet). It is programmed well. Quantization customizable, everything is well thought out.

UTILIZATION

The general configuration is simple?
Very simple.

Editing sounds and effects is easy?
Limited to sound, so yes, easy. It is easily his kit home. Slightly more complex effects on them if we look, we need a minimum of knowledge in treatment.

The manual is clear and sufficient? ...

That of the RT-223 with the addition of 246 ... in french, comprehensive, easy to understand.

SOUNDS

The sounds they are suitable to your style of music?
As an adjunct yes, the bank is very complete.

Are they realistic?
Uh yeah, but no. What is hiphop.

The effects are they effective and appropriate?
AC can give relief, but not enough to be left satisfied.

The expression is good? (Response to velocity, aftertouch)?
AC responds quite clearly ... A flat, I put it here: live for the game, unlike its big sister the 323, no way to transfer an instrument ... it means creating as many as there are pattern decomposition rate and this is kind of annoying, especially when one wants to catch the studio and we have a pattern quite complete ... As the bike backup automatically, you can not go back and break down the pace without losing everything ... Good morning to get the instruments in divided doses is the shit!

What are the sounds you prefer, you hate? ...
I'd say the guitars finally instruments other than pure rhythm you got the quick tour ... Runway low idem, the 20 sounds are quickly tiresome. But it makes a database. Too bad we can not route the following trick to another synthesizer or to an outdoor bar for lack of midi output.

OVERALL OPINION

For how long have you been using it?
A good week

What thing do you like most/least about it?
it's a funny box that allows you to quickly find ideas, easy to program and clearly colored urban.

Did you try many other models before getting this one?
I had a Electribe ER1 whose sounds were totally different force (analog emulation) and I synths with rhythmic booster kit (DX200 sounds for hiphop / break for the kits and kawai "realistic") but I uses it mostly VSTi (AraldFX DKS hammer of impulse and especially of live). This provides a good complement boiboite among others thanks to its classical programming but fast. Damage (once again) that we can neither transfer nor the instruments of the south route to the outside.

What is your opinion about the value for the price?
good, expensive spa.

Knowing what you know now, would you make the same choice? ...
yes totally. AC is a good grade!