JoeCo Blackbox Recorder Software Update

Version 2.2 contains a number of features including announced enhancements to the underlying operating system alongside new methods of displaying information to the user.

Interface changes include clarifying clock sources to flashing the transport controls while an operation is pending. The Pre Fade Listen system, introduced in the BBR64-MADI development, now allows to sweep through the channels with a return to “mix” output.

According to JoeCo, it’s also faster to enter record and to finalize the Broadcast WAV files thus created; timecode reading is quicker and more accurate; master/slave performance has been enhanced and further support has been added for particular drive types.

Additionally, the software now runs background checks on the drive to create a more accurate map of free space to further speed entering record, the company says.

The Player software add-on now also supports v0 BWF files, which some older DAWs still produce. These and more changes are encapsulated in an upgraded field update manager.

The new Version 2.2 software update can be downloaded free of charge from the End User area of the JoeCo website: www.joeco.co.uk

You can visit JoeCo at the 131st AES Convention, New York, 21–23 October 2011, Booth 854.