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 instantly change the tuning to anything you like. 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 included 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
selectable MIDI pitch bend resolution: 7-bit = 1.56 cents, 14-bit = 0.01 cents
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, selectable 7-bit / 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
