WIN JoeCo BBR1 BlackBox Recorder worth 2000 GBP

Deadline: 2010-03-28

The BlackBox Recorder is aimed squarely at bands and at anyone who engineers and records live acts, providing a robust and flexible solution for capturing performances. It is designed to be hooked up to the front-of-house console and allows the user to record up to 24 tracks of audio in Broadcast WAV format.
Prize kindly donated by JoeCo's UK distributor: Sound Technology +44 (0)1462 480000

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