1010music has announced its new flagship music production lab. As the centerpiece of a desktop or mobile music studio, bento is a powerful standalone device which lets musicians create, perform, and control external gear all without a laptop.
“Bento is everything our users have been asking for in a flagship sampler—more power, more control, and more performance tools, all in a portable package,” said Aaron Higgins, founder of 1010music. “It’s designed to replace your laptop and become the brain of your setup.”
Sample every flavor…
Bento provides advanced sampling with recording and playback at pristine 24-bit quality. It covers all the sampler bases from chromatic, multi-sampled instruments playable from a keyboard to pad-based drum racks to cradle your fave one-shots and loops. Plus you get an intuitive beat slicer for loop editing and a granular synth similar to the wildly-popular lemondrop.
Immediate realtime control…
Tactile, real time, control is the deal with bento’s 7” touchscreen, 16 velocity + pressure-sensitive pads, and 8 endless encoders. The pads feel great and controller response is immediate with no laptop buffer settings to fuss with! Trigger samples, scenes, mix tracks, tweak filters and effects, and more. Bento is perfect for DAWless jams and recording.
Create, edit, control, perform…
Sequence clips using real time or step recording and a vast collection of sampled instruments and loops. Create and edit fast with touch input and a piano roll or use new probability tools. Eight tracks with four sequences each let you launch complete arrangements or clips on the fly.
Plays well with others…
Bento is a great sequencer and control center for other MIDI devices too. With generous I/O—including three stereo inputs, three stereo outputs, dual TRS MIDI I/O, USB-C host/device ports, and an internal 3-hour battery and mixer with effects – it’s the core of a powerful DAWless setup.
Bento is available now at the 1010music store and through authorized dealers worldwide, priced $899 USD.
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