Zoom SB246 Street Boxx Drum Machine

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Sounds Designed For Urban Music Styles. EZ Loop Recording.

The ZOOM SB-246 Street Boxx was designed and loaded with samples by the Beat Kangz boys for the DJ / Rap / Hip-Hop artist who wants a ton of music but doesn’t have a ton of money yet! What do you think that you could do with over 500 Smash Hit Sounds and over 100 “Beat Kangz” patterns all laid out for you to compose with or rap over? You could finally put together all the tunes in your head and get them down and done! EZ LOOP RECORDING allows you to capture and work beats quickly, replace and erase on the fly, and get in and out of record mode without stopping the beat.

The GROOVE PLAY feature assigns any beat or pattern to the 13-lighted/touch sensitive pads for layered DJ effects. Work the beat live with over 70 drum kits (East Coast, West Coast, Dirty South, and Old School, to name a few). Run everything (including over 25 basses and synths with super sub sound) through the multi-effects processor for Compression, oscillating Rez Filter, Killer Verb, BPM Flanger and Delay, Chorus, Lo-Fi, you name it, it’s in there. The StreetBoxx just might be your new music partner! Includes Samson DJ headphones with flip up speaker cups and ZOOM AC Adapter.a

For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Phone: 631-542-5270
Email: info@zoom-na.com
Web: https://zoomcorp.com/en/us/contact/

Reviewers gave this product an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars. (122 ratings)
Submitted December 6, 2007 by a customer from web.de

"Very good toy"

Overall: 4 out of 5 stars
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There is no other tool out there for the price to make a decent beat in no time.
Sound
500+ sounds and most of them sound good. Of course some of these are useless unless or childish. Overall crisp and clear sound. The fx-processor is very basic though, especially the reverb.
Features
Most of all I like the fact that it's portable. It has the same note repeat function for pattern programming as the akai mpc.
Ease of Use
simple, perfect - zoom know how to do it
Quality
I used to own a rt-123 which is basically the same design. I don't expect any problems with the 246.
Value
Worth the price - but it will never become a classic.
Manufacturer Support
I have some other Zoom products in use and Zoom answered most of my emails.
The Wow Factor
Nay - usability and sounds are good but it's targeted towards teenagers. A little bit toy-ish.

Musical Background:

active musician, bass player

Musical Style:

r&b, funk, hip-tronica (if that exists)
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