about
this site is a resource website for all users
and potential users of the 2Box Drumit Five electronic drum kit.
here you will find video's, audio, hints and tips, links etc...
latest forum posts www.2box-forum.com
news
latest news...
13/01/10 - UC from the forum has had word back from FXPansion (BFD etc) about using their sounds in the DrumIt Five module:
"...We were talking at one point about building
a dedicated \"mixdown\" mode in to BFD2 allowing people to product custom
rendered kits for 2box (and Yamaha DTXtreme 4) brains, however that feature was
shelved for now.
You can legally import BFD (1+2+expansions) samples from your own BFD2 in to
your own 2box brain - however you cannot legally distribute them, even to others
that own BFD2 and a 2box brain. If you or somebody else does make some 2box kits
from BFD2 samples, would be good if you can send them to us - we can then
redistribute them to other 2box + BFD2 owners on request."
We are now waiting on word from Toontrack to see what their views are!
Latest USB Bootloader and OS visit here. Be sure to follow the instructions.
Direct links:
Boot Updater 1.30
OS v1.02 Update
words from 2Box Developer Deve Loper...
"Hello all forum people.
Now things are finally moving forward, I thought it was time to say hello. It's
been a long time coming, but I hope you all enjoy (or will enjoy) our DrumIt
Five drum system. I'm sure my colleague (who is currently on a well deserved
holiday) would agree.
We started this project (my colleague doing the business side and drum hardware
and myself doing the electronics and software) to make a very competitive drum
system with a new look and feel plus a drum module with a unique open sound
architecture. Although there have been many hurdles on the way (and it took
longer than anticipated), I hope you all appreciate the result. I've followed
the posts on the forum ever since the first release this summer and I'd like to
give you some background on some issues.
Due to certain circumstances, we had to ship the first batch with OS 0.36. This
was actually a pre-release version. Also, boot code 1.10 had known problems
writing files over USB, which I after many weeks traced down to a processor flag
not being updated correctly (yes, processors ain't perfect either). Anyway, in
boot 1.30 and OS 1.02 this is all fixed. So for those of you who own a DrumIt
with boot 1.10, please update to boot 1.30 before writing any new files to the
unit (see
http://www.2box.se/pages/updates.html). To make sure the file system is
correct, run a disk check as well. After that, it's safe to update the OS and
download new sounds.
I've seen the wish list and most of the (software) stuff is on my list too!
However, I'm only human and need some time off as well. But be assured, OS 1.02
is just the beginning. Since the OS update is so easy, I'll try to make new
versions available as frequently as possible.
There are many more issues I could comment on, but I think Scottie has done a
real good job here already. I'm in contact with him regularly about things
popping up, so you will get an answer by means of the forum.
Also a big thanks to our distributors.
Best wishes to you all."