Elektron Outbox 8 is a versatile 8-channel audio and CV breakout box designed to expand the physical connectivity of Elektron instruments, USB class-compliant music hardware, computers and mobile devices. Its eight independently configurable, impedance-balanced and DC-coupled outputs can carry mono or stereo audio, control voltage, or any supported combination of both. Outbox 8 enables individual tracks and submixes to be routed to external mixers, effects and recording systems, converts USB MIDI into CV for modular equipment, and operates as an 8-output USB audio interface for computers, tablets and smartphones.

Key features

• 8-channel audio and CV breakout box
• USB host and USB device operation
• 8 independently configurable physical outputs
• 8 impedance-balanced, DC-coupled ¼-inch TRS output sockets
• Configurable for up to 8 mono audio outputs or 4 stereo output pairs
• Audio and CV outputs can be used in supported combinations
• Individual track and submix routing from compatible Elektron instruments
• Compatible with Overbridge-enabled Elektron devices
• Support for compatible USB class-compliant MIDI and audio devices
• Functions as an 8-output USB audio interface
• USB MIDI-to-CV conversion
• Supports V/Oct, Hz/V, linear value, trigger, gate and clock CV signals
• ±5 V CV output range
• 32-bit / 48 kHz digital-to-analogue conversion
• USB 2.0 High-Speed data connection
• USB Power Delivery and dual-role data/power support
• Dedicated USB-C power input
• Configuration from supported Elektron instruments or a browser-based editor
• Compact and portable design

Overview

Included Content

• Elektron Outbox 8
• USB-C to USB-A cable

Creative Tools

• Route individual tracks from a compatible Elektron instrument to separate mixer or audio-interface channels, providing independent level, EQ, dynamics and effects processing for each part.
• Create dedicated output groups for drums, bass, melodic instruments, effects and other elements by assigning multiple tracks to the same physical output or stereo pair.
• Build external effects loops by routing selected tracks through individual outputs to pedals, processors or modular effects before returning them through the audio inputs of a compatible instrument or mixer.
• Use up to eight mono outputs for detailed multichannel routing, or combine adjacent outputs into as many as four impedance-balanced stereo pairs.
• Send audio from a DAW to analogue mixers, effects processors, samplers and multichannel sound systems by using Outbox 8 as a class-compliant 8-output USB audio interface.
• Expand compatible USB class-compliant grooveboxes, synthesizers and drum machines by operating Outbox 8 as a USB host, subject to the connected device’s audio and MIDI implementation.
• Convert MIDI information from a computer, sequencer, controller or compatible instrument into CV signals for controlling modular and semi-modular synthesizers.
• Control oscillator pitch using either V/Oct or Hz/V standards, allowing integration with a broad range of modular, vintage and modern CV-controlled instruments.
• Generate gate, trigger and clock signals for starting envelopes, triggering percussion modules and synchronising modular systems with MIDI or DAW-based equipment.
• Send continuously variable ±5 V control signals to compatible modulation destinations using the linear CV value mode.
• Combine audio and CV across the eight DC-coupled outputs to create a hybrid setup that routes sound to external processing while simultaneously controlling modular equipment.
• Configure routing directly from supported Elektron instruments, or use the browser-based editor when working with other compatible hardware, computers or mobile devices.
• Integrate the compact, USB-powered unit into studio and live-performance systems without requiring a conventional desktop audio interface or large breakout system.

Ideal For

• Elektron instrument users
• Overbridge-based hardware setups
• Electronic musicians
• Live performers
• Music producers
• Modular and Eurorack users
• Hybrid hardware and software studios
• External mixing and effects-processing workflows
• Multichannel installations and performances
• USB MIDI-to-CV conversion
• Computer, tablet and smartphone music systems requiring additional outputs
• Anyone seeking eight configurable audio and CV outputs in a compact USB-powered unit