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bento – sampling production lab
$899.00
Bento is a portable sampling production lab that lets you sample, sequence, and perform with expressive control—no laptop required, just pure creative flow. Bento’s dawless music production features work great alone or together with other gear.
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Sample Every Flavor
Bento is a portable, all-in-one sampling production lab that brings together flexible sequencing, expressive performance tools, and pro-level connectivity—perfect as the centerpiece of your desktop or mobile rig. Whether you’re looping on the go, launching clips live, writing songs at a coffee shop or sequencing your entire synth setup, Bento gives you the tools to shape your sound from idea to performance.
With pristine 24-bit sound quality, a bright 7” touchscreen, 16 responsive pads, deep control over samples, internal wavetable and granular synthesizers, MIDI, and effects – bento offers a fast, fluid workflow in a compact and portable form. Sequence one-shots, create multisample instruments, build Loop Groups, automate synth parameters and chop loops using bento’s flexible workflow and expansive modulation and FX engine. 8 tracks of instruments with clip launching, scene building and song mode give you what you need to fire a song idea and take your beats live.
Designed to replace laptops, simplify cabling, and integrate seamlessly with your gear, bento features multiple stereo inputs and outputs, USB-C host and device ports supporting USB audio and MIDI, dual TRS MIDI I/O, and a built-in battery for up to 3 hours of mobile creativity.
Top Features
- 7” color touchscreen
- 16 expressive pads and 8 endless encoders for hands-on control
- Per-pad control of level, pitch, pan, FX sends, and modulation
- 8 flexible tracks support internal instrument types including sample banks, loops, granular synth, multisample, slicer, shredder, wavetable synth or external instrument MIDI and audio IO
- Piano Roll Sequencer with step counts, probability, and automation
- Automation for creating parameter changes within a sequence
- Step Sequencer for fast and easy sequencing one-shot sounds like drums
- Scenes to combine multiple sequences and Loop Groups to play at once
- Song Mode for combining scenes into one linear song
- Real-time launching of Sequences, Loop Groups, Scenes and Songs
- “Record from Anywhere” Resample for recording and layering jams on internal instruments or eternal audio sources–perfect for live looping
- Powerful FX section featuring delay, reverb, shimmer reverb, chorus, flanger, phaser, overdrive with per-track routing
- XY Controlled Repeater, Gater, Filter, Delay and other performance fx
- Sidechain compression with Track, Clock, MIDI and Pad-based triggers
- Extensive modulation system with LFOs, envelopes, and step sequencers
- Flexible MIDI integration—2 MIDI in + 2 out (TRS), USB host and device
- Easily sample external gear and stream long WAVs from microSD
- VESA Mount Compatible
- 3 stereo inputs, 3 stereo outputs, and headphone output for pro-level analog routing plus USB audio
- Battery powered for mobile jamming and portable performance
- Unlimited number of projects stored to microSD cards
Recording Capabilities
- Capture loops quickly with the option to synchronize the start and stop times to the clock
- Trigger recording via audio level threshold
- Create perfectly sized loops by setting the recording length
- Use MIDI to control recording actions
- Enable immediate playback after recording for live looping capabilities
- Make recordings up to 4 hours in length
- Resample the master output without patching
- Store recorded samples as WAV files on the micro SD card
What is Included
- bento – sampling production lab
- MicroSD card with over 160 patches and over 200 wav files
- USB C power cord
- USB C power and data splitter
- Type B TRS MIDI To MIDI 5 Pin DIN adapter
- QR Code with link to the Quick Start Guide
Technical Specs
- 8 tracks with multiple patch types—sample banks, multisamples, slicers, granular, loops, and external MIDI
- 16 pressure- and velocity-sensitive pads
- 7” diagonal touch screen
- 8 context-sensitive endless encoders
- 3 stereo inputs, 3 stereo outputs, 1 stereo headphone out
- 2 TRS MIDI inputs & 2 TRS MIDI outputs (Type A & B)
- USB-C host and device ports
- Internal battery with 3 hours in low power mode
- Lithium ion battery rated at 3.8V, 5120mAh, 19.5Wh
- Includes 155 Patches and over 5000 sample files
- Expandable via microSD card
- 24-bit ADC/DAC
- MIDI sequencing, modulation, and CC control support
- Compatible with 100 x 100 VESA mounts
- Requires a 30-Watt USB power supply that can provide at least 2000mA (2 amps) at 5V (not included)
- Product dimensions: 8” x 8.5” x 2”, 2 lb (20.4 x 21.8 x 5.1 cm, 936 grams)
- Package dimensions: 10.25″ x 8.5″ x 2.75″, 2.7 lb. ( 26 x 21.6 x 7 cm, 1.2 kg)
Learn How to Work with bento
Quick Start Guide
The bento Quick Start Guide will show you how to find your way around bento so you can start making music right away.
User Manual
The Official bento 1.3.17 User Manual is your portable guide to all of the features in the product.
New features not covered in the manual are described in these release notes:
Keep Your Firmware Up to Date
Download the Latest Firmware
New firmware updates add new features and fix bugs. You can find the latest version on the downloads page.
Get Beta Firmware and Download Factory Content
All released firmware versions, including beta versions, can be found on the bento downloads channel of the 1010music discord server. You will need a Discord account to access the server. You can find the original factory content on discord, also.
Join the Community
While you are on Discord, join the conversation with other musicians to learn new ways to work with bento.
| Weight | 3.0 lbs |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 11.25 × 10.25 × 3.75 in |
| HS Tariff Code | CAN: 8519.81.00.00 |
| Country of Origin | China |