British Band Instrument Company

For those who don’t know, British company Formatt was acquired by Tokina a few years ago. Tokina also started to make their own black supermist filter. I took a gamble and bought Formatt (and a 1/16) since they’ve been making filters longer. I don’t have any Tokina’s to compare but the quality is good. The 1/8 halation is nice and contrast reduction is just right for me.. I also like the Formatt’s pouch and magnetic seal.

For those who don’t know, British company Formatt was acquired by Tokina a few years ago. Tokina also started to make their own black supermist filter. I took a gamble and bought Formatt (and a 1/8) since they’ve been making filters longer. I don’t have any Tokina’s to compare but the quality is good. The 1/16 halation is nice and subtle enough to make interviews just that more interesting but not too overbearing. I also like the Formatt’s pouch and magnetic seal.

Wow, this works really well. I bought it for the band at our church. Makes it very easy for someone who plays an instrument and sings to have a decent in-ear monitor without spending a fortune. Very solid all-metal construction. Setup and use are very simple; the diagrams & labels silk-screened onto the top make it easy to see what should plug in where. As a nice additional touch, it doubles as a direct box for the instrument input. I highly recommend the optional MSC106 mic stand adapter if you're using this on stage. Only drawback is that you need a long cable or an extension for your ear monitor / headphones. If you mount this on a mic or music stand, you don't have a lot of room to move. We'll be buying a mix of these and the 1-channel PM50s to move our whole band to in-ear monitors.

We use a snake combining vocal mic, instrument mics, D.I.s, and monitor cables for each band member, running to their area of the stage from the stage digital mixer, and this product makes it easy to customize those changes and change out cables when necessary.

If anyone in your band wants more me control of their in-ear foldback for both their vocals and an instrument (or two instruments), then this is THE box for them! Ok so it costs more than the 2 channel competition, but this has the essential 3rd channel the others lack, plus an integral stereo DI box, so the total cost is much the same. What is really nice is the way it can be set for mono or stereo inputs on both the instrument channel and the main foldback. The cct diagram even contains instructions to convert the mic channel for line level inputs. A really useful box, and a much better buy in real terms than the competing products, for use by real musicians!

this stuff is authentic. my British buddy said so.

Great instrument by a great company and the BandH deliveries. It it doesn't matter which stage you are at as a pianist you won't outgrow this digital piano. It's all anyone could ask for and more. You'll be amazed when you sit down and play this instrument and everyone else will wowed when they hear it. Thanks Roland, and thank you B&H for your service to me since 1979.

Can’t beat this little instrument for the money!

Fine instrument, does what it should do and more. I recommend it.

Diving in the British Virgin Islands it made all the difference when deeper than 20ft. Easy to use and keep clean.