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A dream machine for a medium sized band.
I bought this to use in a rehearsal room with a band. We are a four piece but use drums, 2 guitars, bass, 3 synths (stereo),laptop and 3 vocals so needed lots of inputs.
Previously had a Yamaha mixer and Zoom R16 recorder but this allows us to play live and/or record without continuously plugging in and out inputs into the mixer and recorder. Recording onto SD card is easy.
Sound quality is great, loads of headroom on preamps, channel tweaking is easy. Greatest of all though is the ability to have 6 individual headphone/monitor mixes.
Haven't tried mixing using it hooked up to my DAW yet - will report back.
Con: Sure, it's a bit plasticy and the knobs aren't pro quality but sitting in a bandroom with the occasional trip into the outside world it is easily robust enough to last a long time.
1 Year update: I can confirm this product is great. We've used it to produce high quality band demos. Instead of recording all the tracks onto SD card and then importing into a DAW (which is very easily done) we now have it connected directly to a laptop and record live into the DAW. We have a template for our band and all the inputs set up in the DAW so it's really quick and easy to record rehearsals or demos.
Highly recommended, great value.
Previously had a Yamaha mixer and Zoom R16 recorder but this allows us to play live and/or record without continuously plugging in and out inputs into the mixer and recorder. Recording onto SD card is easy.
Sound quality is great, loads of headroom on preamps, channel tweaking is easy. Greatest of all though is the ability to have 6 individual headphone/monitor mixes.
Haven't tried mixing using it hooked up to my DAW yet - will report back.
Con: Sure, it's a bit plasticy and the knobs aren't pro quality but sitting in a bandroom with the occasional trip into the outside world it is easily robust enough to last a long time.
1 Year update: I can confirm this product is great. We've used it to produce high quality band demos. Instead of recording all the tracks onto SD card and then importing into a DAW (which is very easily done) we now have it connected directly to a laptop and record live into the DAW. We have a template for our band and all the inputs set up in the DAW so it's really quick and easy to record rehearsals or demos.
Highly recommended, great value.
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Plug & play
Easy to install, good quality
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Very good
our band is very very happy with this mixer! I love the preset option, the monitor option, the recording option (with an option to listen back and select the channels you want to listen to).
Amazing for the price and great if you play in a band and want to record your songs easily
Amazing for the price and great if you play in a band and want to record your songs easily
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Very good value for its price
It does what it says it does !
Pretty simple to use and gives very good results.
Only "-" are :
- Not enough buttons for the recorder side so you have to use the small screen which is not very handful
- You have to reboot every time you want to change mode
Pretty simple to use and gives very good results.
Only "-" are :
- Not enough buttons for the recorder side so you have to use the small screen which is not very handful
- You have to reboot every time you want to change mode
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Amazing!
I use it for my live recording at church and studio recording.
Great for multitrack recording. You can record it either on a Memory Card or directly to your computer. I was so happy with the 6 input monitoring. Really good for the need of the band to hear themselves. Im glad I bought the L20 instead of L12.
Pros: Editing onboard is possible
Recalling the saved previous set-up is possible
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Monitoring
Different mix on each monitor
Cons: I still couldnt figure why the 17/18 and 19/20 is not recognized in my DAW when doing the multitrack recording.
Great for multitrack recording. You can record it either on a Memory Card or directly to your computer. I was so happy with the 6 input monitoring. Really good for the need of the band to hear themselves. Im glad I bought the L20 instead of L12.
Pros: Editing onboard is possible
Recalling the saved previous set-up is possible
Talk Back
Monitoring
Different mix on each monitor
Cons: I still couldnt figure why the 17/18 and 19/20 is not recognized in my DAW when doing the multitrack recording.
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DB
Compact and functional. Ideal for home studio.
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PB
Nearly the best desk ever
This desk is so easy to use the sound quality is excellent even though the controls are small you get used to them quickly. The only problem I have is operating it remotely it doesn't work with android tablets it only works with Apple products. If this has changed please let me know
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Reliable Mixer
Very reliable mixer and easy to use. I use them both and live recording and sounded really great!
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One of the best purchase in 2020
Have all the features in one budget equipments, love the stereo monitoring outputs especially , Good Job Zoom!
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GO
great device
sold a pair of zoom r-16 recorders for this unit
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