Zoom R24/UK Multitrack Recorde
| Weight: | 1.3 kg |
| Size: | 15 cm |
| Dimensions: | 37.59 x 23.7 x 5.23 cm; 1.3 Kilograms |
| Model: | R24 |
| Colour: | Black |
| Batteries Included: | 6 AA batteries required. (included) |
| Colour: | Black |
| Origin: | China |
| Size: | 15 cm |
| Weight: | 1.3 kg |
| Size: | 15 cm |
| Dimensions: | 37.59 x 23.7 x 5.23 cm; 1.3 Kilograms |
| Model: | R24 |
| Colour: | Black |
| Batteries Included: | 6 AA batteries required. (included) |
| Colour: | Black |
| Origin: | China |
| Size: | 15 cm |
ho gi avuto a che fare con lo zoom r24 in sala prove che un mio amico ha acquistato per la sua batteria perfetto sia per registrare la batteria che qualsiasi altro strumento suono sia chitarra che batteria e mi serviva un prodotto simile soprattutto per la batteria visto che possiede 8 uscite input, facilissimo da usare.
Premesso che ho anche un registratore boss br 1600 quindi avevo gi dimestichezza lo zoom r24 non ha nulla da invidiare molto pi facile in pi dotato di un’uscita USB dove puoi collegarci la chiavetta USB e il gioco fatto che puoi facilmente trasferire le tue registrazioni sul pc, BELLO BELLO BELLO!!!! VE LO CONSIGLIO VIVAMENTE
This product has been in production for over ten years. It is what it is, and it does what it does well.
I researched this purchase carefully and I got exactly what I needed.
Per il prezzo pagato svolge egregiamente le funzioni che, tra l’altro, non sono poche.
Ich als vortgeschrittener Anfnger (Hausgebrauch) habe keine Wnsche offen.
Fr mich ist es ein perfektes Aufnahmestudio ;).
Es ist ein Aufnahmegert und Mixer in einem. Rhytmus- und weiteren Funktionen und Tools stehen zur Verfgung, auch eine Korrektur von Teilen bereits aufgenommen Spuren ist unproblematisch. Ein Stereomikrofon ist eingebaut, USB-Anschlu vorhanden…
Wnschenswert wre noch W-Lan…
The R24 is small and lightweight but loaded with great features. Having H4N experience helped in learning the interfaces and file structure. It has many useful built in effects like reverb, delay/chorus and compression. It even offers guitar amp modeling although I prefer my own guitar preamps. The a/b repeat and punch-in/out functions work very well.
I have done solo acoustic arrangements as well those with a rhythm section and multiple guitar overdubs. So far, all my recordings sound great and weren’t difficult to make (writing a good song is the critical part). I have received a lot of positive feedback and encouragement from my fellow musicians.
My only concern with the R24 is that the input jacks are very tight. But, they are holding up just fine . So far, I’m very happy with the R24.
Awesome portable recording studio! Works incredibly as an audio interface with my DAW (Cubase in my home recording studio), and great independently for capturing multiple tracks in field sessions, such as tracking drums at my drummer’s house…great quality, a real workhorse! I don’t even need or use half the capabilities it offers (i.e. sampler, some track editing options, mastering, computer read mode, etc.)…and am still blown away, for the price, compactness, light-weight & easy to use nature…I would recommend for home recording studio and bigger too.
Para empezar, el producto lleg 2 das antes de lo estimado, lo cual est genial.
Compr el zoom r24 por las prestaciones que tiene, como el controlador de daw (en mi caso Reaper) funciona muy bien, primer da con ella, pero estoy seguro que me va a servir muy bien.
Recomendado
Really nice unit. An audio Swiss Army knife. Excellent sound quality, full of features, and has some decent effects. Technically capable of creating fully mastered tracks from start to finish. Many options for exporting audio. Amazing for recording bands. Keep in mind, interface is very 90’s, editing is clunky, so unless you have a ton of time on your hands, and depending on the kind of music you make, expect to record rough ideas on it and finalize in a DAW.
Purchased as a replacement for my vintage zoom recorder. So far everything is working as expected
I already had an older model this one reacts basically the same way but has more usability for what we use it for definitely worth the money
The Sound On this Recorder is 100% Clear and Once you get used to the different controls and settings such as the EQ, Compression, Built In Patches and The Different Mastering effects, Iam saying comparing to the Tascam Dp 24, this leaves that Miles Behind. I would had appreciated The Usb Stick with the drum effects, But The Looping effects and sampling Its absolutely amazing and I took a Big Gamble on Buying this Studio as Ive always had Tascam. The Only criticisms Ive got are Only 2 which are quite small and they are, you cant assign the Vocal Tracks for Example, If You have youre Mic Plugged into Tracks 3&4 and want to assign the vocal tracks to Track 5&6 or 7&8 etc etc you have to Move the Mic Into the Next track, The Tascam DP 24 allows you to assign youre vocal Tracks Which for Example could be Tracks 3&4 to all of the other tracks, well you cant do that with the R24, you have to Move the Mic xlr connection to every track that you want to use. Criticism No 2 Is The Cuebase software that comes with this Recorder is a Nightmare to Download to youre Pc or Laptop Or whatever… Its a Massive 16 Gb to download. But Then again This computer that Ive got Is On Its way Out anyway, so I`m saying Its the computer rather than the software thats at Fault. Make sure That You dont Clip The recordings either, Because It does have an Dramatic effect On the recording Itself. But Its all down to Trial and Error and Its not one of the easiest of Studios to Use, But Once you get Into it, It then becomes easier. The Manuals are quite easy to Understand and follow and theres Plenty of Videos on you tube to watch On This Zoom R24. Ive had Mine for about 4 weeks now and it was the Best Decision Ive ever made in Buying it *** What I said about you cannott assign Tracks To the same Tracks Is Not strictly true actually, for example, If You Have Youre vocal Tracks On 3&4, what you can do without Disconnecting The Mic to Put It Into The Next Tracks which would be 5&6, what You need to do Is Set Up The Other Vocal Tracks On 11 & 12. I`m going to experiment with it tonight…. The reason why Its 11 & 12 is because they are the same tracks as 3&4, Hope this is understandable as to what Iam Trying to say****. Ive Just been thinking about it as I`m standing In My Kitchen having My Morning coffee. You would have to set up the EQ and Compression On 11&12, But you wont have to disconnect the Mics.. As I say I`ll experiment On the next Recording..
Home recording. I wish you could use more effects at the same time it only allow 2 bilt in veffects at the same time.
Great Product and amazing value. I read up on interfaces and this is great, it’s a mixer and the flash download facility is so useful to mix on iMac. Mine came with Cubase too!! Not listened to drum sounds on flash stick yet but metronome and drum machines are fine for my needs at the moment.
I can also take it to my gigs and record ourselves quickly with the 2 built in condenser mic’s or come out of main gig pa each instrument and vocal into R24 to download raw data onto iMac.
One criticism, I’d like XLR speaker outputs either as well as, or instead of phono Jack’s.
But, at this price it’s amazing value for money.
Now, 2 weeks later and my R24 is fantastic. 100% recommended.
he ZoomR24 has replaced my 15 year old Zoom MRS8… though it doesn’t have the c burner or HD as the old R8 it also has a smaller footprint, is portable and weighs only 3 pounds. The small package packs a bunch great features and i’ve been using for everything from new recording and an audio interface for live DJing on the internet. for $500.00 it’s a steal… endless effects onboard, and with 24 recording tracks…. no excuses
Upgraded to an L-trak 12. This was my podcast workhorse for 5 good years. Didn’t fail on me once.
He tenido la suerte de conseguir esta unidad Reacondicionada por un precio bueno. De momento, he de decir que el producto vena con aspecto de nuevo y slo la caja estaba un poco ms castigada que como cabe esperar. El aparato y los elementos que contiene el set completo estan con apariencia de no toqueteados. De momento me ha dado muy buena impresin y lo poco que he probado, funciona perfectamente. Considero que he conseguido una buena oportunidad dado que el producto, en general, desde principios de ao, ha elevado su precio en el mercado.
El sonido es muy bueno, quiz es que estoy comparndolo con los 4 pistas de los 90, pero es sorprendente lo que se obtiene con el R24. Adems el traer secuenciador y patrones de batera se logra tener todas las herramientas para grabar una cancin en condiciones. Si no se tiene dinero para montar un estudio pc o, simplemente, la informtica no es su fuerte, este R24 cumple sobradamente, una buena compra.
Very Good machine. Easy to plug and record basic project. But not so easy to understand all the functionnality. Good support by the manufacturer. I recommand i
Very easy to use and great quality recordings at an unbeatable price!
My biggest fear when recording is to lose it all if it gets unplugged, this saves when disconnected but better yet, pop in some AA batteries and never worry about it again. Extremely light weight as well. Mixdown and mastering is easy as pie. Another great thing about it is that you can program auto punch in and punch out!
Everytime I use it I come across more bonus features that makes it easier for me.
Along with this I bought the DVD tutorials which really does help, a 32 GB sim which is way too much space lol, and a cheap condenser mic for about $20 that sounds perfect. Very pleased with
I just bought this to replace my much loved Fostex V160 which has developed niggly problems making it unreliable.
I tossed up at length between this and the Tascam DP-32SD, and eventually decided on the Zoom R24 because it was smaller and lighter and the reviews seemed good. I also read about a few issues with the Tascam, which may have been resolved, I don’t know.
On unboxing the Zoom, I had a very cursory scan of the manual and then had a go at recording with the internal microphones. I am a classical musician and very critical of sound. The quality from these microphones is really very good, and it will be interesting to see how much different the sound is when I connect my two good microphones via XLR inputs.
The unit is attractive, well thought out and very easy to use, and many operations are pretty much identical to my Fostex, so to me it feels fairly intuitive. The manual is less than half the size of the Fostex one and easy to navigate, though anyone who has never before explored recording with a multi-track machine may have a bit of a learning curve to start with. It is honestly not all that difficult to master. File transfer onto a flash drive and then into Audacity on the computer is easy.
I am pleased with my purchase thus far, let’s hope it lasts as long as the Fostex.
Je me suis d’abord orient vers le R8 mais pour moi, il me semblait que 8 pistes tait insuffisant. Surtout en utilisant de la stro.
J’avais besoin d’un outil facile utiliser, et pas trop encombrant. j’ai regard galement du ct de la concurrence : Tascam.
Au final, et aprs une semaine d’utilisation je suis extrmement satisfait. Ce produit est sortir il y a pas mal d’annes, mais il a beaucoup d’atouts :
24 pistes, utilisables en stro, donc 12 pistes stro.
Facile utiliser : on enregistre en un clin d’oeil,
Prends peu de place, est autonome l’extrieur (non test).
J’ai bien conscience des limitations de ce produit en terme : 1/ de taille d’cran, et 2/ de dispatch des pistes l’enregistrement.
Concernant la taille de l’cran, je dois dire que j’tais un eu rticent, mais l’usage a ne pose aucun problme, car les infos ncessaires sont visibles et pas besoin de davantage. Aprs, si on veut plus d’infos, et surtout, des infos graphiques, il faudrait passer un ordi, une tablette, etc, et l, ce n’est clairement plus la mission de ce boitier.
Concernant le dispatch, la mauvaise nouvelle c’est que Zoom a dcid que vous allez enregistrer sur la piste qui est rattaches l’entre. Comme il y a 8 entres, vous enregistrerez sur les 8 premires pistes. Ensuite, vous pouvez basculer sur les 2 autres groupes de pistes (car on commute les 24 pistes en 3 groupes pour les atteindre) et ce moment, quand vous serez dans le second groupe par exemple, vous enregistrerez votre entre 1 sur la piste 9, etc. C’est evidemment un peu surprenant.
Me concernant, je fait tout de suite un swap de ma piste vers une nouvelle piste aprs l’avoir enregistre, et c’est rgl.
Pour la stro, un rglage permet de coupler les pistes en runissant les pistes par paires, c’est pratique. C’est encore plus pratique car vous pouvez mmoriser ce choix et le prenniser dans de nouveaux projets que vous crez. Je trouve a bien. le couplage cre des pistes stro entrelaces, il n’y donc qu’un panoramique global.
Effets a l’entre: la aussi, c’est intressant, et mme si l’entre en matire est un peu ardue, c’est pratique.
Qualit audio des enregistrement : c’est excellent pour de la maquette.
Pour l’enregistrement, on a un mtronome, on a des pistes rythmiques (trs fades) pour accompagner. On pourra rcuprer les sets de batterie de la cl USB et les utiliser pour crer des boucles.
l’chantillonneur : il peut tre utile si on aime bidouiller, ce n’est pas mon cas. je n’en parlerai pas.
Ergonomie: les touches directionnelles et le bouton rotatif : nickel, c’est amplement suffisant.
Les boutons sont agrables manipuler, rien dire.
Le boitier est BEAU, vraiment, j’apprcie, et l’encombrement est TOP. Je l’ai plac sur un support de portable PC inclin 45 degrs et c’est parfait pour un pilotage au dessus de mes claviers.
Il n’ y a pas que des qualits certes.. j’aurais vraiment aim que Zoom propose de modifier la position d’un “edit” un bout de piste, pour le recaler. mais il n’y a pas de fonction d’dition entra-piste. Normal en fait, puisqu’on est sur une sorte de magntophone !
je m’en sers tout le temps, et je m’en sers aussi souvent que possible, jusqu’au moment ou je dcide de faire un enregistrement final sur Pro-Tools, car avec un DAW on peut aller beaucoup plus loin dans la production, mais a prend beaucoup plus de temps, et ca tue la crativit.
Recording an acoustic guitar is, in my view, the ultimate test, and the R24 killed it I am extremely pleased with the R24 and I highly recommend getting one.
Brilliant and very well priced piece of kit which I use to quickly capture jam sessions. I wouldn’t use it to create an album, but I’m sure you could. It has some limitations, and it has some features I will probably never use (like the drum machine and on board effects). Sound quality is generally good. I mostly use it as an easy capture device with six microphones (2 vox, 2 gtr, 2 drums) and stereo keyboard mixer into channels 7/8. Although it records up to 24 tracks using overdubs, I only ever use it for 8 tracks as that is the max it will record simultaneously. For my purposes (I have a complete other studio for serious recording), this is great. I will be taking it away with me for song-writing in transit as well.
Really good piece of equipment and very easy to use once you’ve had a little play with it. Well worth the price
There is a learning curve to using this mixer/recorder – but, once you understand what’s going on under the hood, it’s well thought out and logical. There’s some excellent tutorials on YouTube if you need help.
Just for fun, I recorded a track with my grandson. For the backing I created a drum track using Magix Music Maker 2016 and transferred it to the R24. Then my grandson made two tracks, a lead track and a rhythm track, using his acoustic guitar. The final mix was all done on the R24. Using some scenic photographs, I had taken around the State of Vermont over the years, I made this video to complement the music.
Just started recording with it but so far great produc
Awesome! Easy to use and easy to learn the unit. Thinking about buying a second one to have the extra inputs.
This is great. I don’t know why my Ableton Live 9 does not offer the same type of study tool. I would be on my way. Thanks Amazon.
Very easy to use – it must be! I’m hopeless yet I can navigate my way about it with ease. There are a few good tutorials for use of it on youtube. It’s very light and thus easily portable. I use it in bed from time to time. To hell with recording on PCs. With this you write your songs to SD card, then take it out and insert in PC and my Windows 10 64 bit laptop had no problem with playing the files. Buy, enjoy and find happiness. It also has drum pads.
Da quando ho comprato questo, apriti cielo!!! uno spettacolo… oltre a poter risuonare sopra qualsiasi cosa e ricorreggere i vari errori, la qualit della registrazione finale paragonabile ad un CD… tutti gli strumenti sono pieni e nitidi, anche senza fare post processing al computer. Un ottimo acquisto, al momento non ho trovato punti deboli.
Good piece of audio equipment for portable studio. Does a good job. I haven’t managed to configure it to fully control the Adobe Audition CS6 particularly the sliders in the software mixer.
Love the machine though still getting to grips with it and I received it on time properly packed. Included was a 16gb card which I wasn’t expecting and likewise a soft carrying case so it all felt like bonus time 🙂
1) Recording:
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Using the 8 track mode is straightforward pretty much out of the box for anyone who’s had any multitrack recording experience. The input jacks are combined XLR and 1/4″ Phone and are (at least in my system) a tight fit for connecting/ disconnecting cables. I use a series of splitters (XLR and/ or 1/4″ Y splitters) so that instruments/ vocals can be sent to the R24 and the mixing board/ PA. So far this has worked well. If you want to record directly from a guitar/ bass, there’s a Hi Z switch on Track/ Input 1 (only). There are phantom power options on other channels.
In addition to direct inputs, the built-in condenser mics also work surprisingly well for live recording (but obviously without the ability to change the mix beyond the 2 channels.
I’ve used it with rechargeable batteries (NiMH) and they’ve lasted about 1.5 sets (so a bit over 1 hour of recording on 6 tracks).
2. Playback.
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There are several ways to get decent output. The ones I’ve tried so far are:
1) Mix from the board through the stereo line-out or phones output jacks – great for rough takes.
2) Copy the audio files from the SD Card to a computer and import them into editing software (e.g. Audacity or Logic Express).
When playing back, the use of effects is more confusing that IMO it needs to be as there are different types of effects that can be applied to each channel and/ or input with some limitations that are confusing). IMO, this highlights what for me is the biggest liability: the manual. Fortunately there are some great YouTube tutorials that go in to excellent detail on a variety of functions. My favorite is by topdazzle, who explained in less than a minute what the R24 manual couldn’t (at least to me) in multiple pages WRT the use of send-return (rather than insert) effects. These tutorials might also give a good intro for those considering buying one.
IMO an excellent piece of kit, though with its plastic casing, be careful not to abuse it.
The only CONS for me with this device – I bought it hoping to use it as a control surface in my recording studio. It’s not as usable in that role as I had hoped. The only other thing I don’t like is the track level meters. They could use a few more segments. It’s difficult to tell when you’re really clipping. I also wish there was a peak hold option.
For the money, you can’t beat this device for sound quality and portability.
Now, with products like this, you can do pretty impressive multitrack recording at home, for a very reasonable price.
I’ve only just received my R24, so I’m still at the beginning of a steep learning curve – it’s packed with sophisticated features, that are clearly going to take me months to master. But that’s good!
I have to say that – given the complexity of the unit – the manual is VERY basic. I would strongly recommend purchasing one of the excellent video tuition courses from http://proaudiodvds.com/ – there are some taster lessons on YouTube. The R24 tutorial will set you back about twenty quid, and although I’m normally sceptical about such things, it’s actually well worth it. You get over 2 hours of solid examples that show you how to use the recorder in detail. They should really bundle the DVD version of this with the R24, in my opinion.
I also found PC recording time consuming, so I was looking for a tool to speed up the demo recording process.
The R24 exceeded my expectations.
24 tracks, excellent effects, mastering, built in drum machine, 4gb drum samples, built in condenser, pre amp, tuner, timestretch, usb to PC and cubase LE make this excellent value for money.
Also acts as a control surface in Cubase(and other DAW).
It took me around 20 mins to get going with the R24. The manuals are ok, but there is so much packed into the R24 you will be referring back to the manuals quite a bit to start with.
Pluses
Zero latency and the sound quality is everything I hoped for
Speeded up my recording process
Bargain price
Negatives
Programming the built in drum machine is a bit of a pain. You need to make use of the R24’s sequencer and copy patterns onto seperate tracks to start with. There are a couple of good tutorials on you tube showing how to do this.
I do wish that the effects worked with the 48kHz sample rate (not that they’re supposed to – the unit is only advertised for effects to work with 44kHz sample rate), but they work pretty descently under 24-bit/44.1 sample rate. All tracks do have panning ability in the menu, whether you run them as separate mono tracks or as linked stereo tracks. As I’ve read in other reviews, there is some static when the gain controls are turned almost all the way up, but it doesn’t keep crackling, it only makes that sound when turning the knob into the top of the range. Other than that, it doesn’t affect (or hasn’t so far) any recordings I’ve made (no related noise in the recordings, in other words). I also tried putting all gain knobs and volume sliders at their topmost positions when checking the replacement unit. On the original unit, there was some crazy buzzing that never fully went away. With the replacement unit, I can certainly hear the noise floor with that appraoch, but there’s no abhorant buzzing – thankfully, that appears ok.
All recordings I’ve tried so far have involved a full 8 tracks at one time, plus some external preamps, but some have only made use of the onboard preamps. The onboard ones sound descent for the most part (unsure about nature recording yet, but I suspect too noisy for nature use). Sound quality for live music is great, of course, because volume levels are quite high and I tend to run everything in through the line-in jacks: 2 jacks were just XLR mics, 2 used a battery-powered stereo mic to capture audience sounds, and 4 were line-in from peavy amps. Worked great for the volume levels I tried it in (meaning somewhat loud levels, roughly 100-110 dB A-weighted (had to use ear plugs on my part, but I just prefer protecting my hearing). Anyhow, it worked great in the live situation; and, for recording in-house (not live), it also worked really great. I do rough mixes in the Zoom R24, but prefer to dump all tracks into my prefered DAW software (Samplitude, Audacity, Adobe Premier, etc.) to do the actual mixing. Until something like this supports plug-ins (highly unlikely given the lower price range), it’ll have to be an audio-collection tool only for me. That’s just my requirements, though. Others may find it okay for their mixing requirements, though, and for smaller mixes, I would likely use it to mix down songs more easily.
Each track does have a menu-based, 3-band eq… bass and treble have either dippable EQ’s or roll-off EQ’s. The midrange is parametric and allows you to set a fairly wide midrange frequency area – frequencies are preset, but cover a lot of the main harmonics used, and all with variable width (Q). I think the farthest it lets you cut or boost the midrange is +/-12 dB. Not the most dramatic amount, but it’s descent. I’m not sure on how sharp the bass/treble roll-off filters are. They sound like they’re in the range of 9-18 dB possibly, but that’s just my halfway guess.
Also, each track has a send/return setting for reverb and chorus. These work pretty descent. Lots of different types of reverb and chorus to choose from, and both can be used together per track. I wish the compression was a little more accomodating, but I think I may just need to explore that further before declaring that it’s not as useful for me.
Overall, a great unit for live recording and group recordings (meaning, not in live environments). I haven’t tried recording on batteries yet, but look forward to it. I’m not sure the noise floor would work for the super-quiet levels needed for field recording, as I also use a Marantz PMD661 for field recording (which is a good bit quieter), but I expect I’ll be trying that out soon (may even try a Blumlein array with 4 mics for fun!). In my estimation & experience so far, a very descent, solid unit.
This is less than ideal, so I end up recording on a second device to get a live master mix.
Other than that, it’s a great device. Single-pass recording of both the individual tracks and the master mix would make it a 5-star device.
Pros
Lightweight – very portable.
Uses batteries or adapter.
Manual is very well written by someone with an excellent command of the English language.
Excellent value.
Cons
No MIDI whatsoever that I could figure out. One review I had read, hinted that it has some type of MIDI capabilities, but I couldn’t find any. This is unimportant to me, but to some, it may be.
Only 1 dedicated direct input for guitar. It would be nice to have at least 2, but of course you can record by microphone up to 7 more.