![]() ![]() This should appeal if you're looking to record close‑miked acoustic ensembles or drum kits, for example. It can be selected to power two, four or six inputs at once, catering for a variety of mic arrangements. A 2GB USB stick also ships as standard, and contains 1.53GBs of loops produced by Big Fish Audio and jazz/fusion drummer Peter Erskine, which should be more than enough to help the budding composer get started.Ī further significant change is the provision of 48V phantom power to six of the eight XLR inputs (it was only available on two of the R16's inputs). This time, though, instead of forming a separate section, the nine drum pads line up in a row at the foot of the nine 45mm faders. Actually, it was more of a surprise to find them missing from the R16 than to see them included on the R24, as Zoom have almost always bundled a set of drum pads and sequencing/sampling tools with their recorders in the past. The second major addition is the rhythm‑creation and sampling facilities. The most obvious change is the addition of a further bank of eight recording tracks (making a total of 24), which Zoom have accommodated by altering the functions of some of the hardware buttons. New Featuresīut what about the present? As I implied earlier, the R24 is at heart an R16 with added features and various modifications. If you're curious to know about the history, Zoom's first hybrid recorder/control surface was the HD16, reviewed in SOS August 2007 ( /sos/aug07/articles/zoom_hd16.htm), though unlike the R16/24, this was not also an interface. Few people now seem to want to work exclusively using hardware, so products like the R24 have taken on extra functionality, allowing them to work alongside computers, instead of acting as an alternative. ![]() ![]() Other manufacturers must wonder how Zoom manage to include so much functionality without compromising quality or charging a fortune! Fortunately, many of the R24's features were covered in our review of its predecessor, the R16, and I'd recommend checking out that review (in SOS September 2009 or at /sos/sep09/articles/zoomr16.htm) in addition to reading this one.īoth the R16 and R24 have evolved from Zoom's earlier hard‑disk multitrack recorders, which were essentially stand‑alone products providing an affordable way to record, mix, master and burn CDs, functioning as all‑in‑one portable alternatives to Windows or Apple‑based DAW systems. It even has a pair of built‑in mics of its own, for when you have no external ones to hand. The R24, reviewed here, is a case in point: it functions as a 24‑track recorder, complete with mixing tools it can be used as a multi‑channel computer audio interface and control surface and it includes loop‑sampling facilities, drum samples and a sequencer for constructing rhythm tracks. The hardest thing about reviewing Zoom products is finding the space to document all their features. Zoom have launched a sibling for their R16, adding a further eight tracks and some neat loop‑sampling and rhythm‑track features. ![]()
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