@@mr_floydstsir, are you audio engineer? Can zoom r24 change the humbucker pickup tone to the single coil by using parametric eq in display mode or amp eq in insert effect mode? If can, would you please give me the detail of the parameter and patch setting.... tq sir...
@@user-je7fh1gh2e You can use an EQ on every individual track on this machine, so if you take away the low end and boost the high end you should be able to pull that off.
I've had my Zoom R24 for a few years now and it has been a great little unit. I have used it with my 2015 Macbook Pro running Sierra and it works well with Garage Band and Logic 9 as a audio input device and transport controller.
I subbed to you. I pulled my R24 out of storage has been packed away for a long time, as I’ve started doing videos on you tube, but I want to get back into my music. This video was very informative instead of me trying to work it out myself. I will be coming back to your vid as I navigate myself through. Thank you 🙏
I have the R8... Great machine, same machine but less tracks and a few other small things... Learned a little something, something from your video. Way better than a paid tutorial I bought a year ago. Thanks!!!
thank u. I had my R24 for 2 years or more now and I was going to get rid of it because of the menu diving. I couldn't get barely nothing recoded due to using the built in drums and the built in effects. The book says to adjust each track before hand like the eq's and such. It becomes to overwhelming building up a template before a mixdown. I'm now inspired to give it another chance by doing it your way and hope your workflow becomes a more pleasant experience because I know this machine has a lot to offer. Looking forward for another video from you.
Thanks for watching! I think setting up all the tracks beforehand sounds a little bit counterproductive. Just record your takes and then edit afterwards. Once you find a nice setup, you can use that as a template when creating a new song (the R24 will ask if you want to take your current settings to your new project).
Thanks for the great video! But I have one question. Can this MTR copy and paste from one track to another? What if you want your exactly the same guitar backing phrase recorded in two tracks so that you can pan your guitar backing to right and left?
Yes, absolutely. See page 93 in the R24 manual zoomcorp.com/media/documents/E_R24_2.pdf After copying the file, you can assign it to another track. Or use the pattern sequencer to repeat it multiple times.
Thanks for doing this. Been thinking about going this route. Too many audio dropouts, crackles and pops recording into a DAW even when the project isn't too big and with a new computer. Have the r8 but never used it. I think im going to start, after seeing that it can be done well. Also great work!
You should try the BR600, it's what I use. I'm glad you made a demo and comprehensive review for this though, as when I was looking for digital recording hardware I considered this unit but could never find a good RU-vid video about it.
Thanks for watching! I have the BR-80 and I like it, it's very portable. But the one annoying thing about the BR series is it doesn't record AIFF or WAV, you have to convert the audio files before using them. The Zoom records 24bit or 16 bit WAV which then can be transferred by SD card or USB connection without any need of file conversion. You can process the files on your PC and copy them back afterwards.
@@mr_floydst personally I've always found the BRWC utility quite handy for autolabeling tracks and letting me stereo pair tracks before conversion with no additional steps. I will admit it is a little tedious.
Will be nice with independents outs to send all separate backing tracks to the PA mixer in a concert and with MIDI clock synch to play together with other drums sequencers or synths. Nice tutorial. Thanks.
I think that's what their LiveTrack series is for, but that's a lot more expensive. The newer R20 has 4 seperate audio outs (2 stereo outputs which can be addressed individually) but that's not the professional XLR output you're looking for.
This sounds great to me. Why do some people complain about the ore amps? It sounds very acceptable to me and a very kool design. The sampler/looper is such a creative tool to have.Plus the ability to write away from a computer.
If you turn the pre amps all the way up, they'll produce noise. In my experience, it's ok to push them to the 3 o'clock position, but going above that is really not recommendable. But most of the times, you can leave that at the 12 o'clock position, which results in a very noise-free recording. I say this based on my experience with electric guitar, synth and microphones.
Just came across your site, Inspirational!!😎 what a revelation to see you really use the R24 properly. There is a HD16 available and I don’t know which is better if there is such a thing! End user creativity a la YOU!! And you truly have taken the time to learn the unit. The learning curve?? EnJoyed immensely, Right vs left conundrum at this end, songs and playing are the priority, how to marry the left and right as you have so aptly done gives me hope but any insights I will endeavour to find in your other videos. Please feel free to offer clues and assistance, thank you so very much😎
Thanks for your kind words! There is a learning curve, but the basic things like recording and mixing are straightforward. The other things take some experience and learning from other people - I think I grasped the basics of mixing and mastering, but many things are still a mystery to me.
Hello Floyd: will you be doing anymore videos on the Zoom R-24, ? Your instructions are spot•on accurate, and very informative. I am interested in more of the implementations (looping, punch in/out, effects, editing, et.al.) which.this machine can do. Sincere appreciations from 🇨🇦.
Fantastic. I have to pick up the manual some day, when I can find the time, so I can become more confident with looping and ‘inserting’ part of a (bass, keyboard, vocal, guitar, etc) into various parts of a song...rather than trying to replicate the same theme over and over. I look forward to your upcoming videos. Thank you Sir.
Floyd Steinberg - I appreciate your (continuous) time and assistance. I do have one question in which it will show my “novice experience” with my r-24, and recording with it. Q: what are the advantages of using an AUDIO INTERFACE...I understand that the R-24 CAN be used as an “audio interface”. i) what is the advantage and the difference using a computer (as an audio interface) with the R-24? ii) what IS an audio interface iii) why would I use a computer with a program (such as protools) instead of just using the R-24 to record my songs? __________________ I think that all 3 questions are very similar, but can you possibly breakdown my concern(s) into one answer. I thank you in advance for everything👏
@@neurom.d.6587 In short, a DAW can do much more sophisticated processing to your music than the R24 standalone. Better effects, better mastering, and so on. And all the sequencing (repeating parts of you recordings). Using the R24 as an audio interface will produce higher quality recordings than using your PC's sound card, which might introduce noise and hum. Using the R24 standalone is faster and can yield great results, too. So it's really up to your personal preferences.
@@neurom.d.6587 Also, when using the R24 as an Audio interface, it will send everything recorded on the audio inputs straight to your PC for further processing.
Hello. My band and I is about to use this for our recording. The plan is to record simultaneously. 5 Microphones to the drums, 1 Line Out connection from the guitar amp, 1 Line Out connection from the bass amp and 1 microphone for the vocalist. Hence, all Zoom R24's inputs are occupied. Including the Monitor Inputs which we will connect the studio's PA systems. Also good to note that we will not be renting a real recording studio. We will just going to rent a decent studio good for band practices. Some concerns are as follows: 1. Line Outs of the Instrument Amps. - It turns out, some amps, when connected to the LINE OUT, its master volume will be bypassed. This means, that the amp speaker is muted. One solution for this is to connect headphones to the amp. But, how can I hear the sound of my drummer, bass and vocalist? 2. Mic-ing up the bass and guitar amps is a good idea. However, since we also have the drummer in the room, a lot of BLEEDING from our amp microphones will be heard from the post. Any tips on how to record simultaneously with the Zoom R24? Thanks, Mr. Steinberg!
Hi, thanks for watching. Oof, I'm not a professional musician, but... 1) the easiest solution: connect a mixer with multiple outputs to the R24's audio out. Connect all headphones necessary to that mixer. 2) a common solution is to use an electronic drumkit. ;-) other options are using gates and filters. it really depends on your studio. www.soundonsound.com/sound-advice/q-what-best-way-reduce-bleed-drum-recording Best regards and good luck!
Nice vid. I'd like to see how the faders work switching between banks. And how the machine remembers the levels of each track and how that is affected when moving the faders. The biggest problem for me with the Zoom MRS4 was that every time you loaded a new song the fader positions were lost. I ended up putting very thin stickers down next to the faders so i could draw a line where the faders were in the other songs I was working on. Thanks...
The R24 memorizes the track levels. But once you move the fader assigned to a track, it's that volume indicated by the fader's position. So there is no visual feedback where the fader was before you used it on another track. On the successor, the R20, volume is changed only once you hit the level assigned to that track previously, there's also a marker on screen showing you the previous position.
You dan see every track level, press the knob PAN/EQ and scroll down to parameter 'FADER' and there you'll see the fader level as a number, 0 to 127, you can change it without touching the fader with the scrollwheel, so a previous project, no matter where the faders are now, can be loaded and you can check all the fader levels and adjust them with the scrollwheel or with the fysical fader, but as soon as you touch the fader, the level jumps to where the fader is.@@mr_floydst
I may by one of these, until I can afford a more expensive multi track interface recorder. I like the idea of using it for field recording, and instrument/vocal. I've been doing a lot of research over the past week, and I've been flip flopping. It's really difficult to make up my mind. I was also thinking about the Tascam DP24, but it's strictly studio focused. They're on sale for $399.99 usd right now, so it's tempting. Ultimately, I would like to have a Tascam Model 16-24
Thanks for watching! I'm afraid I can't offer help as I never used the Tascam. It does look like a very nice piece of kit, though ;) The R24 seems to be more flexible with it's stereo/mono track setup, but again, I can't really tell.
I just got ordered a used R24 off reverb in mint condition for $260 usd, and Free Shipping on top of that. I couldn't pass up that kind of deal. The seller is very kind, and they're even throwing in a SD card. Thanks for the videos! I'll definitely be watching them more once I receive it. The Tascam Model series seems to be a step up, but the cheapest Model 16's are around $700.00 usd for a used unit. I would rather build my synth collection up at the moment, so I'm more than happy with using the R24 for a while. Even after I get a mixer with more bells and whistles, I can still make use of the R24 due to it portability. I'm starting to get into experimental ambient music, and I'll be using it for field recording. I watched your review of the R24 v R20, and I could hear the difference, but I can deal with that. I can always use one of my DAWs if I need something squeaky perfect. The R20 does sound good, but I see myself getting more use for the R24. Thanks again for posting helpful content!
Hey Floyd, highly informative video, thanks. Do you know if it's possible to link two R24s together and run them in Logic (or any DAW) as an audio interface with a total of16 available tracks for recording directly to my DAW? I'm already doing it with one R24 and 8 tracks and it's working great in Logic. Can't seem to get it to work with two linked together though. Only sees 8 tracks, not 16. Wondering if that's even possible as there's nothing in the manual about connecting two units together as an audio interface. Love some feedback if you can help. Thanks.
Hi, thanks for watching! I never tried that, but I think the first thing you should try is to connect both of them to your computer as seperate audio interfaces. (I'm not a Mac user, but on PC that should work with "ASIO4ALL")
Thanks for the videos! I dig the sound, very inspiring. How did you manage to sync your ARQ96 to the R24? It appears it starts playing the moment you hit record. Wizardry? Am I missing something? Cheers!
Hi, thanks for watching! I'm sorry to disappoint, nothing fancy going on. I just set up an 8 beat pre-roll on the R24 and pressed play on the ARQ on time. :-)
@@baaswatervaal8796 Not a dumb question it was. I was looking for the same answer. This empiric method will go out of sync sooner or later if you go on recording more measures.
Hey Steinberg the master.......Pls have a few questions.....I watched your videos and a few other to know if I should by the machine or not....And I saw its really amazing...I got the R8 cause I need it more portable......But is there a way of seeing where you are at in a song......Like a waveform or some sort of grid lines like the Roland ones....Because I dont know how to continue on a recording I did.... .since I cant see the end of any track....You mean I just have listen till I get where I want in a track? And when I insert rechargeable fully charged batteries it drains out in few seconds or minutes.... I switch it to Alkaline and also Ni Mh but didnt help.... So wanna know about this....Its hard to find a really good video that deals with practical things one would need with this device.... I just remember you are smart guy and if you also a nice person you will make time to answer me or find me solutions to these issues or questions..
Hi, thanks for watching! There is no "waveform overview" as seen in DAWs. If you want to, you can turn on the sequencer in any given track - press the "Track" button and you should see a menu option for doing that. But the most convenient way to navigate your song is by pressing the marker button at the point you like to work on and then navigate using the double arrow buttons. You can set as many markers as needed. Thats a really fast way of going where you want to! Rechargable batteries: Use these for the best performance: amzn.to/34uTpVD And if that still isn't enough, use a powerbank plus USB cable - the R series can be powered by USB. Best regards!
Hi, thanks for watching! Yes, I've used that. It's quite good for sequencing songs - you can place your tracks on a grid and repeat as often as needed. Every track can hold exactly one phrase, so you'll e.g. have one track for the bass drum, one for hihat, one for snaredrum, one for guitar verse, another one for guitar chorus, and so on. Works best for a mix of sequences and normal recordings. The sampler can't play recordings at different pitches (you can't play melodies with a sample). I made one video with the R8 I owned previously, the drums and the bassline are made with some samples and the internal sequencer: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-l0wmWc7Kl4k.html
Thanks a lot for this detailed video! I’m working with an R24, but I need to find a way to syncronize it with Logic Pro. Just to explain how I work: I often start using a drum machine synchronised with Logic (recording the drum machine on 2 or 4 tracks of Logic) OR create the drum parts in Logic with its virtual instruments. Then I transfer the drum parts recorded as audio in Logic into the R24. I go on with my tracks by adding keyboards, bass and guitar parts directly onto the R24 itself. For me it is more easy and immediate, and in this creative phase I can forget the mess and troubles of the software computer looking always at the screen… My question is: as the R24 has no MIDI connectors, how can I transfer all these R24 tracks back to Logic syncronized “in time”?…. Or, in general, how can I run both Logic and R24 to work together? (no matter which will be the master or slave). Maybe there is a possibility to send or receive midi clock / midi time code when the R24 is connected via USB though the interface? Thank you in advance for your help!
Hi, thanks for watching! I don't know if I understood that correctly, but normally, the R24 fills that part of the tracks where you didn't record something with silence. So if you drag these tracks into your daw, they should be in sync (if they all start at 0).
WoOw im so glad i found your video m@n !! This little recording unit can do almost everything needed in a daily basis homestud ^^ Just another brilliant piece of gear from Zoom (( this company makes such amazing devices IMO ))
Edit: nevermind just tried it & everything was lined up & in time just like in the R24. - Have you transfered stems from the R24 to a DAW yet? Getting ready to attempt this but everyone is saying they're just wav files & nothing is lined up at all so alot of manually moving around. Didn't know if there was a better way.
That's what I wanted to say. :-) You can also go the other way round, by transferring your DAW stems to the R24 (e.g. for using the mastering effects). In that case, it might be necessary to use the R24's track sequencer to align your stems.
@@mdswngs3551 pardon, you mean the apple computer products or the loudspeaker/monitor series or anything else? ;-) I'm afraid I'm not really an expert on all of them.
Hi Floyd, in case you have a project with more than 8 tracks, and you wish to do a quick mix, by adjusting volume level faders, do the volume levels you set from bank 1-8 remain intact (in memory) when jumping to bank 9-17, for editing levels there and then coming back to 1-8 ?? thanks regards!
Hi Tuko, yes indeed, the settings will remain intact when changing the other channels. Coming back, it's best to use the menu interface for adjusting levels.
@@roodfooddoods Because there is no visible marker that show you were they were before you left the "page". On the ZOOM R20 (to answer your other question on another video), there's an indicator on screen where your fader was previously, before you switched to the second group of tracks. You then have to move your faders there before they actually change the level of the track.
Hi, thanks for watching! It's not _way_ worse, but to my ears, there's a notable increase in sound quality on the R20. (Though some of my viewers objected). I made a comparison video here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2FkFBGq7Oiw.html and there's a audio comparison at the end of the video for you to judge. Best regards!
I can't look it up at the moment, but here's an educated guess: While recording your mix to the master track, slowly move the red fader down in the end of your piece.
Thanks Floyd. Can u tell me is there an auto record option? The track starts recording as soon as it detects level.Basically I want to record in the seperate elements of a korg volca beats drum machine. It means that all tracks will start at the same time and be synched. I wish the tracker had midi. I could do the above on reaper daw and import it although I'd prefare to do it on the unit itself. Thanks for these vids.il hopefully get round to trying it next week.
There's no such feature. You can set up a pre count on the metronome, or an auto punch in (device will start recording on a marker and end recording on the next marker).
Fantastic video!!! inspirational stuff. what microphone are you using? just the internal one or have you connected a second mic? can you combine daw less and using sounds from the pc (like NI maschine?) Thanks
Hi, thanks for watching! I'm using a microphone "Scarlett CM-25 Studio", a condenser mic using 24V phantom power. I think this was bundled with some USB audio interface and I think it's propably not very good. ;) I used both the internal mics (for the piano) and the external one (for the guitar). You can easily download your recordings to your PC via USB for further processing, they're in standard WAV format (up to 96khz).
Floyd Steinberg Thanks for the reply. I am trying to work out my best option to record and produce and make RU-vid videos. At the moment I use maschine to sample record and produce but I do need a mixer to connect a mic and a DJ mixer plus a akai amx mixer, so I am thinking about this multi track recorder instead of a standard mixer to get more options. Your video gave me a great insight. Thanks again
Thanks for watching! No, I just pressed start "on time". This device has no sync option, only a workaround where you need to record the sync signal, use it as a metronome sound and route it to the headphone jack. ;)
Hi Floyd , thanks for your video. Please I have 2 question about some important befor I buy this gear. 1. Noise level after recording gears is ok ? 2. How synch track after recording. On my Akai LIVE I set level limimt and when signal reach this level start recod process. this will achieve accurate track synchronization. Is there same possibility?
Thanks so much for this man! Great sounding music and straightforward approach to demonstrating how to use the r24. I'm thinking of buying it and using it in a similar way. I have two questions....was wondering if the guitar amp sims/ patches are the same as they are on the zoom r8? And also, can you sequence your own samples as you would with the built in rhythm machine I.e. manually play pads (sampled drums for example) and then use quantization to create a pattern/loop with said samples? Sorry for the long comment but any help would be appreciated!!
Hi, thanks for watching! I think the effects are the same as on the R8 (that was the one I had before buying this). Plus the R24 has a big selection of mastering effects to choose from. You can sequence samples just like on the R8, and use a drum machine, too. Samples can be triggered by the drum pads, but you can't play melodies. If I remember correctly, the R24 does "snap" your trigger to the nearest part of the grid while recording, so no quantizing after recording.
Hi, thanks for watching - you can change the filename only after recording, if I remember correctly. There's a file section in the user interface that lets you do that.
Actually it named my pedal steel recorded channel to STE-000.wav And if I use a different channel it uses the same sequential file name… I knew how to do it a couple of years ago but now I don’t remember…
Thanks for watching - you can create a track only for the snare and then EQ, filter, compress it, re-sample it and then use it as a snare sound. But that involves a lot of menu diving. (Watching the my old video again: Oh. My. That's not how I would do it today ;-) )
@mr_floydst Hello mate. Question about R24, why do synthesizers when using this interface - when connecting separate L+R channels at the output on monitors - give disgusting MONO? And how to deal with this? Thank you.
Also can track inputs be routed to tracks other than the recording track they are numerically assigned to? Example: Can I use the input track 1 to record on track 7?
Thanks for vid and cool song! Can this thing apply fade in and fade out to a recorded snippet? I mean like after edit. Or trim? If not how do you get rid of clicks?
Hi, thanks for watching! You can trim tracks / audio snippets, but fadeout isn't an option. I never had to deal with clicks, though, so I guess they have some algorithm which cares about that automatically.
Floyd Steinberg thanks for reply! Another thing I was wondering, such machines without pan or fx automation, how could one do as simple of a thing as gradually pan one track to the left while simultaneously panning another track to the right? PS it’s cool they have taken care to prevent clip sounds though!
Well, you could do that by applying one of the insert effects to that track, but that's the situation I'd just transfer all the recordings to a DAW for mixing and mastering anyway. I'm not advocating DAWless recording, I just found out I'm more productive when not distracted by social media. :-)
Can you please tell me if there is any way I can play and record in real time directly from the drum pads, which I have always been able to do with earlier model HD16. Without this facility this unit is completely useless for me. Thank you !
Hi, thanks for watching! I tried some things this morning and yes, there's a way to do that, but it's hilariously complicated. I'll do a video on that... Should be up in some hours or tomorrow. :-) Best regards!
You can use this as an audio interface to record straight into your DAW, or your can take this outside, record something, take it back to your PC and transfer the recordings into your DAW. The controller mode sends normal MIDI CC, so if there's no template for that in ProTools, you should be able to assign the controls yourself using MIDI learning.
Thanks for watching! You can use the R24 as a smpte master using the "hidden bus". Use a recording of a click track and set it as an audio source for the metronome. Then set the metronome to "headphones only" and output that signal to the "clients". But that's not really what we're looking for ;)
@@mr_floydst Yeah.. i know.. sad thing that no manufacturer want to make a neat standalone recording unit that can sync with midi timecodes.. that would be awesome.
I have a question I want to record my music with the zoom r24 but I want before the music comes in the zoom r24 it comes in my normal mixer and then in the zoom r24 so I can mix the track from my normal mixer how can I make this without all mics and instruments are on the same line (I hope you understand my English I'm from Germany)
Thanks for watching / Danke für's Zuschauen. :-) Most Mixers have 2 or more "buses" (audio outputs). So it should be possible to connect those audio outs to the R24's audio inputs, resulting in at least 2 seperated stereo tracks. The R24 can record up to 8 seperate mono tracks. In case your mixer has as many audio outputs, you're good. You can even add external insert effects after recording, you can see how to do that in one of my videos - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uQO-oroK-zE.html Deutsch: Ein Mischpult hat meistens mehrere "Busse", also Audioausgänge. Es sollte eigentlich möglich sein, diese Audioausgänge an den R24 anzuschließen und dadurch zumindest mehrere Stereosignale getrennt aufzunehmen. Der R24 kann bis zu 8 einzelne Spuren gleichzeitig aufnehmen. Wenn das Mischpult auch so viele Mono-Ausgänge hat, sollte das also kein Problem sein. Wenn Du das Audiosignal nach dem Aufnehmen als "Insert-Effekt" nochmal nachmischen willst, geht das mit einem kleinen Trick auch - habe ich in diesem Video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uQO-oroK-zE.html
@@mr_floydst thanks for making the video :) and thanks for quick reply. In your case after the initial beat from Arc you played instruments by hand. I have different workflow where I want to sync recording to midi devices. I want to arm recorder and press play on midi device like synthstrom deluge. It works to a degree when using 1010music blue box as a recorder but it have input limitations so I am exploring other options. I just got zoom live track L-20r which does not have midi in but can be armed and wait for audio to exceed threshold. I should probably make a video about it. Do you ever work with similar workflow ? Do you have any solutions ? BTW L-20r can also start on foot switch input which I could duplicate and use to start midi as well as audio recording …
@@mr_floydst thank you, that’s great to know. By the way I read somewhere that if you press shift while arming a track on the MPC, it will let you arm multiple tracks. If this is the case all I really need is a 44.1 k mixer/audio interface with multiple inputs and outputs to connect everything and then record/master on the MPC. I’ll have to try this out some time but thought I’d mention in case it helps you.
@@Sanjmaghera Thanks for your feedback - yes, I knew that. It just didn't work in conjunction with an R24 as audio interface at the time I tried. I'll try it again later today and I'll let you know.
Hey Floyd, do you know if in a live situation, using the rc16 or 24 as mixers, can I use effects like an HPF on the master track? Also, can I route de outputs to just the phone output?
Hi, thanks for watching! Yes, the mastering effects can be used and tweaked live. You can't route everything just to phones, but you can route the metronome sound to phones, and you can select a track which acts as a metronome, so the answer is "kind of yes".
thank you for your video, when you enter the sound I see you use other audio and the sound goes in for R 24 how can I compare the sound of what the equipment is?
Thanks for watching. Most of the instruments I used in this video were recorded without additional effects, I only used pedals on my vocals. If you're talking about using external insert effects, that possible. You can route a track to the headphone out and record it back to another track, using external gear.
@@nyahangasdachoir9818 Yes, those are external effect pedals. They're guitar pedals, but I use them for adding reverb / delay / chorus to my synthesizers / my vocals. For recording my voice, I use that Behringer preamp, when not using the R24 built-in preamp.
Thanks Floyd. I'm having trouble transferring 6 seperate tracks (wav) to my Windows DAW (Ableton live 8) via usb cable. they appear on DAW but playback out of sync. Any ideas to fix? ty 4 gr8 vid.
Hi, thanks for watching! Strange, that never happened to me. Did you record them on the R24 first and then transfer the files? In that case, cutting away the silence at the beginning of the track will help. If you're using it as an USB audio interface, you should install ASIO4ALL, which will reduce the latency, so timing issues should disappear/become less pronounced.
@@mr_floydst Thanks. Yes, i recorded tracks live with r24, now i've transferred them to my ableton live 8 DAW on PC via usb cable. but now they wont play back together in sync. lol.
Trouble removing 1/4” instrument cables from combi inputs. I have the zoom r24, and I cant seem to release and remove 1/4” cables once they have been inserted. Does anybody have the same problem and did you come up with an answer to the issue without destroying the cable or zoom R24?
Seems to depend on the cable and the R24 - I don't have that problem, so if someone else could share their experiences, that'd be great. I'm using cables by Stagg, if that helps...
Hi Floyd. I would like to record an acoustic guitar through a condenser mic with phantom power. Then another track for my vocals. Do you get a clear clean sound with an acoustic guitar ? I only ask as I have tried a Boss 800 and the acoustic sound was distorted and distant. Thanks Nick.
Hi Nick! Thanks for watching. I think I get a nice, clean guitar recording, by sitting very close to the mic. See this ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-f0RSzDeDeq0.html or this floydsteinberg.bandcamp.com/track/a-million-miles I bought an adjustable clamp for my microphone so I can adjust the height of the microphone easily. amzn.to/2S2r58i Hope that helps!
Why is there no company that sees a need to have midi sync ALONG WITH dawless recording for the countless individuals that dislike using computers for music production?
@@mr_floydst I was thinking of something more dedicated to post production like the Akai DPS 24 from back in the day. Literally nobody has decided to remake something like that for today. It would most certainly sell. Sometimes I feel like I'm the crazy one but sometimes it's the entire world that's playing follow the leader tbh. The assumption is that "obviously computers can do all those recording and editing tasks much better and faster" than, say, a DPS 24 so there will be no market for it. Sometimes assumptions are uninformed and shortsighted but the amazing part to me is the sheer magnitude of unquestioning head nodders agreeing to "obvious" truths. Ha ha. We wouldn't have vinyl if people always went with "more" and "better quality", etc. Sometimes less and simple is better. Anyway, I hop off my soap box now. Ha ha. Cheers.
@@pairadeau I get that. I think the closest thing to the DPS nowadays is the MPC series (the top model has 4 or 6 audio inputs). But then again, it's rather expensive and not really what you're looking for. The R24 is really good and uncomplicated, but the lack of MIDI sync is disappointing. There's a workaround by sampling the timecode signal and routing it to the headphone output, but that's a hassle. :-)
I’m waiting for my zoom 24 , I have 4/5 machines synths and drum machines that are all synced together with keystep , at the moment I have them going into my mixer then from mixer into tascam dp 008 to record with just 2 stereo tracks . I got the zoom to record 8 tracks at once so I won’t need the tascam or my mixer is that right or am I missing something ,I thought with my machines midi synced I could record the lot at same time through 8 tracks thanks.
Thanks for watching! You can indeed record 8 tracks at once. I use the R24 as a mixer most of the time when creating sounds and only turn it on to record things once everything is set up.
Hi, thanks for watching! I'm afraid I don't understand your question correctly. Do you want to use this as an effects pedal? Or as a mixing desk for your tape recorder? You can do that but as the R24 only has 2 stereo outputs (headphone and 6.35mm) you can't use all tracks simultaneously in such a scenario.
@@mr_floydst my mistake. Since they don’t make multi track tape recorders anymore, I was wondering if I could plug my cassette tape recorder into the R24, and just use the R24 as a control mixer while it’s recording? Kind of like how they use to plug a reel to reel tape machine into a mixer.
Thanks for watching! I think it's possible, though you need to know all the effects are only available in 44.1khz mode, not in 48khz or 96khz. Now I'm not a professional musician or producer. On my channel home page, there's a "songs&tracks" playlist, all these were recorded, mixed and mastered on the R24, I think they sound quite good. Most of the "great sound" needs to happen before the recording hardware, anyway ;) Best regards!
@@mr_floydst Thanks! I'm not an audiophile so I'm not sure if the difference between 48khz or 96khz would be immediately apparent to me, if explained. My ears might detect it though. I wish big artists and producers would be honest about gear instead of making it seem like quality is out of reach for the average guy. Oh well.
The truth is, it's always the artist / the musicians that sound great. You could hand (to stick with your example) Mark Knopfler a cheap guitar and a fostex 4 track and he would record something that'd sound great. :-)
Hi Floyd The Zoom R24 is not class complaint ( IPad iOS) why🤔🤣 I have a much older Behringer Xenix 1204 USB mixer works fine with GarageBand iOS The new zoom r 20 is class complaint 🤔😉
Hi, thanks for watching! It's been a while since I moved to the R20 - I wasn't aware of that, I always thought the R24s audio interface part will work without the need to install drivers, but I most likely remember that wrongly. Thanks for pointing it out!
Hello Floyd Steinberg, thank you for the video. I have One question, the machine have 8 inputs, it is posible to record 1 guitar, 1 bass and 1 synthetiser at the same time? I always have the question. Thank you very much for your attention
Thanks for watching! I'd say yes. You can record 8 tracks simultaneously (left guitar, right guitar, bass, singer, and the rest for drums, maybe?) and do some EQing and mastering. If you happen to own two of these, you can record 16 tracks at once by syncing up via USB connection.
@@bigmoviestar Hi! As long as you don't plan to sequence your music with this, you can record any music style, be it classic music, rock, reggae, electronica or northern finish deep forest doom metal. ;-) You can create some drum tracks on this machine and maybe record a bass phrase and get that looped or sequenced, but anything more complex than that is better done on a DAW. For live recordings and basic mixing and mastering, the R24 is a nice, easy to understand machine. Best regards!
Hello Floyd. Question: How to route an input to a track. Example: input 1 route to track number 18 for recording. Note: currently having to bouce tracks after recording Them : input # 1 to track # 1 , input# corresponds to track # Thanks for any info Having to bounce Tracks wastes alot of time. As the bounce is in real time.
Hi! I think routing isn't possible. But you can swap your tracks. E.g. if you want to use the empty track on input 8 and your instrument/mic is connected to #1, press the swap button and move the empty track to #1. The R24 will then swap the audio file and all your EQ, FX and PAN settings.
@@mr_floydst Thank you. So that i understand This. Record from input 1 to track 1, because instrument/ mic is connected to input #1. Then after recording is completed. And if track 8 is empty, Then swap track 1 to 8?
Hi, thanks for watching! Yes, it does - but it's not a looper. You have to set up the loop / the sequence in multiple button presses, so you can't do it "live, on the fly". Best regards!
Thanks for watching! The EQs are adjustable by pressing on the EQ menu. There are a lot of things I didn't show in this video. Will do a second one, maybe.
Thanks @Stephen Costello, I might do that, but at the moment, this video is underperforming. :-) Apart from the R24 Facebook group, I didn't "promote" it anywhere, so let's see where we are in the next days.
Thanks for watching! For me, it works most of the time, but maybe it's not for everyone. Problem is you need to spend money on a recording device to try it.
@@auntjenifer7774 To try if that style of user interface and workflow is your thing. Ok, you could try it in a shop, but in comparison most DAWs have trial versions, so testing a machine like the R24 is more complicated.
Thanks for watching! I think that's an entirely different machine targeted at people who like to sequence stuff. Having 24 tracks available with 8 mono / 4 stereo inputs is quite important to me, and I usually just play all the stuff "live" (apart from the drumloops, that is). Plus I bought a Digitone a year ago, which is a great machine, but having that UI with key combos to memorize and many hidden functions would definitely kill me. ;-)
Yes, agreed, the Octagtrack especially requires a LOT of brain and muscle memory. I just wish the Zoom had send and returns so you could take a track out and run it thru effects pedals and then back in to lay down a new track or overdub the original. Is that possible in some way?
It's possible, but only in real time. I'm going to make a video on this. Basically, you can select one of your recorded tracks as a click track on the headphone output. Then arm another track and record that.
