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Zoom HD16CD Digital Multitrack RecorderThe Zoom HD16CD Digital Multitrack Recorder; Record and mix on your PC or take on the road as an all-in-one DAW!
Decisions decisions. Do you need a full-featured hard drive digital recorder or a computer loaded with DAW software and a pile of digital interfaces? ZOOM engineers have made this decision easy, just do both. With the new ZOOM HD Series recorders you get a fully loaded hard drive based digital workstation that allows you to record in your studio or live on location and then upload the tracks into your computer to the supplied Cubase LE DAW software. The ZOOM HD recorders are fully functional control surfaces that you can use to mix and edit recordings on your computer.
Each ZOOM HD Series workstation is loaded with audio inputs (actually A/D interfaces) for connection to mics, instruments and live consoles. Next, you can process everything with over 100 of ZOOM’s best on-board effects for guitar, bass, vocals and mixdown. Also under your control is the full tilt studio drum/bass sequencer/sampler with velocity pads featuring 60 seconds of sample time so song parts, sounds or anything that you record can be loaded onto the velocity pads for easy access and playback.
Everything gets loaded onto a huge 80GB hard drive for up to 240 hours of recording time. At this point you can either mixdown your recording and burn a CD with the high-speed on-board CD burner (multi-track or stereo album modes) or move the audio WAV files to your computer through the USB 2 interface for further editing using the HD faders and knobs as your control surface.
Zoom HD16CD Features
- 8-track of simultaneous recording with 160 V-takes & 16-track of playback
- 8 balanced XLR-1/4 inch phone combo inputs with phantom power
- 16-bit/44.1 kHz linear PCM recording in WAV format
- Over 100 effects for guitar/bass/vocal recording, mixing, and mastering
- Drum/Bass machine with touch-sensitive pads and 500 drum sounds
- Built-in CD-R/RW drive and 80 GB HD
- Control Surface function for DAW software
- Bundled with Steinberg Cubase LE
- Sampler function lets you add original drum sounds to Drum Kit
- Expanded sampling memory to 60 seconds
- Built-in USB 2.0 interface
- Meter-bridge features easily viewable 5-segment LED level meters
The recorder features eight balanced XLR-1/4 inch combo inputs with phantom power. Two high impedance inputs allow direct connection of guitars and basses, so users can plug into Zoom’s famous guitar and bass amp modeling capabilities. The HD16CD also comes with multi-effects such as reverb, delay and compression for use with instruments and vocals.
The HD16CD also boasts the largest hard disk in its class and is also the only unit with touch-sensitive pads. Record songwriting sessions or live concert sets directly to the unit, move the audio files to a computer’s digital audio workstation and use the recorder as a control surface for easy editing and mixing.
Zoom HD16CD Digital Multitrack Recorder Specifications
- Dimensions: 19 x 12.9 x 3.3 inches (482 x 328 x 84 mm)
- Weight: 13.2 lbs (6kg)
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| | JASON JASVEN from HAYWARD CA U.S.A. | | Overall Ranking: | | Ease of Use:
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| I'VE HAD IT A WHILE NOW.NO PROBLEMS. | | Features:
| THE DRUM PAD SET UP IS HANDS DOWN THE BEST FEATURE.CONVENIANT.NOT TO MENTION GOOD SOUND. | | Ease of Use:
| READ THE MANUAL.I ROCORDED A SONG COMPLETE WITHIN 2 HOURS. | | Sound:
| THE GUITAR BANK IS SUPRISINGLY GOOD,BUT I UPGRADED IT BE BUYING THE ZOOM G7 + THE B2.THRASHMETAL GOLD. | | Reliability:
| SO FAR SO GOOD. | | Overall:
| I DECIDED TO FINALLY RELAX,AND STOP TRYING TO FIND A BETTER SOUND.IT MAY NOT MAKE A MILLION DOLLAR RECORDING,BUT IT DOSE MAKE RECORDINGS GOOD ENOUGH TO SELL.I'M HAPPY. | |
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Good solid metal frame. No issues after moving a bunch from location to location
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8 tracks a once a real plus.
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WOW what a manual to read. Almost scares you but after I got started it is intuitive and pretty straightfoward. The maual becomes a resource for how to's.
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Worth the price of admission . Good for first timers too.
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Everthing is adjustable enough to get what you don't want out. No issues to date | |
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Great quality for this price range. The whole case is metal with plastic buttons, Faders are nice and spaced out and line up to the inputs/tracks. Preamp quality is good for this price 8 pres that sound not bad, they are quiet with a nice mic plugged in.
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Lots of features, small screen but you have full led level meters for ALL tracks, also having a pan control for every track/input is great,
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Don't listen to that music teacher in the last review, this isn't for teachers, go buy a cd recorder and a mixer.This is a songwriting tool but is geared to start a project and finish that project. nothing else!
This Zoom is so easy to use for basic tracking, 3 buttons and I was recording! you may need to read the manual for all the other stuff this recorder can do. But right out of the box I put up my kel mic in front of my drums and recorded 1 track of drums. It came out great, clean and quiet. no waiting, | |
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I didn't have it long encough or use it enough to understand anything about the quality. I wanted to return it after a week.
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I thought it would be easy for the musician to use. I thought the best feature was the CD burner, but for my purposes, it turned out to be the worst. It does not allow me to record a lesson and pop the CD out to give to my student at the end of the lesson. A one hour lesson would end up taking three hours after mixing and burning the CD....which is not time effective and would cost me money in the long run. Plus, my students would have to wait until their next lesson to get their CD. My midi-keyboard only had limited use...no music played, just rhythms, even though it had midi output. Plus, for each student that comes in, I have to start a whole new project, set my levels, etc which would take up their lesson time.
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Confusing to the musician with not much sound experienc | |
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I started home recording with Lexicon Omega but when I saw this goodlooking tank of a recorder, My interest was sparked because my old recorder was too little and flimsy when it
first arrived. Good Job, Zoom
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80GB HD- can record 8 tracks at one whack but plenty of Vtracks. I've had my ZOOM HD16 for a few weeks and I still love it! I like the Control Surface & USB
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When I first opened the HD16, I was taken back. It looked like a mini studio console and I'm just a recording engineer wannabe. This product turned out to be an easy and pleasant piece of equipment.
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On my budget, I think this is the best HD recorder on the market. I wouldn't want to pay more than I did, but it is worth much more than I paid. $699.00
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The sound is great! A friend brought me a CD of a singing group. They recorded in a high dollar studio. Their music and sound was good but it did not |
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