Zoom HD8CD Multitrack Digital RecorderDecisions 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 also function as control surfaces so you can mix and edit your 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 with 60 second 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.
Two units to choose from and a million songs to write, you better get busy!
ZOOM HD16CD – 16 tracks / 8 input channels with XLR-1/4-inch inputs with phantom power for up to 8 tracks of simultaneous recording.
ZOOM HD8 – 8 tracks / 2 input channels with XLR-1/4-inch inputs all with phantom power for 2 tracks of mono/stereo recording.
Zoom HD8CD Key Features
- 8-track playback, 2-track simultaneous recording with 80 V-takes
- 2 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 and Bass machine with touch-sensitive pads and approximately 500 drum sounds
- Built-in CD-R/RW drive and 80 GB Hard Drive
- 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 port
- Easily viewable 5-segment LED level meters
With the Zoom HD8CD, musicians can record songwriting sessions or live concerts directly to the HD8CD internal hard drive, move the audio files to a computer and use the recorder as a control surface for easy editing and mixing with (DAW) Digital Audio Workstation software. The HD8CD ships with Steinberg’s Cubase LE so everything you need is included.
The recorder features two balanced XLR-1/4-inch combo inputs with phantom power. Two of the inputs can switch to high impedance inputs allowing direct connection of guitars and basses, so users can plug into Zoom’s famous guitar and bass amp modeling capabilities in the on-board processor.
The HD8CD also comes with multi-effects such as reverb, delay and compression for use with instruments and vocals.
The HD8CD also boasts the largest hard disk in its class (80GB) and is also the only unit with velocity-sensitive pads for the on-board drum and bass sequencer/sampler. A super-fast CD-RW burner comes installed as well. The HD8CD enables 8-track of playback and 2-track of simultaneous recording with 160 virtual takes on each track.
Using the sampler function, users can add original samplers to its drum kit section, and its expanded sampling memory provides sampling time of up to 60 seconds. Files are recorded in WAV format for easy importing and editing on computers.
The HD8CD boasts over 100 effects for guitar / bass / vocal recording, mixing, and mastering. As a control surface, the unit connects to a personal computer with through a USB 2.0 interface.
