Will the zoom r24 work?

[xxrevilexx]

Hi, have been thinking of getting a zoom r24 and drum mics to mic up the drums. But do not know will it work or not, if i buy the zoom r24, it will be working as an audio interface to my cubase 5. Question is :

1. WIll I be able to control track by track from the DAW?
2. Will there be latency problems?
3. Will I be able to EQ the sound from the DAW?


Any info?
Tried looking up the net but to no avail! Thanks for reading!

 

[blueprintstudios]

1. yes
2. yes. but depends on your pc / os specs.
3. yes.

info : http://www.soft.com.sg/forum/gear-sound/194685-review-zoom-r16-wharfedale-kmd-7-a.html

edit : to use r24 as an audio interface as compared to r16 if i'm not wrong is pretty much the same. if you're on a laptop you can bring it down and demo (download install the drivers before hand) and test it at citymusic, I did that before I bought my r16 hehe.

 

[xxrevilexx]

Hey! thanks for the reply! sorry was busy, are these equipments set of studio quality if we mix/EQ it right?

 

[blueprintstudios]

erm yes and no... that claim is highly subjective as it's the user not the gear.

more necessity than luxury

 

[xxrevilexx]

Hey! thanks again!I've heard the demo on r16 with the drum mics, those were the ones im considering too th km7! your effort is greatly appreciated!

I have heard so far afew problems with the zoom r16/r24 series, are you facing any problems? cause I want to get one of those, to work with Cubase 5
Does the zoom r16/r24 have phantom power? so to include condenser mics

I understand that the zoom r24 has 6 channels allowed for phantom power, I do not need to have external preamps, am I right to say that?

 

[blueprintstudios]

xxrevilexx : cool glad to be of help on the audio interface and drum mics heheh

what problems did you hear about? the only problem I ever had was using it as a controller (which I'm 100x faster on mouse'n'keyboard after pressing the F3 button in cubase) even the people I recommended the r16 to so far reported with success. I guess the best part for me is how amazingly lightweight it is for a USB powered interface.

you can learn more bout the r24 differences to r16 here http://www.zoom.co.jp/english/support/faq/r24.php

and nope you don't need preamps cos the onboard preamps are enough unless you're using a heavy duty dynamic mic like Shure SM7B which you'll need alot more gain from a dedicated preamp.

hope you've read http://tinyurl.com/diyrecording

cheers