Zoom R16 quality?

[MacTa]

Hi,

I'm thinking of buying a good pre-amp like seventh circle or DAV bg1 and would like to record these at location with a multitrack, is a zoom R16 a good choice for recording these pre-amps or do I loose to much of the pre-amps quality?

Many thanks
Marino
sorry for the bad English

[the_cottage]

Hi all,

I would also like to know more about the sound-quality of the Zoom R16. I don´t expect it´s preamps to be overwhelming and plan to connect better Preamps to it (Mackie-Board, Great River) - does this make sense? I would really like to buy a portable and cheap multitrack-recorder and the zoom r16 looks very tempting. Of course I don´t expect it to sound high-end, but I´m askin myself if it will sound decent if i connect my outboard preamps to it.

Thanks!

[Studiodawg]

I have run Grace 101 pres and an Avalon U5 into the R16...it's fine. You get what you pay for. There are trade-offs, but I like mine for what it is...a cheap, high utililty digital multitrack recorder...excellent for spur of the moment song demos; a cheap insurance policy for location recording (I use mine as a backup)...if you're into nit-picking about things, then this unit probably isn't for you. I'm busy and an audio veteran...the R16 helps me get things done.

[Jeffguitar]

Love mine to death. The quality is great, and that's with the on board mics. I haven't even used an outboard pre with it, but I can imagine that it would sound even better. Have no fear in getting one. I still marvel at mine after having it a couple weeks. It's light as a feather, 16 tracks at 24 bit, usb plugs right up to the computer as a card reader and you drag your project folders over for storage on DVD's or CD's, hook it up and use it as a soundcard too, it's really incredible.

[Tobi]

Check out this thread: http://www.gearslutz.com/board/low-e...-opinions.html

Quite long and informative.

I've got one myself but havn't tried it with outboard pre's. I've recorded a six mic drumkit + bass (hi-Z input) and guitar all at once, all in 24-bit... it's awesome and very easy to use. Except for one thing. I spend quite a while reading manual trying to figure out how to save a project - I still don't know how to do this but it does save your work when you use the protect function.

Oh yeah, one more thing - it fits beautifully in my backpack thumbsup

[the_cottage]

Thank you very much for answering my question!

[MacTa]

Thanks for your input! thumbsup

I have purchased a R16 and i'm loving it

[2N1305]

Originally Posted by Jeffguitar

Love mine to death. The quality is great, and that's with the on board mics... I still marvel at mine after having it a couple weeks. .

Same here. I thought I'd never own a digital recording device, yet there I am praising this little thing, only two weeks after buying it! BRAVO ZOOM!