The sampler is good, importing files is great and easy. If you really like to edit and tweak then this is not the best all in one solution and you are better off with a DAW and a large monitor, but if you can actually play this is a fantastic unit. THe R24 also serves as an interface and DAW controller via USB. It's quiet and the converters are decent. Is it as high a quality piece as my MOTU gear? No, but its very good. I like to be ready to record on the fly and the convenience and quality of this unit is pretty amazing! Why? Because it allows me to work so much faster than with my DAW. So good, in fact I am selling off a lot of my higher end gear. This is a great tool for the home studio. Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
I also want to give credit to topdazzle on YouTube for assisting me, and I'm sure countless others, with the features that this little machine has and actually explaining and showing how to use them. I am completely happy with the R24, and if someone is out there doing the same research I did, if you are on the fence, pick one of these up. My other recorders are standalone, and this can be also. I have not attempted to work with this on the computer, as I have no interest in it. On this machine, you can record either way. It is my understanding that most recordings are done dry, but I usually record with the effect on the track, mainly because that is what I'm used to doing. I used 2 different distortions for recording 2 guitars, a bass effect, and different vocal effects also. The effects on this unit seem to be great also, right in line with the guitar pedals I already have. I was able to record the entire song in another hour, including 3 guitars, bass, and 3 vocals, and still had another 8 tracks to work with if I needed them. I decided to try to sequence a complete song's worth of drums, and after about 3 hours of compiling and re-working, I had a great-sounding drum part, exactly as I had imagined, that went completely with a song that I was in the process of writing. I recorded a whole song in about an hour, using a drum loop that I had already had. With my past knowledge of the Tascam units, there was only a slight learning curve to begin with this. Compared to my DP-01, it must weigh about 5 pounds less, but the DP-01 has an internal hard drive for memory, while the R24 has an SD drive. I was a little concerned when I received it, mainly because of how light the unit is. I was able to find "How-to" videos on YouTube for things that I could not understand in the manual, and have been very pleased with the performance and sound of this unit. I was also interested in the drum machine and sequencer, as I can not play the drums myself, and had been looking into a stand-alone unit.Īfter my research, I found an R24 for a great price, bought it, and as soon as it was in my hands was up and recording. I have used Zoom's guitar pedals for the past 19 years and have been very pleased with them. I came across the Zoom R24 on the internet and began to research the reviews on it. I play the instruments myself and don't need a lot of stereo tracks that are automatically linked. I decided that I needed at least a 24-track recorder, and was looking into the Tascam units, but was very disappointed with the amount of "actual" tracks.
Both of these units were and still are great, but I wanted to upgrade to a newer multitrack recorder. I have an old Tascam 414 4-track tape recorder and another old Tascam DP-01 8-track digital recorder. I only just recently picked one of these up.
Great, easy to use tool needed by anyone wanting to record music