MGR/Keekster « Zoom 1044CD »
Published on 11/29/02 at 15:00I won a Numark DJ Mixer in a contest, but I had had my heart set on getting a digital home recorder, so I traded the Numark in , plus about $500 (Cdn), at Sherwood Music in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, and got the Zoom.Then, because I was so busy at work, it sat in my closet for months, until my teenaged son forced my to dig it out and record his band.
This unit is very user friendly. It is compact and well laid out. The instructions are fairly easy to decipher. I like the built in drum and bass tracks, which allow me, as a mere guitarist, to play along and create song structures. Also it is wonderful to have the Cd burner built in.
Since I`m a novice, the combination of tracks 7/8 and 9/10 is somewhat confusing. Also some of the preset effects are noisy. I would have liked to see an ability to do panning on more than one track at a time, particularly when mastering.
The Zoom is very well built and easy to operate. I believe the quality is excellent for home use by an amateur such as myself.
This is a great unit for someone who doesn`t need 16 tracks, although someday I expect to move in that direction. I would heartily recommend it to anyone starting out in the home recording field.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
This unit is very user friendly. It is compact and well laid out. The instructions are fairly easy to decipher. I like the built in drum and bass tracks, which allow me, as a mere guitarist, to play along and create song structures. Also it is wonderful to have the Cd burner built in.
Since I`m a novice, the combination of tracks 7/8 and 9/10 is somewhat confusing. Also some of the preset effects are noisy. I would have liked to see an ability to do panning on more than one track at a time, particularly when mastering.
The Zoom is very well built and easy to operate. I believe the quality is excellent for home use by an amateur such as myself.
This is a great unit for someone who doesn`t need 16 tracks, although someday I expect to move in that direction. I would heartily recommend it to anyone starting out in the home recording field.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com