Zoom R12 Multi Track Portable Recorder, with Touchscreen, Onboard Editing, 8 Tracks, 2 Combo Inputs, Effects, Synth, Drum Loops, Battery Powered, and USB Audio Interface

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The R12 records to a micro SD card (not included), which is inserted into a slot on the side of the unit.

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You want to grab a real fader, one that always controls the same thing and shows its current state just by its location. Cookies collect information about your preferences and your devices and are used to make the site work as you expect it to, to understand how you interact with the site, and to show advertisements that are targeted to your interests. As a control surface, the transport controls and faders make it easy to adjust and control your software during production. It’s still a solid approach, and the option to use phantom power (for condenser microphones) or a Hi-Z setting (for instruments) on Input 1 allows you to record any source with ease.

Around the back, things are equally simple, with two combo jack (XLR/TRS) inputs, TRS master outputs, a 3. Andertons Music Company acts as a credit broker and not a lender and only offers credit products from Secure Trust Bank PLC trading as V12 Retail Finance. For quick editing, the little touchscreen is fine, but if you want to go deep, you'll probably want to transfer all those recordings to a DAW. That way you still get all the portability, and the hands-on ease of knobs and dials, but you can also choose the software you use.

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In addition, the R12 features an internal synthesizer with 18 sounds +1 drum kit, playable via a MIDI keyboard connected via USB-C. For this, the R12 has two inputs, for mono microphones or guitars, or stereo samplers, drum machines, synths, mixers, etc.For most of us, though, recording means quitting Safari or Chrome, launching the DAW, and hooking stuff up, all while trying to keep that musical idea in your head.