Zoom HD8 and HD16 are digital multitrack recording devices manufactured by Zoom Corporation. HD8 and HD16 were presented at the Winter NAMM Show in 2007 as the successor of MRS-1608.[1] The HD8 and HD16 models have been discontinued in December 2009.
Differences between HD8 and HD16
[edit]HD8 and HD16 have similar technical characteristics. The main differences between the models are:
- HD8 has 8 tracks (6 mono and 1 stereo faders), HD16 has 16 tracks (8 mono and 4 stereo faders).
- HD8 can record 2 track at once, while HD16 can record 8 tracks at once.
- HD16 has an effect send bus.
File Formats
[edit]HD8/16 stores digital audio as monaural Waveform Audio File Format files. Stereo tracks are recorded as two monaural files.
Digital audio can be imported into HD8/16 in Audio Interchange File Format (AIFF) or Waveform Audio File Format (WAV).
MIDI files can be imported as Format 0 Standard MIDI File (SMF), then the unit can play the file with internal instruments or drive an external MIDI unit.
References
[edit]- ^ Zoom HD16 review, Sound on Sound, August 2007
External links
[edit]- Official website for HD8 Hard Disc Recording Studio
- Official website for HD16 Hard Disk Recording Studio
- HD8/HD16 Operation Manual and Software updates
- Zoom HD8cd HD16cd & R16 discussion board from zoomforum.us
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