Zoom HD16 User Manual

ZOOM HD8/HD16
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Contents
USAGE AND SAFETY PRECAUTIONS . . . . . . . . 2
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Features of the HD8/HD16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Getting to Know the HD8/HD16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Rhythm section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Mixer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Names of Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
HD8 Top Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
HD16 Top Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
HD8/HD16 Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
HD8/HD16 Right Side Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Installing the CD-R/RW Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Power On/Off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Turning power on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Turning power off (shutdown) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Listening to a Demo Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Selecting the demo song. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Playing the demo song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Let’s Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Quick Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Step 1: Preparations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
1.1 Creating a new project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
1.2 Selecting the rhythm pattern to use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Step 2: Recording the first track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
2.1 Adjusting input sensitivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
2.2 Applying the insert effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
2.3 Selecting a track and recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Step 3: Overdubbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
3.1 Making settings for input sensitivity and insert effect . . . 29
3.2 Selecting a track and recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Step 4: Mixing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
4.1 Turning off the input and rhythm section . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
4.2 Adjusting volume, panning, and EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
4.3 Applying the send/return effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
4.4 Applying the insert effect to a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Step 5: Mixdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
5.1 Using the mastering insert effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
5.2 Mixdown on the master track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Reference [Recorder] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
V-takes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
About V-takes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Switching V-takes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Changing the V-take name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Moving to a desired point in the song
(locate function) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Playing back the same passage repeatedly
(A-B repeat function) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Finding a desired location
(scrub/preview function) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Using scrub/preview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Changing the scrub direction and duration . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Re-recording only a specified region
(punch-in/out function) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Using manual punch-in/out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Using auto punch-in/out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Recording several tracks on a master track
(mixdown function). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
About the master track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Master track mixdown steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Playing the master track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Converting the master track to a stereo WAV file . . . . . . 43
Combining multiple tracks on one or two tracks
(bounce function) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Making bounce settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Executing bounce recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Recording the drum/bass track sound on an audio
track (rhythm recording) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Selecting drum/bass track as recording source. . . . . . . . 45
Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Recording on 8 tracks simultaneously
(8-track recording mode) <<HD16 only>> . . . . . . 46
About 8-track recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Assigning an input signal to a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Marker function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Setting a mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Locating a mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Deleting a mark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Making settings for pre-count operation . . . . . . . . 49
Reference [Track Editing] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Editing a range of data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Basic steps for range editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Copying a specified range of data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Moving a specified range of data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Erasing a specified range of data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Trimming a specified range of data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Fade-in/fade-out of specified data range. . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Reversing a specified range of audio data. . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Changing the duration of an entire track . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Compensating the pitch of a specified range . . . . . . . . . 55
Generating harmony from a specified range of audio
data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Generating a 1-part harmony from a specified range
of audio data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Editing using V-takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Basic steps for V-take editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Erasing a V-take . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Zoom HD16 Specifications

General

Tracks	16
Simultaneous Recording Tracks	8
Phantom Power	Yes
Built-in Effects	Yes
USB	Yes
Simultaneous Playback Tracks	16
Sampling Frequency	44.1kHz
A/D Conversion	24-bit
D/A Conversion	24-bit
Recording Format	WAV
Built-in Rhythm Patterns	Yes
USB Audio Interface	Yes
SD Card Slot	No
Input Channels	8
Output Channels	2
LCD Display	Yes
Type	Multitrack Recorder
Effects	Yes
Headphone Output	Yes
Inputs	8 XLR/TRS combo inputs