Zoom HD16 User Manual

Contents
ZOOM HD8/HD16
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Copying a V-take . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Moving a V-take . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
<< HD16 only>> Moving V-takes of tracks 1 – 8 to
tracks 9 – 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Exchanging V-takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Importing audio data to a V-take . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Track capture and swap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Capturing a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Swapping a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Reference [Phrase Looping] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Which kind of phrases can be used? . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Loading a phrase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Basic phrase loading steps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Importing a phrase from the current project. . . . . . . . . . . 68
Importing a phrase from a different project . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Importing a WAV/AIFF file. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Adjusting phrase parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Copying a phrase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Deleting a phrase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Writing a phrase loop to a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Using FAST input for the phrase loop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Writing a phrase loop to a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Reference [Mixer] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
About the mixer of the HD8/HD16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Assigning input signals to recording tracks . . . . . . 77
Adjusting the signal for each track
(track parameters) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Adjusting a track parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Using the parameter knobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Linking two tracks (stereo link) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
<<HD16>> Assigning an input/track signal to the
SUB-OUT jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Using the solo function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Saving/recalling mixer settings (scene function) . . 84
Saving a scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Recalling a scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Switching scenes automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Deleting certain parameters from a scene . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Reference [Rhythm] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
About the rhythm section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Drum kits and bass programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Rhythm patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Rhythm song. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Rhythm pattern mode and rhythm song mode. . . . . . . . . 88
Playing rhythm patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Selecting a rhythm pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Changing the tempo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Changing the drum kit / bass program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Using the pads to play drum/bass sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Creating an original rhythm pattern. . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Preparations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Drum sequence real-time input. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Bass sequence real-time input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Drum sequence step input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Bass sequence step input. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Entering rhythm pattern chord information. . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Changing the drum/bass sequence volume level. . . . . . . 99
Assigning a name to a rhythm pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Editing rhythm patterns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Copying a rhythm pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Deleting a rhythm pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Creating a rhythm song. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Selecting a rhythm song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Entering pattern information using step input. . . . . . . . . 102
Using FAST for pattern information input . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Entering chord information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Entering other information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Playing a rhythm song. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Editing a rhythm song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Copying a specified range of measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Transposing the entire rhythm song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Copying a rhythm song. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Deleting the rhythm song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Assigning a name to a rhythm song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Importing a rhythm pattern/rhythm song from another
project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Using Kit Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Creating a kit file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Assigning samples to pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Making pad parameter settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Copying a kit file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Deleting a kit file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Importing a kit file from another project . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Assigning a name to a kit file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Using samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Making various sample settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Copying a sample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Deleting a sample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Importing a sample from an external source . . . . . . . . . 121
Editing various settings of the rhythm section . . 124
Basic procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Changing the length of the pre-count . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Changing the metronome volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Adjusting the sensitivity of the pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Checking the remaining amount of memory. . . . . . . . . . 125
Swapping the left/right pan position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Reference [Effects] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
About the effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Insert effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Send/return effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Using the insert effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
About insert effect patches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Changing the insert location of the insert effect . . . . . . . 128
Selecting the patch for the insert effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Editing the insert effect patches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Storing/swapping insert effect patches . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Editing the name of an insert effect patch . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Applying the insert effect only to the monitor signal. . . . 133
Using the send/return effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
About the send/return effect patches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Selecting a send/return effect patch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Editing a send/return effect patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Storing/swapping send/return effect patches. . . . . . . . . 135
Editing the name of a send/return effect patch. . . . . . . . 136
Importing patches from another project . . . . . . . 136
Reference [Creating a CD] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
About creating an audio CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
About CD-R/RW discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

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