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This is a no-brainer! The Zoom L-12 has no equal at any price with one possible exception from Presonus. The Zoom L-12 covers so much ground that it is an absolute “must have” for those of us who need a mixer, recorder, effects module and headphone amp for on location audio projects. There are enough things to carry and set up such as mics, cables, snakes, monitors, effects pedals and direct boxes. Even recording and sound reinforcement for a small group can get frustrating with short available time to set-up and tear-down. Enter the Zoom L-12 which combines full mixing capability, 5 headphone jacks which can be used as monitor sends and has full multi track recording capability. Adding to all that, it has a pretty good effects section. Everything is packaged in a single light weight unit. The build quality is substantial. My only criticism is the lack of some kind of handles for picking it up without putting pressure on the controls or jacks. The sound quality seems quite good. Ease of use is very intuitive. As a digital mixer, I'm delighted you don't control everything from menus. It has a very analog feel. If there is only one omission, it would be the lack of ability to play mp3's during breaks. For that, you need to connect a player to one of the line-in jacks. That brings me to the Presonus I alluded to earlier. The Presonus AR series of mixers do record but only as 2 track stereo and they have one single headphone jack. The Presonus does however have bluetooth and mp3 capability via the USB port. That may be an option if you don't need all the other great features of the Zoom. The zoom isn't cheap but it is very reasonable. It's “affordable” in snob terms. For the rest of us, we need to stay away from Starbucks for a few weeks to save-up the 6 hundred cash bucks. For all that the Zoom does, it's a real bargain. Zoom always seems to hit one out of the park for us real world audio people. I love it.Read full review
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Such a great tool. 5 monitor sends!?!?! Pretty unheard of at this price. Takes some getting used to mixing live with the eq /monitoring workflow. Recording is easy though and mic pres are very transparent. Records 480+ track hours on a 256gb SD card. Overall, very impressive features in a very compact unit!
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I'm using it as a center of an ambient/noise live setup, along with synths, samplers, drum machines and cassette players. It does the job nicely, the only feature I miss is post-fader sends. It's a very compact (fits in my backpack) and nicely sounding mixer, transparent af audio interface and a mind-blowing 14-track recorder. I'm very happy and satisfied)
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Really like the recording capability of the Zoom L-12. Live mixing is pretty good but takes some getting used to because of selecting individual channels for EFX and response curves. I especially like the 5- headphone output that can be set to individual preferences per channel. Overdub works great and easy to adjust individual channel outputs to get a good mix. Not crazy about the computer/ipad USB interface yet but haven't worked with it enough yet to know it's capabilities. Very happy so far.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
The class compliant drivers are the best part about this device. Requiring no drivers means it "just works" on a lot of hardware. This device turns an iPad or raspberry pi into the brain and central DAW of a project studio. Great way to get away from the keyboard, once tracks are sequenced itb on pi or iPad, record to master with full channel strips. Adc occurs after compressor and before channel strip, ideal for non destructive tracking and flexibility.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
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