Thank you for making such a comprehensive beginners video for the r20. I feel more encouraged than ever that this is exactly what I need to do my recordings on the next level without caring something that is too heavy to lug around with me and not worry about transferring my work from CDs to a computer. Again, great job with this review video 🎅🏾

I travel a lot for my job and this is the type of recorder I have needed for years. I already have a perfect travel case this will fit in along with additional microphones and headphones. Thanks for doing the review

Thanks guys. You get right to the gist of the matter in noting the main thing to know regarding the 8 tracks at once and “latching”!

Thanks guys for the great demonstration, looks like just what I need and I'm ordering one tomorrow, not sure where

got one today with your help in this video... thank you guys!!

I'm very impressed with this tool, I'm exiting home and run as fast as possible to have the mine!

great product , a hardware with a mini DAW ! i'm waiting for the evolution of this product. great review !

Thanks, guys for the overview. I need stuff like that to record, my band. Would be really useful.

Thinking about purchasing this, thanks for the video. GO PACK GO!

Just bought one. I like there products . I have a new interest in doing electronic music awesome.

Great vídeo! Great Studio. I got the Boss br800, but this zoom r20 pretty impressive gear. Greetings from Brasil!

Thank you so much for explaining!! Very nice!!

Just grabbed one and found this video!! Thanks for help!

Seems like the perfect DEMO maker 👍👍🏻👍🏼👍🏽👍🏾👍🏿

Great introduction to what looks like a new leader in portable recording.

Yeah that latch thing threw me for a loop on my other r24. Fortunately they have competent techs that were able to talk me through it.

Yes I want this r20

Bought to replace the Tascam 24 that behemoth went to storage!

Thinking of getting this to replace my old Boss BR600, mainly because I would guess the noise floor and overall recording quality would be much better. Although the touch screen looks great too.

I’m thinking about getting one of these. I’m been curious about recording but don’t have a very powerful pc. I primarily play guitar into an interface with a Trio+ accompaniment pedal. This seems like the sweet spot for me between audio interface, analog mixer, and DAW.

Great vid!

I want to add two things here that I didn't know until I got the R20 and started recording with it. It doesn't have battery power capability. The 2 multi-input jacks can be a limitation if you want to plug in more than 2 instruments other than mics. Most instrument cables are 1/4" at both ends. I shopped and found patch cables that have a 1/4" input end to plug into an instrument and an XLR output end to plug into an XLR input on the R20. Now I can plug in more instruments at the same time. Now my meta-comment: it depends on what you want to do with it. There are workarounds for limitations, and you might have to find your workarounds on your own.

Just an FYI........A project is limited to 1350 bars (about 45 minutes in length). I know most people won't record one song that long. However, I plan on using the Zoom R20 to record a live band's gig. Each set is about an hour, so I'll have to split it in two.

Go Pack Go!! Nice review too. Thank you

Yes I want this r 20

Great review.

Shame only up tp 24bit 44.1 khz? By now 96k should be there at least 48k. Looks nice though and the price is right.

i think zoom is onto something here. id love to see a bigger version

Kind of retro layout similar to the AW4416. No batteries, no individual phantom power, one hi-z channel, I would expect all of the inputs were combos. But for the price...well I'll stay with my H8.

If this was half the width with a channel selector I'd buy it in a heartbeat.

Great review ! This could be used as a mixer ? Can be run by batteries?

How about a video of when you connect the unit to your computer such as logic pro and how you would use it that way.

I just got one still learning it,but so far so good …just wish it had more quarter inch jacks opposed to xLRs

Got mines when it first hit the market, lol I haven’t used it yet, my iPad does all of this. This is one of those multi track recorder I always wanted, so I had to get it.

Hi guys, great video. I'd like to buy the R20, however, I'd like to record my own drum loops on a drum machine and then manually record each loop into a project with a matching yempo. If I do this, can I trim each loop so that it sits perfectly on the beat throughout my project?

Can it be used as a stand alone mixer as well?(Of course with the output going to an amplifier with speakers, or powered monitors.) ??? Thanks for the Video!

Does this unit have the same mic pre as the R8? I find the R8 convenient to record vocals into with Shure beta58 mic when in my car parked long periods for work them import the vocal tracks into Daw later. Double the tracks would be good versus the R8

The Input Gain is only 50dB and the Equivalent Input Noise (EIN) is -121 dBu. That equates to a lot of noise / hiss in the audio! So, for example, record your gain-hungry Shure mics or a typical low budget condenser mic and see what happens.

I have used the Zoom R8 for a number of years and still find it convenient and very practical. However, the bottom line is about the quality of the sounds it produces and in that area, I think that's where Zoom can really improve. I have also used Garageband on an iPad and have to admit that the final mix yields a much better result than my R8. So far I haven't been impressed by the quality of the sounds on the reviews of the R20, particularly in the drums loops. I was really hoping that Zoom improved the sounds on this unit as I find the format of MTR very convenient for the lone musician. Great review, by the way.

Thanks, are the preamps decent ? Good headroom etc...?

thanks

This feels like a good first draft - fixing the inputs to have more 1/4" input s - if you look at 30 year s vision products if they do the R&D on the screen they will release 2-3 more units \\\\ I see a zoom r30 or r40 with more faders and 24-32 channels \

Nice Table

For me is important, that the Multitrack can Audio Quantize, Midi to record Synthesizer and has got enough Prozessorpower to use Effects on every Single Track. Is this possible with R20? Further more I need the possibility to import Midi and Audiotracks from extern to practice Guitar or play (record in clean) with Amp Models like Boss BR 80 and continue working in DAW. Is this possible here?

Is there a video, that enybody doing a multitrack record with instruments on zoom 20??? All the videos are talking about it

its nice

Just got one..trying to figure it all out

Looking through the manual I can't see anything about how to punch in punch out automatically?

Would be nice if I could connect a mouse to it I hate touch screen navigation 😂 but I love my R20

What is the dynamic range?? Is the touchscreen so crappy how it looks in the vid or more?

Can you connect it to phone for video studio sound?

Does anybody know? Can you do all recording through headphones only, so no amplified noise can be heard by neighbours? How is the R20 on hiss/background noise? Thanks, in advance, if you can help me.

Two audio jacks six.microphone inserts can I convert the microphone inserts into audio jacks ? Can I assign the tracks where ever I please

Can you make de screen a little more smaller?

Do you think you can solo podcast with this device or would the podtrak be better. Edit: I mainly do voice over news youtube videos and would like to know how good of a audio interface this would be. And how this works during a livestream.

Luckily the R8 abd R24, which are very old units ,have mini condenser mics and drum sequencers ,compared to these new zoom units. Zoom , what are you playing at???

Can anyone speak as to how good the pre amps are? Is the sound quality good? Any buzzing or hissing? I’m really considering buying! Do I need to buy an SD card? Thanks!

First at all thanks for the video, I have to agree with you, the R20 is a great piece if equipment, I purchased one about a month ago, and I am really happy with it, the only thing I don't like about this unit is that the effects cannot be set by channel, if you like to apply one of the effects to any channel that effect will be applied to all the channels, so there are ways to work around this limitation but will make the work flow more complicated, thanks for your video again....

Nice review Ted & Kel ! I have an MPC LIVE i program and sequence all my music on it. I usually explode all my tracks to wav files after im done sequencing & programming my track. Would i be able to drag my MPC LIVE wave files into the Zoom R 20 to create a new project and of course to record vocals over the track. Im hoping everything would line up perfectly. Thanks!

Hi, great review! Does the R20 have the ability to fix phase issues encountered in multi mic and stereo mic scenarios?

Can I listen to guitar music that I have recorded while I record the vocals on another track on my R20?

Is the extra memory needed in order to record a about 10 songs of about 4 minutes each? Or what's the deal with the SD card. How much memory comes with R20 it self?

I bought one of these about 2 weeks ago. My main ongoing issue is the lack of a manual that explains how its features and controls work. Mine came with a "quick tour" guide that is 8 pages including the front and back covers. Two pages are devoted entirely to setting the time and date. That's just not enough info for a device that does all the things this one does.

Why not use all combo Jack's, what is up with the app 🤔

I have the r20 and the mpc one. It would be really nice if you could record through the audio interface onto the zoom r20.

Hello, I have a device of this model, but it stops recording after 45 minutes. Does anyone know what the problem is?

I was hoping you would talk about the loops and synth it has,so I’ve read anyway or am I wrong ?

Did you create any music with it yet?

I bought it but I haven’t gotten comfortable with it yet.

Can you loop a track? How?

Honestly debating. I have an MPC Live, which acts like a full featured DAW (if you have never seen the MPC Live / MPC X / MPC One, take a look, you might be pleasantly surprised at how well these devices work as a DAW). What makes this a hard decision is the lack of IO, I don't understand Zoom sometimes and their inability to provide more TRS connections, they did the same thing on the Zoom H8, only providing two TRS inputs. As a keyboard player, I immediately use two inputs for stereo recording on a keyboard, what about the bass guitar and electric / acoustic guitar (which might need stereo TRS, depending on the effects being used)? The DAW functionality is rather limited, compared to the MPC line of products, so I am not really sold yet, will wait to see what Zoom does... Maybe an upgraded model with a bigger screen, more DAW functionality, and more IO and I might be sold...

Looking for something to record the audio for the live gigs I video. Currently intercepting signals direct from microphones or instruments - in to my audio interface - in to my laptop - DAW. Meanwhile output from interface goes on to the band's mixer and out to self powered PA speakers. So I'm thinking..since my goal is to take back home the separate dry audio tracks (that I recorded live on my laptop in my DAW), and mix those tracks and synch back to the video - why not just use a stand alone recorder like this that creates wave files and load them into my DAW once I get home so I can properly mix.The question is, does it record eight discrete tracks on to the SD card that can be loaded into my desktop computer DAW at home? Looks like if you use it as an interface it mixes the eight inputs down to four. And is there any compatibility issues between wave files and BWF's Thanks.

Worth noting that the usb interface cannot access the recording tracks so its not possible to record the output from my MPC over USB-C into the R20. Its just a monitor out.

Can I import audio like a instrumental mp3 so I could sing on it

I wish they would have made those faders motorized and gave us 32 channels And 32bit recording please! Wth 😪it’s 2022

My name is Tay! Lol :)

Its nice but I keep telling everyone it dont loop I haven't. Seen one review that's showing people how to loop it if you can get it to loop I will buy it again i had one and sent it back for that said reason

They should had kept the rotary encoder in my opinion. Those faders do not have enough throw to do volumen automation precisely. I guess is good for recording and editing. I will keep my r24 for the time being.

On video the screen doesn’t seem very responsive. Is that an accurate description

The obvious way to solve the 1/4" jack issue is to just record one or two tracks at a time on track 1-2, and just drag them over to the desired track afterwards. Obviously this won't work for more than 2 instruments at once. But this board isn't really for that. It's clear it for the lone hobbyist home producer. Besides, for guitar, you'd want those tracks for three hi-z functionality. Move them later if you'd prefer those to be vocal tracks or something else that matches your preferences.

Seems like a half-way house. I prefer to use the R24 then finish off in a proper DAW.

Does it have an inbuilt microphone?

the R20 is limited to a total number of 50 audio and rhythm regions, and 80 synth regions.

So how does this compared to soundcraft signature mtk in term of sound?

Bluetooth speakers?

Wish u had recorded something and playef

Is the power source built in?

Is it windows 10 compatible or not.???

Does it still have the built in drum tracks?

does this have mastering tools?

Seems like a child could operate that thing. Ease of use makes this one very attractive!

I'll stick with my R24 for now, which is superior in every way except for the screen size.

Too bad it’s only 44.1 kHz

8 faders for sixteen tracks. How do you do that? SMH.

Dont like the fact that you can only plug in 2 1/4" cables .....the rest being xlr only .....who's dumd idea was that?

Im goanna ask a really stupid question because i am very very tech illiterate!.......but how do i hear what ive recorded?

Geting in to daw less and this seems like cheating almost

399.00 , now I'm not interested , you did a great job , Zoom ?- they jacked the price to 449.00 ! does it have a kill switch for greed ? -lol ! Thanks

The most stupid thing is that it does not have built in mics as it was with r8,16,24. That kills it. With the older ones I could just get the acoustic guitar and lay tracks in seconds without plugging anything ... what a downfall

it sounds like crap i got one