Zoom R8 - Recording a song step by step. Review.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ก.ย. 2024
- Zoom R8 - Recording a jazzy song step by step, using track sequencer, drum programming e.t.c.
Chords used:
VERSE | Dm7 | Dm7 Gm7 Am7 :|| x3 | Bbmaj7 Am7 Gm7 | E7#9 A7#5 |
CHORUS | Bbmaj7 | E7#9 A7#5 :|| x3 | Gm9 Bbm9 | Em11 A7#5 |
![[Eng Sub] ZOOM R12 multi-track recording](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/5sN4RpsQYx0/mqdefault.jpg)
Almost 13 Years later and this Video is still LEGENDARY. You`re the Man.
Thanx mate! I wonder this unit is still on sale ))
The best tutorial I ever seen on the tube. Professional. No "bla bla". Thanks.
hey thank you for that!
Nearly 7 years later and still grooving :-) Will pick up my R8 tomorrow!
Thanx Daniel ))
I hope I've evolved a bit from that time ))
12 years after upload and your video has helped me! Your solo from the 43:10 mark is great, like seriously. I was watching it in ore. Very well played!
Thanks man! This device is still capable of good things. I was using it as a playback device for by band
Ibmachinemusic.ru
Hey Bob, lovely heartwarming video about home recording. I just subbed. Happy recording my friend. Paul. ❤
Fantastic! Make more of these please. I'll watch every single one. Very inspiring.
Thanx mate! Hope will do soon
Great! Finally someone has presented a video using the R8 to create a multi-track production.
thanx! glad you've liked it
I got an R-8 last year and i have been very sick, but now after watching you play and now i understand i wish i was playing bass with you on your song Happy new year Bobritsky.....T.Y.
I bought one of these recorders on eBay after looking at your video. Thank you for making this tutorial video. It's still helping people years later!
great to hear that! I do still use it
@@bobritsky My first attempt to use it was very rough to say the least. The previous owner had it set up how he wanted it with reverb and such, so I have to figure out how to deal with that stuff in an 18 wheeler on my beaks. I will have to download the manual at some point soon! Thanks again. I've watched and rewatched your video and I'm sure I will continue to. Thanks for sharing your talents with the internet!
Amazing ! Clear concise .. Explanation's .. Gr8 Musicianship .. I am in awe .. Thank you for this Guide . Best wishes for you & I am sure Good Karma will come your way . From an old (67 ) muso with tired eyes who struggles to read Manual's this has been a gift. Cheers .
Thank you mate and all the best
many many tanks bro. The best complete and clear video tutorial about r8 since now, after 9 years!
Nice to hear that! ))
Best small features-packed portastudio since 9 years so far )))
This is a superb tutorial that explains everything in a logical manner on song construction from assigning patterns to looping sequencing trimming setting markers using effects etc....you have also highlighted the importance of writing down the sequence and chords.....the best top class explanation on You Tube from Russia...pozdravleniya....! 🎶👏🙏
Wow thanks for kind words!
Glad that this video still helps people!
Peace!
Thank you for this very nice instructionvideo. I just bought a Zoom R8 and I have learned a lot by looking at your videos. Thank you!
man.. the drums groove!
As well as the picking hits the soul!
Great video, thanks a lot!
Hi Deniz! Thank you for kind words! Have a nice NY holidays!
Thank you bob, your videos and comments are very helpful the manual leaves a lot of questions unanswered.
Very nice playing, and great sound! Thanks!
thanks!
thank you for taking the time to do this it has helped me quite a bit but it also seems to assume a basic level of knowledge of the r8 already which atm i do not have.
Hopefully with some patience i will get competent and will post something here for you to laugh at ;p so you know that your time was well spent!!!
Thank you again for you wonderful effort
Many thanks.
Really struggling with the instruction manual and your video makes a little more sense of it.
Impressive playing too!
Wish I found it as easy as you.
Thanx mate!
Hi Bob, a vey nice demo of your skills,and i love your track, sounds so 80's, it's a pure happyness! Thanks for that !
Greetings from france !
I got an r8 today, have made a drum sequence and will be watching your video a lot more times.
I think the r8 will go nicely with my sp404sx and saxophone.
Nice kitchen. And nice song. I like Steele Dan too.
Thanx mate!
It was a pleasure watching your tutorial. You're very methodical, skillful and clear.
There's a saying where I live that says that a person is truly a master at his art when he manages to make something great seem easy to create.
Thank you for sharing.
I love the pauses in thought, let’s me know you’re human. Thanks, mate. Great instruction and playing.
Thanks mate! Glad you've liked it
Thank you Bob! I just got my R8 and have been studying the manual and experimenting over the weekend and I was still lost! Your video helped to fill in some of the gaps that the manual leaves out.
you are very welcome!
I just got an R8 and will be viewing your video tonight. Beats reading the manual LOL. Thanks for the effort.
It really worked for me after I look and try some tutorials, yours is the one that worked. Owe you a lot.
Glad to hear that!
Thank you for that I've been looking for the past 4 days with someone to show me how to program the drums and play. You help me a lot. I just got this drum machine 4 days ago. My friend has the same one we are trying to send each other files to each other's to play. That will be the next step.
U r welcome!
Hi
Just wanted to say thanks from Scotland for your videos, just got an r8 and found your tutorials very helpfull, Zoom should be paying you.
Cheers
Mark
Wow. I've had my r8 for years and never knew how to use it other than as a sketchpad for ideas lol. Great tutorial I've never even touched the track sequencer. 😂
thanx!
If you were satisfied wit R8 as a sketchpad - than it's a really great tool! Cheers!
Nowadays I use R8 as a playback + clicktrack for my live gigs
You can find lots of literature about what these machines can do but there is nothing like watching videos such as this to get a real feel for the functionality. I am thinking of buying one and this was very informative, giving a good general insight into the first-hand operation of this machine. Thank you very much for posting this - I enjoyed the song too.
Thank you! You are absolutely right - TH-cam reviews made purchase desicion easier!
Hi mate!
Its easy - when you've assigned different drum patterns to tracks and arranged them in track sequencer you have to BOUNCE them (mixdown) to new track.
lets say you have pattern 1 for intro, pattern 2 for verse, pattern 3 and 4 for fills ,pattern 5 for chorus and pattern 6 for ending - it takes 6 tracks. you have tracks 7&8 free. arrange all your patterns in track seq, arm tracks 7&8 for recording and press BOUNCE under LCD. then press record+play. your drums will be recorded to 7&8...
Thanks for this!
Thanks, but is it not possible to arrange your Midi Pattern (Drums) A & B as a Midi Drum Track in the Sequencer, like you can do it on the BR BOSS Recorders?
There you can take a Drum Pattern and say START Pattern A from Mesure 03 til Mesure 11 and Pattern B from 12 to Mesure 20 ...and so on!
And the Drum Part Sound like the DrumKit you choose!
So why Rendering the Midi Drum Part down....thats makes formy only sense when the R8 can only handle one Midi Part...but i can't belief it, but i don't know it!?
But that is my question....can you tell me?
Is it right, that the Midi Drum Maschine inside the R8 can only handle "ONE" Midi Part in your Arrangement...and that's is why you Render them down to a Wav File?
Or what?
@@AlfredoZauberer Of cource you can use different rhythm patterns from internal drum machine in sequencer mode - up to 8. Verse can be 1, chorus - 2 etc.
You just set them on the sequencer grid wherever you want
@@user-ey1xk4sj8s
Thank for reply!
Only 8 Midi Pattern per Song Arrangment?
That is less !
Why that limitationS?
Maybe it is a Memory thing?
8 Pattern is not that much!
Can you Import your own Midi Pattern, is that Possible?
Bob, an excellent intro to this product which I purchased a couple of weeks ago. You have advanced my ability to use it by 2 months!
What a great guy to take the time to do this.
You play very well and was a pleasure to listen to you craft your tune.
Thanks alot.
Tone
Thanks for the videos. I like my R8 so far and I find your videos more helpful than the manual.
what a great tutorial. though it could have been more detailed as far as each button you were pressing, but if I needed that much help, I shouldn't be doing this anyway. you have the best way so far of teaching on TH-cam. thank you. I learned so much already.
Thank you! Glad you've found it useful
Hello!
Yes, to free up tracks u have to BOUNCE recorded tracks to some free track. For ex. - you have tracks 1-4 recorded and you need ore space - select REC on 7-8 tracks, press BOUNCE button under LCD, rewind and hit REC. Your tracks will be re-recorded on 7-8 track and now you can select tracks 1-4 for something else.
Dont be afraid - all your recorded takes are in project folder so you can use them any time
Thank you, just got the R8 and i learned a lot.
great purchase! have a nice time with R8
Same
Awesome, thanks for taking the time to make this. You have the most in depth videos about the R8 that I've found online and you helped me decide to get one instead of another 8 track. I ordered mine saturday, I hope it gets here soon!
Great Demo! Nice song too! Zoom R8 - awesome!
Thanks a lot! The drums were the hardest to figure out and the manual is driving me crazy! I feel like im studying for a test! Easier to watch this video and take notes.
Just got my R8 - now taking your 'master class' ! Thanks. Zoom should be paying you.
Here are some of my opinions after using a friend's R8 for a week. The pre-amps are quiet enough and they sound OK. The audio recordings are CD quality. The built-in effects and algorithms are very good. The headphone amp is loud enough using Sony 7506 hp's. It's very easy to learn how to make multi-track audio recordings, use auto-punch or manual punch, bounce and swap tracks, etc. .and it's very portable and boots up in 5-7 seconds. On the downside the manual is very clinical that has a "do this" "do that" style but it does not provide any working scenarios, tutorials, etc. I've been using DAWs for the past 12 years and when it comes to editing the R8 gets left in the dust. In a DAW I just drag and drop drum loops and have a drum track in a minute. In the R8 you have to assign loops or patterns to pads and then program a Track Sequence and this brings my work flow to a crawl. IMHO If you have a PC, MAC, desktop or laptop, get the Scarlett 2i2 2nd Generation, download Reaper, and you'll have the real deal and save $100 if you already have a microphone. Finally, thank you Bob for posting all his R8 clips which were helpful.
Totally agree with your point! Editing with PC is muuuuuch easier :)
R8 is great for 2 things
1. recording away from your PC with soundcard (it fits to guitar bag, no messing with VSTs, DAWs etc. - shortest way to capture your inspiration). I use it to capture my band's rehearsal - sounds great just using built-in mics! - and to write some music when I'm on vacation with family.
2. its an excellent playback device for backing tracks. I use it to play backing tracks for live gigs - drummer gets click to headphones, I have several tracks that I can instantly turn on|off or change volume - for instance I have song with recorded percussion track, acoustic guitar and keys - If today we play with live keyboardist I just turn of keys track - voila! Awesome! And most important - R8 never let me down, no failures, no errors, no hiss - and on the contrary I know many issues with PC's during live gigs.
Sometimes I buy audio gear online (Craigslist and others) and I use the R8 to test the gear since it can run on batteries.
Good points but I want potential buyers to be aware that the R8 is NOT easier to operate than a DAW. Most users aren't recording at the next Burning Man event or using it as backup band. Still. the R8 is amazing portable studio when we remember that 20 years ago an ADAT recorder was $2000 and you still needed mics, preamps, mixers, effect units, and lots of cables. I think it's great that bobrisky posted a clip that demonstrates the whole process of producing a song (project) using most of the features of the R8. Technology marches on and I'm eagerly awaiting the ultimate device that can record all the cool music we "hear" in our heads without having to press dozens of buttons. :-)
I dont think anyone would be using this to replace a DAW. Stop being a know it all
Yeah, I probably WILL. What's the problem with someone posing some helpful information?
Excellent tutorial. My compliments on your expert guitar work as well. I use the Zoom R8 and you just opened it up to me.
thank you my friend! Hope you will find something useful
Cool tune Bob. Thanks for the step by step I'm having trouble downloading the manual so your help is greatly appreciated.
Hi
you can use only 1 insert effect at once + send effects(reverb and chorus.)
so to do like you've said after recording you have to select insert effect #1 to vocals, bounce that vocal track (= re-record it with effect to another track), select insert effect #2 to piano etc.
since you have reverb and chorus effects separately and they can be applied to all tracks simultaneously - that's pretty convenient but of course takes time
This is very well done, I want one! Thanks for your great vid
Talented musician and clever on the technical side of operations. Nice!
Enjoyed the video. It helped me understand programming drum tracks and loops better. Thanks. -Matt (usa)
You're welcome Matt!
Great video. I was going round in circles with the manual. I've now been able to do a test track with drums, guitar and bass thanks to your tutorial. Many thanks.
love this! Great guitar playing as well!
No any concerns on reliability ever. It froze just once when I've recorder whole concert (1,5 hours) in stereo and tried to play and fast-forward it. Maybe too big file.
I'm using this unit in live gigs for backing tracks on batteries - no hassle! everything works perfect.
Moving recorded music from R8 to PC is just as easy as using any card reader - just drag-n-drop files from R8 directories to any PC directory. And best thing is that they are normal WAVs - you can play them with no convertin
Excellent R8 walkthrough, well done!
Awesome tutorial,
(Although I'm still lost with this R8 😆 )
But great jazz player, nice cords, sweet lead guitar, excellent Musician, Sir 👍 ✌️
wow thats very kind thank you sir!
I will be happy if you will check my band too
www.ibmachinemusic.ru
Bob, great tutorial and nice composition, smooth jazzy playing.
Keep posting more instructional videos. Much more informative and easier to follow than reading the manual.
Thanks
I got an r8 2 yrs ago,and found it very complicated,and initially it's easy,but you have to keep doing it regularly,if you stay away a few weeks,you find that you've forgotten half of the instructions,lol...so I dropped it,and go back to biab 2008,which has an amazing sequencer,and all the styles you could imagine..basically you put the chords in,n select a style n you're done...but still r8,is an amazing technical achievement,and I guess there are guys out there who like to fuck around for 2 hours on 1 chord progression
Great music!!! keep creating.. . from Va Beach, USA.
Thanks for posting this demo that encouraged me to buy one of these fantastic recorders. I've got a demo on my page showing what I managed to do just by plugging straight in and recording myself.
Thank you for this video, it has made things so much easier!
Very nice ....thanks for sharing. Very nice song!!
Great info and a great start for a new user. Thanks very much!
Between the manual and my old "tape machine" brain Id be completely lost without all your demos. thanks
You are very welcome!
If you'll need any advise - let me know
bobritsky thanks...peace
BOBRITSKY!!! Thanks for the video from across the waters! You explain the use of this unit very well & the song you wrote is funky to the core! MrVlorsiris loves the jazz groove you laid down & the lead licks from start to finish! Keep makin' music! PEACE!
Nice work. Thanks for sharing the steps.
Incredibly helpful video! Seriously, can't thank you enough.
Bora Kesal
Thank you! I've tried to cover almost everything
Brilliant! A most informative video. Thank you very much.
David Chamberlain you're welcome
Thanks. So. Much for this. Info. And demo ! I just purchased based on your very informative review and demo!!
Nice stuff mate! Thanks for the great video.
u r welcome mate!
thanks alot man!!! just got my R8 this afternoon and this video helped me alot! \m/
Brilliant. Really helped.
Take care
Ian ( UK)
So awesome, watched the whole thing! Thank you
I found what I was doing wrong. I didn't realize that i have to press PLAY button while i'm pressing the REC button down. In track mode them aren't needed to be pressed down simultaneously. Now it works like it should. Thanks anyway for the nice tutorial video =)
Hi Rich and thanks for kind words!
You have to bounce that drum track to any free track - it will literally record it ti WAV file.
To do so - arm any track for recording, press BOUNCE under LCD and hit record.
When your drum track is over, press stop. Then switch R8 to Card Reader mode by pressing USB button and locate recorded WAV file in your project folder. You can use it in any DAW
Beautiful guitar playing my friend
thank you mate!
You bet! After watching your videos, the manual makes more sense so, I recommend folks do a brief reading of the manual, then watch your videos, and then, the manual becomes more clear and can then be used as a resource to refresh their memories.
Man that’s a sweet progression. Nice playing. I play a similar style... fingers and pick.
Thanks mate! Go check other my videos and band's website if you like www.ibmachinemusic.ru
Zoom should pay you for this awesome tutorial! It gets right to the point. Thank you-Thank you bobritsky!
P.S. the unrecorded bass take was sooo tasty!
Hello Bob, thanks to your videos I could use right away my zoom r8 easily. Without your videos I studied a long time the manuals before i can use it.
Thank You.
I hope that you will do more videos.
greetings
Fabio
Fabio F. Just i donìt understand ... for PARTA you work directly on track 3 e senquence it ... for PART B recorded on track 4 you create a new track 5 ... why you don't has work directly on track 4 where there was guitar PART B ? ... pratically now you have PART B recorded on track 4 end track 5 (in track 5 allready trimmed ecc.)
Damn, this is the best tutorial. Forget the manual.
This awesome love all the effects.They are so good I don't even need all the gear I have now I traded some of it in for a really good Blue Spark Mic.
yes sir!
pretty beast on that drum pattern
thank you sir!
Awesome! This helped alot. Catchy groove!
You make it look so easy, Brother. Nice tutorial. Like your style, too. Thanks for the upload.
u r very welcome mate!
I just ordered this today. After watching this video, I'm sending it back unopened.
Had NO idea how insanely tedious this thing is. I guess if you have recording experience it might be workable, I don't.
Very helpful video and I like your song. Thanks!
just bought one. really great tool. nice demo
Nice video, very informative and well done. Thanks for sharing!
Ah, Ok, thanx man. And really a great job your videos!
Nice greets
Hey Thank you for the great work you have done (: Hope to see more!!
Nice beat & melody itself, thanx 4 review, I'm thinkin' to get one for myself! :)
thank you for that information/my r8 is arriving today, i'll probably be needing your help in the future. i'm a pretty quick learner
Super dope!
Thanks for the video. It Was great!
Great Man :) Good demo
Nice Demo! Thanks for posting.
(Good playing too!)
thanx! glad you've liked it
Thank You!
It's a great video that answers a lot of questions I had AND the song is excellent too!
The only thing that through me at first was the word "bass" which here is pronounced like "base", which I never did understand why it isn't just spelled - base.
Thanks again!
just imagine all the fun you can have with this thing... man, 70 more bucks and its mine!! :-)
Nice song man!
thanx man
thanks for posting!---I just got the R8 and I'm just getting started
cool riffs! bravo!
gracias!
Amazing progression
thanx mate. check other stuff
So, you can modify the sound of a regular guitar to sound like a bass right in the machine? Now that's cool!
yes you can. sound is not really good but OK for draft mix