Clarky Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 (edited) Hi all, this cost me from memory around £450 in 2006 since when it was used to record about a dozen songs for my old band. It has not been used for the past year as my current band prefers to record in a "proper" (ie, charge-by-the-hour, mega-exensive!) studio. Its in its original box so not gathering dust. There are two "nearly new" 1608CD's on eBay right now (one B-I-N at £300, the other an auction currently standing at £255, obviously with post on top). So £250 including post (which would be around £20) seems fair to me, or £230 picked up from my house in London (nr Hammersmith). Here is the technical spec (from an ad): The MRS-1608 from Zoom is a 16 track digital audio workstation that records to a 40 GB internal hard drive, and features the power of seamless digital editing and Zoom's signal processing, while offering programmable drum and bass sections with a complete bank of touch-sensitive pads. The MRS-1608 has 16 physical tracks, each with 10 virtual tracks. The new Zoom machine also has 8 XLR/phone combination input jacks, with four of them being able to provide phantom power for condenser microphones, with the capability of recording up to eight simultaneous tracks at once, that's two tracks more then the latest 1266, as well as having the ability to insert compression and EQ on all eight of those input channels. Like all Zoom multi-tracks you get the drum and bass sections with 12 touch sensitive and backlighted playable pads. The MRS-1608CD now includes a sampler function that allows you to assign part of Zoom V-takes or WAV/AIFF flies to those drum pads. With over 100 different Zoom drum and bass sounds, the MRS-1608 has 40 real sampled drum kits as well as 20 real sampled bass sounds, giving you real drum and bass recordings that you can program into your project, with 500 user programmable patterns available per song. Like the other MRS Series recorders, the MRS-1608 has literally hundreds of customizable digital effects for mics and instruments, as well as Zoom's VAMS (Variable Architecture Modeling System) guitar amp modeling. With the MRS-1608 you are now able to use up to seven simultaneous Zoom effects! The MRS-1608CD has adjustable EQ and pan controls for each channel, as well as adjustable 24-bit mastering effects such as Reverb, Chorus, Modulation, Delay and Compression. Zoom MRS-1608CD Features: 16 Tracks 10 Virtual tracks per track 40GB hard drave (up to 120 hours recording time) Record 8 tracks simultaneously 8 XLR/line inputs (4 with phantom power) Programmable drum machine Extensive bank of effects Edited September 9, 2008 by Clarky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Fredleb Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 [quote name='Clarky' post='269718' date='Aug 25 2008, 06:57 PM']Hi all, this cost me from memory around £450 in 2006 since when it was used to record about a dozen songs for my old band. It has not been used for the past year as my current band prefers to record in a "proper" (ie, charge-by-the-hour, mega-exensive!) studio. Its in its original box so not gathering dust. There are two "nearly new" 1608CD's on eBay right now (one B-I-N at £300, the other an auction currently standing at £255, obviously with post on top). So £250 including post (which would be around £20) seems fair to me, or £230 picked up from my house in London (nr Hammersmith). Here is the technical spec (from an ad): The MRS-1608 from Zoom is a 16 track digital audio workstation that records to a 40 GB internal hard drive, and features the power of seamless digital editing and Zoom's signal processing, while offering programmable drum and bass sections with a complete bank of touch-sensitive pads. The MRS-1608 has 16 physical tracks, each with 10 virtual tracks. The new Zoom machine also has 8 XLR/phone combination input jacks, with four of them being able to provide phantom power for condenser microphones, with the capability of recording up to eight simultaneous tracks at once, that's two tracks more then the latest 1266, as well as having the ability to insert compression and EQ on all eight of those input channels. Like all Zoom multi-tracks you get the drum and bass sections with 12 touch sensitive and backlighted playable pads. The MRS-1608CD now includes a sampler function that allows you to assign part of Zoom V-takes or WAV/AIFF flies to those drum pads. With over 100 different Zoom drum and bass sounds, the MRS-1608 has 40 real sampled drum kits as well as 20 real sampled bass sounds, giving you real drum and bass recordings that you can program into your project, with 500 user programmable patterns available per song. Like the other MRS Series recorders, the MRS-1608 has literally hundreds of customizable digital effects for mics and instruments, as well as Zoom's VAMS (Variable Architecture Modeling System) guitar amp modeling. With the MRS-1608 you are now able to use up to seven simultaneous Zoom effects! The MRS-1608CD has adjustable EQ and pan controls for each channel, as well as adjustable 24-bit mastering effects such as Reverb, Chorus, Modulation, Delay and Compression. Zoom MRS-1608CD Features: 16 Tracks 10 Virtual tracks per track 40GB hard drave (up to 120 hours recording time) Record 8 tracks simultaneously 8 XLR/line inputs (4 with phantom power) Programmable drum machine Extensive bank of effects[/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted September 9, 2008 Author Share Posted September 9, 2008 (edited) Not sure if there was supposed to be a message attached to your reply Fredleb but - by a strange coincidence - its just sold this evening to another Forumite Edited September 9, 2008 by Clarky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fredleb Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 Hi Clarky, Nice set of kit for an incompetent enthusiast. If your Zoom multitracker is still up for grabs, any chance you can PM me some pictures? Also confirm that the £250 asking price includes secure insured postage to us heathens in Manchester and comes with both the manual and power supply unit. My son's band are urgently looking to replace a much loved Boss multitracker that was recently stolen (along with £5K worth of other kit) and the spec of your Zoom is likely to be of interest. He's in Scotland until Sunday but I'll pass the details on when he returns. Probably unlike yourself, he is an enthusiastic incompetent who had to move over from lead guitar, on the toss of a coin with the band's only other guitarist, when they were unable to agree on recruiting a proper bass player from the local area. However, he now seems to acquiring a taste for the deeper things in life and has gone as far as acquiring a Rickenbacker 4003, which is a fine instrument and also a work of art. The other guitarist has had to purchase a Rickenbacker lead, not to be outdone. Thanks for your time FRED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarky Posted September 10, 2008 Author Share Posted September 10, 2008 [quote name='Fredleb' post='280772' date='Sep 9 2008, 11:06 PM']Hi Clarky, Nice set of kit for an incompetent enthusiast. If your Zoom multitracker is still up for grabs, any chance you can PM me some pictures? Also confirm that the £250 asking price includes secure insured postage to us heathens in Manchester and comes with both the manual and power supply unit. My son's band are urgently looking to replace a much loved Boss multitracker that was recently stolen (along with £5K worth of other kit) and the spec of your Zoom is likely to be of interest. He's in Scotland until Sunday but I'll pass the details on when he returns. Probably unlike yourself, he is an enthusiastic incompetent who had to move over from lead guitar, on the toss of a coin with the band's only other guitarist, when they were unable to agree on recruiting a proper bass player from the local area. However, he now seems to acquiring a taste for the deeper things in life and has gone as far as acquiring a Rickenbacker 4003, which is a fine instrument and also a work of art. The other guitarist has had to purchase a Rickenbacker lead, not to be outdone. Thanks for your time FRED[/quote] Sorry Fred, having sat around for a few weeks in the 'for sale' section with no interest, the Zoom sold a couple of hours before you posted. Good luck to you and your son's band and glad they are flying the Rick flag. Clarky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass Culture Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 Fred, Sorry about that - it was I who snuckered in just before you. Mind you, Clarky tells me that Parcelforce don't seem to know where Wrexham is so it might end up towards Manchester for all I know. Apologies for pipping you the post. And Clarky's a top bloke to deal with - I think I'm right in saying he'd taken it to the Post Office before he'd even received my Paypal payment! Some bass players are just different class... Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fredleb Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 [quote name='Bass Culture' post='280920' date='Sep 10 2008, 09:51 AM']Fred, Sorry about that - it was I who snuckered in just before you. Mind you, Clarky tells me that Parcelforce don't seem to know where Wrexham is so it might end up towards Manchester for all I know. Apologies for pipping you the post. And Clarky's a top bloke to deal with - I think I'm right in saying he'd taken it to the Post Office before he'd even received my Paypal payment! Some bass players are just different class... Mark[/quote] What a polite bunch you are. No worries, I'll just wait for the next No 57 bus. Check them out when you've got a moment. [url="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=207601968"]http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea...endID=207601968[/url] FRED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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