Zoom R16 to garageband

[gerryc]

Totally new to the idea of home recording so this may seem like a stupid question. We have just started a small acoustic band consisting DB, uke  and two guitars. We have done some recording straight to garageband playing as a band but that only gives us one track with all instruments and vocals. We were wondering if using a Zoom R16 to record playing as a band  on say 6 tracks when transferred to garageband would it appear as six separate tracks allowing guitarist to edit tracks individually. Thanks in advance of any replies

[MoonBassAlpha]

You can use the r16 2 different ways. 

Record all your tracks together on up to 8 channels. Each channel will produce a wav file which you can then import into the daw either by hooking up via USB to your computer,  or by removing the sd card from the zoom and reading that into your computer. 

OR

Hook up the Zoom to the computer running Garageband. The r16 can then be used as an 8 input audio interface.

You may need to load the Zoom asio drivers to get this to work properly. You do with a PC, I've no experience with a mac. 

This will also produce separate wav files for each track, as long as the zoom is set up correctly to do so.

 

Which way you work will depend on your circumstances, and if you have the computer available where you record etc.

 

One thing to bear in mind is that if you use the Zoom as an audio interface you don't have access to the built in eq, effects etc, but these things can all be done in Garageband anyhow.

Hope this helps!

MBA

 

Edited April 8, 2022 by MoonBassAlpha
Phone playing silly buggers when editing

[gerryc]

Many thanks to MoonBaseAlpha, that is what we were hoping ie use the R16 as a recorder and tweak (technical term) the individual tracks in garage band. Once again many thanks to MBA

[BigRedX]

You shouldn’t need any drivers for the Mac, so long as the Zoom is USB class compliant, Core Audio in OSX takes care of everything.