Make Music Wherever You Go with the Zoom R12 MultiTrak 8-Track Recorder

The Zoom R12 is a multi-track recorder with touchscreen editing. Zoom made the R12 for musicians who live to make music and want the freedom to create wherever they please.

• Compact and mobile, you can record, edit, and mix songs without a computer
• Use the R12’s full-color LCD touchscreen to easily cut, copy, loop, and edit your tracks
• Super-clean preamps with two XLR/TRS inputs and 8 tracks of audio
• Includes a send effects channel offering reverb, chorus and delay with a dedicated effects return fader
• Pan and a 3-channel EQ for each track and a compressor on inputs 1 and 2
• Sequence Play creates a playlist of your projects. Use as backing tracks, whether you’re playing live or rehearsing a set
• 150 preloaded drum loops in a variety of patterns and genre
• Add additional audio samples by importing files into your R12 via Micro SD card or USB thumb drive
• Up to 5 hours on four AA batteries allowing you to bring your production anywhere
• Includes an 1/8-inch stereo headphone jack as well as dedicated 1/4-inch monitor output
• Plug in their iOS devices to use the optional R12 Control App
• Connect microphones, instruments or line level devices like keyboards, mixing boards, and more
• Activate the fully customizable click track with the press of a button
• Use the click balance section to blend the metronome with your playback audio
• 8 FM synth instruments built-in that can be played by plugging in a MIDI keyboard via USB-C or programmed using the touchscreen

SPECIFICATIONS

Inputs/Outputs

• Input: MIC/LINE (mono)
• Output: MASTER OUT, PHONES

Inputs

• MIC/LINE (mono)
• Connectors: (2) XLR/TRS combo jacks (Balanced, XLR: 2 HOT / TRS: TIP HOT
• Input: +6 ~ +50 dB
• Input Impedance: XLR: 3.9 kΩ TRS: 3.9 kΩ/1 MΩ (when Hi-Z ON, INPUT 1 only)
• Phantom Power: +48 V (switchable separately for INPUTS 1 and 2)
• Equivalent Input Noise: –121 dBu or less (IHF-A) at +50 dB/150 Ω input
• Frequency Response: −1.0/+0.5 dB: 20 Hz – 20 kHz

Outputs

• Connectors: (2) TRS phone jacks (balanced)
• Maximum Output Level: +14 dBu
• Output Impedance: 200 Ω

PHONES

• Connectors: 1 stereo, 3.5 mm mini jack
• Maximum Output Level: 45 mW + 45 mW (into 32 Ω load)
• Output Impedance: 10 Ω

Recorder

• Maximum Simultaneous Recording Tracks: 2
• Maximum Simultaneous Playback Tracks: 8
• Recording Format: 44.1 kHz, 16/24-bit, mono/stereo WAV
• Recording Media: 4–32GB cards compatible with the SDHC specification, 64–1TB cards compatible with the SDXC specification

Track Settings

• EQ
• High: 10 kHz, ±12 dB, shelving
• Middle: 2.5 kHz, ±12 dB, peaking
• Low: 100 Hz, ±12 dB, shelving
• Pan: L100 - R100

Effects

• Input Dynamics: Comp/limiter/gate
• Patch Memory Effects
• 3 types can be used
• 50 patch memories
• Guitar Lab supported
• Can be assigned and used as an insert (input) or send effect
• 10 types of spatial effects

Tuner

• Chromatic/guitar/bass/open A/open A/open E/open G/DADGAD

Click (Metronome)

• Time Signatures: 3/4, 4/4. 6/8
• Tempo Range: 40 - 250 BPM

Rhythm Loops

• Sound Source Format: PCM
• Number of Loops: 150

Synth

• Sound Source Format: FM
• Polyphony: 8
• Number of Sound Types: 18

Display

• Screen: 2.4 (320 x 240) full-color touchscreen LCD

USB

• Connector: USB-C
• Audio Interface Function
• 2-in/2-out or 2-in/2-out (iPad): USB 2.0 full speed, 44.1 kHz, 16/24-bit
• 2-in/4-out: USB 2.0 full speed, 44.1 kHz, 16/24-bit
• Mass Storage Function: (Device) USB 2.0 High Speed (5 V/200 mA power supplied when host)
• Guitar Lab Connection: USB 1.1 full speed
• USB MIDI Keyboard Connection: USB 1.1 Full Speed (5 V/200 mA power supplied)

Power

• Batteries: 4 AA (alkaline, lithium, or rechargeable NiMH)
• AC Adapter: ZOOM AD-17 (5V/1.0A)
• Consumption: 5 W maximum

Size

• Dimensions: 256 x 158 x 61 mm
• Weight: 827 g

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