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Missing MIDI sync seems to be the common flaw in all modern offerings :( The generic sync solution is to record SMPTE code as audio on a track, and then have other devices sync from that. You need to be able the route the sync track to a separate output (I don't know how what the LiveTrak has...

Did you assign the file to a track (on the Zoom)?

To elaborate on that a bit: the thing with Zoom R16/24 is that it's not just a standalone recorder either, it also works as a 8-in/2-out audio interface so you can use it for both recording and mixing on the computer and in standalone operation, whichever suits a particular situation the best.

Yup, it's totally unintuitive because it's so unlike anything else in the system. It's in the manual though (pages 48-49): press "insert effect" to get into the menu, and press "enter" to switch it on/off.

I don't have experience with the VF160 specifically, but just troubleshooting ideas: - Does the scrubbing mode show activity in the track where expected? If not, then the data just isn't there. - If there's clearly data on the track, try swapping the it with another one that is functioning as...

Every DAW has its strengths and weaknesses and often orientation towards certain workflows etc. For example Rosegarden is quite MIDI- and notation oriented and audio is almost an addon, whereas Ardour is the exact opposite of that. From a brief encounter with LMMS, it seemed too loop-oriented...

Well, there's ABC notation and tools to convert that to midi do exist. Haven't tried either though.

You'll just need a midi-controllable effect device in the audio chain. How they are controlled over midi is device-specific, but typically such parameters are controlled via midi cc messages instead of note data, so you'll need a midi processor of some sort to convert the note data to cc's. This...

Here's my studio-in-progress. It has to double up as the guest room which eats up a lot of otherwise useful space, and is awkwardly located between the bathroom and utility room, but can't complain. The acoustics, err, lets just say there's room for improvement. The underlying desk is just...

Oh, lookit that, we agree on something! This stopped having anything to do with repairs a long time ago.

More than one way to do it, but if doing it standalone on the Zoom that limits the choices to basically two: 1) record the sections on separate tracks, simply start recording a new section on a new track at the time where the previous one left off 2) record it all one one track using auto-punch...

Yes, for scarce materials the free market is effective and will eventually drive the phone etc prices sky-high. I hope you'll be happy when that happens. Where it doesn't work for materials which are cheap to produce but expensive to dispose of. Hello plastic! You need legislation to push the...

Of course they do. Which is why the unfixable crap needs an environmental tax (or something to that effect) to balance the situation a bit.

There's now a new attempt at the right-to-repair legistlation in California, hoping for better luck this time around: Eggman Introduces Legislation Establishing the Right to Repair | Official Website - Assemblymember Susan Eggman Representing the 13th California Assembly District :thumbs up...

Obviously there's almost no limit to what you can do with a computer, so in the more-of-everything sense a computer setup is superior. OTOH sometimes less is more and some people actually prefer having limits. I for one often find working with and around limitations typically far more inspiring...

Hi all. Software engineer slowly closing in on 50 here, new to the forum, not so much to home recording. I play guitar and bass passably, keyboards sufficiently for my own needs and love singing but just not very good at it :D Which is part of why home recording is such a thing, really...

Oh indeed, if portability matters then that's a strong point for the Zoom R-family - it's very light and works even on battery power. Would be far easier to recommend something if we knew what the intended use was :)

While Zoom R8/16/24 operate just fine as standalone units, they have a strong tilt towards coupling with computer use, and (because of that) they lack any means to edit (copy/paste/move etc) the tracks, the display is very small etc. The other issue with R16/24 is that working with more than...

Disclaimer: I don't have any of these devices, this is based on just looking at the online manuals. The starting point is looking at the MIDI connectors these things have: Electribe: IN, OUT Minitaur: IN Grandmother: IN, OUT, THRU Based on that there's exactly one way to daisy-chain them with...

Well, each to their own. Obviously the DAW enables things that simply are not possible otherwise and people like myself who are less enamored of them are in the minority these days, but the OP doesn't exactly come off as somebody who's in love with them. Hence the question.