Zoom R16 Newbie Question

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Hi, glad to be here:

I have just purchased a Zoom R16 recorder and I have the following question please:

I am putting some drum (edrum) tracks down for a friend who has sent me across some songs in either mp3 or WAV format. Can I place these on a USB stick and load them into the R16? If so, I need to listen to the numbers and then play the drum-track so I need the drum track recording but not the song?

All help/input much appreciated
Graham
 
runedog said:
Hi, glad to be here:

I have just purchased a Zoom R16 recorder and I have the following question please:

I am putting some drum (edrum) tracks down for a friend who has sent me across some songs in either mp3 or WAV format. Can I place these on a USB stick and load them into the R16? If so, I need to listen to the numbers and then play the drum-track so I need the drum track recording but not the song?

All help/input much appreciated
Graham
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Not used the Zoom but I understand it works as an Audio Interface so even if you cannot plug the stick directly into the R16 you can copy the data to a PC and then transfer the tracks that way.

If the tracks are in MP3 format I suggest you first convert them to .wav as this is the "standard" format for handling audio on computers. You will not UNDO the vile deeds done by the MP3 encoding but you will be able to edit and manipulate the files easier.

If you have nothing else, download Audacity. That will accept MP3 and can then export it as .WAV (16 bits 44.1kHz).

Whether you can isolate the drum track you will just have to suck and see!

Dave.
 
Page 73 and 74 of the manual explain how to import via USB. The file will need to be a WAV.....freq 44.1khz and a bit rate of 16 or 24.
 
Mickster said:
Page 73 and 74 of the manual explain how to import via USB. The file will need to be a WAV.....freq 44.1khz and a bit rate of 16 or 24.
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Sorry to be picky Mickey! But "bit rate" is the same as sample rate, i.e. 44.1kHz. 16 or 24 refers to bit DEPTH or more correctly "word length". Pedantic I know but I think we should always strive for accuracy, especially in the newb section?

If OP's files are MP3 I can see no point in anything other than 16bits as a .wav?

Dave.
 
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