Zoom HD8 and HD16 are

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devices manufactured by

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. HD8 and HD16 were presented at Winter

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2007 as the successor of MRS-1608. The HD8 and HD16 models have been discontinued in December 2009.

Differences between HD8 and HD16

HD8 and HD16 have similar technical characteristics. The main differences between the models are: * HD8 has 8 tracks (6 mono and 1 stereo faders), HD16 has 16 tracks (8 mono and 4 stereo faders). * HD8 can record 2 track at once, while HD16 can record 8 tracks at once. * HD16 has an effect send bus.

File Formats

HD8/16 stores digital audio as

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Waveform Audio File Format files. Stereo tracks are recorded as two

files. Digital audio can be imported into HD8/16 in

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(AIFF) or Waveform Audio File Format (WAV).

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files can be imported as ''Format 0'' Standard MIDI File (SMF), then the unit can play the file with internal instruments or drive an external MIDI unit.

References

External links

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HD8/HD16 Operation Manual and Software updates
* Zoom HD8cd HD16cd & R16 discussion board fro
zoomforum.us
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