Topic: Zoom R16 8 track recorder.....

[cybergaloot]

OK, I got mine and I'm still trying to learn how to use it. I've run a couple of recordings so far, mainly tests of some mics. One thing I've run into is what appears to be a 2GB file limit. I don't know for sure until I dig into it deeper but I was testing some cheap mics I have to see if they would be suitable for a project and the recorder did shut down sometime during a 2 hour set. This could be my own ignorance or just the way the recorder works. I did have four channels set as two stereo pairs. It may have run longer if I left them as mono files.

[Nick's Picks]

I've not run any two channel recordings with it to exceed any limit yet.  but then again, I'm doing 8 tracks mostly, and a 3 hour session comes in at about 5gb worth of files ( divided by .

Not exactly a turn key intuitive deck like the Edirols eh ?
Its taken me a while to learn how to use 70% of it.  We are just getting to the point now where we are utilizing tracks 9-16, laying down on top of 1-8 and doing all the mixing on the board itself.  Headphones for each band member, and a mixing station with near-field monitors ( I hate mixing on headphones)

[cybergaloot]

Since it wasn't really designed to be a field recorder I wouldn't be surprised that file size was a low priority. It also did not start writing a new file either.

The first time I ran it I didn't run into this but then I had it writing mono files and the set didn't go so long.

A couple of samples:
CA-1 (omni)>battery box>R16
http://yodaslai.ipower.com/bradfordvilleblues/media/CA-1.wav
CA-11 (omni)>CA-9000 pre>R16
http://yodaslai.ipower.com/bradfordvilleblues/media/CA-11.wav