Its internal hard drive is a sizeable 80GB, giving enough space to store up to 160 virtual tracks and 10 master mixes per song. It has an on-board CD/RW drive for making backups and complete song/album masters, plus an integral USB 2.0 bus for archiving song data and exporting and importing WAV files and completed mixes using a Mac or PC. The converters themselves are 24-bit, as is the internal signal processing, right up until the final stage of the recording process, when it is dithered to the 16-bit standard used on audio CDs. The HD16 is a 16-track digital studio that allows the simultaneous recording of eight inputs as 16-bit, 44.1kHz audio files. Zoom are renowned for producing feature-packed, musician-friendly gadgets that offer good value, and their latest offering is no exception. We find out if the changes are more than skin deep. Zoom have overhauled the design of the MRS1608 to create a new-look digital recorder.
