Zoom LiveTrak L-12

The mixer is light and almost easy to take around. The rack system fits well to the mixer but very tight to a standard rack; I had difficulty fitting it in.
It is very easy to use. I had watched a video tutorial before having the mixer. I remembered everything easily and could do it. I have not used the recording modules yet it looks a bit hard to use and end up using a DAW instead. But with DAW you need to output DAW metronome to USB channels. I am not sure about the compressor it is not editable it has one setting and not solving a lot of issues. But for direct multichannel rum recording into DAW, or computerless multi-track recording, or rehearsing at home with the band with earphones quietly I still like this unit. On top of that you can use for live small gigs and record it live. Great.

I purchased my first Zoom product back in 2006 and if I recall it was an 8 track recorder. Now in 2023 I’ve bought this beauty and I am delighted to report that Zoom’s quality has gotten better with age.

This is a very straight forward product to use right out of the box. The desk itself is for its price very nicely presented and even does a lovely little lights sweep when powered on just for dramatic effect which the nerd in me adores.

Can be a bit finickity to get exactly right at times but when I’ve been able to lay down a number of recordings of reasonable quality and that was before I spent any considerable time researching proper usage.

Can also be hooked up to a PC/laptop and works as an interface too which is a nice little touch given it can operate and record nicely independently. Get a good set of monitors and or head phones and this is a beauty for its price.