Hello Folks

I have a scenario that I can't quite get my head round, this is what I want to try and do.

I have a Zoom R24 that until now I have used as a stand alone recorder for vocals/guitar/ukelele etc and have had some great sounds out of it. I also have worked on projects in Reason 4 using an M Audio Keystation as my keyboard. As you are probably aware the Zoom can act as an audio interface and control surface which again I have played around with and it all seems to work ok (Cubase 5 LE came with the Zoom so i've loaded that onto the PC)

What I would really like to be able to do is do some vocals and play piano simultaneously but I'm not sure of how I should be set up to achieve this. I have considered using the Zoom as an audio interface with the vocals running through it into cubase and then slaving Reason to cubase to be able to use the reason sounds which I like. Is this possible?? or is there a better/easier way. I'm getting a bit lost trying to work out how I should configure what i've got to be able to do the vocals and piano/keyboard together.

Any old threads or posts that anyone knows of or fresh advice would be extremely welcome

Many thanks

Jules

connect up zoom as usb device
drag all files from zoom for the song to your computer
load them into a new DAW session
use zoom as an i/f if the DAW supports it
the DAW becomes the master source from that point

If Cubase recognises the Zoom as an interface, then you should be able to make cubase the main DAW, connect Reason by rewire and use it as a MIDI instrument within cubase.

If it works like my zoom H2, then you would then hear the main outs of cubase through the zoom headphone output, and away you go.

Have you got Reason 6 or Record ? (if so, you won't need cubase!)

Have you tried it?

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ha! I skim read that didn't I - I've just realised the zoom you've got is a multitrack... but I would have thought it would still work just the same.

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Anto mo Ninja, Watashi mo Ninja

Thank you folks for the advice, I will hopefully find a spare hour or two over the weekend when I can try out the recommendations, that is if the DIY list hasn't been added too!!

My friend got the h4, the four track with the built in stereo mic. I had assumed it would work as a 4 chan interface. I was wrong, the interface function is only stereo

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Regarding the H4 only recording in stereo, yes thats right, but the H16 works as a multichannel (8 channel) USB interface for a pc, I've used it like that one time when i forgot a memory card, and it worked fine. The R24 will be exactly the same.

If you are used to using the Zoom as a standalone audio recorder you could always just hook up your pc's onboard audio out (maybe with asio4all to cut latency) to a pair of the inputs on the R24, along with your microphone on another input, and record 3 tracks simultaneously this way before doing overdubs using the R24, without the pc. Ie treat your pc as just another sound source.

Otherwise, to record it all in Cubase, set up a midi track with a virtual instrument or rewire to Reason for the piano, and an audio track for the microphone going into the R24. Record both tracks simultaneously.

But the first option will be easier for you to blend with your current working methods.

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