I've been trying to get an answer to a very specific question. First, thanks for going through the "rhythm" voices - nice review. My question as to do with the alternate power source. I note that my R4 did not come with any auxiliary source of power, though the did mention that a specific plug in auxiliary 5 V source could be used. I questioned on the Zoom web site but no answer yet.
I just bought this, so please allow a newbie question. Can you actually "record" these rhythms to a track? Or is this just a play-along kind of thing? I'm trying to record the drum pattern while I play guitar, and I don't seem to be getting the rhythm to record. What do I need to do to make that happen? Help! Thanks.
Can you lay these rhythms off to individual tracks so that you can construct a more complete and varied rhythm? For instance, put eight bars of blues1 on track one and then, following that, eight bars of blues2 on track two. Keep doing something like that back and forth, and then put it onto the bounce track.
I’m not sure about adding different rhythms to a track. I’ve basically used it as an alternative to a metronome while recording my digital piano. The R4 is fine for capturing quick recordings and 4 mono or two linked stereo tracks (still two pairs of mono tracks). For more complex editing I’d say it’s much easier to use a DAW.
If you really wanted to, I suppose you could bounce just the rhythm (ie, rhythm on but all track faders down), then manually assign that bounce file to a track, pick a different rhythm, and repeat, and then manually mix your rhythms. But that's a lot of work and not really what the rhythm track was designed for. As the OP alluded to, it's a glorified metronome. You pick a beat that fits your song best, and play to that instead of to a click track. (It actually does make a big difference and makes it much easier to perform. I don't think I ever want to go back to a click track!) I was pleasantly surprised that the WAV files line up perfectly in my DAW (Logic Pro) set to the same BPM. No manual sync was needed. They just line up perfectly. Then I can add whatever drums I want.
@@joetunon Thanks. That's a good reality check. The truth is that, when I'm working on something, I'll always just use one rhythm. Then I construct something more elaborate later. I really don't know why I thought I needed more than that in this box.
@@incaroads001 I too had my hesitation wishing it had more features, until I started using it and realized it's perfect for what it's designed to do. It's a scratchpad that lays down high quality sounding tracks for importing to a DAW. The simplicity and fun of this little box has gotten me songwriting and recording more than I have in years.
Quite decent sounding jazz grooves, and many others, which will make it extremely useful for practicing tunes. Thanks for the demo.
I've been trying to get an answer to a very specific question. First, thanks for going through the "rhythm" voices - nice review. My question as to do with the alternate power source. I note that my R4 did not come with any auxiliary source of power, though the did mention that a specific plug in auxiliary 5 V source could be used. I questioned on the Zoom web site but no answer yet.
Should be powered via the USB port.
I'm sure I read there's a dedicated zoom adapter available.
Thanks.
I just bought this, so please allow a newbie question. Can you actually "record" these rhythms to a track? Or is this just a play-along kind of thing? I'm trying to record the drum pattern while I play guitar, and I don't seem to be getting the rhythm to record. What do I need to do to make that happen? Help! Thanks.
How are monitoring this. I can only hear thru headphones ?
Can you lay these rhythms off to individual tracks so that you can construct a more complete and varied rhythm? For instance, put eight bars of blues1 on track one and then, following that, eight bars of blues2 on track two. Keep doing something like that back and forth, and then put it onto the bounce track.
I’m not sure about adding different rhythms to a track. I’ve basically used it as an alternative to a metronome while recording my digital piano. The R4 is fine for capturing quick recordings and 4 mono or two linked stereo tracks (still two pairs of mono tracks). For more complex editing I’d say it’s much easier to use a DAW.
If you really wanted to, I suppose you could bounce just the rhythm (ie, rhythm on but all track faders down), then manually assign that bounce file to a track, pick a different rhythm, and repeat, and then manually mix your rhythms. But that's a lot of work and not really what the rhythm track was designed for. As the OP alluded to, it's a glorified metronome. You pick a beat that fits your song best, and play to that instead of to a click track. (It actually does make a big difference and makes it much easier to perform. I don't think I ever want to go back to a click track!) I was pleasantly surprised that the WAV files line up perfectly in my DAW (Logic Pro) set to the same BPM. No manual sync was needed. They just line up perfectly. Then I can add whatever drums I want.
@@joetunon Thanks. That's a good reality check. The truth is that, when I'm working on something, I'll always just use one rhythm. Then I construct something more elaborate later. I really don't know why I thought I needed more than that in this box.
@@incaroads001 I too had my hesitation wishing it had more features, until I started using it and realized it's perfect for what it's designed to do. It's a scratchpad that lays down high quality sounding tracks for importing to a DAW. The simplicity and fun of this little box has gotten me songwriting and recording more than I have in years.
@@joetunon If it works, it works. Sometimes doing this stuff in a redundant manner, drawn out manner is charming.
This has no onboard speakers, right?
Right, I used the 3.5mm output plugged into an external speaker.