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Will Crowder
2025-08-12 16:53:39
I deliberately waited to write a review until I had some real experience, both live and in the studio, with the L-20. In short, Zoom knocked this one out of the park. The board does what it claims to do, no fuss, no muss. It just works. Is there some learning curve to climb? Of course. The board's not only a highly capable live mixer but a high quality recorder as well. It has a lot of features, and it can take a little time to learn how to use them all. But unlike some other products I've used, the L-20 makes climbing that learning curve well worth it, delivering results that are very pleasing to the ear.Having six monitor mixes available is a feature I didn't expect to make that much use of...until I did. I'm in a horn band (I'm a lead singer) and we used four different monitor mixes in a tech rehearsal for a concert tonight. Being able to say "Sure!" to everyone's requests for "more of this, less of that" even when those requests were conflicting with each other was very nice indeed, and not too long ago it would have been either impossible or would have required a significantly larger board. The L-20 is compact, but not so small that it's hard to use. There are a few gotchas to watch out for (e.g., make sure you know which mix you've selected to adjust; some hilarity ensued from a failure to do just that tonight) and that leads to the suggestion I have for Zoom: I'd make the VU LEDs a different color when a monitor mix is selected rather than the master, just to give a clear visual indication to the operator that they may not be adjusting what they think they're adjusting. But that's a nice-to-have, not a must. I also have to say that Zoom's method of combining recording level and live level on a single VU meter is pretty ingenious.In closing: If this board has the features you want, you can count on it to deliver the results you need. It simply Works As Advertised, a "feature" that is sadly lacking in many products nowadays. Zoom claims they are "for creators". As one, I'm glad to have them on my side!
RD
2025-07-15 16:20:57
I've only played with the recording function of this so far, and on that front, it's very easy to use after a short learning curve. I'm using this basically as a scratchpad to generate ideas to then take into the home studio for either re-recording from scratch or importing and reworking. The recording functions are very spartan: besides overdubbing and mixing, you can punch in/out manually. No copy/paste, quantize, etc. Still, as a scratchpad...As a mixing board, the band I'm in will be playing a remote outdoors gig this summer and this will be perfect. Plenty of inputs, and six monitor mixes for a six piece band. And if I ever need to record 20 tracks at once into the Mac, it's a 20 channel audio interface. Prior to that outdoors gig, I plan on getting the Bluetooth adapter (an additional $40) to allow control from an iPad.Preamps sound decent, EQ is serviceable but adding a Q control to midrange would be way better, and the one knob compressor works better than I expected. There were only a few buttons/functions I couldn't immediately grok just by looking at the thing, so consultations with the manual are few and far between. And the current unit sports newer firmware than what's available on Zoom's website, so there was no need to update anything right out of the box.What do I wish was better? The effects section, for one. FX1 has various reverbs, and FX2 has more reverbs, delays, and chorus. What's there works and sounds just fine. But some more modulation (flanger? phaser?) would be nice, as would a 3rd "external" effects send. TRS Master Outs in addition to the provided XLR would be really nice, as would be the ability to combine adjacent even/odd mono tracks into a single stereo track. Etc.Anything I could think of adding or fixing would add to the price, size, and complexity, though, so I'm perfectly happy as it is. Amazed is more like it, actually! Very highly recommended if the included (and lacking) features work for what you need.
Art Commerce
2025-06-30 12:51:47
This product line basically replaces almost everything in your recording studio, which is a jarring adjustment to me. It records clean, crisp audio to 22 tracks simultaneously. On playback, the sound levels are the same as monitoring during recording - you can't tell the difference, which is excellent. You just press Stop when your song is done, back to beginning with the arrow key, then press play. Almost frighteningly straightforward and instantaneous recording and playback procedure.The Mic preamps are good. The memory card is a convenient storage feature that enables easy transfer to a DAW (I use Logic and Garageband on a Macbook pro) for mixing and effects etc. I also use the iPad Bluetooth interface, and that works great as well.Like most Zoom products, it just works. The user interface is straightforward and intuitive. Monitor section is good, and pairs very well with a JamHub.Overall, this feels like a game-changer for home studios, especially one like mine that is designed to record four or more musicians in live performance. I'm busy today packing up my analog board, A/D converters, limiters, active patch bays etc. and clearing space in the studio. All I really need is the
Customer
2025-06-16 15:50:12
In this price range sub$1500 you have 2 options , tascam model 24 or the zoom l20; in my opinion.This is a great board if you want lots of mic amps and control over them without having to build a full rack of individual modules.At hobby , amateur and pro beginner level this is more than you can ask for. Clear pre amps , lots of options, easy work with logic , pad button, phantom in ALL channels , effects are great and crisp.Notice that this board “shares†nobs and buttons across channels which makes it compact but I do know some people like all the EQ , compressor etc nobs in each channel individually, if that’s the case for you go with the model 24. Overall this is a great board and i would give 6 stars if I could , incredible work by zoom.
Alvaro Rodriguez
2025-03-21 10:30:31
Es un producto que contiene varios aparatos en una misma unidad, es grabadora digital multi-track, es interfase A/D con muy buena calidad de Pre-Amps, es una mezcladora para usarse en estudio o en vivo y tiene además mezclas independientes para monitores/audÃfonos para hasta 6 músicos. Es muy ligera, fácil de operar, contiene todo lo necesario para una pequeña banda pueda grabar o presentarse en público. Tiene manera de usarse inalámbricamente via Bluetooth (el adaptador se vende por separado). Tengo una fija en mi Home Studio que uso exclusivamente para grabaciones y tengo otra que traigo en un maletÃn y es la que usamos para los ensayos ya que hace ya 2 años que no ensayamos con amplificadores y bocinas (Excepto la baterÃa acústica), todos usamos ya audÃfonos o monitores "In Ear" y la diferencia es abismal, ahora todos nos escuchamos perfectamente, cada quien maneja su mezcla al gusto, podemos tocar a niveles de volumen muy controlados, escuchamos hasta el mas fino detalle en cada instrumento, no forzamos la manera de tocar por no escucharnos o mezclarnos con los demás instrumentos pero sobre todo, estamos cuidando nuestros oÃdos. Comprar todo esto por separado fácilmente costarÃa el doble. Es un equipo ALTAMENTE RECOMENDABLE.
Fabien
2025-02-06 14:03:46
Impressive product ! We mainly use it for studio recordings and shows. We had the L12 for years but we had to share tracks for vocals. Then we updated it for the L20 since we’ve got 2 more musicians in the band (6 in total). So now everyone has his own instrument track and a vocal track. The drummer use 5 tracks. Really convenient when you’re recording a song and just need to redo one track (the singer for exemple ;) ). Also you can save 9 presets, so you can have different type of recording presets like acoustic or cranked amps :) or if you need a big live show or small venue preset.
Roger
2025-01-21 14:16:34
Gran. Onsola, los faders se sienten un poco fragiles pero funciona bien. Para la funcion de interfaz digital si tienes que saber configurarla si no no va funcionar no es plug&play
Sergio Aguirre
2024-11-29 14:05:41
Reseña corta: Lo compré por su capacidad para grabar en vivo hasta 16 micrófonos cada uno con su track, sin laptop, esa es su caracterÃstica estelar, además se puede usar como interfaz en casa. Sà tiene sus bemoles pero por su capacidad autónoma no lo dudes ni tantito, cómprala.Reseña larga: la verdad lo que puse arriba es lo principal, el tener autonomÃa para grabar es su caracterÃstica estelar , lo demás incluso su función como mixer son extras, y como tal pues no están tan pulidos.Como mixer suena espectacular, como referencia usamos una Yamaha de 6 canales y sentà que esta se oye muy limpia, quizas es efecto placebo pero cumple.Como grabadora en vivo usandolo como mixer empieza lo que se le podrÃa criticar, graba los tracks individuales pero no sus efectos, si quieres los efectos puedes grabar el master track, es decir la pura salida estereo, pero ya no puedes hacerle nada en post mas que lo que puedes hacerle a cualquier archivo wav o mp3 estereo, los canales individuales unicamente graba la ganancia y la compresión (esta es opcional), puede ser un punto en contra pero hay que tomar en cuenta que antes que otra cosa este es un dispositivo de captura, asi tienes los canales limpios para pasarlos limpios a tu DAW favorita.Otro punto que podrÃa ser en contra es que solo graba hasta 96 khz cuando casi todas las interfaces nuevas llgan mucho mas alto, y si usas esa opcion te corta bastantes opciones, me parece que ni siquiera puedes usarla como mixer. Pero insisto aun con estas cosas en contra para lo que es o sea como estudio portatil autonomo realmente no tiene pero , 48 khz es excelente a menos que quieras usar para dolby atmos sonido multidimensional o algo asà exageradamente pro y aun asà no te restringe, 48 es estandar.Insisto es una chulada y si pueden comprenla.
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