Today, we are spoiled with all kinds of amazing hardware and apps that can do way more than record and overdub on four tracks, but there's never really been a good successor to the PortaStudio. You want to grab a real fader, one that always controls the same thing and shows its current state just by its location. The device also works as a 2-in/4-out audio interface and DAW control surface compatible with Mac and PC. Great care has been taken to ensure accuracy in the preparation of this article but neither Sound On Sound Limited nor the publishers can be held responsible for its contents.

Zoom - R12 Multitrack Recorder LN129688 - 10010297 | SCAN UK Zoom - R12 Multitrack Recorder LN129688 - 10010297 | SCAN UK

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You can lay down eight tracks, and those recordings are visualized as blocks of audio on a timeline, just like in a regular Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) app like Logic or Ableton Live. To spice things up, an EQ, compressor, and gate as well as a full MFX processor, which is compatible with our Guitar Lab software, are at your fingertips.

For most of us, though, recording means quitting Safari or Chrome, launching the DAW, and hooking stuff up, all while trying to keep that musical idea in your head. With just two inputs to play with, the typical approach with the R12 is the classic method of layering and overdubbing instruments on top of each other one or two at a time (the eight-input R20 is Zoom’s option for those who want to record a full band in one live take).