Zoom LiveTrak L12next digital mixer

General

For bands, for example, the Zoom LiveTrak L12next is such a hugely fine digital mixer. The 12 inputs (eight mono, two stereo) correspond very nicely to what a band might consist of. Go figure: kick, snare and two overheads for the rest of the kettles and cymbals, bass guitar, guitar, two for vocals, and twice stereo for two synths. And well, maybe one overhead for the drums is sufficient too, you have another track to spare. You connect your whole band, line or microphones, and then you can record to a microSD card.

Possibilities with the Zoom LiveTrak L12next

Above the 60 mm faders are LED encoders, another big plus! With those encoders you control fifteen parameters per track - see the 5x3 grid above the faders for EDX return and Master. And precisely those LEDs ensure that you always see what you are doing, which makes this LiveTrak very valuable! The pre-amps in this next one have been greatly improved, offering Hi-Z, PAD and phantom power functions. The microSD card was already mentioned; all your sports are recorded separately. And if you use this LiveTrak as an audio interface (because you can do that too), you basically get an audio interface with lots of inputs and outputs. The great workflow with this device will therefore be that you record your band with this LiveTrak, and at home at your leisure in your DAW, organise, polish and mix all the tracks. In terms of signal quality, you can be very happy with 24 bit 96 kHz. That is, if you want to go that high.