Zoom LiveTrak L-8 Digital Mixer

I use this to record several synths and a master, mixed down track. It works absolutely perfectly for my purpose. It can also do so much more- being a USB interface it can record soft synths directly from my laptop. The multiple mix outputs allow me to do interesting and unique routings with insert effects and aux in’s on synths. It’s truly remarkable how many options it has. As if that wasn’t enough, the effects are seriously very good! I didn’t expect the onboard reverbs to be any good, they rarely ever are… but nope, Zoom really nailed it. Not only that but if I ever got brave enough to live stream a synth set- this would be the perfect mixer to broad cast with. It has so many great uses beyond just being a podcasting mixer, which I’m convinced it would also excel at. Forget the Behringer analogue stuff and step into the future- record 8 separate mono tracks AND get a mixed down stereo with EQ and effects applied ready to go. The only extra thing I would have loved is some compressors on some of the tracks, but really I can live without considering how much this mixer gives.

This product was great , covered live streaming & solo live configs. I also was able to record my gigs via a SD card and mix each track individually through Logic.

Easy to set up and works well for 3 piece band.

I couldn't ask for more. There are mixer, recorder, audio interface. Also it is portable.

Only used a few of the great features as yet but the versatility & sound quality so far has been excellent... Being old enough to remember the old cassette based porta-studios of the past and the obvious limitations for these for anything other than an audio notebook for demos. THIS great multi faceted tool basically gives you porta-studio portability but has the ability to produce STUDIO quality multi tracked mixdowns that are ready for release. Just mind blowing!!