Jesse - Just want to say thank you for this video. I have used this board a couple dozen times over the past ~3 years... I wish I had seen this video when you first posted it. I just learned more in 15 minutes than I did over dozens of hours of working it without instruction! Thank you!
2:20 : Never use phantom power with a PASSIVE ribbon microphone. Active ribbon units like the Sontronics Sigma/Delta and Røde NTR need 48V and will not work without it. As the man said, read the manual.
I have a zoom L-12 and this was useful for me. Very well explained. Some features are different but was explained in a way that made me understand so I can better use my device. Thank you
3 роки тому+5
This was probably best introduction to this product. Please make a deep dive into the other features and overdub. 👌🔥
Thanks for the feedback! There are a handful of features that I want to get into and I will in a future video. The response on this one has been really positive and I appreciate it. More to come!
3 роки тому+1
@@JJKoester fantastic work you are doing with these videos. Congrats. Keep them coming. U just got a new subscriber 💪👨🏻🚀
Thanks for the comment! There's heaps more to get into (deeper menus, back panel, tablet and PC connectivity...). It's really a monster of features and functionality.
Hey Jesse! Great video. It would be great if you might show us how to do virtual sound checks with this mixer in a live setting...there doesn't seem to be anything about that topic. Cheers!
Just bought this rig this week. Long time player but a newbie to the tech side and essentially taking over the engineering for our aspiring band. I and am super excited that this has 6 individual outs so all my band members(we each have our own IEM transmitters and receivers) can have our own wireless mix output for rehearsals and gigs, and still use the main outs for my powered Mackies/PA. Great basic tutorial JJ, also Subscribed, and I too anxiously await the follow up video.
Yes, useful - thanks! Good flow and overview. I haven’t used a digital mixer before, only analog. Today I am doing sound setup for a new band that just bought an L-20 and this video was quite helpful. I’ll be good to go after playing with it a bit. The biggest problem I now have is that after seeing what the L-20 can do I want one 😊
Had the L20 for a month . Once you get used to the format it is fantastic for the money . The sounds overall are superior to the R16 . Don't regret buying it all .
You are totally professional! Your presentation is the best I’ve seen on UA-cam. More informative, much more than even Zoom! Please produce more content on the L-20. Thanks so MUCH!❤🎃
We've been using this board more and more and we're excited to be creating new content around Zoom products in our pipeline. Thanks for watching and commenting!
As ex user of Analog and new comer to Digital Mixer, this L Series was created as sidekick/replacement for Analog mixer with internal Multitrack Recorder. I was using Behringer X2442USB and using XR18 as my main mixer at this time. L series comes as hybrid solution for me. Great video...
Hi Jesse this is very useful! Thank you for sharing it was well put together covered the basics in an interesting and useful way. Also you style is pleasant, engaging and easy to listen to. Continue doing good work !!
Excellent initial demo. I subscribed to your channel and will follow closely. I also have the Livetrack L20. My only regret is that, like the Tascam Model 24, it doesn't have all the buttons on one strip. I advise you to suggest to the Zoom manager that he think about it. We already know it would be more expensive. But I don't mind paying more. Congratulations on your work. I love it.
Was surveying on mixers and stumble your video. Great explanation. What I wanted to know was if this mixer is usable without any computers, or tablet connected and how to EQ each channel as the knobs for each channel is only 2. You answer it well and I might just get this. Thank you
I highly recommend it. There's one feature I haven't cracked yet and that's killing the master XLR outs without killing the master headphone feed. You can turn down the headphones without turning down the master XLR out but not vice verse. Thanks for the comment and check back in if you buy it. I'd love to hear your experiences with it.
@@JJKoester I have high hopes for it.I'll use it for recording my band and as a live mixer.We use backing tracks as part of our sound so having the click track routed to the drummers headphones only is essential. Do you think the preamps and audio interface compare well to something like the focusrite scarlett audio interfaces? Great video again man.I appreciate all the work that went into it!
@@garygoggin We haven't bench-marked it against the Scarlett. I'm thinking to do gear comparison videos like that in the future and will add that to the set of possible videos. The problem for me is that I grew up recording to tape and digital is so much cleaner and easier to work with that it's hard for me to get too concerned. My ear isn't trained enough to tell the difference between gear that sounds so much better than any and everything I used for the first half of my career. But, I'm sure there are techinical measurements we could do that would reveal more than my goofy ears could ever hope to. Thanks for the suggestion and good luck with the recordings! If/when you post stuff recording with the L-20, don't be shy dropping a link in this thread.
We love it in rehearsal! Having isolated audio tracks means that if something goes surprisingly right, we're able to do something of a mix and release it. It's not 100% set-it-and-forget-it, but it's the closest I've ever seen with that level of functionality. Thanks for watching!
We haven't done iPad yet but we have done computer connectivity. You can find that here: ua-cam.com/video/RgKRr_pj__M/v-deo.html Maybe it's time to do that iPad one...
Excellent, excellent video. This is very clear and very useful. I used to own a Zoom L-12 and I am thinking of upgrading, We used the L-12 for silent band practice (with separate headphone mixes) and recording and it worked perfectly for that but we were too many musicians... Thanks much!
I have an older Yamaha analog mixer that has issues and a full computer DAW with an ADAT 20/20 audio interface. I could basically do all you are showing with that combination BUT it wouldn't be so great or convenient for mixing and outputting sound of a live band. I have been looking for a reasonably priced new mixer and this unit appears to do everything I could need - live sound reinforcement, easy to set up recording if needed, play back audio backing tracks and also can act as a digital audio interface. Awesome and really great presentation. I may be buying one of these! Thank you
More coming, for sure! We're going into a heavy cycle of live music production and we'll be covering everything we learn from that. Hopefully it helps your workflow as well.
Very well presented Jeff. (I know it was well presented, because I almost understood it. Well, parts of it!). I have an older Presonus 16.4.2, which of course was outdated by the AOI model almost immediately after I purchased it. A short time later they eliminated the Firewire input to standard computers/laptops. Story of my life. So I'm looking into upgrading and this model was introduced to me yesterday by a friend. Your video is quite clear and concise and I just wanted to thank you for your excellent presentation. "Thank you!"
Nicely done. The only thing that held me back from this or the l12 was how they did the phantom power assignments. If they did like the H6, I’d be on board.
Yeah, the phantom power implementation seems odd. I have to assume it was a cost-cutting measure as I can't think of any engineering reason they couldn't do it track-by-track instead of block-by-block.
Yup it helped and may have veered me towards this mixer as I am kind of moving backwards from a digital mixer (Soundcraft Ui24) to an analog one as I run sound from the stage while I play keyboards…need knobs not menues and screens
If you end up working on one of these, I'd love to hear what you do with it. Please leave a link if you end up putting your work out on youtube. Also, I'd be happy to hear your thoughts on the gear's hybrid digital/analog approach to controls. While there are plenty of knobs and buttons, there's also a fair bit of digital stuff going on, particularly in the readouts and effects chains. Also also, if you're in LA, we do rent our board out and that could be a good way to get your hands on it for a weekend.
Thanks for watching and thanks for the comment! If there's any topic you'd like to see covered, please just drop a comment in the chat and we'll do it if we can. Cheers!
@@JJKoester I really appreciate the offer. Thanks! I'm using it to record and broadcast Sound Healing experiences with Singing Bowls. This device is a big upgrade from my ProFX10 and opens up a lot of possibilities. Again, thanks for your help.
@@themysticnextdoor Oh, you're going to have too much fun with it. I'm already getting excited about the possibility of micing and mixing 20 individual singing bowls. Can't wait to hear what you cook up with it!
Congratulations on your video, we have acquired it and it has been of great help to us, thank you very much, I want to tell you that I have had problems putting the effects on so that they can be heard in the headphones. What can you recommend? felicidades por tu video, la hemos adquirido y nos ah sido de gran ayuda, muchas gracias, quiero contarte que eh tenido problemas para poner los efectos y se escuchen en los auriculares. que me puedes recomendar?
Great videos! Thanks so much. Several questions though. Any suggestions to get around the following drawbacks: 1. No Control room L/R out; 2. Can I bounce several tracks in stereo to the stereo tracks and create a submix? How? 3. Any way to apply dynamics, effects and eq to the final mix? 4. Can I set up auto punch in/out points? Thanks so much!
thanks!... just got an L20 & doing theory & manual before getting into the studio... it seems like a very versatile & understandable unit... im still a bit fuzzy on setting up 6 different monitor mixes... for instance if fader mode A is selected you can set up the entire board to feed that channel?... & then save it to scene 1 say?... & then every time you punch up scene 1 all those settings are remembered?... a little more about how exactly to do multiple monitor mixes would be great for a future tutorial... thanks again!
That was very very very helpful. Helped me make up my mind. On What kind of mixer I was gonna buy. Would that Zoom 12 or 20 would work with powerd speakers correct
Jesse - Just want to say thank you for this video. I have used this board a couple dozen times over the past ~3 years... I wish I had seen this video when you first posted it.
I just learned more in 15 minutes than I did over dozens of hours of working it without instruction! Thank you!
Your style of explaining is priceless, man. Thank you so much!!!
I found this useful - just purchased the L-20 and I quite love it.
It's a totally solid piece of gear! If you end up using it for music, please drop a link in this thread. We'd love to hear what you're creating!
2:20 : Never use phantom power with a PASSIVE ribbon microphone. Active ribbon units like the Sontronics Sigma/Delta and Røde NTR need 48V and will not work without it. As the man said, read the manual.
i am about to tackle my L-20 and record some tracks. this tutorial was awesome. you explained everything very well.
I have a zoom L-12 and this was useful for me. Very well explained. Some features are different but was explained in a way that made me understand so I can better use my device. Thank you
This was probably best introduction to this product. Please make a deep dive into the other features and overdub. 👌🔥
Thanks for the feedback! There are a handful of features that I want to get into and I will in a future video. The response on this one has been really positive and I appreciate it. More to come!
@@JJKoester fantastic work you are doing with these videos. Congrats. Keep them coming. U just got a new subscriber 💪👨🏻🚀
Great video...clear and to the point with no extra blah blah blah..thanks
Thanks for the kind words! We release videos weekly and I try to keep them lean. I might not always succeed, but I try.
Once more, I must to tell you: Excellent presentation. Keep going. Cheers.
Thank you so much for the kind words!
Great video! I have purchased the l20 and am waiting for it to arrive. Please continue to review and report back. Keep up the good work!
Thanks for the comment! There's heaps more to get into (deeper menus, back panel, tablet and PC connectivity...). It's really a monster of features and functionality.
Great tutorial!! I like how you provide simple explanations to things that usually give me "user manual rage". Thanks!!
Thanks for the positive feedback! We really appreciate it!
We just got this board for our band, this was spectacular…thanks a ton.
Thanks for the informative and engaging video. Hope to see more from you on this recorder in the near future!
100% for Zoom Digital mixer . please we need more of this . Particularly the zoom l20
THIS WAS AMAZING!!! My L20 just arrived and you nailed all my initial concerns with in this 1 video! Great job. Seriously, thank you!!!
Daily novice user with new L-20 coming tomorrow. Super Helpful!! Thanks for doing this!
Will use it live with my band for the first time this Saturday. Thanks for your video
After 8 months, do you like using it for a live situation?
Exceptional clear presentation.
Thanks! I'm glad it was useful!
Thanks a lot for your video. I am going to use the Zoom L20 for a live gig soon and thanks to you i hope to do it not too bad.
Hey Jesse! Great video. It would be great if you might show us how to do virtual sound checks with this mixer in a live setting...there doesn't seem to be anything about that topic. Cheers!
Just bought this rig this week. Long time player but a newbie to the tech side and essentially taking over the engineering for our aspiring band. I and am super excited that this has 6 individual outs so all my band members(we each have our own IEM transmitters and receivers) can have our own wireless mix output for rehearsals and gigs, and still use the main outs for my powered Mackies/PA. Great basic tutorial JJ, also Subscribed, and I too anxiously await the follow up video.
Thanks for the comment and the subscription! I hope the content on this channel doesn't disappoint!
Yes, useful - thanks! Good flow and overview.
I haven’t used a digital mixer before, only analog. Today I am doing sound setup for a new band that just bought an L-20 and this video was quite helpful.
I’ll be good to go after playing with it a bit.
The biggest problem I now have is that after seeing what the L-20 can do I want one 😊
Thank you, sir! I’m a newbie engineer, old head player and producer. This was immensely helpful 😊
Had the L20 for a month . Once you get used to the format it is fantastic for the money . The sounds overall are superior to the R16 . Don't regret buying it all .
Awesome Videos about the Zoom L-20. I’m a new member of the Zoom L-20 family. and I’ve been finding your videos quite helpful. Thanks so much.
This is an incredible overview of what seems to be an ideal mixer / recorder for us. Will definitely be buying one now, thanks for this video 👍
Best Overview I have ever seen! Concise and super informational. thanks bro!
Thank you so much for this video. I'll be using this to prep for a job today. Really saving me
Excellent. Thanks for helping me!
I'm glad this was useful! If you have any questions about the gear, please don't hesitate to ask them and if I can, I'll answer!
Excellent tutorial. I'm actually going to send this to my teacher.
You are totally professional! Your presentation is the best I’ve seen on UA-cam. More informative, much more than even Zoom! Please produce more content on the L-20. Thanks so MUCH!❤🎃
We've been using this board more and more and we're excited to be creating new content around Zoom products in our pipeline. Thanks for watching and commenting!
@@JJKoester can't wait to see more content on the L-20!
As ex user of Analog and new comer to Digital Mixer, this L Series was created as sidekick/replacement for Analog mixer with internal Multitrack Recorder.
I was using Behringer X2442USB and using XR18 as my main mixer at this time.
L series comes as hybrid solution for me.
Great video...
Great overview of the zoom L-20.
Excellent introduction to this device. Well done.
Thank you ! Excellent introduction the L20
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Hi Jesse this is very useful! Thank you for sharing it was well put together covered the basics in an interesting and useful way. Also you style is pleasant, engaging and easy to listen to. Continue doing good work !!
Excellent initial demo. I subscribed to your channel and will follow closely. I also have the Livetrack L20. My only regret is that, like the Tascam Model 24, it doesn't have all the buttons on one strip. I advise you to suggest to the Zoom manager that he think about it. We already know it would be more expensive. But I don't mind paying more. Congratulations on your work. I love it.
thanks for your video im looking at new recorders might buy and this video gave a lot of good information. Thanks for video
Thank you. Finaly I got explanation about tap tempo stuff 🙏👍
Was surveying on mixers and stumble your video. Great explanation. What I wanted to know was if this mixer is usable without any computers, or tablet connected and how to EQ each channel as the knobs for each channel is only 2. You answer it well and I might just get this. Thank you
Detailed in simple language
Thinking about buying this mixer.Thanks for a great tutorial :)
I highly recommend it. There's one feature I haven't cracked yet and that's killing the master XLR outs without killing the master headphone feed. You can turn down the headphones without turning down the master XLR out but not vice verse.
Thanks for the comment and check back in if you buy it. I'd love to hear your experiences with it.
@@JJKoester I have high hopes for it.I'll use it for recording my band and as a live mixer.We use backing tracks as part of our sound so having the click track routed to the drummers headphones only is essential. Do you think the preamps and audio interface compare well to something like the focusrite scarlett audio interfaces? Great video again man.I appreciate all the work that went into it!
@@garygoggin We haven't bench-marked it against the Scarlett. I'm thinking to do gear comparison videos like that in the future and will add that to the set of possible videos. The problem for me is that I grew up recording to tape and digital is so much cleaner and easier to work with that it's hard for me to get too concerned. My ear isn't trained enough to tell the difference between gear that sounds so much better than any and everything I used for the first half of my career.
But, I'm sure there are techinical measurements we could do that would reveal more than my goofy ears could ever hope to.
Thanks for the suggestion and good luck with the recordings! If/when you post stuff recording with the L-20, don't be shy dropping a link in this thread.
Awesome straightforward video. This mixer simplifies rehearsals using E drums and guitarists/bassists using units like Line6 and Fractal Audio
We love it in rehearsal! Having isolated audio tracks means that if something goes surprisingly right, we're able to do something of a mix and release it. It's not 100% set-it-and-forget-it, but it's the closest I've ever seen with that level of functionality. Thanks for watching!
Nice one Dude, nice, precise and clear..🎉😊..just what I was looking for ❤🎉😊jaffa Jenkins
Very Useful , Us kids were screaming for it.
👏Great !! You promised the next one about Zoom (-) Computer (Logic) or iPad. Please 🙏🙏 Thanks, great. More about Zoom L20
We haven't done iPad yet but we have done computer connectivity. You can find that here: ua-cam.com/video/RgKRr_pj__M/v-deo.html
Maybe it's time to do that iPad one...
Straight to the point. :) thank you very much.
Thanks for the comment! We're glad the video was useful.
Nicely done with good explanation of the basic features.
Very straightforward explanation 👍🏻
Thankyou so much. clearly explained...
Awesome tutorial.
Thanks! We're glad you enjoyed it!
Great coverage of this console
Thanks! Glad you dug it!
Very clear and educative. Thank you!😊
Thanks for the comment! If you have any questions about audio/video production pipeline, please don't hesitate to ask. Cheers!
Excellent thanks for doing this.
great video, thank you so much. just ordered the L-20!!!!
Excellent, excellent video. This is very clear and very useful. I used to own a Zoom L-12 and I am thinking of upgrading, We used the L-12 for silent band practice (with separate headphone mixes) and recording and it worked perfectly for that but we were too many musicians... Thanks much!
Thanks very much. You've really helped me get started.
Nice Video! Thank you!
I'm happy that it was useful!
Very nice and helpful video.
Thank you.
I have an older Yamaha analog mixer that has issues and a full computer DAW with an ADAT 20/20 audio interface. I could basically do all you are showing with that combination BUT it wouldn't be so great or convenient for mixing and outputting sound of a live band. I have been looking for a reasonably priced new mixer and this unit appears to do everything I could need - live sound reinforcement, easy to set up recording if needed, play back audio backing tracks and also can act as a digital audio interface. Awesome and really great presentation. I may be buying one of these! Thank you
New Subscriber here. Following up for more of this kind of contents about Zoom L-20 please!
More coming, for sure! We're going into a heavy cycle of live music production and we'll be covering everything we learn from that. Hopefully it helps your workflow as well.
Awesome video. Thank you. It was this video that made me pick this particular console
Very well presented Jeff. (I know it was well presented, because I almost understood it. Well, parts of it!). I have an older Presonus 16.4.2, which of course was outdated by the AOI model almost immediately after I purchased it. A short time later they eliminated the Firewire input to standard computers/laptops. Story of my life. So I'm looking into upgrading and this model was introduced to me yesterday by a friend. Your video is quite clear and concise and I just wanted to thank you for your excellent presentation. "Thank you!"
Great job! 👍
Thank you for a great video 🙏🏽
Well done!!!
Thank you for the kind words! We're happy if the video was useful!
Excellent tutorial!
Great video! Just what I needed to solidify what I sort of figured out omo. Recording a new band demo next week. Thanks!
If the demo ends up on UA-cam, hit me with a link. I'd love to hear what you're working on with the board!
Wow…I’m impressed
Thanks for the comment!
Very useful!
Glad you think so!
Good stuff
Have you more tutorials I’ve bought this model and need more clarity on adding tracks… overdubbing…????
But… keep up the good work ! Thanks
Great Explanations !!!!!
Awesome tutorial! Thanks heaps!
Thank you!❤
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Excellent tute! 👍
thank you Sir.. this is what I need..
This shit is awesome! I have yet to see such a well articulated simple explanation. Thank you man!
New subscriber as I loved this video; I've had the L20 for a while and a video like yours was really needed; thank you!
You did an amazing job!
Thank you so much for watching! I'll be doing more gear breakdown videos like this. Here's hoping they prove useful!
Nicely done. The only thing that held me back from this or the l12 was how they did the phantom power assignments. If they did like the H6, I’d be on board.
Yeah, the phantom power implementation seems odd. I have to assume it was a cost-cutting measure as I can't think of any engineering reason they couldn't do it track-by-track instead of block-by-block.
Great overview, thanks!
Yup it helped and may have veered me towards this mixer as I am kind of moving backwards from a digital mixer (Soundcraft Ui24) to an analog one as I run sound from the stage while I play keyboards…need knobs not menues and screens
If you end up working on one of these, I'd love to hear what you do with it. Please leave a link if you end up putting your work out on youtube.
Also, I'd be happy to hear your thoughts on the gear's hybrid digital/analog approach to controls. While there are plenty of knobs and buttons, there's also a fair bit of digital stuff going on, particularly in the readouts and effects chains.
Also also, if you're in LA, we do rent our board out and that could be a good way to get your hands on it for a weekend.
Thanks...Good info
Glad if it's helpful!
amazing explain bro..
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment! We really appreciate that!
Very clear and useful. Thank you 👍
Subscribed ! i learned a lot thanks
thank you, really helpful and well done!
brilliant- thank you!
Very good tutorial. Clear and to the point. Thanks. P.S. love the sign-off. 🙂
Thanks for watching and thanks for the comment! If there's any topic you'd like to see covered, please just drop a comment in the chat and we'll do it if we can. Cheers!
great tutorial....i have one shipping out and feel that i will hit the ground running!=
Awesome! I've been using it for all of our larger productions for the last year and it hasn't done us dirty yet. Enjoy!
Great video. SUPER helpful. Thanks!
Glad you dug it! If you have any questions, please send them my way and we'll try to answer them.
@@JJKoester I really appreciate the offer. Thanks! I'm using it to record and broadcast Sound Healing experiences with Singing Bowls.
This device is a big upgrade from my ProFX10 and opens up a lot of possibilities.
Again, thanks for your help.
@@themysticnextdoor Oh, you're going to have too much fun with it. I'm already getting excited about the possibility of micing and mixing 20 individual singing bowls. Can't wait to hear what you cook up with it!
awsome info
Geezus this thing is a beast.
Congratulations on your video, we have acquired it and it has been of great help to us, thank you very much, I want to tell you that I have had problems putting the effects on so that they can be heard in the headphones. What can you recommend?
felicidades por tu video, la hemos adquirido y nos ah sido de gran ayuda, muchas gracias, quiero contarte que eh tenido problemas para poner los efectos y se escuchen en los auriculares. que me puedes recomendar?
Sehr gut erklärt
Great videos! Thanks so much. Several questions though.
Any suggestions to get around the following drawbacks: 1. No Control room L/R out; 2. Can I bounce several tracks in stereo to the stereo tracks and create a submix? How? 3. Any way to apply dynamics, effects and eq to the final mix? 4. Can I set up auto punch in/out points?
Thanks so much!
Thank you. very informative
thanks!... just got an L20 & doing theory & manual before getting into the studio... it seems like a very versatile & understandable unit... im still a bit fuzzy on setting up 6 different monitor mixes... for instance if fader mode A is selected you can set up the entire board to feed that channel?... & then save it to scene 1 say?... & then every time you punch up scene 1 all those settings are remembered?... a little more about how exactly to do multiple monitor mixes would be great for a future tutorial... thanks again!
I second this request! Also, does the L-20 require an SD card to save scenes?
Thanks 👍
Glad it was useful! Thanks for the comment!
That was very very very helpful. Helped me make up my mind. On What kind of mixer I was gonna buy. Would that Zoom 12 or 20 would work with powerd speakers correct