Zoom LiveTrak L-20

Combined Mixer, Audio Interface and Recorder

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Latest User Reviews

4 years ago

Very good value for its price

It does what it says it does !

Pretty simple to use and gives very good results.

Only "-" are :

- Not enough buttons for the recorder side so you have to use the small screen which is not very handful

- You have to reboot every time you want to change mode

4 years ago

Compact and functional. Ideal for home studio.

5 years ago

Very good

our band is very very happy with this mixer! I love the preset option, the monitor option, the recording option (with an option to listen back and select the channels you want to listen to).

Amazing for the price and great if you play in a band and want to record your songs easily

5 years ago

Plug & play

Easy to install, good quality

5 years ago

A dream machine for a medium sized band.

I bought this to use in a rehearsal room with a band. We are a four piece but use drums, 2 guitars, bass, 3 synths (stereo),laptop and 3 vocals so needed lots of inputs.

Previously had a Yamaha mixer and Zoom R16 recorder but this allows us to play live and/or record without continuously plugging in and out inputs into the mixer and recorder. Recording onto SD card is easy.

Sound quality is great, loads of headroom on preamps, channel tweaking is easy. Greatest of all though is the ability to have 6 individual headphone/monitor mixes.

Haven't tried mixing using it hooked up to my DAW yet - will report back.

Con: Sure, it's a bit plasticy and the knobs aren't pro quality but sitting in a bandroom with the occasional trip into the outside world it is easily robust enough to last a long time.

1 Year update: I can confirm this product is great. We've used it to produce high quality band demos. Instead of recording all the tracks onto SD card and then importing into a DAW (which is very easily done) we now have it connected directly to a laptop and record live into the DAW. We have a template for our band and all the inputs set up in the DAW so it's really quick and easy to record rehearsals or demos.

Highly recommended, great value.

5 years ago

One of the best purchase in 2020

Have all the features in one budget equipments, love the stereo monitoring outputs especially , Good Job Zoom!

5 years ago

great device

sold a pair of zoom r-16 recorders for this unit

7 years ago

Amazing!

I use it for my live recording at church and studio recording.

Great for multitrack recording. You can record it either on a Memory Card or directly to your computer. I was so happy with the 6 input monitoring. Really good for the need of the band to hear themselves. Im glad I bought the L20 instead of L12.

Pros: Editing onboard is possible

Recalling the saved previous set-up is possible

Talk Back

Monitoring

Different mix on each monitor

Cons: I still couldnt figure why the 17/18 and 19/20 is not recognized in my DAW when doing the multitrack recording.

7 years ago

Reliable Mixer

Very reliable mixer and easy to use. I use them both and live recording and sounded really great!

7 years ago

Nearly the best desk ever

This desk is so easy to use the sound quality is excellent even though the controls are small you get used to them quickly. The only problem I have is operating it remotely it doesn't work with android tablets it only works with Apple products. If this has changed please let me know

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Technical Data

  • Manufactured by Zoom
  • Released in 2018
  • Average price : $1079
  • 20 Discrete channels
  • 16 Mono plus 2 stereo channels with XLR and 1/4" phone jacks
  • Simultaneous recording of 22 tracks
  • Playback of 20 tracks
  • USB audio interface with 22 inputs and 4 outputs
  • Audio recording up to 24-bit / 96 kHz on SD storage media
  • 48V Phantom power
  • Hi-Z Connectors (channels 1-2)
  • 26 dB Pad (channels 3 to 16)
  • Compressor per channel with one knob (channels 1 to 16)
  • Solo and mute buttons for each channel
  • Low cut per channel between 40 - 600 Hz variably adjustable
  • Total outputs and six configurable monitor outputs
  • Monitor outputs can be configured as headphone output or normal line-level output
  • Additional separate headphone output
  • Memory function for up to nine mixer scenes
  • 20 Internal, editable chorus, delay and reverb effects
  • Two effect buses
  • Integrated talkback microphone
  • Pre-record function
  • Class-compliant operation (for iOS compatibility)
  • Automatic start and stop recording possible
  • Import and export of projects via the USB 2.0 interface
  • Compatible functions for the ZOOM FS01 footswitch
  • Dimensions : 445mm x 388.4mm x 82.6mm
  • Weight : 3.71kg
  • Includes power supply (AD-19), USB 2.0 cable and quick start guide
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