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If you've got a guitar and a Zoom G3 — with its tons of effects pedal and amplifier simulations, built-in rhythm tracks, and forty-second-looper — you almost don't need any other gear. Or friends. Owen spends nigh-on twenty minutes of quality "Owen-time" with the G3 in this demo video.  

Show your appreciation for Dave Mustaine and Megadeth with the new Zoom G2.1DM Dave Mustaine Signature Edition Guitar Effects Pedal, which will feature Mustaine's personal sound effects and more.  

Zoom's new R8 portable music-production station is like the previously released R24, but smaller. It's a digital multi-track recorder, audio interface, control surface, and sampler in one, with four production tools, 8-track playback, and more.  

This weekend at NAMM, Samson Technologies and Zoom debuted the new G3 Guitar Effects And Amp Simulator Pedal, which combines the ease of a stompbox pedalboard with the power of a multi-effects pedal and adds an onboard drum machine, looper, USB audio interface, and more.  

Portable multitrack recording is all the rage, and the R24 is about as portable as it gets. With 8 XLR combo inputs, 24 playback tracks, and audio interface/hardware controller functions, all fitting in your knapsack, you're free to record anywhere. Marty Cutler gives you the play-by-play in this in-depth review.  

Add the Zoom Q3HD to the "I want" list. The new Q3HD Handy Video Recorder puts all the tools for capturing high-quality audio and HD video into a small package.  

We've got to hand it to the handy Zoom H1 Handy Recorder. It's one of the nicest-sounding and most feature-rich of any portable recorder under $100, hands-down.  

The new Zoom H1 Handy Recorder is officially shipping and ready to hop into your pocket for every recording purpose, from musical performances, songwriting sessions and rehearsals to seminars, conferences, journalism, or capturing audio for video.  

Why has the Handy Recorder line from Zoom consistently sold well in an increasingly crowded market? Just ask Larry the O or, better yet, read his review of the Zoom H4n Handy Recorder.  

Even more convenient, versatile, and portable than prior Zoom recorders, the new Zoom H1 Handy Recorder is indeed handy, offering high-quality stereo recording, onboard mics, USB connectivity microSD card storage, a built-in reference speaker, and much more.  

Just in time for Summer NAMM, Zoom introduced its new all-in-one music-production workhouse, the R24, which features an audio interface, multitrack recorder, USB control surface, sampler, and much more.  

O Larry, My Larry! our fearful trip is done;
The Zoom H2 has weather’d every field, the recording we sought is won;
The [USB] port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
The handy recorder, portable, is what you're pro-reviewing!  

You've seen video novice Owen O'Malley's take on it, now hear what a real video professional thinks of it: presenting Markkus Rovito's review of the Zoom Q3 Handy Video Recorder.  

Zoom in on the original G1 pedal's progeny, the new Zoom G1N and G1XN. These golden-hued guitar effects pedals feature ZFX modeling technology, artist patches simulating the likes of Jimi Hendrix and Jimmy Page, 15 amp and stompbox models, and more.  

It wouldn't be NAMM season if we didn't drop the name Steve Vai. The pro guitarist helped Zoom revamp its G2 guitar effects pedals by creating 20 exclusive patches for the new G2Nu and G2.1Nu.  

The Zoom G1u is a guitar effects pedal and USB audio interface in one, which provides not 67 effects, hundreds of pre-programmed patches and user patches, and direct recording to a computer via USB.  

The promo campaign for the new Zoom Q3 proclaims that "sound makes the movie." Don't take their word for it; check out this video review of the Handy Video Recorder, and judge for yourself.  

Earlier this week, Gearwire's Owen O'Malley rolled up his sleeves, enlisted the help of his band The Rikters, and recorded an epic demo the likes of which we haven't seen around these parts in ages. And it's a fitting demo for the Zoom R16, which has so much going on that it's just gonna take a while to explain. Let's enjoy it!  

Introduced back during NAMM this past January, the Zoom R16 is a portable 16-track recorder, USB interface, and DAW control surface in one. It sparked a lot of "when's this thing shipping?" posts when we first reported on it. Guess what: your posts have been answered.  

Owen has a pretty complex setup going in the studio with the Zoom H4n. Ever woodshedding on the clock, he ingeniously routes three sound sources into the puny but powerful little handy recorder. We hate to tell him that hey! Anybody can do that with this new Zoom. That's why they call it "handy."  

Ever the multi-tasker, Owen O'Malley holed up in the Gearwire studio recently and laid down a sweet track on the new Zoom H4n. Featuring more inputs and more control, this new handy recorder is handier than ever. Before you know it, Zoom's gonna figure out how to cram Albini into a handheld unit. . . . stilts 'n all!  

Tucson's Skincage records all manner of sound, from music to ambient, and he's used all manner of devices, all constructed from skin. AH HA HA JUST KIDDING. Zoom's portable H2 has Skincage's life much simpler, and he can tell you exactly why.  

The new multitrack recorder from Zoom -- the R16 -- picks up where the HD series left off, integrating even further with your computer for both standalone and computer usage. Plus, the real R16 won't be made out of cardboard like the prototype you see here.  

I've got to hand it to Zoom for handling the handheld recorder market so handily. The introduction of the H4n hands the baton from the H4 handheld recorder and takes it to 24-bit quality with new features and functions that musicians won't be able to keep their hands off of!  

Owen O'Malley puts his foot down on the ZOOM B2.1u bass multieffects processor to see what this little red machine can do. It packs in the features for the price, so we look into how they do it.  

When a mob boss (Robert DeNiro) finds himself in financial trouble, he decides to record an album he intends to pass off as just discovered Sinatra recordings, enlisting the reluctant and frightened aid of a top producer (Billy Crystal). Bill Holland directs Quantize That!  

The scientific method of Prof. Bill Holland leaves the Zoom MRT-3b under the microscope for some nanotechnological examination. This compact machine has an inordinate amount of kits packed within its walls.  

For our 50th installment of Crosstalk, we're bringing back at least part of the old format: tiny, easily digestible segments! In this first morsel, we answer some viewer mail, discuss ugly travel guitars and do a little research on the Muse Receptor and other VST Hosts.  

We pick up the acoustic guitar to see how far the Zoom A2.1u will stretch it. Walking through the presets, we check out everything from subtle guitar body models to alien effects.  

Though the shock appeal of Marilyn Manson has waned over the last decade after the sensible learned to dismiss some of the more extreme rumors about the artist, there's still something heartwarming about picturing Manson guitarist John 5 hard at work programming presets on his Zoom G1J signature pedal. You know, because some people probably still think he spends all his time worshiping the devil or something.