My Review of the Zoom L-8 Features During My First Unboxing

I'm very impressed with the quality and feature set of the zoom l-8 when I bought it for a client, that I actually immediately ordered one for myself.

Update: Mine came and I've been using it for a while now and it's fantastic how easy it is to use. I've been a Zoom fan for a long time and this did not disappoint.

[hakonsoreide]

Thanks for the nice overview. This seems like the exact mixer that I was looking for when I bought mine, but I didn't know anything about mixers and went for a simple old-school analogue mixer instead, the Soundcraft EPM6, which is great, but I think I'll upgrade (or add) one from this range one of these days. Probably the L-8 as it seems the perfect size for a one-man synth band. It's a brilliant user interface allowing for a compact and light mixer too without sacrificing too many features.

[WisLockman]

I have the L-8 and love it. It is so portable. I have a RavPower 26800 mAh power brick that runs my L-8 in the field for hours.

[serenitybase]

hello i love your vidoes, do you know how i would 'come in' to the L8, with 2 x 1/4 jacks. The jacks have ' left' a dj equipment, a pioneer xdj xz, ...im getting confused on how to connect the 2 jacks....your wisdom is very welcome thanks jeff

[ClydeneBalkeMusic]

I have a problem with a humming when I plug in the usb input into my computer headphone jack. Have you had this experience?

[awillproductions]

Just subscribed to your channel. Great review! Could you do a video on how you set it up to Adobe Audition or Garage band?
Thanks!

[thrdpartyproductions]

Great overview. Love my L-8. But... As an audio interface I can't get it to play back through the XLR connected monitors. Any ideas?

[marianobrascich]

all day trying to connect driver for usb in Mac.... very complicated.... not easy mix, build in very cheap quality !!!

[ndar]

so with that l8 you dont have to setup mix minus when calling someone using that little input?

[stephenlewis]

Thanks for taking the time to review this awesome mixer! You have definitely helped me

[curtyoungandthehealers]

Use mine live for the first time today man its beautiful 😊

[jzplayr]

Great review! I ordered one yesterday. A sleeping giant. I hope that the iphone mix/minus works with a cell service video call in Whatsapp, Zoom, or FB live...that would rule the world! The "old way" is to use "an interface" like irig stream for the iphone to mixer, run mixer USB to PC, then use OBS to send audio to the phone. Then ofcourse, connect a DSLR cam to the laptop and config that in OBS. And if you have 4 people, 4 mics....most mixers have one headphone out. Great. So, the L8 does it all?

[ehpkiyd]

I have a question about this machine... I want to be able to dial up my background tracks that have already been mixed and saved on a single stereo track so I can just pull up that master stereo track and play my guitar to it. Can you tell me if this machine can achieve that?

[mohdshamsaiman]

thank you for the reviews.. awesome little mixer. I'm loving it!

[lorddeathspit]

If it had the processing the rode caster pro does id buy it. but its still a tempting unit.

[ehmilenhanceideas]

Can we video record using a mobile phone while playing guitar and singing to a mic connected all in this mixer,

[presto]

where is the USB port to connect to the computer?

[gastonarce]

Rodecaster has added multitrack. Is this still worth?

[oscarjcflamenco]

Hi! I have a question: i'm a musician, can i connect this mixer into an android phone and use that phone for livestream a small show? Like use it for an instagram or youtube live?

[kennilsen]

Does the L-8 have an EQ? If not how do I hook one up.

[anthonymiller]

The biggest problem i have with the newer versions primarily the L-20, is the sliders don't move automatically as you switch between the layers and or scenes. The newer versions also moved away from the podcaster by removing the hot sound bite buttons as well as the dedicated phone input. It becomes more dedicated to live music production versus what i thought it was doing which was challenging the rodecaster for pod casters live board. For this I think the fact that the faders don't slide by themselves switching between scenes is an issue.

This version is perfect for what it is, the later versions are much better but move away from the pod caster. I'm not too familiar with boards with automatic sliding faders but i think the lack of that feature is going to kill them because of price tag on the later versions. The later versions are GREAT for live sound broadcasting but again i would do price versus feature comparisons before you look at the anything past the L-8. I think the L-8 is perfect if all your doing is a couple mics, phone and external audio source then you will be able to do a great podcast as well as record on the mixer for future edits...

Thats my 2 cents