The MRS-1608CD from Zoom is a 16 track digital audio workstation that records to a 40 GB internal hard drive, and features the power of seamless digital editing and Zoom's signal processing, while offering programmable drum and bass sections with a complete bank of touch-sensitive pads.

The MRS-1608CD has 16 physical tracks, each with 10 virtual tracks. The new Zoom machine also has 8 XLR/phone combination input jacks, with four of them being able to provide phantom power for condenser microphones, with the capability of recording up to eight simultaneous tracks at once, that's two tracks more then the latest 1266, as well as having the ability to insert compression and EQ on all eight of those input channels.

Like all Zoom multi-tracks you get the drum and bass sections with 12 touch sensitive and backlighted playable pads. The MRS-1608CD now includes a sampler function that allows you to assign part of Zoom V-takes or WAV/AIFF flies to those drum pads. With over 100 different Zoom drum and bass sounds, the MRS-1608CD has 40 real sampled drum kits as well as 20 real sampled bass sounds, giving you real drum and bass recordings that you can program into your project, with 500 user programmable patterns available per song.

Like the other MRS Series recorders, the MRS-1608CD has literally hundreds of customizable digital effects for mics and instruments, as well as Zoom's VAMS (Variable Architecture Modeling System) guitar amp modeling. With the MRS-1608CD you are now able to use up to seven simultaneous Zoom effects!

The MRS-1608CD has adjustable EQ and pan controls for each channel, as well as adjustable 24-bit mastering effects such as Reverb, Chorus, Modulation, Delay and Compression. Of course the MRS-1608CDCD has an integrated CR-R/RW drive, so you can mix and master your project right down to CD without the use of external hardware.