Zoom HD8 and HD16 are digital multitrack recording devices manufactured by Zoom Corporation. HD8 and HD16 were presented at the Winter NAMM Show in 2007 as the successor of MRS-1608. The HD8 and HD16 models have been discontinued in December 2009.

Differences between HD8 and HD16

HD8 and HD16 have similar technical characteristics. The main differences between the models are:

File Formats

HD8/16 stores digital audio as monaural Waveform Audio File Format files. Stereo tracks are recorded as two monaural files. Digital audio can be imported into HD8/16 in Audio Interchange File Format (AIFF) or Waveform Audio File Format (WAV). MIDI files can be imported as Format 0 Standard MIDI File (SMF), then the unit can play the file with internal instruments or drive an external MIDI unit.