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Table Of Contents

Usage and Safety Precautions
- Introduction
Names and functions of parts
- Top
- Rear panel
Equipment connection example
- Live PA system
Display overview
- Home Screen
Turning the unit on/off
- Turning the unit on
- Turning the power off
Using the MENU screen
Mixer
- Outputting input sounds from output devices
- Adjusting the tone and panning
- Using the built-in effects
- Using scene functions
- Setting signals output from MONITOR OUT A–E
Recording and playback
- Preparing to record
- Recording and playing tracks
- Adding marks
- Redoing parts of recordings (punching in/out)
- Mixing down tracks
- Recording automatically
- Capturing audio before recording starts
- Selecting the folder where projects are saved
- Selecting projects for playback
Using the metronome
- Enabling the metronome
- Changing metronome settings
Using the slate mic
- Recording with the slate mic
- Changing slate mic settings
Projects
- Changing project names
- Deleting projects
- Protecting projects
- Checking project information
- Saving projects to USB flash drives
- Importing projects from USB flash drives
- Managing marks
Audio files
- Deleting audio files
- Exporting audio files to USB flash drives
- Importing audio files from USB flash drives
Using audio interface functions
- Installing the driver
- Connecting to a computer
- Inputting return signals from the computer to a stereo channel
Using card reader functions
Recording and playback settings
- Changing the recording format
- Changing automatic recording settings
- Showing recording levels on level meters
- Enabling latency adjustment
- Changing the playback mode
SD card settings
- Checking the open space on SD cards
- Formatting SD cards
- Testing SD card performance
Various settings
- Setting the date and time
- Setting the footswitch
- Changing the sampling rate
- Disabling the automatic power saving function
- Adjusting the display contrast
- Restoring settings to factory defaults
- Checking the firmware versions
- Updating the firmware
Troubleshooting
Specifications
Send effects specifications
Mixer block diagram
Usage and Safety Precautions
- Introduction
Names and functions of parts
- Top
- Rear panel
Equipment connection example
- Live PA system
Display overview
- Home Screen
Turning the unit on/off
- Turning the unit on
- Turning the power off
Using the MENU screen
Mixer
- Outputting input sounds from output devices
  - Outputting sound from speakers
  - Outputting sound from headphones
- Adjusting the tone and panning
- Using the built-in effects
- Using scene functions
- Setting signals output from MONITOR OUT A–E
Recording and playback
- Preparing to record
  - Inserting SD cards
  - Creating new projects
- Recording and playing tracks
  - Recording
  - Playing recordings
- Adding marks
  - Adding marks during recording and playback
  - Moving in mark order
- Redoing parts of recordings (punching in/out)
- Mixing down tracks
  - Recording to the master track
  - Playing the master track
- Recording automatically
- Capturing audio before recording starts
- Selecting the folder where projects are saved
- Selecting projects for playback
Using the metronome
- Enabling the metronome
- Changing metronome settings
Using the slate mic
- Recording with the slate mic
- Changing slate mic settings
  - Changing the slate mic volume
  - Changing the slate mic routing
Projects
- Changing project names
- Deleting projects
- Protecting projects
- Checking project information
- Saving projects to USB flash drives
- Importing projects from USB flash drives
- Managing marks
Audio files
- Deleting audio files
- Exporting audio files to USB flash drives
- Importing audio files from USB flash drives
Using audio interface functions
- Installing the driver
- Connecting to a computer
- Inputting return signals from the computer to a stereo channel
Using card reader functions
Recording and playback settings
- Changing the recording format
- Changing automatic recording settings
  - Setting the automatic recording start level
  - Setting automatic stopping
- Showing recording levels on level meters
- Enabling latency adjustment
- Changing the playback mode
SD card settings
- Checking the open space on SD cards
- Formatting SD cards
- Testing SD card performance
  - Conducting a quick test
  - Conducting a full test
Various settings
- Setting the date and time
- Setting the footswitch
- Changing the sampling rate
- Disabling the automatic power saving function
- Adjusting the display contrast
- Restoring settings to factory defaults
- Checking the firmware versions
- Updating the firmware
Troubleshooting
- There is no sound or output is very quiet
Specifications
Send effects specifications
Mixer block diagram

Using audio interface functions

The can be used as a 14-in/4-out USB audio interface. After applying its compressor, each input

channel always outputs its signal to the corresponding USB audio channel. Channels 1–12 and the stereo

signal output from the master fader are sent to the computer (14 channels total).

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Installing the driver

Download the "ZOOM L-12 Driver" from http://www.zoom.co.jp to the computer.

NOTE

• You can download the latest "ZOOM L-12 Driver" from the above website.

• Download the driver for the operating system that you are using.

Launch the installer and install the driver.

Follow the instructions that appear on screen to install the ZOOM L-12 Driver.

NOTE

See the Installation Guide included in the driver package for detailed installation procedures.