Zoom Rxx Project Import
Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2014 2:55 pm
I recently bought a Zoom R24. Overall, I greatly prefer working with an appliance vs a PC, but there are still steps that are easier on the PC. I do prefer to do all my tracking on the appliance. I didn't really think it a big deal when I bought it, but I absolutely LOVE that the thing can run on batteries and I can drag the thing out on the back porch and record. It's slightly too big to ride in a pocket on a gig bag, but it'd be awesome if I could do that. But I digress.
There are some steps I'd still like to do on the PC. I can import/export wav files, but Zoom uses it's own proprietary format for project files. I copied a project to the PC and snooped around. The assignment of wavs to tracks/takes is plain text in the HST_xx.ZDT files. The other files are binary, but appear to be simple structures. What I'd like to throw out there is the following:
1) Is there anything out there already that reads these that I missed with a simple search?
2) Are there any Zoom R8/16 users around here? If so, I might request some project files. I expect them to be identical. There is a version number in the header of the PRJDATA.ZDT file, but as mine shows "ZOOM R24 PROJECT DATA VER0001 " I don't know if there ARE any other versions yet.
3) I was thinking about an import to Audacity, or possibly Ardour. Should I consider doing something different (like maybe Open Media Framework or something else)?
I'd like a basic functionality to be able to import/export all tracks, hopefully with levels. It'd also be nice to be able to do something useful with the Pattern Sequencer and Rhythm Patterns. (Especially turning the Rhythm patterns into something I can trigger Hydrogen with.)
There are some steps I'd still like to do on the PC. I can import/export wav files, but Zoom uses it's own proprietary format for project files. I copied a project to the PC and snooped around. The assignment of wavs to tracks/takes is plain text in the HST_xx.ZDT files. The other files are binary, but appear to be simple structures. What I'd like to throw out there is the following:
1) Is there anything out there already that reads these that I missed with a simple search?
2) Are there any Zoom R8/16 users around here? If so, I might request some project files. I expect them to be identical. There is a version number in the header of the PRJDATA.ZDT file, but as mine shows "ZOOM R24 PROJECT DATA VER0001 " I don't know if there ARE any other versions yet.
3) I was thinking about an import to Audacity, or possibly Ardour. Should I consider doing something different (like maybe Open Media Framework or something else)?
I'd like a basic functionality to be able to import/export all tracks, hopefully with levels. It'd also be nice to be able to do something useful with the Pattern Sequencer and Rhythm Patterns. (Especially turning the Rhythm patterns into something I can trigger Hydrogen with.)