There are not Zones but, it still has a way to chop on it, using the screen and your dial on there, it has a zoom and everything its just not as detailed as the zones etc if you want to arrange at a really high level, now looking at my old 3000 or 2000, at first you really feel shorted but I have started getting used to it.....the workaround is to get yourself an application like Soundforge, take your sample and chop it PRECISELY.....then either save it to your card via usb or sample it to your mpc......thats what I do now, it works really good.