Zoom H2: What's the catch?

dave_house · Post by **dave_house** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:34 pm

I test drove my mates H2 the other day and it seemed amazing. It can definitely be used as an audio interface, yes!

Creature - I was wondering if you could tell me something about the H4 as I'm considering buying one of them or an H2. Have you used the XLR inputs much? Some reviews say they're a bit crappy and that theres an annoying whine if using batteries, phantom power and an XLR mic. Have you tried this? How about dynamic mics, is the recording any good?

hoffman2k · Post by **hoffman2k** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:50 pm

Ok, Got it working. Thats freaking sweet.
To bad it only has a stereo out. Would have been cool if it worked as a 4-way realtime mic.

Sales Dude McBoob · Post by **Sales Dude McBoob** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:58 pm

Thanks for testing that out everybody...

blinkeye · Post by **blinkeye** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:41 pm

Here's an extensive review of the H2 with sound samples:
http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2007/09 ... order.html

If you record in 360 degrees to 4 tracks, you can encode them to 5.1 surround.

creature · Post by **creature** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:36 am

@dave_house, I have not tried it with another mic yet, but I am planning on doing so this year. The quality of the inbuilt mics is top notch though. I made a recording last year of an old 1950's mechanical fruit machine which i used on an album, i'll see if i still have the original recording and post it online.

Steve

Pitch Black · Post by **Pitch Black** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 12:22 pm

Think the woman on the right needs one?

popslut · Post by **popslut** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 1:31 pm

I've got one and it's absolutely brilliant.

Couldn't recommend it highly enough.

headquest · Post by **headquest** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 2:50 pm

I just bought myself an M-Audio Microtrack II, which is similar I believe. I think it's great as well... so useful. A small handheld recorder is definitely a great thing to have.

udp · Post by **udp** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 3:07 pm

dave_house wrote:I test drove my mates H2 the other day and it seemed amazing. It can definitely be used as an audio interface, yes!

Creature - I was wondering if you could tell me something about the H4 as I'm considering buying one of them or an H2. Have you used the XLR inputs much? Some reviews say they're a bit crappy and that theres an annoying whine if using batteries, phantom power and an XLR mic. Have you tried this? How about dynamic mics, is the recording any good?

I've use the xlr's on the H-4, and I think they're terrific. Have noticed any whine or noise. But I'm recording live in less than ideal rooms, noisy air ducts, fans, noisy audiences.... probably not up to fine studio recordings, but awesome for what I do. I also use the H-4 built in mics as a back up to my main system if I'm not in a situation where I need the portability. The built ins are also quite good.

ashtonron · Post by **ashtonron** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 3:09 pm

hoffman2k wrote: If you want an mp3 player. Get a Zen from creative. Cheap, small and does what it should do.

How do you sync with a Zen on a Mac, I can't get it to work

hoffman2k · Post by **hoffman2k** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 3:23 pm

ashtonron wrote:
hoffman2k wrote: If you want an mp3 player. Get a Zen from creative. Cheap, small and does what it should do.
How do you sync with a Zen on a Mac, I can't get it to work

I plugged it in and it showed up in Itunes.
Maybe you need the latest version of Itunes.

ashtonron · Post by **ashtonron** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 3:32 pm

hoffman2k wrote:
ashtonron wrote:
hoffman2k wrote: If you want an mp3 player. Get a Zen from creative. Cheap, small and does what it should do.
How do you sync with a Zen on a Mac, I can't get it to work
I plugged it in and it showed up in Itunes.
Maybe you need the latest version of Itunes.

weird ...

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swishniak · Post by **swishniak** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 3:55 pm

it looks like there isnt a catch to the H2.

i wonder about this one: http://www.thomann.de/gb/news_msg_das_f ... 1213766fa6

only 99 eu.

hmmm . .

babkubwa · Post by **babkubwa** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 4:12 pm

a four track version of this ( thats still pocket sized) would be fantasic. Even two tracks - I like to record vocal overdubs rap/singing after gigs. Would save so much trouble

hacktheplanet · Post by **hacktheplanet** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 5:17 pm

The drummer in our band uses it to record our practices, and it is very convenient.
Just hit record, set it in the middle of the room, and you can listen to the practices on the car ride home.