Topic: zoom h2

[Roving Sign]

Those sound like good reviews to me...

[illconditioned]

Found on the naturerecordists list 

Zoom also makes it possible to record from all four mics
simultaneously, useful when recording ambience. The result can be
saved as a conventional two channel WAV file. Alternatively, the front
and rear mic pairs can be captured in two separate files. These two
files can be encoded into a 5.1 surround format in post-production.
(Software to do so is not included.)

Hmm.  If it really records four tracks that is cool.  Not elegent, but how about tapping into those four mics and running either an ambisonic mic, or two mic + two sbd.  Now that sounds cool!

  Richard

[guysonic]

Nice to find .pdf of owners manual somewhere.  Anybody spot this as yet?

[skua]

User Manual PDF here: http://www.samsontech.com/products/relatedDocs/H2_user_manual.pdf

Page found on here: http://www.samsontech.com/products/productpage.cfm?prodID=1916

This is sounding pretty good to me! I need to replace my GMINI 120 !!!!!!!

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[guysonic]

Thank you for.pdf link.  Last time I looked a day ago, it seemed the .pdf manual was missing from the product page, and now it's there!

[skua]

No problem man!  Actually I just stumbled across the H2 online after seeing an ad for it in the Sept. issue of 'Guitar & Bass' magazine... then I immediately came here to see what was being said about the unit! 

It's been killing me going to shows and not having a working recorder! hehehehehe...

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[vegas06]

Found on the naturerecordists list 

Zoom also makes it possible to record from all four mics
simultaneously, useful when recording ambience. The result can be
saved as a conventional two channel WAV file. Alternatively, the front
and rear mic pairs can be captured in two separate files. These two
files can be encoded into a 5.1 surround format in post-production.
(Software to do so is not included.)

Hmm.  If it really records four tracks that is cool.  Not elegent, but how about tapping into those four mics and running either an ambisonic mic, or two mic + two sbd.  Now that sounds cool!

  Richard

It doesn't actually record to 4 tracks.
What 4 channel surround does, is record a 2 channel stereo track, and duplicates it.
You can then setup your surround sound in the unit itself, by selecting which tracks you want in the front or rears and what levels you would like them as.

[divamum]

Hi all -

Been a while - busy summer, although not much recording recently!

Could anybody whose roadtesting one of these post back on ease of interface? I have students who would jump all over a unit w/acceptable built-in mics for that price, but many of them are TOTAL luddites who only want to be able to record their lessons and are unlikely to take time or energy to figure out anything as complicated to run as the H4 (I tried a friend's, and had to use the manual just to figure out how to get to the menus!). These guys basically need something under $200 but with the simplicity of the R09, so I figure I better snif around before rec'ing this unit to them!

Thanks!

[Ozpeter]

I'm not clear why part of a negative review for the H4 appears in this H2 thread? 

[illconditioned]

Found on the naturerecordists list 

Zoom also makes it possible to record from all four mics
simultaneously, useful when recording ambience. The result can be
saved as a conventional two channel WAV file. Alternatively, the front
and rear mic pairs can be captured in two separate files. These two
files can be encoded into a 5.1 surround format in post-production.
(Software to do so is not included.)

Hmm.  If it really records four tracks that is cool.  Not elegent, but how about tapping into those four mics and running either an ambisonic mic, or two mic + two sbd.  Now that sounds cool!

  Richard

It doesn't actually record to 4 tracks.
What 4 channel surround does, is record a 2 channel stereo track, and duplicates it.
You can then setup your surround sound in the unit itself, by selecting which tracks you want in the front or rears and what levels you would like them as.

I looked at the user manual (.pdf file above, pages 27, 28).  It says it records "two stereo wave tracks".  So, I'm hoping...  It would be messy to hack the mics themselves, but I'm thinking of just tapping in there to get four channels.  If this could be done, that would be killer!

  Richard

[Ozpeter]

Re ease of use, see http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=107751 where comments (in brief) on that aspect seem favourable.

Two stereo files separately recorded will give you the output from each capsule individually - if you really want you could split that down outside the recorder into four mono files.  No need for hacks it would appear.  I had wondered whether they were going to use a single four-channel (multichannel) file which would not have worked in all DAW software but it looks like they've gone for the more practical approach.

[chunga1]

in regards to "humming" noise posted above..That is only for the H4 not the H2 correct?..If not and it is in reference to the H2 what kinda 6v battery box would be needed?..Is that a seperate battery box for the unit, then another one for the mics??

and with the "mic in" feature we won't have to worry about any handling noise correct?? Unless we use the mics that come equiped with the unit??

[boojum]

It looks as if Zoom has pulled off a really good deal here.  All this for US$200.  That is a lot and a great deal for entry level recording.  This should sell well and be a wakeup call to other manufacturers.  Yup.     

Cheers

[Gary A]

in regards to "humming" noise posted above..That is only for the H4 not the H2 correct?..

That's correct. Go to the Yahoo Group called "naturerecordists" and you can read the original post. The comment about the intermittent high-pitched tone was in response to another post asking about the H4.

[bdasilva]

I agree with Richard... Hack it at the mic level as a 4 channel recorder. It could be done if Sampson does it in the unit.