Topic: Zoom H4

[keefhartley]

hi there,
I'm 16 and have not that much money. I wanted to buy a Zoom H4. 2x 2GB cards and some reloadable AA's. what do you think? do you got some tipps for me? sometimes I go on festivals and therefor I would need somethink, what doesen't give up the electric just after some hours...

greetings
amadeus

[run_run_run]

have a look at this
http://taperssection.com/index.php/topic,85918.0.html

a iriver based rig, may be a better bet of the cheap

[digifish_music]

hi there,
I'm 16 and have not that much money. I wanted to buy a Zoom H4. 2x 2GB cards and some reloadable AA's. what do you think? do you got some tipps for me? sometimes I go on festivals and therefor I would need somethink, what doesen't give up the electric just after some hours...

greetings
amadeus

I think a Zoom H4 is a great place to start. Has XLR connectors & phantom power for professional mics should you want to use them. Has nice internal mics that work pretty well. Can act as an external ASIO soundcard/audio interface for a mobile recording/PC solution.

Zoom H2 may be cheaper if the XLR connectors are not your style and you think you may stick with internal-mic casual recording.

digifish

[flintstone]

Here are a couple of places to read about the Zoom H4.

Zoom H4 discussion here
http://taperssection.com/index.php/topic,68423.0.html

Zoom H2 and H4 discussion on 2090.0rg
http://www.2090.org/zoom/bbs/viewforum.php?f=15

Leo Lombardo's review of H4 (lots of negative comments)
http://www.sonicstudios.com/zoomh4rv.htm

O'Reilly Digital Media review of H4
http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2007/02/01/review-zoom-h4-handy-recorder.html

Pro Audio Review
http://www.proaudioreview.com/pages/s.0035/t.514.html

[tfs8271]

Get your patch on.........Nice holiday gift from the parents.

If you are going to festivals, I would suggest in a nice patching cable first before investing in some mics or using the internals.