I bought the H2 some weeks ago and really like it, the 4-track-feature is awesome
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But I have a major problem: My band has really small practicing-space (12sqm) and we play loud (not extremly loud!) rockmusic. As far as I use it in 2-track mode and point it away from the drums and in direction to the guitaramps (so that it records only the reflected drums) it is no problem. But when I use it in 4-track-mode or point the mics directly at the drumset (1-2m away) there is some distortion
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I wrote Zoom an email and asked for a firmware-based pad. Does anybody know if this is actually possible to implement such a function or is the preamp/ gain completley hardware-based?
When it is senseless to wait for such an update, I'll think about selling the H2 (I'ld miss the 4-track-mode
). Alternatives are the Marantz PMD-620 (I'm not sure if it can handle the volume), the Olympus LS-10 (it's the same with the SPL) or the Sony PCM-D50 (they say the SPL is 120dB, this will definitely be enough; but i is al little big and has no mp3-support)? What would you recommend?
Thanks, micmonster