Members elsongs Posted October 9, 2007 Members Share Posted October 9, 2007 The FedEx lady dropped by and delivered a Zoom H2 digital recorder today! It's pretty cool. And incredibly light too! But still somewhat solid. Still learning the thing but it's pretty easy to use. It came with a 512MB SD card, which can record over 6 hours of MP3s or a little less than half an hour of .wav. Here's a recording of me doing a little bit of Stevie Wonder's "Love's In Need of Love Today" on my upright piano with the Zoom H2 sitting on top, recording in MP3 mode (160mbps). No effects or editing: http://www.elsongs.com/mp3/multimedia/STE-003.mp3 This is gonna work wonders (no pun intended) for my band rehearsals...NO MORE REAL-TIME ENCODING!!!! I just take out the SD card from H2 and pop it in my computer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Lozada Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 That piano needs a serious tuning ! ... on a more on-topic comment... nice playing and great voice, amigo. Loved it. The machine also records good in stereo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members D Charles Posted October 9, 2007 Members Share Posted October 9, 2007 Sounds cool, you just need to sing louder or closer to the Zoom. I dig your singing and playing and bravery posting a casual knock off. Very good quality indeed. I want one, but I want a replacement for my micro-cassette. In other words, I want a built in speaker just to listen back (not into cans when composing). Is there a business mini machine that's like the micro but digital? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members elsongs Posted October 9, 2007 Author Members Share Posted October 9, 2007 That piano needs a serious tuning ! ... on a more on-topic comment... nice playing and great voice, amigo. Loved it. The machine also records good in stereo. Thanks, but I just had it tuned a few months ago! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MarkZ Posted October 9, 2007 Members Share Posted October 9, 2007 Very nicely done. Maybe my favorite Stevie song, if picking one is possible. Definitely in the top 5. I'm going to get an H2 or H4 for my oldest daughter as a practice tool. The price/performance on the H2 is very attractive. I might spring for the H4 because I found something useful in the 4 track feature, if this is possible: import a Jamey Aebersold track or other accompaniment, then she can record her practice over it on a separate track. Anyone know if you can import MP3 audio via USB, then play/record along with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Magpel Posted October 9, 2007 Members Share Posted October 9, 2007 I have the H4, Mark, and am not sure whether you can import tracks in four-0track mode. My friend has the H2 and recorded my band's outdoor show the other night--sounded really crisp. I was pleasantly surprised. I think the H2 is more optimizied for field recording. It has different mic modes than the H4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted October 9, 2007 Moderators Share Posted October 9, 2007 Sounds great! The piano's loud only because of the recorder sitting directly on the piano I suppose. That's a very cool little recorder. Amazing quality considering the price. Oh... and nice singing/playing/taste in music! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted October 9, 2007 Members Share Posted October 9, 2007 I made a recording with someone standing next to a piano while someone else was singing, and I had to practically shove the Edirol R-1 up to the singer's mouth to make sure that the piano wasn't too loud. Anyway, sounds great, and congratulations!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members the stranger Posted October 9, 2007 Members Share Posted October 9, 2007 I still want an H4. Now I want both. I feel g.a.s. pangs. I need to go take a load off my mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members spikemullings Posted October 9, 2007 Members Share Posted October 9, 2007 Didn't know whether you might be mildly interested in this: http://www.cockos.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13690 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMS Author MikeRivers Posted October 9, 2007 CMS Author Share Posted October 9, 2007 Didn't know whether you might be mildly interested in this:http://www.cockos.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13690 Huh? He loaded Reaper on to the H2 and now he can do editing on the run? What does this mean? Probably not what I'd like to think it means. Reaper can be run from a mass storage device (like a USB memory thumb drive) so maybe what he did was installed a copy of Reaper on to a memory card in the H2, connects it to a computer, and uses Reaper to edit WAV files that are recorded on the H2's memory card. I guess this means that you don't need your own computer (or a computer with a WAV editor installed) to edit audio away from home base. I guess there may be some very limited use for that, but if I thought I was going to have to edit audio in the field, I'd carry my own computer. If he's figured out how to make Reaper run on the H2, that's pretty amazing. Next thing you know, someone will figure out how to run ProTools on an iPhone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members elsongs Posted October 9, 2007 Author Members Share Posted October 9, 2007 Huh? He loaded Reaper on to the H2 and now he can do editing on the run? What does this mean? Probably not what I'd like to think it means.Reaper can be run from a mass storage device (like a USB memory thumb drive) so maybe what he did was installed a copy of Reaper on to a memory card in the H2, connects it to a computer, and uses Reaper to edit WAV files that are recorded on the H2's memory card. I guess this means that you don't need your own computer (or a computer with a WAV editor installed) to edit audio away from home base. I guess there may be some very limited use for that, but if I thought I was going to have to edit audio in the field, I'd carry my own computer. If he's figured out how to make Reaper run on the H2, that's pretty amazing. Next thing you know, someone will figure out how to run ProTools on an iPhone. haha, that's what I thought too. That LCD screen is rather small for that! I just realized that Reaper is just there as an app to run on any PC which the H2 is USB'ed to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cry Logic Posted October 10, 2007 Members Share Posted October 10, 2007 hmmm...... I wonder if I can do that with Energy XT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chris Groegler Posted October 10, 2007 Members Share Posted October 10, 2007 I took an H4 to Japan for a recent documentary film project I'm working on and was really impressed with the quality of the ambiences I recorded with it. These little devices are great for capturing on-the-fly stuff and are perfect for recording you practicing. I've used an R-4 in the field before, but I really like how these are compact and can fit in your pocket. I had some issues with wind a couple of times, but finding a wind screen, usually the bag I was carrying, fixed it. Plus for the price you really can't go wrong. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Magpel Posted October 10, 2007 Members Share Posted October 10, 2007 but finding a wind screen, usually the bag I was carrying, fixed it.Plus for the price you really can't go wrong.Chris Mine shipped with a windscreen. Did yours not? Anyway, it is is on the whole a pleasantly suprising unit. The onboard effects SUCK, but it is a Zoom, after all. And how many people use/need bad amp sims when doing field recording and rehearsal documentation? I do find the 4-track useful as a sketch pad. But with a nicely outfitted DAW and some decent mics sitting downstairs, why would I ever sketchon the Zoom when I might just have one of those "magic moments" and capture something worth keeping? Good on vacation, though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members elsongs Posted October 11, 2007 Author Members Share Posted October 11, 2007 Mine shipped with a windscreen. Did yours not?Anyway, it is is on the whole a pleasantly suprising unit. The onboard effects SUCK, but it is a Zoom, after all. And how many people use/need bad amp sims when doing field recording and rehearsal documentation?I do find the 4-track useful as a sketch pad. But with a nicely outfitted DAW and some decent mics sitting downstairs, why would I ever sketchon the Zoom when I might just have one of those "magic moments" and capture something worth keeping? Good on vacation, though... When you put the windscreen on the H2, it looks like it's wearing an afro wig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chris Groegler Posted October 12, 2007 Members Share Posted October 12, 2007 It did, but there were a few times where the wind cut through the foam ball. Sorry I didn't explain myself more clearly. In those cases I needed extra protection (no funny jokes about that) so I tried to block the wind with my bag without getting in the way of the source sound. It was funny, the looks I was getting when I would have the Zoom on a bench, wall, or laying on the ground. Sometimes I would walk a good distance away from it and people would kinda walk by the Zoom real slow, not knowing what it was. Then they'd see this American guy walk up and take it away. -Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members elsongs Posted October 12, 2007 Author Members Share Posted October 12, 2007 It was funny, the looks I was getting when I would have the Zoom on a bench, wall, or laying on the ground. Sometimes I would walk a good distance away from it and people would kinda walk by the Zoom real slow, not knowing what it was. Then they'd see this American guy walk up and take it away. -Chris CALL HOMELAND SECURITY!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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