Comments on: Zoom H2

By: Robert Jones

Robert Jones — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:28:08 +0000

I bought the Zoom h4 over the Summer holiday - it’s a great bit of kit, that does multi-track recording and can dump it all to a PC where you can play with it using the Cubase software included with the device.

By: Alan Coady

Alan Coady — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:05:15 +0000

Ronan,

I’m pretty sure that multi-track recording is not possible, as this would entail simultaneous playback and recording. The Zoom H2 seems more to be about “live” or “straight-to-stereo” recording. However, Zoom do make a couple of multi-track products which you can see, along with others, on this page:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_ss_ce/202-6886676-9035064?url=search-alias%3Delectronics&field-keywords=digital+multi+track+recorder

By: Ronan

Ronan — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:12:07 +0000

Hi
I’m just wondering, is it possible to record separate tracks and put them together as one finished song or are these multi-tracks actually one track?

By: David Gilmour

David Gilmour — Thu, 29 May 2008 13:23:11 +0000

I’ve just been scanning through the manual for one of these over lunch today. I wanted to know what other potential educational benefits the H2 might offer. Here are a couple:

Automatic start/stop triggered by adjustable sound levels
- This might enable no-fuss recording of a teacher’s whole-class activities, perhaps making it easier to provide recordings to children unable to be in school.

Ability to capture a recording of the period *immediately before* the recording is started
- Perhaps helpful for school concerts/performances with unpredictable starts!

Video recording
- It could provide a high-quality sound track for school video recordings, where the camera mic is often too far away from the subject, without the need for trailing wires or the acquisition of wireless mics.

And that’s to say nothing of the metronome, or the tuner…

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 21 May 2008 02:30:58 +0000

Thank you for the information.

Paul

By: Alan Coady

Alan Coady — Tue, 20 May 2008 10:13:34 +0000

Hi Paul,

Yes, you can monitor the input through headphones - using speakers would obviously cause a feedback loop.

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 20 May 2008 00:46:13 +0000

I have a question. Can you listen to what you’re recording WHILE you are recording it?

Paul

By: Alan Coady

Alan Coady — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:04:39 +0000

Thanks for the comment, David. What kind of podcasting has John been doing? I looked at the site, but couldn’t see any obvious links.

The version I have of Audacity (1.2.6) doesn’t appear to have a “what u hear” input option. I looked briefly at the download of 1.3.4 - more mirrors than Snow White. Vista tends to throw up so many alarms that it makes one over-security-conscious. Have you downloaded it? With success?

By: David Gilmour

David Gilmour — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:02:12 +0000

YOu could be right about the Zoom H2 in education: John Harris of Seven Things has been doing podcast work with Sanderson’s Wynd Primary, and is using a Zoom H2 for that.

And by the way, I noticed the other day that Audacity 1.3.4 (beta) has a “What U Hear” input option, which makes it very easy to record anything you’re listening to on the PC wihout any need for a separate recorder. Don’t know if earlier versions offered that…