H2 Handy Portable Stereo Recorder

Zoom H2 Handy Portable Stereo Recorder 20

* W-XY mic patterns with 4 mic capsules and sign meting out allows Front 90 cardioid, Rear 120 cardioid and 360 polar patterns
* Finally keep a note 360 sound as 2ch data or 4ch data all together
* Built-in USB 2.0 harbor in favor of data storeroom
* Records in WAV 96kHz/48kHz/44.1kHz on 16-bit or 24-bit, MP3 to 320kbps and Variable Bit Rate (VBR) data formats
* Time Stamp and Track Marker functions in Broadcast WAV Format (BWF)

Product Description
From the Manufacturer
It's a uncomplicated sketch: Provide brilliant stereo recording in an easy-to-use, ultra-portable device. Now all and sundry can keep a note pristine audio in an large variety of applications. From seminars and conferences, to electronic news gathering (ENG) and podcasting, to musical performances, songwriting sessions and rehearsals, the H2 provides amazing recording quality. And refusal issue what did you say? Kind of melody you make or the instrument you fool around, the H2 can effortlessly keep a note it in high-quality stereo.

Why Four Mics are Better Than Two
90 degree Pattern
90? Pattern
Record from the front on 90?
120 degree Pattern
120? Pattern
Record from the front on 120?
The H2 is the solitary portable recorder with 4 mic capsules on-board in favor of 360? Recording. With 4 mic capsules in a W-X/Y configuration, the audio is decoded instantly, bringing these four signals in sync in favor of unparalleled stereo imaging.

But the H2 doesn't prevent present. For greatest flexibility, you can keep a note from the front of the H2 in a 90? Pickup pattern or the rear of the H2 in a 120? Pickup pattern on up to 96 kHz/24-bit determination as a WAV chafe, or as an MP3 chafe on bitrates up to 320 kbps. Additionally, you can keep a note in a 360? Pickup pattern on up to 48kHz/24-bit determination which will allow you to convert your recordings to 5.1 Surround.

Push a Button...
That's all it takes to start recording! The H2 is a remarkably robust device to is incredibly simple to manipulation. One button recording, benefit controls on the area and an intuitive user interface mean you can all the time capture the jiffy. Set your levels, set in motion keep a note and verve. It's to uncomplicated. Or manipulation the Auto Start and Auto Gain Control functions to ensure complete capture on the in shape level. And if you need to fine-tune your levels on the race, we made it simple with benefit control buttons on the front panel.

Play it Back!
Play your recordings on your residential home audio technique with its 1/8" stereo output or pay attention to your stunning success with headphones. Or, manipulation the H2's USB interface to move your recordings to your Mac or PC to pay attention, edit and share.

The H2 records on Secure Digital (SD) media and a 512MB SD tag is integrated. The section can accommodate up to a 16GB SD tag, allowing up to 24 hours of compute recording era using the 16-bit/44.1kHz WAV format. At 128kbps MP3, you obtain an amazing 280 hours of stereo recording. Store your recordings on a PC or Mac with its USB 2.0 interface. And you can manipulation its era stamping function in favor of reference for the period of production. Or manipulation the H2 as a USB Mic in favor of recording diametrically to a central processing unit.

What's Life Without Accessories?
The H2 comes with earbuds, 1/8 edge stereo to RCA cable, mic clip adapter, trivet halt, USB cable, AC adapter and a 512MB SD tag.

Ultimate Convenience
The H2 weighs 4 ounces and fits in your help yourself to in favor of the ultimate in portability and convenience. Two standard alkaline AA batteries will assign you 4 hours of uninterrupted surgery and a backlit parade income it's all the time simple to manipulation in at all state.

Enjoy Your Brilliance
Brilliant stereo recording in a opportune, user-friendly package income there's on no account been an easier way to keep a note eminent quality audio. The H2 gives all and sundry the power to keep a note everything and share it with anybody, anywhere. You'll be amazed by your sound.

Features:

* W-XY mic patterns with 4 mic capsules and sign meting out allows Front 90? Cardioid, Rear 120? Cardioid and 360? Polar patterns
* Built-in USB 2.0 interface
* Records in WAV 96kHz/48kHz/44.1kHz on 16-bit or 24-bit, MP3 to 320kbps and Variable Bit Rate (VBR) data formats
* Time Stamp and Track Marker functions in Broadcast WAV Format (BWF)
* 512MB SD recollection tag integrated
* Accommodates up to 16GB SD recollection cards
* Auto Gain Control (AGC) in favor of pristine recordings
* Auto Start function income you're all the time prime to keep a note
* Low-cut filter eliminates wind blare
* On-board chromatic Guitar/Bass tuner

H2 close Recorder Features on a Glance
H2 skin anotated
The H2 close Recorder brings the ultimate in functionality and versatility to portable digital recording. A fair, backlit parade skin recording levels, era code, chafe nominate and enduring battery life. LEDs indicate Front, Rear, 2 Channel or 4 Channel modes and the recording slant: 90?, 120? Or 360?. An Active Mic LED is on the front and back of the H2. Transport controls include individual button recording, playback and pause, fast send and wind back. Use the Menu means to enter the control menu and the arrow keys to navigate through the appear sets.

Within the menu, synchronize recording parameters such as direction and polar pattern, activate the Auto Start function and synchronize chafe format. And you'll obtain added settings like Auto Gain Control to produce surely your recordings are all the time pristine. And you can fine-tune your levels on the race with the Record Level buttons on the front.

H2 area skin anotated
On the absent area of the H2 is a 1/8" Phone/Line Output in favor of monitoring and playback. Playback Volume, Power On and the AC power are located at this juncture as well.

On the in shape area of the H2, you can plug in a powered 1/8" outer stereo mic. Setting levels is simple with a Mic Gain slider in favor of Low/Medium/High benefit. You can besides digitize analog recordings with the 1/8" Line trendy.

Use the USB 2.0 Interface to move your store to a PC or Mac in favor of storeroom, suppression and playback. The era stamp function is momentous in favor of reference for the period of production. And you can even manipulation the H2 as a USB mic and keep a note diametrically to your favorite digital audio software.

For brilliant stereo recording, and masses of extras, there's on no account been a simpler or more functional solution than the H2 close Recorder from Zoom.

Product Description
It's a uncomplicated sketch: Provide brilliant stereo recording in an easy-to-use, ultra-portable device. The H2 is the solitary portable recorder with 3 mic capsules onboard in favor of mid-side recording. A directional mic is in the concentrate (mid) and two directional mics (side) are positioned absent and in shape. The audio is decoded instantly, bringing these three signals in sync in favor of unparalleled stereo imaging. One button recording, benefit controls on the area and an intuitive user interface mean you can all the time capture the jiffy. Set your levels, set in motion keep a note and verve. The H2 records on Secure Digital (SD) media and a 512MB SD tag is integrated. With a 4GB SD recollection tag, the H2 provides up to 2 hours recording on 96kHz, 6 hours on 44.1kHz, or up to a staggering 138 hours in MP3. Play your recordings on your residential home audio technique with its 1/8" stereo output or pay attention to your stunning success with headphones. Or, manipulation the H2's USB interface to move your recordings to your Mac or PC to pay attention, edit and share. 512MB SD recollection tag integrated; Accommodates up to 4GB SD non-compulsory recollection cards Auto Gain Control (AGC) in favor of pristine recordings Auto Start function income you're all the time prime to keep a note Low-cut filter eliminates wind blare On-board chromatic Guitar/Bass tuner Two standard alkaline AA batteries will assign you 4 hours of uninterrupted surgery and a backlit parade income it's all the time simple to manipulation in at all state Pocketable - Weighs solitary 4 ounces



278 of 281 folks found the following check effective:
5.0 exposed of 5 stars to the same degree benefit as the Edirol R-09 in favor of all but partly the estimate!, November 12, 2007
By d-18v (USA) - See all my reviews
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A day back, I wrote a lengthy comparison of the Edirol R-09 WAVE/MP3 Recorder, Black and the Zoom H4 close Recorder + 2GB Accessory Kit (pre-accessory kit). I wanted a eminent quality, simple to manipulation recorder, so even though the H4 had all of the skin of the Edirol and sold in favor of considerably a smaller amount, I set aside the Edirol for the reason that it was so much easier to manipulation.

Zoom has responded with the H2, a scaled down version of the H4 with all of the skin of the R-09 and all of the controls in shape everyplace you need them. The H2 even has added skin in excess of the R-09, but they don't obtain in the way. For pattern, there's a worthy of a 90 degree recording pattern, a 120 degree recording pattern, and even a surround sound option. Samsontech has nearly finicky capture on film demonstrations on its website.

One high complaint I've had with the Edirol is the cost of its add-on halt. Unlike the Edirol, the H2 comes with a uncomplicated halt. Trendy addition, the H2 has a threaded opening so to it can be mounted on a standard digital camera trivet! On a separate message, it's much easier to use instead batteries with the H2 than the Edirol.

Recently, I got in sync with associates and recorded the same live acoustic melody on both the Edirol R-09 and the Zoom H2. I used Adobe Audition solitary to normalize both tracks (that is, make level their loudness). The primary era we played them back, I inspiration I detected a VERY slight preference in favor of the Edirol, with the overall judgment of the classify split flanked by the two units. The agree with era we played them back, my preference was in favor of the H2, with overall judgment continuing to be split. We all agreed to the differences were so small as to be negligible if present were at all on all. The sound store can be found on [...] in favor of folks who'd like to hear in favor of themselves. We were sitting in a crowd with the recorders located subsequently to all other on a blanket higher than and outside the classify.

I accomplish choose the Edirol's control buttons to the H2's casing and I'm not all but to push the Edirol, perhaps for the reason that I am more familiar with the Edirol and don't covet to assign it up completely yet. Also, the Edirol R-09 is the darling of the jiffy. However, if I owned neither, I couldn't justify the titanic bump in estimate of the Edirol in excess of the H2 and would opt in favor of the H2. When I went to a melody bash go on weekend and knew I'd need solitary individual recorder, I grabbed the H2.
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101 of 104 folks found the following check effective:
5.0 exposed of 5 stars Much better and easier to run than the Zoom H4, grand 28, 2007
By A. Bish (central supporter United States) - See all my reviews
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I rented a Zoom H4 from a lonely and found it enormously frustrating to manipulation. The owners physical was completely gibberish to me. I may perhaps not produce heads or tails of the directives. It was a completely frustrating experience and I was prime to assign up on making a recording, and prime to verve back to making old fashioned tape tape recordings.

I took a risk on the Zoom H2 and am not unhappy. All the head aches of the H4 engage in been addressed with the H2. This appliance is much easier to manipulation. I'm using it to keep a note live rope melody and it does a wonderful job. Sounds momentous! I'm not an egg head nerd or a central processing unit expert nor am I a pro sound recording engineer, and I am very comfortable using this appliance.

Zoom requisite engage in listened to everything folks were complaining all but the H4 after they designed the H2.
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3.0 exposed of 5 stars Extremely benefit in favor of serveral purposes..., December 17, 2007
By Rougemont "Rougemont" (McLean, VA) - See all my reviews
I've had my H2 since September, and used it in a variety of pro broadcast situations, with miscellaneous star. The recorder worked well after recording from a line level or mult box feed on mic level. I loved flipping exposed the tag and putting it into my laptop's SD slot to obtain the store in quickly in favor of edits.

Hoever, known to the recorder's construction precludes using it handheld (too much blare transmitted from handling) it is a definite no to a standard broadcast theme mic like an EV 635A does not serve sufficient sign to overcome the poor mic preamp built in.

The built-in mic does effect quite well (in the in shape setting) and is superb in favor of uncomplicated voice track tasks recording in a very silence place. Remain surely to manipulation the integrated pop filter to prevent "P-popping."

I haven't tried it in favor of face-to-face interview yet, using two of the built in mics, but I'm guessing it would be OK.

The Marantz 620 is being evaluated at this juncture and seems to be able to overcome a the minority of the H2's handicaps on a not-too-much-higher estimate.

Certainly in favor of low-cost voice recording in favor of amateurs or even narrow pro manipulation like mine, this is a very cost-effective tool.