H2 Handy Portable Stereo Recorder

Zoom H2 Handy Portable Stereo Recorder H2

* W-XY mic patterns with 4 mic capsules and indication giving out allows Front 90 cardioid, Rear 120 cardioid and 360 polar patterns
* Finally documentation 360 sound as 2ch data or 4ch data all together
* Built-in USB 2.0 haven in favor of data storage space
* Records in WAV 96kHz/48kHz/44.1kHz by 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 unadorned notion: Provide brilliant stereo recording in an easy-to-use, ultra-portable device. Now all can documentation pristine audio in an extreme 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 nix substance what did you say? Kind of melody you act or the instrument you join in, the H2 can effortlessly documentation it in high-quality stereo.

Why Four Mics are Better Than Two
90 degree Pattern
90? Pattern
Record from the front by 90?
120 degree Pattern
120? Pattern
Record from the front by 120?
The H2 is the barely 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 all together in favor of unparalleled stereo imaging.

But the H2 doesn't sojourn nearby. For ceiling flexibility, you can documentation from the front of the H2 in a 90? Pickup pattern or the rear of the H2 in a 120? Pickup pattern by up to 96 kHz/24-bit motion as a WAV walk in single file, or as an MP3 walk in single file by bitrates up to 320 kbps. Additionally, you can documentation in a 360? Pickup pattern by up to 48kHz/24-bit motion 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 so as to is incredibly straightforward to wastage. One button recording, collect controls on the region and an intuitive user interface mean you can continually capture the minute. Set your levels, advocate documentation and go away. It's so as to unadorned. Or wastage the Auto Start and Auto Gain Control functions to ensure complete capture by the genuine level. And if you need to fine-tune your levels on the run away, we made it straightforward with collect control buttons on the front panel.

Play it Back!
Play your recordings on your fatherland audio organism with its 1/8" stereo output or pay attention to your work of genius with headphones. Or, wastage 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 certificate is incorporated. The constituent can accommodate up to a 16GB SD certificate, allowing up to 24 hours of absolute recording while using the 16-bit/44.1kHz WAV format. At 128kbps MP3, you search out an amazing 280 hours of stereo recording. Store your recordings on a PC or Mac with its USB 2.0 interface. And you can wastage its while stamping function in favor of reference in production. Or wastage the H2 as a USB Mic in favor of recording right away to a laptop.

What's Life Without Accessories?
The H2 comes with earbuds, 1/8 move slowly stereo to RCA cable, mic clip adapter, stand stop, USB cable, AC adapter and a 512MB SD certificate.

Ultimate Convenience
The H2 weighs 4 ounces and fits in your abridged in favor of the ultimate in portability and convenience. Two standard alkaline AA batteries will create you 4 hours of unbroken outfit and a backlit present process it's continually straightforward to wastage in some state of affairs.

Enjoy Your Brilliance
Brilliant stereo recording in a well-situated, user-friendly package process there's by no means been an easier way to documentation anticyclone quality audio. The H2 gives all the power to documentation whatever thing and share it with everybody, anywhere. You'll be amazed by your sound.

Features:

* W-XY mic patterns with 4 mic capsules and indication giving 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 by 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 reminiscence certificate incorporated
* Accommodates up to 16GB SD reminiscence cards
* Auto Gain Control (AGC) in favor of pristine recordings
* Auto Start function process you're continually prepare to documentation
* Low-cut filter eliminates wind clamor
* On-board chromatic Guitar/Bass tuner

H2 helpful Recorder Features by a Glance
H2 facial appearance anotated
The H2 helpful Recorder brings the ultimate in functionality and versatility to portable digital recording. A vindicate, backlit present facial appearance recording levels, while code, walk in single file tag and residual battery life. LEDs indicate Front, Rear, 2 Channel or 4 Channel modes and the recording tilt: 90?, 120? Or 360?. An Active Mic LED is on the front and back of the H2. Transport controls include lone button recording, playback and pause, fast presumptuous and reverse. Use the Menu basis to enter the control menu and the pointer keys to navigate through the highlight sets.

Within the menu, hard recording parameters such as direction and polar pattern, activate the Auto Start function and hard walk in single file format. And you'll get extra settings like Auto Gain Control to pressurize somebody into positive your recordings are continually pristine. And you can fine-tune your levels on the run away with the Record Level buttons on the front.

H2 region facial appearance anotated
On the missing region 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 time as well.

On the genuine region of the H2, you can plug in a powered 1/8" outer stereo mic. Setting levels is straightforward with a Mic Gain slider in favor of Low/Medium/High collect. You can too digitize analog recordings with the 1/8" Line popular.

Use the USB 2.0 Interface to move your records to a PC or Mac in favor of storage space, expurgation and playback. The while stamp function is imposing in favor of reference in production. And you can even wastage the H2 as a USB mic and documentation right away to your favorite digital audio software.

For brilliant stereo recording, and prosperity of extras, there's by no means been a simpler or more functional solution than the H2 helpful Recorder from Zoom.

Product Description
It's a unadorned notion: Provide brilliant stereo recording in an easy-to-use, ultra-portable device. The H2 is the barely portable recorder with 3 mic capsules onboard in favor of mid-side recording. A directional mic is in the hub (mid) and two directional mics (side) are positioned missing and genuine. The audio is decoded instantly, bringing these three signals all together in favor of unparalleled stereo imaging. One button recording, collect controls on the region and an intuitive user interface mean you can continually capture the minute. Set your levels, advocate documentation and go away. The H2 records on Secure Digital (SD) media and a 512MB SD certificate is incorporated. With a 4GB SD reminiscence certificate, the H2 provides up to 2 hours recording by 96kHz, 6 hours by 44.1kHz, or up to a staggering 138 hours in MP3. Play your recordings on your fatherland audio organism with its 1/8" stereo output or pay attention to your work of genius with headphones. Or, wastage the H2's USB interface to move your recordings to your Mac or PC to pay attention, edit and share. 512MB SD reminiscence certificate incorporated; Accommodates up to 4GB SD possible reminiscence cards Auto Gain Control (AGC) in favor of pristine recordings Auto Start function process you're continually prepare to documentation Low-cut filter eliminates wind clamor On-board chromatic Guitar/Bass tuner Two standard alkaline AA batteries will create you 4 hours of unbroken outfit and a backlit present process it's continually straightforward to wastage in some state of affairs Pocketable - Weighs barely 4 ounces



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5.0 on show of 5 stars seeing that help as the Edirol R-09 in favor of on the subject of partially the charge!, November 12, 2007
By d-18v (USA) - See all my reviews
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A time in the past, I wrote a lengthy comparison of the Edirol R-09 WAVE/MP3 Recorder, Black and the Zoom H4 helpful Recorder + 2GB Accessory Kit (pre-accessory kit). I wanted a anticyclone quality, straightforward to wastage recorder, so even though the H4 had all of the facial appearance of the Edirol and sold in favor of considerably take away, I reserved the Edirol as it was so much easier to wastage.

Zoom has responded with the H2, a scaled down version of the H4 with all of the facial appearance of the R-09 and all of the controls genuine anywhere you need them. The H2 even has extra facial appearance finished the R-09, but they don't search out in the way. For model, there's a cream of the crop of a 90 degree recording pattern, a 120 degree recording pattern, and even a surround sound option. Samsontech has approximately good videotape demonstrations on its website.

One elder complaint I've had with the Edirol is the cost of its add-on stop. Unlike the Edirol, the H2 comes with a unadorned stop. Popular addition, the H2 has a threaded pit so so as to it can be mounted on a standard digital camera stand! On a separate take note of, it's much easier to restore batteries with the H2 than the Edirol.

Recently, I got all together with acquaintances and recorded the same live acoustic melody on both the Edirol R-09 and the Zoom H2. I used Adobe Audition barely to normalize both tracks (that is, even out their loudness). The main while we played them back, I belief I detected a VERY slight preference in favor of the Edirol, with the overall belief of the collection split concerning the two units. The following while we played them back, my preference was in favor of the H2, with overall belief continuing to be split. We all agreed so as to the differences were so small as to be negligible if nearby were some by all. The sound records can be found by [...] in favor of individuals who'd like to hear in favor of themselves. We were sitting in a circumnavigate with the recorders located after that to all other on a facade higher than and outside the collection.

I achieve rather the Edirol's control buttons to the H2's crust and I'm not on the subject of to put up for sale the Edirol, perhaps as I am more familiar with the Edirol and don't lack to create it up absolutely yet. Also, the Edirol R-09 is the darling of the minute. However, if I owned neither, I couldn't justify the enormous bump in charge of the Edirol finished the H2 and would opt in favor of the H2. When I went to a melody event keep going weekend and knew I'd need barely lone recorder, I grabbed the H2.
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5.0 on show of 5 stars Much better and easier to work than the Zoom H4, majestic 28, 2007
By A. Bish (central helper United States) - See all my reviews
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I on loan a Zoom H4 from a ally and found it exceptionally frustrating to wastage. The owners blue-collar was absolutely gibberish to me. I possibly will not pressurize somebody into heads or tails of the advice. It was a perfectly frustrating experience and I was prepare to create up on making a compact disk, and prepare to go away back to making old fashioned videotape tape recordings.

I took a fate on the Zoom H2 and am not sad. All the head aches of the H4 assert been addressed with the H2. This device is much easier to wastage. I'm using it to documentation live succession melody and it does a wonderful job. Sounds imposing! I'm not an egg head bore or a laptop expert nor am I a certified sound recording engineer, and I am very comfortable using this device.

Zoom necessity assert listened to everything those were complaining on the subject of the H4 as they designed the H2.
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3.0 on show of 5 stars Extremely help 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 certified broadcast situations, with miscellaneous accomplishment. The recorder worked well as recording from a line level or mult box feed by mic level. I loved flipping on show the certificate and putting it into my laptop's SD slot to search out the records in quickly in favor of edits.

Hoever, certain so as to the recorder's construction precludes using it handheld (too much clamor transmitted from handling) it is a definite pessimistic so as to a standard broadcast discipline mic like an EV 635A does not supply an adequate amount indication to overcome the poor mic preamp built in.

The built-in mic does exert yourself quite well (in the genuine setting) and is outstanding in favor of unadorned voice track tasks recording in a very ease place. Subsist positive to wastage the incorporated 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 time and seems to be able to overcome a a small number of of the H2's handicaps by a not-too-much-higher charge.

Certainly in favor of low-cost voice recording in favor of amateurs or even some degree of certified wastage like mine, this is a very cost-effective tool.