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Audiocorder reviews4/30/2023 From the instant the H2n boots up, you're only ever one button-press away from recording, with no necessity to confirm settings beforehand. The designers seem to have taken a no-nonsense approach to operation. Build & FunctionĪ switch on the top of the H2n allows you to select from a number of different multi-mic setups. That said, the battery lid is a reassuringly snug fit, and the build seems significantly more solid than some competitors I've reviewed in the past. The unit itself is very lightweight, but the two batteries add about 30 percent to the overall weight, making it feel more substantial. Other notable features include an external line/mic input supplying 'plug-in power', a miniature speaker for playback monitoring and a large, bright LCD screen.ĭirectly behind the screen on the reverse side is a compartment for two standard AA batteries, apparently giving up to 20 hours of use - which is 16 more than the original H2. A second USB mode turns the recorder into an audio interface, allowing audio data to be sent directly to a DAW and making use of the H2n's headphone output for monitoring. One way to import the H2n's files into a DAW is to pop the SD card into a USB card reader and plug that into a computer, but the recorder also has its own USB 2 socket, and via this it can be hooked up to a computer so you can read the card directly. Key FeaturesĪudio file-format options range from low-quality MP3s all the way up to 24-bit, 96kHz WAV files, and recordings are saved on SD/SDHD media cards of up to 32GB, which equates to many hours of CD-quality recording. ![]() In other words, Zoom's recorder is not so much a microphone as a collection of them, arranged so that classic multi-mic configurations can be achieved at the turn of a dial. Like Neumann's similarly shaped multi-pattern TLM 170R, the H2n offers a number of settings, but rather than using Neumann's method of altering the polar pattern characteristics of a single capsule, Zoom have installed four separate capsules (one of which is bi-directional) to enable M/S, X-Y and two flavours of '360-degree' surround recording. Indeed, although Zoom's latest brainchild has been given the 'Handy Recorder' moniker, it also qualifies as a versatile microphone in its own right. Glimpsed from afar, the H2n digital audio recorder could be mistaken for a microphone, as it has a similar shape and proportions to Neumann's popular TLM mics. Zoom's latest recorder ups the ante on the features front - even including M/S recording - but remains very affordable.
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