On Thu, 7 Nov 2013 12:11:56 -0800 (PST), David Tayler wrote > The H2N (not the H2) has many features that are not available on the > H2, and has five microphones.
But what for? The H2/H2Ns capsule setup is designed to caputure environment sound. That's fine if your goal is a live podcast, you are a journalist etc. In my recordings I'm usually very glad to _not_ capture all that coughing, feet shuffling, whispering etc. from the audience. If you really want to capture an audiophile rendering of the room you play in you need a much more elaborate micing. > No point in buying the H1 unless you > want something more compact. Price? Compactness? The H1 is an impressive practising aid (and that's what the OP was looking for). While practising at home, I usually have my Zoom (H4, the H1 wasn't arround when I bought mine) connected to my Netbook as an audio input. It's much easier to do fast playback with DAW software and I can control recording with my keyboard (or from my smartphone on the musicstand). > None of the Zoom products will sound as > good as a pair of decent microphones, but the H2N is small, easy, > compact and has a bunch of mics. dt What comparisons did you do? (please, no forum folklore). I compared my Zoom inbuild mics (same capsules as the H1/H2) with some external mics both connected to the H4 (this is one of the main benefits of the H4, you can connect external phantom-powered mics) and to an M-Audio Microtec. My results: the difference for _usual_ usecases (i.e. no CD/DVD Production) are pretty neglectible. Or: the Zoom capsules are rather impressive. The week part of all Zooms is the A/D converter, which is a bit noisy compared to the ones used in the M-Audio Mircotec or the Tascam handheld recorders. For recoding rehearsals, practising sessions or the occasional concert recording I'd go with the H1. Cheers, Ralf Mattes > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Stuart McLuckie <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: > Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2013 9:39 AM > Subject: [LUTE] Zoom H1 > > I want a recorder to improve my playing and it seems that the Zoom H1 > would fit the bill. However, the Zoom H2 seems to be the favourite home > recorder on this list. Does the H2 have any significant advantage > over the H1? > > Cheers - Stuart McLuckie > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- R. Mattes - Hochschule fuer Musik Freiburg [email protected]
