One is a subset of the other, plus you have MS so you can use MS recording which is really great sometimes. So you can just use it as stereo, no problem, but if you want to do something different with the sound, it is there.
Environment sound: I don't see this, but I did not design it. It seems to be designed for flexibility. I mean, it is a cheap box, box the slightly more expensive cheap box has a lot of great features. It still will sound worse than a pair of $100 dollar mics. dt ----- Original Message ----- From: R. Mattes <[email protected]> To: David Tayler <[email protected]>; "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Cc: Sent: Thursday, November 7, 2013 1:16 PM Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: Zoom H1 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]
