[LAU] Looking for advice on a field recording device

Brendan Jones brendan.jones.it at gmail.com
Fri Jul 26 15:38:10 UTC 2013


On 07/26/2013 05:04 PM, Julien Claassen wrote:
> Hello Philipp!
>    I have a Zoom h4n now and it is very good. It's not the tiniest of
> implements, but certainly easyenough to carry around. It takes a minute
> to start up, but then recording is instantaneous. It has two built-in
> microphones and you can change the angle between those two from 90 to
> 120 degrees. The self-noise is present, but OK. You can go to my website
> and check outmy field recordings to get your own impressions of its
> recording quality.
>    A friend recently bought a Zoom H2n. It's much smaller, doesn't have
> as many fancy recording options. I don't know, how fast this can boot up
> and I don't know the difference in sound. I can ask myfriend, what he
> thinks. He knows the Zoom H4n in comparison, since it was his. :-)
>    As to their own noise levels, you assume correctly. Since they write
> on SD cards, they are silent.
No direct recommendations here but I've also heard good reports from the 
Zoom. Toshiba is another option if you require stereo


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