31 Jan
2010
31 Jan
'10
8:14 p.m.
Like many others here I have a zoom too, I got the newer h4n tho. All in
all they are quite similar I've only briefly tried the h4. The preamps
are suppose to be less noisy in the newer one but I suspect the
difference is quite insignificant. These devices are not made to make
super high quality recordings of quiet sources but you should get away
with a moderately played acoustic guitar, from a distance of, say 60cm..
using a pair of condenser mics with good output levels should also yield
better result. The h4n feels sturdier and less toyish than the h4 and
another cool detail is that you can twist the internal XY setup from 90*
to 120*. The h4 has nice cage's to protect the mics, the mics on the h4n
feels a little but vulnerable but on the flipside you get a hardcase
with it. With the h4n you can also use a special 4track mode to record 4
tracks simultaneously, internal mics + external inputs. All in all it's
a device well worth the money paid. I tried it as an interface too, I
couldn't get it running full duplex, ie. I had to use my internal card
as output. And I only got buffer size down to 512frames 2 periods @
48khz. However, I don't run an rt kernel atm..
Hi there,
I'm interested in getting a portable digital recorder, something
that can run on batteries or ac power (presumably through a
wall-wart?), that has built-in stereo mics, and something which
will take 2-4 line external inputs. I've seen a lot of such
things come on the market in recent years. Many have SD or SDHC
cards for their audio memory, which is fine with me as I have
an SDHC card reader in my computer. If I get one with a USB
interface it's my _requirement_ that it operate with Linux over
USB. The same would go for firewire, though I haven't seen any
of those. Some units record only in lossy compressed format
only, while others have uncompressed formats available. I would
prefer the uncompressed format to be available. I'd also need
at _least_ 4 hours of stereo 44.1kHz at at least 16-bit, with
something like 24-bit being more desired by me.
I'll be doing remote recordings, then bringing the audio home to
chop up with Audacity and/or Ardour, then authoring the result to
CDs.
So, what works well with Linux and works well in general?
Thanks people!
--
Kevin
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