10 Feb
2012
10 Feb
'12
10:11 a.m.
2012/2/9 alexander <axeldenstore(a)gmail.com>
Sometimes I've thought about buying a Zoom H4n (or another similar) just
Good to know those things. Thanks
for the same goal: recording stereo overheads
along with 1 mic for snare
and 1 for kick (3 mics technique). Now I know it works, and quite well as I
can see. BTW, very useful that tip of using room emulation with close
overheads.
Thanks for the extended info.
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Carlos sanchiavedraz
* Musix GNU+Linux
http://www.musix.es
It works, it's a little bit clusmy.. And the pres/converters have terrible
dynamic range so if you play loud on the snare you'll clip it at lowest
gain, imo it's not really noticable tho.. it has some limiting function but
ifaik they're post ADC so they're not really usable as a clipping
safeguard. It's noise floor is also quite high so it's not suitable for
recording low SPL sounds in a quiet envoirment. You'll easily get away with
an acoustic guitar tho. Nonetheless, it's a handy little device, comes with
a hardcase and fits in a pocket..
Also I believe (at least the time I bought mine) the h4n was/is the only
device that has simultaneous 4 channel record function.. so if you look
into these things don't assume 4channels just because it has onboard mics
and 2mic inputs for external mics.
At the beginning I thought every device similar to H4n (pocket recorders)
could record all the inputs at the same time, but later I noticed that
there are some that had a limited number of channels to record at once, 2
normally.
It's great to be able to record 3 or 4, you could record 2 OH, snare and
kick just with a little device. It's not the best, but definitively is very
useful.
Maybe nowadays there is another device that can handle 4 inputs and has
better recording quality.
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Carlos sanchiavedraz
* Musix GNU+Linux
http://www.musix.es