Double Bass Zoom h2

[kevinmoore73]

I *love* my H2. I've had it since they first came out, which I believe was the summer of 2007.

 

[McGryff]

Over on the (eeeevil) BG side of the fence, I read an interesting recommendation to run an Audio Technica Pro24 mic into the "mic in" input of the H2. It seems to be an affordable, directional stereo condenser mic that has a 1/8" plug, so it can be run right into the recorder. Some folk over there suggested running the Pro24 into the H2 and elevating it 8-10' to reduce crowd noise. If I wind up checking this out, I'll post my results, but if anyone's already tried something of the like, please let me know.

 

[kesslari]

I've recently gotten an H2, and it's a handy and high quality little device.

 

[derrenleepoole]

Over on the (eeeevil) BG side of the fence, I read an interesting recommendation to run an Audio Technica Pro24 mic into the "mic in" input of the H2. It seems to be an affordable, directional stereo condenser mic that has a 1/8" plug, so it can be run right into the recorder. Some folk over there suggested running the Pro24 into the H2 and elevating it 8-10' to reduce crowd noise. If I wind up checking this out, I'll post my results, but if anyone's already tried something of the like, please let me know.

Works fine. But I'd recommend a line level preamp for the microphone first, then into the line input. Less potential noise that way. Depending on which preamp you get, you can control variables better, such a bass roll off. I use a Visivox pre for my Pro24 and it works a treat. This has a boost feature, bass roll off, line in put, mic input, phantom power and is battery operated.

 

[Bunyo]

Hi Folks,
My drummer bought H2 and we want to record one song with it, every instrument separately, we are powertrio. What would be the best setting to record bass. I run my G&L L1000 through Mesa Boogie D180 on two 1x15 Road Ready cabs. Also can I record the amp from line along with cabs from mic at the same time ?
Any suggestions will be appreciated.

Thanks,
Luke

 

[mcnach]

The Zoom H2:

Pros:
Good price (easily replaceable if lost due to low cost)
Great recording options (stereo and surround)
Multiple recording formats (wav & mp3)
Portable
Durable
Great for gig or practice recording at reasonable to loud levels, especially with the in built limiter or compressor options enabled
An 8 gig card will give you 12+ hours at CD quality wav recording (which I have)
A great set of options included in the box like mic stand adaptor etc

Cons:
It's size is it's pit fall - no pro mic capability for example
Subtle or quiet recording is let down by noisy preamps, or noise with high gain using the internal mics (not extreme, but enough)
No remote control option
Body is prone to picking up lots of external noise through vibration
Recording is capped to about an hour or so continuously

Summary:
Perfect for band recording etc, but if you plan on doing really, really detailed recordings that you perhaps intend to release, you would be better with a higher quality solid state recorder with suitable mic options etc. Or obviously going to a studio

Recording capped to an hour?
That's not true. I routinely record 3h chunks in wav format. The only limit is the size of your memory card... and if you record as mp3 directly... that's a really long time you can record.

As for the preamp being noisy. It is no pro studio gear, but I record from full band to delicate acoustic guitar with it and I don't find it noisy...

Pick up noise through handling?
Why do you handle it? Sound will vary as you move its position. Set it on a tripod and forget...

 

[mcnach]

...and forget the 24-bit/48 kHz setting-- it's a waste of memory.

Indeed!
16bit 44.1kHz is more than enough.
And even 320kbps mp3, for the purposes that 99% of people use one.

 

[LowNote]

My M-Audio Microtrack 2496 is about to die and I need to replace it. Since M-Audio has discontinued this product, I need to look at other options and I'm hoping that some TB'ers have recently done the same. I'm aware that there are a number of additional choices that have become available in the last few years. Important to me are:
1. Removable replaceable batteries (a problem with the M-Audio unit)
2. Ability to plug in external mic's, ideally with XLR jacks but TRS 1/4 input would be acceptable.
3. The highest quality mic pre-amps possible. While the 2496 produced acceptable recordings, I'm sure I could have done better.

Alternatively, if there are some current threads on this, perhaps someone could point me in their direction.

Thanks.

Erik Hansen
Scotland

 

[Jazz Ad]

The H2n sounds significantly better than the H2. Less noise, more mixing and balancing capabilities, tighter tone, less sensitive to drums.

 

[Jazz Ad]

As an exemple, here's a recording from last week rehearsal.
Hi pass at 100 Hz for more clarity, a bit of limiting to make sure drums don't leak everywhere, normalized to mp3.
These operations were all done on the H2n. I uploaded the file as is.
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