Zoom H6 Pro Handheld Recorder

[KohanMike]

Don't you have an iPhone/smartphone? You can use the camera app to record, or download a voice record app, both will work for your situation.

 

[gazzatriumph]

I've used a Zoom H1 for ages, use it to record rehearsals and to learn new songs that the band may play differently to the original. It has headphone socket and is easy to download on to a computer very simple to use and sounds like all you need.

 

[djmay]

I have no experience with Zoom, however I have used Tascam DR-40X as you described, once. A DAW is much practical for this purpose.

 

[mcnach]

I'm looking for advice on recording my practice sessions

i'm using headphones with the tiny Blackjack amp ( uses two AAA batteries )

so many ideas are coming to me. i want to record them

i don't have a DAW or MACBook set up

the blackjack is doing just fine
but now i want to record ( NOT a professional recording ) it for review later

any suggestions appreciated

The H6 is great, but if you don't need multitracks etc... I've been using a Zoom H2 since they first came out. The mics in that thing are surprisingly good. If you place the H2 appropriately in the room you can get very clear sounding recordings (better sound that many of the live albums I used to treasure as a teenager).

 

[groooooove]

I used a zoom H4n for this recording (and literally countless others)


I now own the H6 and find I miss the H4n. the H4 had all you needed to make nice quick recordings. the above sample is the built in mic mixed with the direct signal from the board.

I find the extra stuff on the H6 to not be useful in the situation where you're using a handheld recorder. boasting 6 inputs, at that point you should just get an interface..

but that's just me. The h6 is a well made and worth the money product, but if i was recording gigs and rehearsals (what i use zoom recorders for mostly) i'd buy another h4 over the h6.

 

[One Way]

I have a Zoom H5 Pro that I’ve used to record band practice sessions and live performances for several years. It is a high quality piece of equipment and every once in a while I wish I had the H6 for the extra inputs.

One piece of advice I took, and I’m glad I did, is buy rechargeable batteries. I’ve used the same set of 4 rechargeable batteries for at least two years and they are still going strong. The H5 will record a 3 hour session on one pair of batteries; they seem to use about 25% of their charge per hour of use.
This video was recorded using an iPhone for video and the H5 for audio. Please excuse the clams, two band members elected to bail at the last minute and I had two other friends join in with only a partial rehearsal of just a few songs.


Although I could have used the phone for both audio and video, the audio quality is better with the Zoom recorder. I think you’ll be happy with the Zoom H6 for quite a while.

 

[BassDad1964]

I do fill in work for a few different bands so I record any rehearsal opportunity with the zoom. I suggest get the free Audacity program for your computer. you can download the whole file from the sd card then eliminate all the unwanted dead time and just save the parts you need. I bought mine at a pawn shop for $60.

 

[Hasty]

I have an H6 and use it to record the room audio during practices, and have used it with several mics and the DI out from my amp going into it and I also use it as my primary audio interface with Logic Pro.

It's a great gizmo and do not regret the purchase one bit.

Older and simpler versions like the H2 and H4 might be all you need, and I believe they even have guitar effects which are missing from the H6

I agree. I've got a few different recorder/interface type devices and it's probably one of my favorites. I also use it when our band livestreams over Facebook or Instagram. Sometimes I'll run separate mic channels, sometimes just the two included condenser mics. It interfaces very nicely with my iPhone using the camera connection kit and always sounds great. I also appreciate the dual recording option with one at the level you set and a secondary backup with a -12dB pad. That's saved me more than once.

 

[ahbradot]

I have "four" Zoom H2N that I used in my wedding business while filming video. They were priceless as backup. Now I repurposed them to record my bass.

 

[dbsfgyd1]

I'm looking for advice on recording my practice sessions

i'm using headphones with the tiny Blackjack amp ( uses two AAA batteries )

so many ideas are coming to me. i want to record them

i don't have a DAW or MACBook set up

the blackjack is doing just fine
but now i want to record ( NOT a professional recording ) it for review later

any suggestions appreciated

If I understand it, you have no amp, or nothing for your recorder to pick up. Are you recording with other instruments or a recording? For instance

I have a Tascam recorder and it has a line in jack of which you could just feed your black jack into it. You zoom probably has one as well.

Or, if you if you have something like this, you could play with your media plugs your blackjack into this and use your Zoom to record ambiently.

 

[suraci]

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27010973[/URL], member: 223009"]If I understand it, you have no amp, or nothing for your recorder to pick up. Are you recording with other instruments or a recording? For instance

I have a Tascam recorder and it has a line in jack of which you could just feed your black jack into it. You zoom probably has one as well.

Or, if you if you have something like this, you could play with your media plugs your blackjack into this and use your Zoom to record ambiently.

i have one amp. i think it’s the now obsolete F-500 mark bass

but i’m experimenting with a new kind of living. i live in a medium size car in sunny san diego? used to freak me out but cops haven’t hassled me
or anywhere where i’ve parked

update this very week it’s dawned on me how the tone of an instrument really turns me OFF or ON
here’s the surprise for me
the cheap little headphone amp. blackstar. makes ALL the difference to
me. on my cheapi $2-300 fender 5 string.
The blackstar is the difference between my daily practicing and saying the heck with it. That’s not exaggeration.

i want to remind you sensitive types, like me - the TONE of your instrument is VITALLY important
ok you already know this
so have i. yet This inexpensive little headphone amp. just turned me on big time .
there are different effects in it .. and i turn them off . what i end up with is highs that make my bass sound modern to my ears .
if you would (last month )have told me ‘you are really going to like playing bass through headphones. i would have been skeptical.

 

[suraci]

My next challenge is how to get that blackstar “sheen” ( baked in ) on a real amp for live

i own a 63 jazz that marcus miler had a deposit on. and i will be damned if the more modern sound of the blackstar and the cheap mexican fender is not my preference now

but getting the sound in my phones into a live amp IS A REAL CHALLENGE

I’m thinking there must be some type of “box” i can plug into ( i’m an old guy. i know you guys know all about electronics that are coming out all the time )
but i need to figure out the amp. the cab and the electronics. that’s a challenge

mind you. this is a passive set up
since the mexican fender is cheap
i suppose it can be changed to active and passive. but I ALREADY got the sound i like with blackstar and head phones as a passive bass

 

[suraci]

I apologize if adding related topics to the subject of the thread. is uncool
let me know please

ok. i bought the ZOOM H4N
i downloaded a great tutorial as well

i bypassed the blackstar with headphone - to zoom. and while
it sounded ok. the sound
loses that modern sheen of the blackstar

i have to learn how to use blackstar with zoom device, WITHOUT compromising the tone of blackstar

you “guys “ are going to kill
me if you buy blackstar and wonder why i’m going on and on about it ?
i do not work for tnem. matter of fact i will knock it.. i used it twice and had
to return it for a new one. so quality control sucks

i’m not promising you guys will like it
it’s just the chemistry of that squire bass with the mackie phones and blackstar - plus my set of ears

 

[Leo Smith]

Get the cables so you can plug the output of the Blackstar to the input of the Zoom. Then as you record, listen with your headphones plugged into the zoom.

 

[suraci]

Get the cables so you can plug the output of the Blackstar to the input of the Zoom. Then as you record, listen with your headphones plugged into the zoom.

I ask this same question in another thread but
how can i hear a yt track in phones , possibly with the Blackstar!