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Bob Elliott
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8/4/2009 5:01:33 PM
---- Updated 8/4/2009 5:04:58 PM
The Zoom H2 Field Recorder is a Revolution for Me
They only cost about 150, and they have these stereo mics built in. Little hand held with an adapter that makes it fit right on a mic stand. Well, the quality on these guys mics comes pretty damn close to what I do in my studio with my At 3035 mic.
But the big difference is I'm not in the studio, I'm out in the wild and the set up is so simple it's like something you would have dreamed. Put it on the stand, press one button, pour out what you have.
This is a wonderful invention for people like us. Here is a track I did at the ocean. It's "Julia," the John Lennon song. Part of a series of stuff I'm trying to record for a demo. Don't know if this version is gonna be the keeper, but you can sure hear how the H2 works.
Gets you out of the claustrophobic studio and away fro the wires and machines, and right out in nature with your music front and center. I think I could load tracks done on this machine into my home recorder and use them as the center to dub on, too.
The guitar is my little portable Baby Taylor. The whole set up is pretty light and, can easily go backpacking with you.
http://iacmusic.com/songs.aspx?SongID=77592&ArtistID=8956
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8/4/2009 5:18:27 PM
I have an H4 and it's especially useful to me as an interface to my pc.
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LyinDan
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8/4/2009 5:35:05 PM
I have an H2, too!
I think it's great. Using it to collect 'found sounds'. The quality is good, and damn, you can even multitrack with built in effects on this thing!. Originally got it to collect song ideas and such. It's a little big for that, so I also carry around a leetle beety thing. And it does indeed serve as a computer input, too. Nifty!
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Bob Elliott
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8/4/2009 8:56:49 PM
Yeah, but what about that "Julia" on the beach?
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LyinDan
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8/4/2009 9:12:36 PM
no sound hear (here), so it'll be this eve :)
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LyinDan
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8/5/2009 3:31:55 AM
---- Updated 8/5/2009 3:33:48 AM
Hey, that came off very well! Nice balance, too. The waves are rolling in, and BE is laid back...
(Mine's an H4, btw, oops)
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never never band
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8/5/2009 6:54:24 AM
I bought the OLYPUS LS 10
24 bit 96 KHZ
I got it for my student journalists to do field recordings, interviews etc. and to plug into the board to Archive our radio shows.
I love it!
The built in mics are good, it's easy to use.
One of the best gizmos in my bag!
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The CODE
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8/5/2009 11:45:34 AM
Great recording Bob!
We have been using a portable recorder made by Roland
called EDIROL, the results you can hear here:
TCHLTWH
And this is what it looks like:
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Diego B
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8/5/2009 12:05:45 PM
I use a H4 as an interface to my PC, I should better go out to compose in the nature...
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Hop On Pop
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8/5/2009 1:00:55 PM
Excellent cover, Bob.
Sound more like John Lennon than ever. You bastard!
And, it looks like I need to pick up one of those Zoom boxes. You can multitrack on it, you say?
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LyinDan
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8/5/2009 4:06:32 PM
You can multitrack on the H4, four tracks. That one also incorporates Zoom effects like compressors, delays, ampsim, etc. The interface (leetle beety screen and lots of button pushing) takes a bit of learning. Straight ahead simple recording, though, push to arm and check levels, push again to start recording. H4 also has two xlr mic inputs with phantom power - very cool for external mics.
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Dreamhenge
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8/6/2009 2:29:51 PM
Looks like an old Electric Meter, the kind you had to shove shillings in back in the day in England! Cute..
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