What is the crowd's opinion of Zoom H2n Stereo/Surround-Sound Portable Recorder, 5 Built-In Microphones, X/Y, Mid-Side, Surround Sound, Ambisonics Mode, Records to SD Card, For Recording Music, Audio for Video, and Interviews?

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I've been using this for the exact reasons you mention, internal preamp. It also it allows me to record to SD in remote settings (down at the train tracks)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005CQ2ZY6/ref=ppx\_yo\_dt\_b\_search\_asin\_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I know of a few AP podcasts that use a handheld recorder for their at home games and they sound pretty good for the price. You also don’t have to worry about mic technique or anyone being off axis, you can just focus on the game.

It won’t sound as good as everyone having their own mic, but it’s also a much smaller investment. And you can always upgrade later if y’all want to get more serious

I like this guy. It’ll do omnidirectional and record all in one, but don’t take my word for it. zoom H2n

The Zoom H2n field recorder is a pocket sized stand alone unit that doubles as a USB microphone so that it doesn't need an interface if your recording direct to your PC.

Its very cool 'cause it doesn't need a PC or an interface or cables.

Zoom H2N. Great little pocket recorder. It's got an input for mics, it takes SD cards... And the built-in mic ain't half bad. You can set gain manually, or you can put it in auto-gain mode.

Perfect for recording quick clips. Just hit the button and it goes. Perfect for recording jams. Put it in auto-mode, hit the button, stick it in the middle of the room in 4-direction mode. Boom.

It's unwatchable and unlistenable. I couldn't make it past the 2nd minute.

• Get a decent audio recorder. Here's a good choice. Don't alter your voice, you're not a whistleblower.

• The stock images were seriously gay. Don't do that.

• Doing a youtube video has to have actual video, unless your audio is overwhelmingly compelling. But listening to awful audio and looking at stock photos doesn't cut it. Shoot actual video.

Take Hunter S Thompson's advice, "Anything worth doing, is worth doing right."

Ah, I was confused about what you were going for. Then yes, the Tascam or the Zoom H2/H4 would work wonderfully. I would still recommend against that particular package that you linked to. Just buy the unit and maybe a stand.

Actually. Cancel last statement, looked it up and the package is only $7 more than the unit by itself, so feel free.

Link to H2

http://www.amazon.com/Zoom-H2N-H2n-Handy-Recorder/dp/B005CQ2ZY6/ref=sr_1_1?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1392611003&sr=1-1&keywords=zoom+h2n

It's the best audio recording, certainly, but the poor mic couldn't handle the high amplitude of the sonic booms and attenuated the sound. Most cameras didn't do any better.

Here's a (loud) recording where the camera didn't attenuate the sound, but mostly because it didn't pick up low frequencies really at all, so there's no bass to the boom.

If it had been me making the trip out to one of these, I would bring along something that can actually do events like these justice. This classic recorder, for example, would have provided much better sound than any of the recordings I've heard thus far. (Speaking from experience -- I've used it to record things like thunderstorms and booming fireworks.)

>Due to lack of tech support, I wasn't able to record my live lectures.

I spent too much time a year ago "upskilling", which is what our admin called it when they told faculty to learn how to be tech support, instructional technologists, and web designers so we could meet student expectations...

Obviously too late to help for last year when it was needed most, and shitty that your school even puts you in a position to need to find a work around yourself, but I recommend a Zoom h2n mic (not affiliated with Zoom the streaming company). After tinkering with the settings, the sound quality is decent even when recording in a classroom. You can record directly to the device's SD card or connect it to your laptop with a usb cable to save the recordings directly to your machine. You can edit the audio (e.g., to cut the full class audio into clips to attach to individual slides, to remove tangential discussions, student questions or personal disclosures, etc., as well as to clean up background noise and other artifacts, or boost voices) using audacity (free for windows, macos, linux). You can add the separate short audio files to individual slides (pptx or html) or add the full (and/or cleaned up version) to a video of your lecture using avidemux (free for windows, macos, linux). It sounds like a lot, but unless you're doing extensive audio editing the process only takes a few minutes per lecture after you get the hang of the workflow.

I use this one. I was blown away by the sensitivity and quality of the recordings.

https://www.amazon.com/Zoom-H2N-H2n-Handy-Recorder/dp/B005CQ2ZY6

You'll probably spend from $100-$300 depending on the model. The Zoom H2N is on Amazon for $159, it's a good recorder. You might be able to find a used one on Craigslist or something as well - I don't know how long you have to find one. Make sure you have the right cables though, you want to be prepared when you go up to the sound guy. Most boards will be either 1/4" or XLR, but you could need male or female so it's best to have both of each (a little excessive but since you can't find out ahead of time it's best to be prepared).

Here's the H2N on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Zoom-H2N-H2n-Handy-Recorder/dp/B005CQ2ZY6/ref=dp_ob_title_ce

There are a bunch of options though, I would recommend doing some research to make sure you get what fits your needs!

I'll do my best to explain the difference with recording through the mic vs a recorder, but I'm not an audio engineer so I apologize if I don't do the best job!

So the Rode mic is a shotgun mic, it's very ideal for interviews and for picking up single source direct sound. However a live show is very loud, it has a lot of different noise going on, and it's extremely dynamic - this will be too much for a shotgun mic and it will sound distorted, and just in general not a clean sound from a live show.

Here is an example I found just googling "live music rode mic" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoLLlj1LJB4

It's super muddy and distorted, and that's not even a loud rock show!

Now the sound guy will have each person on the stage mic'd up, and he will have those feeds, and be mixing them to send the sound back into the room - you will be hearing clear vocals, guitar, drums, etc. This doesn't always work out with recording since they might not mic up everything for a smaller show (like drums), so you will also want to record with your Rode so you have both (if it sounds good you can use both audio feeds together).

Basically instead of recording all of the sound at once through a single microphone that isn't meant to handle that, you're getting a professionally mic'd feed of each of the individual sounds, that will result in a much cleaner sound. Also, if you can't get a board feed, the Zoom has built in microphone's that will sound significantly better than a shotgun mic for live sound, so it's really a win either way to use that (and with that you'll just want to find a central spot that you can leave the recorder during the show, most likely by the board).

Example of a live show that's using audio from the mixing board: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KtauhB6400

See, even though the video there is kind of shitty, and it's outside (which would add to poor mic quality) - it's not too bad because the audio is good. That's just a Zoom mic plugged into the mixing board. You can have below-par video with good audio and it's not bad, but you can have great video with bad audio, and it's going to look like shit.

I hope that was helpful!

Gonna put out a vote here for the zoom h2n

https://www.amazon.com/Zoom-H2N-H2n-Handy-Recorder/dp/B005CQ2ZY6

It's an absolute trooper, perfect for field recording/a quick practice session, hooks up to a computer via usb and can act as a nice mic for lessons/whatever. Its tough, small, and batteries last for a damn long time. HIGHLY approved.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaPiA83Kcn8

Here's a soundclip of me playing with one

Can you connect the audio-out from the sound level Meyer to the input of a digital recorder? If so, you can record the calibration signal so your audio is calibrated. Then you can use the free Audacity audio editor to parse it and get FFT frequency response spectrogrsms. Or if you are serious buy Spectra Plus. http://www.spectraplus.com/index.html

A digital recorder like the Zoom https://www.amazon.com/Zoom-Surround-Sound-Microphones-Ambisonics-Interviews/dp/B005CQ2ZY6/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?crid=2656ZAE2SVRVL&keywords=digital+audio+recorders+handheld+zoom&qid=1663253670&sprefix=digital+audio+recorders+handheld+zoom%2C... Or Tascam https://www.amazon.com/Tascam-DR-40X-Four-Track-Recorder-Interface/dp/B07N3FDT3M?ref_=ast_sto_dp Should work well.

I used that type of setup for years until I bought a dual channel Sinus Samurai analyzer.

Ok thanks a lot! Another user suggested this (https://www.amazon.it/Zoom-H2N-Registratore-Digitale/dp/B005CQ2ZY6) but idk how i feel about batteries, what do you think?

I use the h2n with a 20 dollar cord lav mic found on Amazon. Zoom H2n Handy Recorder

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005CQ2ZY6/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_cMnqwbR77MHKV

I am using xoom h2n, but you can find something cheaper.

Your biggest problem will be ambient noise. Each microphone has polar pattern, it is how good it is at recording sound from specific direction.
Next trick is record at start 10-20s of 'silence' where you are recording an ambient sound and use that to clean your track, noise reduction - software dependent. Don't expect perfection especially if you are in environment that has a lot of other sound sources and surfaces to bounce them around.

I use a Zoom H2n

I really like recording our band with it. The really nice thing is you can set up a wave pattern to record 360 degrees. It will record in stereo on two different channels. This effectively allows you to somewhat adjust volumes on four channels once you bring it into Garageband. So during practice, I set it in the middle and record us playing.

Here's us using the Zoom H2n on the song 'Across the Great Divide'.

Ti rispondo io: ZOOM H2, oltre a essere un ottimo microfono USB è un registratore a se stante con scheda SD. Su Amazon è a 168 ma in giro lo trovo anche a meno