Zoom H4

[Onkel Dunkel]

Ok, here´s a little first impression review:

Looks and feel:
Looks cool but it´s a little bit bigger than i thought. Still fits in a pocket though. It´s light and a bit too "plastic" for my taste and the menu/play-skip "joystick" seems like it won´t last forever. Other buttons are medicore quallity...

Navigation:
Menu are easy to navigate once you get a hang of it. The only thing that really annoys me is that you have to press the "menu" joystick to enter the menu but to navigate the menus you have to use a jog wheel on the side. Really pissing me off now but maybe i get used to it in time...

Internal mics:
I did a short recording of me playing melodica in the bathroom (recorded dry and no effects added). No comments on the playing please It satisfies my puposes. Judge for yourself:
http://hjem.get2net.dk/revolution/melodica.wav or
http://hjem.get2net.dk/revolution/melodica.mp3

External inputs:
Haven´t tried them yet...

Battery life:
It uses 2 AA sized batteries. I was out of batteries the day i got it so i used some used batteries (that worked fine in the remote or diskman) but it said low batery right away so i have a bad feeling that it doesn´t last long. I did charge some rechargables and they work for now but who knows for how long. It havn´t been much on since the change...

Features:
Built in XY condenser mic
2 external XLR/jack combi inputs with 24V or 48V phatom power
Records mp3 or wave format up to 24 bit, 96 kHz
Uses SD memory cards up to 2 Gb
2 USB modes, USB audio interface or storage mode (like a memory stick)
Can be used as a 4 track multi track recorder
50 internal effects (can only be used in 4 track multitrack mode, wierd)
Simulation of popular mics

Extras:
Comes with an AC adaptor and a holder for mouting it on a standard camara stand (great cause i have a small pocker sized one)

[jasedee]

Good stuff Onkel...

With any luck, I'll soon get my hands on this little beauty:



Putting a proposal soon for work to purchase one for the audio dept.

4 track, records to internal HDD or removeable CF cards, small, portable, rugged. Gorgeous preamps.

[Onkel Dunkel]

Looks nice