Anyone Here Have A Zoom H4 Recorder?

kenposurf · Post by **kenposurf** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 12:50 pm

How do you like it? Thanks!

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 12:59 pm

I'll be getting one soon...

kenposurf · Post by **kenposurf** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 5:41 pm

Soon is tomorrow..should be cool!

lyle_from_minneapolis · Tue Feb 13, 2007 6:29 pm

Wow, they just get smaller and smaller...

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 12:14 pm

This guy gives good reviews:

http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2007/02/01/review-zoom-h4-handy-recorder.html
The review sounds good, however I'm also looking at some others which may have better features (one weakness of the H4 is the difficulty in monitoring gain levels when recording).

This one looks promising, especially if you are going to use external mics:
M-Audio MicroTrack 24/96
http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2005/11/30/m-audio-microtrack-review.html

To me, the Marantz PMD660 looks like it might have better features:
http://www.d-mpro.com/users/folder.asp?FolderID=3629&Tab=Overview
Although it's a bit heavier (1.1 lbs vs 6.7 ounces for the H4) I doubt that is a real issue unless your name is James Bond.

And there is the Edirol R-09:
http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2006/08/31/edirol-r-09-digital-recorder-review.html

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The H4 is definitely good. A friend as one and we both recorded my band live at the same time... he with the H4 and me with my big heavy carotoid mics --> mixer --> cd burner. When uploaded to my computer I really couldn't tell the difference in quality.

I'll be buying one of these for sure and I hope there will be some lively discussion her on the pros and cons.

kenposurf · Post by **kenposurf** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 2:58 pm

The band chipped in and bought one...so far just used for recoding practice...looking forward to see what else we can do. The learning curve seems lees steep than the Yamaha we had.

sharkboy · Post by **sharkboy** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 4:12 pm

My extreme non-techie music partner has one of the Zooms and has recorded some nice things with it. You kids should do fine with yours.

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 4:28 pm

the basic Marantz PMD660 gets some negative reviews but this one is specifically modded for live music recording.... no internal mics... you must use your own, and its more $$$, and its bigger/heavier. However, all that aside, I suspect that this would capture higher quality live concerts than the Zoom.

http://www.oade.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=OBA&Product_Code=PMD660ACM-GND&Category_Code=PMD660ACM