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Ha! Very cool. Did you download the ASIO driver for it? I've not had any problems getting a great sound as an interface via ASIO... --Josh Per Boysen wrote: > Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 10:06:16 -0600 > >> Just thought I'd throw out a plug for the new Zoom H4. It works as a >> great 2x2 audio interface for Mobius (it has some built-in effects I >> haven't tried yet, but will work in audio-interface mode), and the >> other features make it ideal for collecting found-sounds or putting >> together rough song ideas on the fly. The built-in stereo condenser >> mic has really impressed me so far. I expected it to pretty much >> suck for the price, but I've been getting some excellent acoustic >> guitar recordings with it. >> >> Anyway, for the price, I'm really happy, so I thought I'd pass it along. >> >> --Josh > > > Someone posted and asked about latency. I just picked one up this > morning to check out, and may have some information to share. > Regarding the option to use the H4 as an audio interface the software > drivers are bad news. So bad actually that I would rather say that the > H4 is not usable at all "as laptop sound card". I tested it for hours > and although I used the largest available buffer I could not get a > clean sound from it. Not on Mac with OS X and not in Windows XP with > the dedicated software drivers. I'm glad I don't have to review it in > a magazine because the marketing of it is partly misleading. > > But the H4 is great for other purposes - just forget about that audio > interface dimension - like for example the stereo recording and the > effects. Good guitar sounds in there (Some people might want to use > it as a four track porta studio as well). H4 is also awesome as a USB2 > based SD card reader. And it rocks as a portable field recorder. I > like it so much that I decided to buy one as a replacement for my old > portable DAT recorder. > > And I did actually find a place for it in my laptop looping rig - as a > mic pre amp, merge box and input reverb unit :-) I feed the H4 with > one acoustic flute mic and one line level EWI synth clarinet. Then I > put a simple stereo cable from the H4 into the PCMCIA sound card Echo > Indigo i/o on my lappy. That's a minimal set-up that sounds decently > ok. Two instantly connected instruments of which one is electric and > can be used for heavily distorted sounds that would not be possible > with a microphone. > > Greetings from Sweden > > Per Boysen > www.boysen.se (Swedish) > www.looproom.com (international) > http://tinyurl.com/fauvm (podcast) > http://www.myspace.com/looproom > > > > > >