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Qua wrote: > Hi, > perhaps I missed something... 4mics ? doesn't the Zoom H4 have a pair of > mini condenser mics angled in an X-Y pattern? The Zoom H4 has a pair of mini-condensers, and the H2 has FOUR minis. You can choose either of two pairs which give you different coverages (90 degrees for a tight coverage or 120 degrees for wider coverage) or you can record both pairs for a great quasi-surround ambience. dB > I just reviewed the new Zoom H2 for Acoustic Guitar magazine (March 2008, > Emmylou Harris on the cover). The fidelity is stupid good, even if you > happen to slightly overload the input. The four mics really do a great > pseudo-surround sound effect. I'd love to A/B the H2 against some of the > other hand-held recorders. At$200 US, it's a pretty sweet bargain. > Douglas Baldwin, coyote-at-large > www.thecoyote.org > coyotelk@optonline.net > > "The volume knob on your telepathy is your morality." > - Stephen Gaskin, The Farm > > > > > My old Zoom H4 is REALLY good at picking up the low lows, as long as > > they arent too hot. > > take that thing into the club and it sounds like youre there! > > Im curious how the new zoom handheld sounds with its pseudo surround > > sound and 4 mics... > > > > > > > > On Jan 1, 2008, at 5:32 PM, Qua Veda wrote: > > > > > For found-sound recording of low-frequency material, your mics and > > > record/storage(wav, mp3)/playback and the entire audio chain would > > > need to > > > do a good job at these frequencies. > > > > > > The spec on my Edirol R-09 handheld recorder says 20 Hz to 22 kHz, > > > but I > > > wonder ... I'm not set up to test it right now . Anyone have > > > experience > > > recording low-freq sounds? What kinds LF sources have you tried to > > > record? > > > trick/tips for this kind of recording? > > > > > > -Qua > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web LIVE - Free email based on Microsoft® Exchange technology - > http://link.mail2web.com/LIVE >