All user reviews for the Zoom H2

Used 5 days, retourn the merchant.

I tried a lot of multi:
- The best noise level remains low MAGICSTOMP yamaha but it is no longer manufactured or follow fairly complicated to use, and apparently remains fragile
- The practical use and especially the beefier is undoubtedly the line6 pod with optional crankset, but the sounds are boarf ultimately particulirement live, and "amp mulations "not great (they give, even fiddling death not really want to play is pretty simple as test).

The zoom is pretty beefy but has no guts, not the beginning of an ounce of grain beginning whatsoever for OD, effects, cuts, I do not even speak synths. The only somewhat usable stuff is reverbs and stock and lead, very loyal rights, but rather as the data sampling. It's a shame the format and construction are great, but it would need the MAGICSTOMP the inside and they would all good.

Buy them for lack of better obviously, but you really need to have great effects and not round.

I use it mainly rp, but I've also used as a main microphone miking an amp! I for 6 years and I use almost every day.
What I like most is the quality of microphones and rendering and overall versatility of uses that can be made.
Another strong point, you can use it as his / micro USB card and it works very well even under linux, usb sound card recognized as the first time! This is perfect if you want to route the sound directly into your DAW rather than using the recorder H2
The downside is the shell a little cheap plastic and is fragile, have to be careful with this kind of stuff anyway!
Another negative, for cons, autonomy, I even stop thinking to use it without its power supply (except with usb, then no need to power supply).

I think one day invest in new generation H2N model I tried with a friend, it's a great slaughter again !! XD

These units are great for live recording. They have a good solid sound. I like the clarity of this unit for live band recording. They have a really clean sound and they can take a great deal of input volume. We just used some recording a live band www.chrislieckstudios.com. I like the sound for the money. I like the layout. I don't like the small middle knob. Some of the design layouts are a bit weird. The output usb has to have the right operating system to use it on and so that is annoying as is the output headphone jack. I think that they should consider more options for a hand held recorder but as far as sound it is solid. I would rather this be a metal casing than plastic that feels like metal at least that what I call it. I think an that if your using it for live recordings then you want to have a great deal of flexibility when recording for a band or if you use if for video more options as well. Some external recorders for field recording have multiple inputs and allow 4 inputs for lavalier mics and additional mics. I also want easier exportation of audio files. My real problem with these small compact recording devices is the screen size is horrible. You need bifocals to read the screen on most of the Zooms. It becomes annoying when moving from one recording to another and especially if you have several tracks of recorded. But back to the sound, it is good and sounds solid overall. I used it three times and aside from the screen and other issues I must say I was pleasantly surprised at the sound of the unit. It is a great sounding piece for the money. I don't like that it does work importing from what I find on 10.4.1 on Mac and if you have an older computer you may have to update your operating system so that is an issue if you want to do a direct transfer but you have an older operating system you have to go through hoops to make it happen. I would rather that by a plug and play on any operating system or just a basic output feature to send the .wav file to your desktop.

I bought this pocket recorder based on a recommendation of a friend. I was looking for something easy to use to record our band's rehearsals for playback. This device could not be easier to use, and makes simple recordings which rival or are better than those I have been able to make in the past with a fully featured four channel recording desk. The multitude of settings make it possible to adjust for a variety of settings and requirements. The manual is fairly easy to read and understand.

Using this recorder during rehearsals has greatly improved the speed with which our band is able to learn new material. With a minimum of hassle we are easily able to download the recording, cut it into songs, and post it for all members to hear. This is usually done before the next morning. Being able to listen to what we are playing after rehearsal allows us to disect the various aspects of the songs and work on the details, and also allows us to record versions for new members very easily.

The only thing I don't like about it is that the placement of the recorder in the room is your only real ability to 'mix' instrument levels relative to one another. You get the hang of this fairly easily, but it is not as easy as moving a slider up and down.

I think the recorder is great value for the money. I have tried to do similar things with mixing consoles and multi-track recordings before, and the problem with that method is that it could take a very long time to get even a single rehearsal recording up. To get full benefit from this activity, the recording has to be available to all bandmates very quickly. This device provides that facility while also providing great, almost professional, sound quality. It also works well within a lot of different environments, and has a wide lattitude with regards to sound levels and mixes it is able to accomodate.

I have tried other similar recorders, and although there are also many competitor products which offer similar levels of performance and value, this is the one which seemed to be the best combination of sound quality, usability, and value. I would definitely buy another if this one breaks or is lost.

I use it for more than 2 years

I tried Zoom H4 but too expensive for my needs. There is little difference "to my ears between H2 and H4. Finish quality is considerable cons. The H4 is more complicated.

What I love: it can be used quickly without "taking head" with the manual. Even the bad computer to arrive. However, you can configure it easily if we take the trouble between several types of microphones (front or back or forward more surrond, wma or mp3, etc.
I find it very intuitive and most importantly, it offers recording quality unexpected for a small budget (for singles, not a model group with 4 or more instruments)
I used to accompany singing and listening to my faults and correct (when possible)
I make song recently and it helped me grow a lot (although I'm not terrible)
I continue to save regularly and for me, this is a must have accessory!!
If it breaks tomorrow I bought a pronto!
defects: cheap plastic, tiny screen, Trapes treated with caution, but given the quality!!

The Zoom H2 is a hand held recording device they every musician must own. It really comes in handy, no matter where you are you can pull this bad boy out and start singing or recording a melody or anything that you have in mind. I have to keep this one me no matter where I am. If its not in my gig bag or pocket than its in my car. I can say I used this about 8 times a week. I get inspired in some of the wackiest places and with this technology you can really record some good stuff on the spot.

Don’t get this confused with just a basic hand held recorder that you can get at your local electronic store. This provides great quality, you could probably even record something and take it home put it in pro tools and actually keep the track, not just for a demo either. That’s how good it really is, I couldn’t imagine not having this on me at all times. I would probably panic if an idea came up and I wanted to record something really fast and I didn’t have it on me. That means I would have to use my phone to record and that just would be too much clicking just to record a quick clip and the quality wouldn’t be good either.

With the Zoom H2 you get high quality recordings no matter where you are at and they are all at the push of a button. It fits right into your hand and its very handy, trust me you have to get one of these. I am so glad they have made these because I use to use the old ones with the little tape in it that was made by sony. This one is way better than those old ones. Also, no pesky menu’s to navigate through to get to the record function. Its all right there in front of you just push and you are good to go. Great price and a great product.

This is the H2 hand held recording put out by Zoom and Samson Technologies. It offers all sorts of recording options in one unit. I believe their are 4 microphones inside of it. You can even record in 5.1 Surround Sound.

I needed a recorder quickly so that I could do an interview for a blog that I write. I had an MP3 player that could record by wanted something better. Every search hand held recorders around $100? Yes, TONS of them out there.

I was looking for easy to use and good sound quality. The Zoom looked like it offered the best recording quality at a fair price. I paid $199 which included a bundle pack of the much appreciated wall plug, a 2 gig memory card (plenty of recording time) and a gig bag (protects decently)

It sounds great! I a/b'd it with my MP3 player's recorder. I knew it would crush it but I was impressed by how much better the sound was. I was using it to interview someone and the audio was crystal clear. I recorded it as an MP3 file.

I was impressed with the stereo spread. Listening back through headphones it feels like I'm actually there. I can't wait to record a band with this.

It takes a bit of a learning curve to use it. This can be frustrating and could lead you to losing valuable information.

They could have made it a bit more user-friendly.

Fits nicely into my hand as well is into my pocket. It feels adequate construction. I could easily break this (not that I want to throw away $200!) but it does not feel flimsy or cheap.

Make great sounding recordings with this budget-friendly, handy recorder.

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It's a complete kit, with the recorder, stand, microphone stand, A/C adapter, pop filter, carrying case, headphones, USB cable, and a 1 GB SD card to store your songs. Also, the headphones that come with it are decent.

I use it to record samples of myself, shows that I play or attend, or to record scratch demos.

I got it because I wanted to not have to lug my computer and DAI setup to wherever I was recording. I wanted an easy way to record whatever was going on around me, especially shows I was performing in to keep for potential CDs, demos, or just to send out as part of my resume for future gigs. I got it from Best Buy at $169.99, which isn't the cheapest for one of these, but I had $50 in gift cards. If you don't, I recommend going somewhere else.

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It's metal and heavy duty, not plastic, unlike some of ZOOM's other products. The kit literally contains everything that I could possibly need to do some solid recording, other than a PC. I also like that there is absolutely no software to move the files from recorder to PC. It just turns into a USB drive, and you move them to your own directory. No clutter, no mess. The microphone selection options are pretty sweet too, and being able to have a surround sound option really surprised me. Also, there's a port for an external microphone. Sound quality is solid.

The external microphone jack is only an 1/8' jack, not an XLR. Sure it'd be hard to put an XLR on something this small, but I hoped at least for a 1/4'. Now I need another attachment. Note that this doesn't hurt the quality of the sound or the unit, but it's something I would have liked to have spelled out for me, as this requires an attachment and would likely come as a surprise to many.

Like I said, it's heavy duty and solid. I'd like to see the stand that comes with it not made out of plastic, though. I think it's odd to make everything heavy duty and then make a dinky stand without felt pads or anything, especially when the goal is to minimize vibrations from outside sources, such as through the table it's sitting on. Bad call, ZOOM. That alone loses you one star. And I'm going to make myself a new stand for this. Out of metal and felt.

Fantastic unit. great sound quality. Surround sound is a really cool and unexpected option on it that makes the unit well worth the money. The learning time is less than 10 minutes; ZOOM is well known for easy to use products. The stand and the unexpected 1/8' microphone jack cut it back from a perfect score, though. I'd give it a 4.5 if I could, but I don't have that option, so it rounds down to a 4.

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Purchased in 2007! There was no real equivalent to the price at that time. (MicroTrack was more expensive).
Still going strong in 2012!
The +: small, practical travel
The -: mic preamps

Be careful not to confuse the H2 and H 2 N (new model)!

I use the H2 to record atmospheres (choose 90 ° or 120 ° is handy but beware the doc made a mistake on the stereo as 90 ° angle stereo recording is actually larger than 120 ° !).
I also use it for music lessons, recordings in a hurry etc.
The problem of the red record button mentioned in the previous novel is painful. But can be set using the "automatic trigger" for registration. No need then to press it twice!
Do not rely directly use the Zoom H2 mic inputs as they blow too. on the other hand, one can use a preamp to use an external microphone as the input line of H2 is not blowing too. I tested and the first dual USB (ART preamp cheap) and the result is correct.

Given the current competition, I think 150 euros is the maximum price of H2. Beyond that, it's abuse.

I use it less than a year
studio and live recording

is the first micro digital multifunction I use

registration is neutral
with very good dynamic
and a lot of possibilities, 5:1, Stereo 120 ° or 90 °, or by mono
in wave, mp3 or various quality
of hours' recording
with two batteries

frankly, I do not even understand all the musicos do not have a
is a pure killing, and I'm zicos stage and studio for 23 years

to purchase, and again, again and again and especially to advise

the more I use it now to make my acoustic guitar made in the studio
(In fact, having tried many config, the best, cheapest and most effective is the zoom)
I put it in mono
I record in mono headset twice
Then I import into logic audio wave
and it is a pure killing

I think his guitars Matthieu Chedid def do with as

I recommend it 100 000 times
especially for the price

- How long have you use it?

Command Thomann Monday reu and the following Friday. It is therefore only five days. Take this notice to Premire a grip!

- What is the particular feature you like best and least?

The H2 is lightweight, holds well in hand. The grid of microphones is mtallique and seems solid. As against the rest of the hull is trs 'plastic' and actually quite 'cheap'. The screen is a bit small but enough to use (it is clear rtro. The buttons are too small but my taste seems ractifs enough for now.
It is fully stocked with accessories (I even surprised t!) With a microphone stand adapter, a small support for the table, a wind screen, SD card 512 MB (!), A carrying case, Stereo headset, a USB, a cable to plug into a string and a Stereo adapter.
Only the batteries are missing the call, but it supports many rechargeable batteries and even has a feature on the menu for estimating More precisely their service charge.

Setting function is trs fast and the menus are fairly intuitive for common functions. There is also a large selection of SETTING THE compression, MP3 64kbps MP3 to WAV and 320 kbps Stereo in the 16bit/44kHz 24bit/96 kHz. It is also possible to record in surround (4.0) in 16bit/44 24bit/48 kHz or kHz. It accepts SD 4GB chard and the recording time is therefore 8333 minutes 116 minutes (over 4GB).

I test the bte during the weekend for some home recording solo (guitar + voice). The offering is pretty easy and the whole is sensible. The quality is really good with no audible breath test (in Wav and MP3 and Stereo). For better dynamic can refine rglages, but 'out of the box' your exact is really nice for a music lover (I am not pro, away from!). Given a nitre can judge the sound level and the LED flashes when the microphone the sound saturates. With the headset can be judged IMMEDIATE rsultat of recording with fast forward, which is great practice.

I also test the H2 as a USB microphone plugged into the Mac. IMMEDIATE is the recognition and use in Garageband is simple (in Stereo, I did not test 4.0). When the connection is chosen if the H2 is used as a micro or SD card reader. In the latter case the transfer speed is fine but I would use trs probably plutt a photo card reader (I have a bad exprience with the USB ports of such devices!).

- Have you tried many other models before acqurir?

I had the H4 but silent in hand a bit too expensive for me and I will not use the micro supplmentaires taken. For cons, I have the video in HD and H2 seems to me a great camra complment my Canon HV20 to record surround sound (although I must test a).

- How do you report qualitprix?

Difficult to judge whether the price of this product will fall, but say that 200 euros is honnte and did not much competition on the market (especially in surround recording)

- With the exprience, you do again this choice? ...

the exprience is a bit short for now, but I think so.
I put 9 / 10 because of the somewhat 'cheap' plastic.

- How long have you use it?
For a week, but used in different situations. Radio interview, rehearsal (rock band), output line-table ...

- What is so special that you like most and least?
Getting started is easy, the user manual in French is quite clair.Livré with windshield, microphone clip adapter classic foot to place it on a table, cables (USB, RCA-jack), cover, and headset over a 512Mb card (competitors offer a 64Mb!)
The sound is good, precise microphone (must not dream that is not a static at the same price) less wheezing than some models, four microphones to capture all the sounds around. Registration 4pistes or 2pistes.Les Sample Rate in 24bit 96khz j'usqu'a make zoom h2 recorder nom.Pas worthy of the blast line input, and microphones are three very useful sensibilities with a rock band think a huge drop volume (the digital saturation is not pretty!), the grid of micro buttons seem solid aussi.La USB microphone function is very convenient and works very well, immediately recognized by programs like sound -forge ... As soon as the H2 is connected in USB is alimenté.Les auto batteries and SD card are accessible.

Cons: as stated in the previous opinion Greg, sounds are audible in the box, like all such recorders and microphones are not well suspended (the metal screw does not change). The keys are a bit small doigts.Pendantl big for my registration no way to pause (hopefully a maj firmware!), not practical either to read the menu, enter a name, to clear, or to adjust the metronome by exemple.Les compressor Integrated limiter and should be used with moderation, not too effective!
The plastic side of the gear is fragile.

-Have you tried many other models before buying it?
I tried a long time the MD of Sony, its very good but now outdated, Olympus WS200 voice to mp3 max64kbs (it's a voice recorder to the base!), The Edirol R09 parrait even more fragile than the H2 and the sound is much "whistling," much less well equipped (SD card, no headphone ...) over and above 150euros! The Marantz PMD 660 is more expensive but more pro nothing to say.

- How would you rate the quality / price?
value for money is exellent, one wonders why others are so expensive (edirol r09, boss micro br, m-Audio MicroTrack)

- With experience, you do again this choice? ...
Yes, but in a few months the market will explode and new offers are coming!

- How long have you use it?
A month now. € 189 bought in late thommann.de 08.09
- What is so special that you like most and least?
Most:
- Ease of use "I turn and I record", the various shooting modes (90 °, 2ch and 4ch surround, rear 120 °), the sound quality for a camera in this price range, the settings compressor / limiter / auto gain (8 + modes 3 levels on the case) that greatly facilitate the sound for those who are not experts in this area, weight, possible recording in MP3 VBR (and all others), the possibility of using them as micro USB (compatible with ASIO4ALL, 5ms latency at 44.1kHz in FLStudio), the transformer power supply also works with my ZOOM B1, the doc-quality (but only in English ), the fact of not having to install a specific Windows drivers.
the -:
- Noise when you touch the box! ZOOM obviously did not consider the feedback from the H4. It's pretty bad, it is almost impossible to clean by taking a holding in his hand: contact noise of the fingers, over the headphone, etc. .. We can use the adapter "handle micro" that can be mounted on a microphone to hold it up as a true micro "lollipop", but the screw system between ZOOM and the adapter is plastic and some slack (ie, shaking a little, we always sounds box) frankly not a good metal screw that can tighten a bit much would have solved the problem. These stories sound of contact are very sorry for making a box of audio products for 20 years not to have thought of that. Cost problem?
- Breath a low level (eg sound recording in the wild, ~ -20 db), even with the AGC (automatic gain control) set it right. I think it comes from the built-in microphones more than the device itself, for cons for higher sound levels is inaudible.
- The complexity of menus for some commands (eg delete a file, 10 keystrokes)
- Naming files by default (why not put the date and time instead of ST00x.wav??)
- The window of the empty stack warning message that appears every 3 seconds and you can not remove, which makes manipulations very annoying when the batteries are empty. (Hint: even if you have Ni / MH, do not choose this type in the settings otherwise it will display the window while he is still room for bcp make recordings)
- How would you rate the quality / price?
excellent.

- With experience, you do again this choice? ...
Yes.

I possde the H2 for ten days and I must say I am delighted.

I prfre home is his versatility, judge plutt: in an object as small functions are accumulated audionumrique interface of USB key, multi-format recorder (44.1, 48, 96 Khz in 16 or 24 bits, the smallest mp3 DBiT at lev), we can choose to save with 2 or 4 microphones Intgr having the camera in hand or on a possible base or a microphone stand ... and I forget, such as the possibility of compressing records ...

I do not like is the touch aspects of plastic. I said to touch because the visual aspect is of good quality and a small dception Treint me in the first tactile contact.

The quality-price ratio is amazing me. I also possde Micro Track 24/96 M-Audio is a good micro pocket but Exceeds the H2 is more versatile, more compact, with better ergonomics, etc ...

If c'tait again without hsiter, I sign again: think so, I no longer need to lug a sound card + microphone with the laptop, the H2 does everything and does almost no space. And the quality of the audio is thundering ...

I command and REU in September at Thomann.
I tried it with me to record my guitar (you can hear perfectly well all the rats!), A singer friend (and the sound quality is amazing given the size of the microphones and the price of gear).
Then baptism of fire: recording of the concert by Chuck Prophet Brussels. Rglages: limiter spcial concert, Reduces volume a bit, mp3 320 kbps (I test with my string DIFFERENT rglages bottom to avoid any saturation).
Your exact trs is good, low trs Submitted (many HP does not support this level!), Electric guitars are excellent. The voices are back, but this is the conditions of registration (first row, right in front of scne, facing a beautiful Fender guitar amp, while the voice on the dub sound also, emerged plutt latrales speakers). Never saturation, despite a volume trs lev. I have no bones in rglages AIFF, because I only had a 2G card in addition to the original map of 512 M (the stingy!).
Main quality: report quality sound / space
I have not tried before, since the H2 went into my budget and any other device of the same level of quality is the price.
The report is qualitprix dcoiffant.
For now, it has no competitor in its crneau.

- How long do you use?
I do not spend more since October 2007; t'allumes, record yourself, even not need to read the instructions!

- What is the particular feature you like best and least?
For me it is the tool IDAL:
- It allows me to record my concerts and my rptitions (I think the quality is sufficient to CDs dmo), it is also used for taking notes, recording a studio .. . Unlike what is said in other opinions, it can be used by hand, provided they do not seek to manipulate buttons for recording, with a little tact I could do interviews or field surveys (almost) without noise.
- It is compact, the cover is provided with super cheap but there are at Dcathlon 7 Euros for a bag fits the subject and all the essential accessories: tripod, USB cable and the windscreen wind, which must be added the spare battery, 2 or 3 SD cards of 2GB, a small USB card reader and a strap "tour-de-neck" that I produced starting from a small piece of threaded rod pierces a ct to fix a cord, it is very practical to use the H2 as an MP3 player or to make recordings with an external microphone (as with my micro- Soundman headset): more noise manipulation and both hands are free to do other things during that time (for example, and I recorded an internship while I was playing batucada!)
- It also serves as MP3 player, even if it is not very practical: Can not modify or rename the default tree on SD cards, and navigation is laborious but it works even when!

- Have you tried many other models before acqurir?
the question did not ask for because budgtaire: currently there is no other equivalent device that price on the market ...

- How do you report qualitprix?
absolutely perfect, even if I think the competitors will line up and new products will dbarquer, when you think that just three years ago, you had to use an MD or dpenser 1500 Euros. ..

- With the exprience, this choice would you do?

Yes, hsiter, but I have put that 9 / 10 because:
- The DBiT via the USB cable is slow (o intrt of a small card reader)
- It is rev-hungry batteries (you can not disable the microphones when used only in reading and / or shipping, and you have NI-Mh prvoir of at least 3200 mAh)
- Can not rename files or otherwise hold, which makes finding files tedious if you want to use MP3 player you must rename the files that contain accents.

NB if you want your recordings CONTRL effectively on the ground, do you think of a team headphone closed (almost indispensable, adding to the budget to purchase)