Portable Recorders
I’ve been looking at those little portable recorders for a while now. I keep hearing how good they sound, so I ordered a “warehouse resealed” Zoom H2 from Zzounds. I want to use it to record rehearsals and shows, so the band can assess how we’re sounding. I think it would also be cool to record things in the wild and make “found sound” loops ala Califone.
Evidently, there’s also a new Zoom recorder coming out, the Zoom H4n, that will be a step up from the H4.
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I hope that you’ll like the H2 as much as I like mine. It’s great for simple live recordings.
I don’t use any of the built-in features, as the screen is pretty small for my old eyes. I usually record a set in wav format, pull the SD card, then import the file into Sonar. There I can trim it to individual songs and export to mp3 if needed.
I’ve found that it works great on stage if you’ve got a decent monitor mix. Recording on-stage removes the boomy-ness of the room’s acoustics. (Send me an email and I’ll give you a link to a recording I made last week.)
Murray