Zoom H6 for Video
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- Опубликовано: 12 окт 2014
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The Zoom H6 is one of two recorders include the Zoom H5 which was released to replace the H4n. With the H6, Zoom has added two more native XLR inputs with the ability to extend the H6 to 6 XLR inputs while placing each input on its own audio track. This is a great upgrade for videographers and podcasters alike.
But, there was only one improvement that mattered most to me...the preamps. Could this new device supply whatever microphone I'm using (Sennheiser lav mics, Rode NTG series shotguns or other) with enough clean power to impress? This was the H4n's fatal flaw, noise.
Good news, the H6 passed the test! The preamps are very clean and I'm extremely happy with what Zoom has done with both the H6 and the H5 which are essentially the same recorders on the inside.
The big benefit of the H6 is the additional channels. But this is only a benefit if you actually need them. If you are shooting video that is mainly just one microphone or just one person and a guest, the H5 is enough. It's important to note that the H5 can also be upgraded to the additional two extra XLR inputs for a total of four. But on both devices the additional add-on XLR piece does not provide phantom power.
So why buy the H6 over another device. Channels. With up to six channels of XLR input you can mic just about any situation and still run with a very small setup.
Other features I love of the H6 are the analog dial controls for gain on each channel, the color screen with audio meters, the separate line out and headphone outputs, battery capacity upgrade, interchangeable capsules though I wasn't impressed with the shotgun mic and I would buy a separate mic like a Rode.
What I thought was a negative at first turned out to be one of it's biggest assets. The ability to power the H6 via USB. Not only does this device act as an audio interface to your computer but it can be powered by your computer via the USB bus so that you don't have to waste batteries. But the huge advantage is the ability to run it off of a USB power brick. This will save you tons of money and lots of waste. And to top it off, in my test, when I disconnected the device from USB power while recording, it didn't miss a beat, still being powered by AA batteries as a backup and not affecting the recording.
So overall I love the H6. It's the recorder that I would personally upgrade to at this time. If I only needed a max of 2-4 channels of XLR audio, I would opt for the H5.
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Note: I also now use the Denoiser effect in Premiere on most videos, light processing in addition to those effects seen in this video
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Honestly Ray, brilliance is an understatement to describe your tutorials. Found this extremely helpful. Thanks a ton!
+Wasim Parkar wow, thanks Wasim!
LIFESAVER! Brand brand brand new to audio dlsr videomaking.. overwhelmed to say the least. Just got the H6 today --your video helped peel me from the ceiling!
Best video we have seen so far on the H6. Great presentation.
Thanks!
I agree, thanks!
Wonderful review. Just ordered mine!
Thanks for all the information, we just picked one of these up and are looking to shortcut the learning curve! This video is a big help!
Another fantastic review - thanks Ray.
Will definitely be upgrading my H4n after watching this - I was waiting for your seal of approval!
***** awesome, thanks!
Great video, Ray. Lots of information and high production values. I'll probably buy this nice bit of kit.
+Shaun Weston thanks Shaun! Lots of power in this little device. Worth the price.
Hey, Ray. I just bought the H6 and your video was really helpful. Congrats from Brazil :)
This is the best review of the H6 on Utube. Good comparison between the different models. This video is a good length and well taped. Good job....
Great demo. You answered a few unanswered questions I had. I'll buy one now with the EXH-6 capsule. Thanks!
Thank you Ray for this video! I bought the Zoom H6 to connect to the Rode NT4 for my RUclips videos. I had issues with my Sony a58 camera and the internal mic so I upgraded. Thank you for this helpful video.
Best review so far. Thank you!
+CaterpillarsTV thanks!
Best video about the H6! Thank you so much for doing this :)
This is a great review. Thank you, I'm buying this now.
Thanks for watching and enjoy the H6!
Fancy seeing you here brother. Loving the 36 Yard Zero!
Beautiful video, dude. Just bought the H6, and I'm loving it.
John Holzer awesome, thanks and have fun!
by far one of the best h6 reviews I have seen. and thanks for letting us know your opinion on the shotgun mic. I guess it's better to by that from another company
+oscargt23 thanks! I'd prefer something from Rode for a shotgun mic.
I like your decency.
I just bought h6 and your video help me a lot. thanks man
Awesome, enjoy the new gear!
I picked up one of these a while ago to replace my dead H4n. Really nice device :)
Ray, thank you for your professional presentation. I am in the business called court reporting, testimony taken down by steno, then transcribing legal proceedings such as depositions, but now I have moved into ASR, automated speech recognition.
As I can see with the special adapter we can have up to 6 Lavalier condenser mics XLR or using the VXLR adapters we can record six voices. The sound is impeccable and so easy to use a USB cable to dump the audio to the PC which has the voice-to-text technology. We would not use anything else and the H6 with 6 Lavalier mics is so light to transport.
Excellent overview. You video answered all my questions =) Thanks! Subbed!
This was a great video, it taught me some things about my H6 that I didn't know (total noobie). Thanks Ray, I've subscribed for more awesomeness.
+Dave Hartman thanks Dave!
I love my h5 and this looks great too. excellent review!
Thanks, they are the same pretty much, just more features on H6 but same internals!
Outstanding review.
Excellent video.. really well done review.. thank you!!!
very competent and sympathetic presentation! much appreciated from southern Germany and many thanks:-)
+derofficer tausend dank! I hope I got that right;)
Great work! Really like your voice!
The shot gun mic works really well aimed more straight and farther back.
A 128 gb card is very handy while recording clinics where they can drum 2 hours long without a break.
Appreciate your knowledge and review.
Take care, Pete
Thanks.
Excellent video !
great video!
Informative video. Thanks!
Awesome!!! this is what i needed. Ty :D Love your Videos btw. Helped me a lot
LewisFProductions Thanks for watching and commenting!
Great info! Thanks Ray!
Very easy to grasp review. Thanks!
Hi Ray,
I have a Sennheiser 416 and a Zoom H4N. I found that when outside with the Sennheiser that in certain circumstances it did not deliver enough power to the microphone. I nearly always had to have it set to 10 or the highest level and even so the output was only going to about -12 dB instead of the -6 that I wanted. Do you think that the H6 will deliver more power so that I can use the 416 fully?
Many thanks. You have produced a great video.
Brian
Thanks man this is amazing
Thanks I enjoyed the preview
Great review!
thanks for this review. I just started youtube videos and podcasting and this helped me make my decision to buy this with the boom mic instead of recording to my laptop using usb mic's.
+ricki evans cool, thanks Ricki. Good luck with your new gear and show!
Hey Ray. It's a really nice video! Especially I like the audio quality of this video. Can I ask which lavalier microphone you used for this? I have Sennheiser EW100 with ME2, and been looking for some nice Lavalier mics.
Awesome video, just bought mine today!
+Lazy Goat Productions nice. Congrats!
Thank You! That was very helpful!!!
fabulous review.
Thanks!
this review has convinced me to grab the zoom h 6 soon
thanks, great gear, enjoy!
thats what I`m looking for! Thank you!
Great video: no gimmicks, not too salesmanie, just straight forward great content
Thanks!
Thanks for the very informative review :)
Great tutorial ... thank you.
Great review👍
Great presentation!
Thanks, Alex!
Great review! Thanks
+Malick Tchakpedeou thx!
I have Zoom h6 and Tascam dr44 both great recorders but the zoom h6 is so simple and has more options. Still testing out the sound quality but loving it so far.
Hey, thanks a lot for this video. when I connect the mic to my mac via a USB port it goes grey on me although the mac sees it but it doesn't pick up any sound, do you have a tip for me?
Thank you for nice insight on this recorder :)
Thanks for watching!
Superb job my friend
+DJ Nu-Mark UncleNu thanks!
Great video Ray... I'm thinking about purchasing also.
Electronic Truth TV thanks!
Great video!!
Thanks!
Very good review. Thanks
Thanks, Leo
Thanks for the video.Jusr got mine
Today.
Can we record audio from zoom while record video from smarphone?
So we can get a video with audio quality that we take from zoom h5...
Nice review!
Forrest Rider thanks!
Ray. Great video! your review actually helped me decide to purchase the H6. My question is, how do I use timecode to insure that the audio is synched perfectly in post?
Great device that I have grown totally addicted to.
Thank you for your great demonstration with the h6n on 4:12 :) really a fonzie style attitude bro LOL
heyyyyyy;)
I was wondering, is the line out straight analog from the mic capsule to the camera, or is it converted twice, from capsule to digital and from digital to analog lineout and then converted again to digital in the camera?
How would this handle line level peaking up to +10dbU coming off my Mackie 2404VLZ4? Info on how it handles hot line level would be appreciated.
Best review. Now It's clear for me. Thanks :D
+Pedro Ítalo thanks!
Nice job; thanks!
Can you connect the Zoom h6 line out to two cameras? I'm using a blackmagic atem switcher with two Panasonic Lumix G7 for livestreaming.
Thanks Ray, great review. It's a tutorial. Awesome mate. Bravo. \
great video thank you!
Thanks for watching!
Thank you. I had issues with Line Out to a Canon 5D Mark III. Camera was set to Manual Audio and it recorded too loud. Should it have been set to Automatic? Or is there a setting in the Zoom H6 to control levels for the camera?
Hey sir, do i find the clear sound along the video when linked with camera.
Question?? How can I create 2 separate channels of audio that will go out the Line Out ? Is this possible - I want to connect a LAV in input 1 and boom into input 2 then feed that into my Ninga assassin ??? Please help
Still really useful, thank you 👍. Going to setup my RUclips channel and podcasts
Thanks, Eddie!
dope. thanks. excellent video.
thanks!
Hi Ray Brilliant Video! was gonna buy the H5 but the H6 leaves it for dead!!! So im 110% sold on buying the H6
Another well done review, Ray. Good job. Might have to sell off the H4n cause now I'm having tech envy.
I have absolutely no need for one of these.
But I want one and all the attachments. Even the shotgun mic.
Hugh Purcell nice, thanks Hugh!
***** do it!;)
Thanks Ray so much for this informative video as all yours are.
I'm considering buying one of this ( Zoom H5 or Zoom H6 ) to use it with Rode NTG 4+
No budget issue so shall I go for the H6 as it has more features.
and am I going to miss much if I pick the H5.
no need for more than 2 XLR input.
Thanks the video my question is if I use the line out to my canon 80 to record sound while shooting video will I still have to sync the audio? Or will my sound be ok in the recording on the canon 80D?
Hi Ray,
I am looking for an audio gear for video production and was thinking of buying Zoom H6.
But how do we connect the cordless lapel receivers.
+VIDEO EPPO wireless lapels will simply plug right into the XLR connection via the receiver unit in the wireless kit
Great Video, was hoping to see coming in the sorts of camera setting when you attach the zoom6
Thanks, John. For the camera, attach via the Line out and use the attenuation settings in the menu then use this tutorial to set your level ruclips.net/video/hAkuNBin-Mk/видео.html
Perfect thanks for the great advice.
Question about how to save audio files, possible to name them? How do you keep yourself organized in that sense?
Thanks for the video. I would like to know more about that equipment. Have you ever used it as a audio interface ?. If the answer is positive have you felt any delay problem while recording.
It would be appreciated if you could kindly respond.
Nice video Ray, please when are u gonna review the Zoom F8 too?
Thank you for this video. So helpful. I am new to video,recording and have purchased the zoom h6 plus 2 rode wireless mics. Do I need to be recording into the dslr as well as the H6? Also - it comes with a 2gb memory card - what do you advise is the most efficient size of memory card. You mention 64gb. Thanks again.
I have a question, when you plug in an xlr mic in to the zoom h6, does the h6 record the track in stereo or mono?
David Garmsen I believe it is option but it takes 2 tracks as noted in manual I downloaded
So, if I plug the line out conector of the h6 onto my DSLR, and then I record several video files with my DSLR... Then each of those files will have their sound already ATTACHED to the video inside the DSLR?
Or maybe I will have to export both the video file from the DSLR and the track/tracks that get recorded in the h6 separately? I mean, that late thing would be a pain in the ass because I would have to syncronize them.
Nice review. While you can record every input to separate channels, you can also configure channels 1 & 2 and 3 & 4 to record two separate stereo files.
*CASSETTE DIGITIZING USING AUTO RECORD*
Another feature I've found really useful makes use of this. When I want to digitize old cassette tapes I hook the output of the (auto reverse) cassette deck to channels 1 & 2 and set it to be a stereo pair. Then I turn on the Auto Record feature which starts recording as soon as it gets a signal. Once it's set up (audio levels, etc.) I just pop in a cassette, rewind it, then hit play.
When I notice the cassette isn't turning anymore, maybe hours later, I pop that cassette out and put in another. This gives me one file for each cassette.
When I'm done I load the files onto my computer and open them up in Audition, trim the start, the end and the delay between side one and side two. (I may do some other sweetening too like adjust the left-right balance, and clean up any noise.) Easy-peasy.
+Robert Shaver cool. Lots of uses. thanks for sharing and watching!
Thank you so much
👍
Thanks for nice video.
Thanks, Ramin.
I am very new with sound recorders and so!
When I record a interview i have much air sound on the recording sound! Do I have to turn on or off something to get very clear sound!?
You need to record in a relatively quiet area to avoid unwanted background noise and make sure you are setting your levels properly. After that, if your mic is decent, you should get some good audio. Make sure the microphone is close enough so that person can be heard without having to turn up the levels too much. See my video on setting levels ruclips.net/video/ka9cc1XzEwI/видео.html
Hi, I wanna use this for filming. I was wondering if I could use my iPhone's Camara?
Great review and I’m now subscribed.
I’ve heard a lot about this recording people speaking type of audio, but I’m interested in getting a Zoom product for recording a rock band. What are your thoughts on that application?
I'm getting a lot of white noise when recording. Is there a setting within my Panasonic GH5 that I need to change in order to not have this? Am I doing something else wrong? Thanks Ray!
Never used the GH5 but if you run the input too high then you'll get noise on pretty much every camera. So try and increase the level from the H6 and lower the level in the GH5 and see if that helps.
can the h6 be hooked up to a zoom q8 for doing videos. what type of chord connects the h6 to a camera? I was doing drum covers just using the zoom q8 but I want to step up my quality of audio and I also see that the h6 can be used as an interface.
Looking at the H6, to use as a body mount recorder that can run a Shure TL47 lav, while I Vlog
Can you record multiple inputs simultaneously? For example, can you record using the X/Y top microphone AND two separate XLR inputs, for total of three, at the same time?
Can i use zoom h6 on my samsung 8 plus mobile phone?
Can i use it while fimiling on my mobile?
I used to own the H4n and it was easy for me to record a track and listen to the track I just recorded while adding to that track but with the H6 I find confusing I just want to use it as a 4 track recorder can anyone help so I can record a guitar track and add leads to it
Great review Ray! Curious to know if this would be good for us podcasters? I have a few interviews at conferences coming up so want to have the right gear. Can you recommend a good mic for a conference lobby environment. Do you think the H5 will do everything I need. Also I record directly into the Roland at home (backed up with call recorder) will the H6/5 be good for this too? Much appreciated.