@@gordannikolic6001 Greetings to you too! It would be possible to record an orchestral CD with this tiny recorder in my opinion - but the producer would probably be shocked to see the engineer arrive with it! I have few chances these days to record classical music due to some complications in my life, but I hope at least to make some kind of serious recording with this device soon simply to show what is possible. Watch this space! :)
I've only just caught up with the DJI Mic 2! But this little recorder seemed to do a very impressive job. I've got an Olympus LS-P4 recorder, how does this Zoom H1 XLR recorder compare with that?
Well, I am not familiar with that one. But to summarise the main features of this one, it has no built in mics and it records using 32 bit float audio so there is no need to set the recording level. Well, in essence you can't! I have just come in from the garden at around 2am where I recorded some suburban night 'silence'. I could hear no system noise, but listening to playback through headphones turned full up, a train which passed along the line about 4 mins walk away sounded like it was coming through the garden! Although there are even higher quality recorders out there, for a price, I don't think I would be able to detect their better quality. The only thing is that the mic you use becomes the chief determinant of the final result. But these days, there are some quite decent ones which won't break the bank. Superlux s502 for instance, which is what I used for testing tonight. Anyway, check out the Zoom company videos for more details about the H1 XLR if you have any serious interest. Cheers!
It depends who you believe. Curtis Judd doesn't like them. I do. I think in real world field recording the chances of you being troubled by self noise would be very small. Well, are you concerned about self-noise (as opposed to room noise) in the sample in this video? I do concede that my ears are not young.
@@Misterdave998 I'm not a good person to ask, sorry. My mic collection hasn't changed for years and doesn't include shotgun mics. Well, apart from the Zoom MicTrak M3 but that doesn't need a recorder.
@@DA-lp4rh Generally, there is not much point in normalising in the device, unless you have to hand the recording over to someone else at once. And the process is less than real time so if it was a concert it wouldn't be quick! Also, normalising can have unexpected outcomes if, for instance, you accidentally tapped the mic at the start so normalising the file as is might treat that tap as the loudest part, and the rest could end up quiet. Normalising in the DAW can be done after chopping off that unwanted noise so the result would be in line with expectations.
@DA-lp4rh One word of caution about slow processing - just possibly it doesn't like my memory card. But I did check it using the built in utility. Nobody else has commented on this matter so their mileage may vary!
Truly high-end compact recorder
Great, such a simple combination of gear:-))))
Warm greetings Peter!!
Gordan
@@gordannikolic6001 Greetings to you too! It would be possible to record an orchestral CD with this tiny recorder in my opinion - but the producer would probably be shocked to see the engineer arrive with it! I have few chances these days to record classical music due to some complications in my life, but I hope at least to make some kind of serious recording with this device soon simply to show what is possible. Watch this space! :)
Came here from your post on Reddit! Subscribed, and I enjoyed the video.
The Zoom really is much smaller than I expected it to be
I've only just caught up with the DJI Mic 2!
But this little recorder seemed to do a very impressive job.
I've got an Olympus LS-P4 recorder, how does this Zoom H1 XLR recorder compare with that?
Well, I am not familiar with that one. But to summarise the main features of this one, it has no built in mics and it records using 32 bit float audio so there is no need to set the recording level. Well, in essence you can't! I have just come in from the garden at around 2am where I recorded some suburban night 'silence'. I could hear no system noise, but listening to playback through headphones turned full up, a train which passed along the line about 4 mins walk away sounded like it was coming through the garden! Although there are even higher quality recorders out there, for a price, I don't think I would be able to detect their better quality. The only thing is that the mic you use becomes the chief determinant of the final result. But these days, there are some quite decent ones which won't break the bank. Superlux s502 for instance, which is what I used for testing tonight. Anyway, check out the Zoom company videos for more details about the H1 XLR if you have any serious interest. Cheers!
How clean are pre amps?
It depends who you believe. Curtis Judd doesn't like them. I do. I think in real world field recording the chances of you being troubled by self noise would be very small. Well, are you concerned about self-noise (as opposed to room noise) in the sample in this video? I do concede that my ears are not young.
What reasonably priced shotgun mics do you recommend for this ?
@@Misterdave998 I'm not a good person to ask, sorry. My mic collection hasn't changed for years and doesn't include shotgun mics. Well, apart from the Zoom MicTrak M3 but that doesn't need a recorder.
Does the zoom h1 XLR fit into a pocket easily ? I want to do street interviews
It depends on the pocket.... it is small but deep.
62.1 mm (W) × 107 mm (D) × 39.3 mm (H)
164 g with batteries
Do have any opinion on the benefit or non benefit of normalizing the recordings from the recorder prior to downloading a file?
@@DA-lp4rh Generally, there is not much point in normalising in the device, unless you have to hand the recording over to someone else at once. And the process is less than real time so if it was a concert it wouldn't be quick! Also, normalising can have unexpected outcomes if, for instance, you accidentally tapped the mic at the start so normalising the file as is might treat that tap as the loudest part, and the rest could end up quiet. Normalising in the DAW can be done after chopping off that unwanted noise so the result would be in line with expectations.
@@Ozpeter thanks - Zoom advertises it as a "time saver" for post - but it just seemed like an odd step in the work flow.
@DA-lp4rh One word of caution about slow processing - just possibly it doesn't like my memory card. But I did check it using the built in utility. Nobody else has commented on this matter so their mileage may vary!