szerangue
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Sep 28, 2007, 9:50 PM
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First impressions of Zoom H4 and Edirol R09
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Well, today I unpacked the Edirol R09 first and began going through the manual to learn how to use it for Saturday's wedding. I found it very very easy to use. Very easy to set up and the manual was a breeze to go through. All of the controls are simple to get to and are very intuititive. I like it much better than the Microtrack (which it replaced) The only feature I feel is missing that would be useful is the remaining recording time. But updating the firmware from the website allows you to use a 4GB SD card which I should have trouble filling up. (I plan on using a .wav format at 44khz and 16bits so that is going to limit my time but with 4GB I think I should get about 6 hours and that should be plenty)
The Zoom H4 I did not like at all. I spent some time beginning to read the manual but soon found it too time consuming so began playing with the machine myself and using the manual as a reference. I found it easy enough to understand but very user unfriendly. The BIG issue was no way to put the record on hold, but not only that, it is so easy to touch the joy stick and stop the recording.. I found this unacceptable for what I had planned on using it for. The 4 track option was useless for me so this was not an advantage. I did find that the recording format was easier to change but primarily I never change this. The only feature I found that it has that was superior to the R09 was the remaining record time. I wish this feature existed on the R09.
The R09 for only $100 more is well worth the price, IMO. I sent the Zoom H4 back to Sweetwater and had them send me another R09.
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