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Why I love my Zoom H2

 
 


fr0gm@n
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Oct 18, 2009, 11:24 AM

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I have a Zoom H2 and it's main job is recording musicians at weddings. The ambient mics do such a nice job. Stick it in the middle of a string quartet and it's like you are sitting there again when you listen to it. Yesterday's wedding had a sax quartet that was really good. Here's a song from the recording. No filters or additional effects added. The H2 was sitting about 3 feet away from them on a railing. I did boost the volume a tiny bit but no post processing on the recording to sweeten it. This is why I love the H2

www.frogmanproductions.com/video/SaxSample.mp3

I know the H2 isn't best for direct feeds but for this purpose it is a great little tool

Why does a gorilla have big nostrils.......cause it has big fingers.

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Scott Brooks
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Oct 18, 2009, 12:21 PM

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Excellent stuff!

I have the H2 as well and just ordered two H4n units. Hopefully these three can cover the music and podium for me. I needed to step up a bit when it comes to audio.

You couple will love that quartet sound.


fr0gm@n
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Oct 18, 2009, 12:32 PM

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Yup....I wanted to nail the audio yesterday. The bride used to play sax in the University of WI marching band so it was kind of a special thing for them. The person in charge of the quartet is going to call about getting a copy for their own use.

Why does a gorilla have big nostrils.......cause it has big fingers.

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Scott Brooks
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Oct 18, 2009, 1:01 PM

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Yup....I wanted to nail the audio yesterday. The bride used to play sax in the University of WI marching band so it was kind of a special thing for them. The person in charge of the quartet is going to call about getting a copy for their own use.
Very cool.

I did shot stills for a wedding a couple of weeks ago and I'll be darned if they didn't have one heck of a brass quintet. Very professional.

I'm starting to think I need to take my Zoom with me on all occasions whether it be for photography or video ... "just in case."