when it comes to Portable recorders there is a brand that comes immediately in mind
with years of experience in the industry of sound recording a long list of quality
products and the trust of many creators Zoom is a brand connected with good quality audio
welcome to the sound series a series all about sound I'm Emilio and this is the zoom H6 black
Zoom H6 is a portable digital recorder that can be used to capture top quality audio recordings
either directly onto the device itself or into your computer's audio recording and editing
software it takes four XLR inputs as standard and captures another two channels via the top
mounted stereo mic hence the 6 in the name after that a lot of different features and you have a
small tool that it's never gonna leave your kids no matter if you are a videographer a YouTuber a
musician a podcaster a sound design artist or just someone who is Enthusiast with audio with
the zoom 86 block you can record up to 6 tracks independently four with phantom power for those
of you who don't know what phantom power is you need phantom power to power condenser
studio microphones or a microphone like this this is the S mic 2 from DT which is a shotgun
mic that you can use on a boom you can record in either 12 or MP3 the most common setting for
recording podcast is 44 100 Hertz in 16 bit but of course with the zoom 86 you can go as high as 96
000 Hertz and of course 24 bit or as low as 48 kilobps on an MP3 version the zoom 86 black has
an SD card reader and also it has its own stereo mic as you can see here that you can
control the degrees on 9120 and I can connect it easily here and record sound effects record
voice record anything with these microphones on a set having an external recorder is crucial and I
can't forget what my friend Patrick tommaso told me two years ago never go on a set without having
at least two options for recording audio because one might fail and having an external microphone
with you always is a lifesaver you can do plenty of different things with a zoom 86 block you can
record your own sound effects library for example you can take it right now you can go out in your
city or in the mountains or in the sea wherever you're located and start recording sound effects
and having your own library for your video something that is always amaze me when it
comes to creating videos with your own sounds also you can record the sounds of your environment when
you are on a shooting you can have the zoom 86 on your YouTube setup to connect shotgun mics that
they need fathom power so if you don't have a an audio card that has the phantom power and or you
don't have a camera that has phantom power and you want to connect a higher level shotgun mic
you can use the zoom 86 or even you can use the microphones that are very thoughts you can have
it on a tripod have it on top point to mouth and believe me your sound is gonna sound a lot better
this is a test from the zoom 86 black now if you hear a lot of Pops or you want to record on an
outside environment you can use one of these place it on top and let's hear now the sound this is a
test from the zoom 86 black you can also use the zoom 86 to record music if you're a musician you
can connect one guitar two guitars a piano One microphone second microphone and you can have
a live session recorded right here let's see an example with my guitar and a microphone I have a
zoom 86 black connected here on a tripod I have my guitar connected a microphone and headphones
to monitor what I'm recording right now so let's go and listen from Zoom A6 [Music] Hit the Road
Jack and don't you come back no more no more no more no more hit the road attack don't you come
back no more also you can use the zoom 86 as your USB audio interface if you don't have an audio
card to connect other instruments or to connect other microphones and also you can use the zoom
86 block to record podcasts not only on a studio environment but wherever you want for example
you can take this go into the nature go outside in the street or in a studio and connect up to
extracts again I'm telling you for example here we have four xlrs inputs four microphones connect and
have a podcast with guests all together and recorded all of it here so you know what we
didn't say to the audience what did we miss we didn't tell them to like this video and place a
comment and what else and subscribe to the channel you know what to do another cool feature that the
zoom 86 black has is that it records a minus 12 decibel backup that means that on your SD
card you're gonna have a minus 12 in case you have recorded in an environment or your instruments in
the microphone is over in decibels and basically the audio is destroyed you know the class not
you cannot repair the Phantom plug-in power can be used with external mics that require a power
source to work inputs 1 to 4 can provide phantom power of 12 volt 24 volt and 48 volt the zoom 86
black also has a compressor and limiter this helps raise low level input signals and lower high level
input signals it basically takes the loud bits of your audio and the quiet bits of your audio
video and pulls them all closer together there is also a low cut filter this helps reduce the
impact of ungoded low sounds in your recording such as popping or wind handling noise I want
to say a huge thank you to zoom for sending me v86 black to feature on the channel I haven't
been paid to say anything so everything on this video is my own opinion and experience with the
A6 block if you are interested to get it I will have links in the description of this video down
below thank you so much for watching I'm Emilio and I will see you in the next videos [Music]