This is the zoom h5 that I recently purchased and I'd just like to go over six
points just to highlight why I chose this recorder over the others that are on the market.
The first reason is it's an all in one unit you can pull out of the
bag the microphones are already attached and you can start recording
There is recorder called a Tascam DR60DMk2 and it's a great recorder- the reviews
that i've seen on it show that it is a very good recorder but it doesn't have that
ability to be stored in a light bag pull it out and start recording
with the microphones already attached The second point is improved pre-amps
Over the Zoom H4n that had noisy pre-amps this one has been improved by
zoom and it certainly is a real bonus the third thing is it still only uses 2
AA batteries unlike the DR60DMk2 it uses 4 batteries and
again the reviews show that it's quite power hungry where as this little unit seems
to last quite well just on just two batteries so it's a lot cheaper to run.
The forth thing is that it has old school knobs you know like we used to have years ago
well in the previous model to this you had to go into the menu system select
Import and turn the volume up and down to me that would have been a real
game-changer but now they have got standard knobs and that to me seems like a
really good option as well you can simultaneously record four channels with
this unit. You might think thats a bit excessive and look there is a model
called the Zoom H6 that has 6 inputs
because I just work on my own just with enthusiasts type recording I didn't see
myself using 6 inputs and that's why I didn't choose the H6 plus of course
the budget came into it as well as the H6 is a lot more expensive
than this one you still have the ability to remove the head on this one
just like they H6 and place another module to put
two XLR microphone inputs into that so you still have that option so four inputs
to me seem like a great idea and it's simultaneously is able to record four
separate channels and put those into four separate files, its just a great option if
you're editing in an editing suite The sixth thing is that you have the ability to
set this up so that you can record with your left/ right inputs and record
another back file at 12dB less gain- just to explain what that means is
if you sit this recording to record in a room and you someone's been talking
you've got a nice level on your meters- as you start recording then all of a sudden
there's a loud noise in the room or someone speaks very very loudly there is
a good chance that what you set up previously will be distorted zoom H5
has the ability to make that backup file at 12dB less volume which
means you'll be able to save the shoot Now in coming videos I'm going to show
you two particular features that I really love- one is that you're able to
set this up as a stereo interface for a mobile phone and what that means
is you can actually plug in XLR type hand-held microphones or
boom microphones into this unit and then have it converted from analog
to digital and it comes out of this USB input and it runs straight into your mobile
phone and that gives you a really clear recording on your mobile the other
recording is going to be showing how to set this up for your DSLR camera so you
can connect two interview microphones into the base of this, this unit processes the audio
and then coming out of the line output on here going into your DSLR you get a nice
clear recording as well
most DSLR's have got fairly noisy pre-amps so using this to process the
audio and then sending it out to the camera at a high level is going to give
you a clear recording. If you'd like to learn more about sound gear like the zoom H5
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