Getting The Most Out Of a Portable Recorder

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Getting The Most Out Of a Portable Recorder - Pt. 1

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Have a little Zoom, Tascam, Olympus, etc., but feel like your recordings don't sound as good as they should? You're in the right place.
In part one of the series, we'll talk about finding the optimal settings.

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@JohnShepherdMusic 4 жыл бұрын

Great stuff! I feel like I’m watching a Ferris Bueller‘s Day off lecture

@ianjpratt 5 жыл бұрын

Hey man, been watching a few of your videos lately. Just ordered a H4n and then a mate sent me the link to this. Thanks heaps. Exactly what I needed right now!

@timr804 2 жыл бұрын

Josh has the best sound. He knows how to use the Zoom devices. Listen to some of his music. During covid I would hear some big name artist recording at home and some of them were very disappointing.

@rawstarmusic 8 жыл бұрын

The most asked Q is about the mic. The next should be your strategy for making licks on guitar when playing chords. Do you think in scale of the song, use the notes of the chord, have a learned lick from before, basically how do you do your guitar playing? That's a topic.

@mehdicheikh6934 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your knowledge and for your inspiration, great stuff you sing and play. Greetings from France ;)

@luisthree 8 жыл бұрын

I wonder how you synchronize audio and video. Bluetooth while performing? Later with software? Could you please explain how? Thanks

@miki.covers 7 жыл бұрын

luisthree what some people do, is record themselves clapping or something like that, and then you sync that loud sound (very easy to found in the soundwave) with the image on the vídeo, plus some fine adjustments

@hahalee5513 5 жыл бұрын

太感谢了！希望你们多出几期关于录音和后期的一些视频！万分感谢！

@OttoBAbear 3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate these instructional videos greatly. I like that you aren't using the latest and greatest, but what works. Thank you

@FUDGEFACE360 8 жыл бұрын

Hey Josh! I asked you about this a while back. I'm about to get started with this KZfaq thing and I just bought a brand new Blue Yeti! I will use this video as a reference. I love this new channel idea by the way! It's weird seeing this channel's name because I've gone by JT my whole life lol.

@joevrolijk 7 жыл бұрын

Dude, no matter what mic you use.. it's your sound that makes the recording cool bro. But thanks for this...

@GolfTesla Жыл бұрын

this is still a very useful report and review

@aheadachewithpictures 6 ай бұрын

i watch this every single time i use my h2n haha, love ya

@AnonymUserX 8 жыл бұрын

Great thing to create this 2nd channel ! I'm sure that it'll be very Helpful ! Thx Josh, you do a really good job as always ;)

@kosmar79 8 жыл бұрын

I'm happy to watch you on new channel. Greetings from Novi Sad, Serbia.

@circleedit9865 8 жыл бұрын

thanks a lot for this 2nd channel ! congrats from France !

@jenniferbargermusic3134 5 жыл бұрын

I am so happy I found these videos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you for making them; I am so excited!!! :D

@argui14733 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for this! Very helpful!

@adrianlayman892 4 жыл бұрын

Very helpful video thank you

@toonlink916 8 жыл бұрын

Did everything as you said and my recordings still sound like a potato. I have a zoom h2n :/

@joshturner_etc 6 жыл бұрын

The H2N doesn't sound as good as the H2. I don't know if they switched mic capsules or preamps or both, but it's just not as nice.

@skepticacid 6 жыл бұрын

Are there any other recorder alternatives you recommend?

@Simon-80 6 жыл бұрын

Thats interesting . I have the h1, the h2 and the h2n but i Never did a side by side comparison. Hmm?

@themapplesperiod 6 жыл бұрын

After hearing so much good stuff come out of this mic I was considering purchasing one, but it is discontinued and you're saying the h2n is not as good. Can you give a suggestion of a similar quality mic for the price?

@anom3778 8 жыл бұрын

You're awesome and are sure to be very popular.

@vincenzodellama7158 6 жыл бұрын

Hi Josh! How do you handle all the usual copyright issues from posting covers on youtube?

@colecovington9804 2 жыл бұрын

^^^

@kafenwar Жыл бұрын

4:21--Thank you

@Bentlrobinson 4 жыл бұрын

just bought one for field recording

@aarongaynor2002 8 жыл бұрын

Josh can u teach the sultans of swing I can't find any good videos for that song

@johanhallgren6717 8 жыл бұрын

Very helpfull, thanks!

@darrenreynolds3531 Жыл бұрын

What would you recommend now in 2022? Do you still use the zoom?

@yobanyhernandez125 4 жыл бұрын

so just justr recording my self with an accoustic the zoom H2n would be enough? I was looking at the zoom H5 prevously

@eliweiss4118 3 жыл бұрын

Probably, since he's been using the h2 for tons of videos and it sounds amazing

@JoshTurnerGuitar 3 жыл бұрын

I actually prefer the sound of the H2 to the H5, having owned both.

@FireInTheHole96 8 жыл бұрын

Nice! Hopefully you'll get used to pointing at words ;) cheers for the video

@loicktoupin912 2 жыл бұрын

2022 ! Thanks

@homebrewedmusic 7 жыл бұрын

This is very well done, congrats. I would however suggest that high sample rates are not any indication of "high quality" audio. Human hearing has limits, the mics have limits, reproduction systems have limits. Sampling at 48 khz, for instance, exceeds the limits of all those, so going to a higher sample rate cannot improve any aspect of audio quality. In many cases, and the H2 is one of them, even 24 bit depth doesn't add any audible improvement over 16 bit, since the self-noise of the H2 limits the actual noise floor. One more nit I would pick - please don't call any wide spacing ORTF. ORTF is a carefully researched and precisely defined configuration. The rear mics in the H2 are not remotely close to an ORTF array. Fran

@JoshTurnerGuitar 6 жыл бұрын

Better late than never for a response - Thanks so much for very close attention. To be fair, I said "More like ORTF," but still, you're quite right, it's not that exact pattern. As for the quality vs sample rate of the audio, I will contest this a bit. If I were to never modify my audio files in any way after recording, I could happily record in 256 or 320kbps mp3, and it would sound excellent, certainly "high quality." However, To have the latitude to go back and (sometimes extensively) edit the audio after recording, it is much better to record at higher sample rates and bit depths. This is why I always record at 24/48 WAV, the same standard used by many recording studios -not because it's audibly higher quality than something at a lower sample rate at the outset, but because it allows me to make a truly "higher quality" finished product. I usually scale down the audio only when it's time to publish.

@gannonb4u 4 жыл бұрын

I have an H2 Zoom. Must be about 7 yrs old. Not sure of the model #. I haven't connected it to my pc for about 18months. The PC worked fine with the Zoom. I was able to make many recordings from the zoom to the PC. I plugged it into my PC today and now my PC doesn't recognize the device. Can you help?

@tempvariable 3 жыл бұрын

Can you make sure the USB cable still works?

@gannonb4u 3 жыл бұрын

@@tempvariable Thanks for the reply. Everything works now. I made 2 different cd's at home using the Zoom anD my PC. Here are 2 samples. from my "String Sessions" cd; kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m5uCgbCAzc3XqYU.html and from my "Bossa Beat" cd; kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bplyaLd5t8_HaZc.html

@kimbanyc 3 жыл бұрын

Did you get rid of the hiss in post? I can’t get rid of the hiss but it may be my wires. I am using it as a mic and not recording to it.

@JoshTurnerGuitar Жыл бұрын

Hey! I'm way late and you may have figured this out, but I don't think that you can get great results using this device as a mic plugged into a different recorder. I'm not sure why, but I've had the same experience. I think you're better off to either: 1. Use this and record to it internally or 2. Buy a purpose-built microphone with an XLR output and a recorder with an XLR input (Such as the Zoom H4) for better sound.

@kimbanyc Жыл бұрын

@@JoshTurnerGuitar thank you! That makes sense. It does record internally just fine. I will pay up for the H4

@fransmensingh4333 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Josh can you tell me if there is a remote controller for this recorder, can,t find anything about it on the internet

@JoshTurnerGuitar 3 жыл бұрын

I don't know if Zoom made a remote for the H2, but they did make one for it's successor, the H2n. It's not very expensive and may be backwards compatible. www.zoom.co.jp/products/product-accessories/rc2-remote-control-h2n

@BrunoGaspar10 3 жыл бұрын

You said to put the volume loud as you can without touching the top, but don't you think you'll need a headroom?

@Greg-tj8rg 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah you want to put it as loud as you can without clipping at the loudest points

@PieterZigterman 8 жыл бұрын

Nice idea for a new channel man!! What camera did you used for this video?

@PieterZigterman 8 жыл бұрын

ah thanks man! Nice edit/post as well. Keep on with the good work!

@TreyMeares 8 жыл бұрын

Josh, when you are recording with 2 people do you still use the front of the mic? or do you switch to the other setting? Thanks

@joshturner_etc 8 жыл бұрын

I still use the front of the recorder. I like the tone a lot better than the back

@TreyMeares 8 жыл бұрын

+JT Etc. Thanks! BTW didn't know that you and Carson are from the Charlotte area. I live around Lake Norman! Good luck in New York

@antoniomontemuro9751 3 жыл бұрын

que sorte esses vídeos

@gjones6481 5 жыл бұрын

Can i ask did you ever use your zoom h2 direct, recording into pc daw ? It always appears you use sd card. i never have seen it plugged direct into your pc .wasnt it more work doing it this way when you recorded muti tracks ? Is there a reason why you didn't. Cheers

@ed_tomeyan 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, Josh! :) I'll be happy if you could help me with my Zoom H2n. You know, it records really terrible sound. And I can't get what's the reason. Here is one of my videos recorded with Zoom H2n kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hrqagZVhts-maIE.html. I did all how you said in your videos. There are no compressors, limiters or something else. It sounds like I'm playing in a big tube :(