OT Question about Zoom Audio Recorders

Former user wrote on 6/29/2010, 12:30 PM

I saw a recent posting about a new Zoom Recorder coming out in July. The H1 model. The price seems reasonable but I wanted to ask if it would fit my purpose.

I have been asked to record (video and audio) a series of interview / life story type videos that will become video blogs, DVDs etc. I have a Digital 8 video camera which gives quite good video, but bad audio. (on camera mic is just okay, but the mic line in is on an AGC that really stinks).

Is this device good for recording this type of video (interview style)? If not, can you suggest something (in this price range because it will be coming out of my pocket for a project that is no pay (church))?

Thanks for any ideas and suggestions.

Dave T2

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MSmart wrote on 7/2/2010, 12:34 AM

(damn .. I've got to type faster ;-)

hehe

I guess that's why they make adapter cables. Female XLR to male mini.

richard-amirault wrote on 9/1/2010, 8:54 AM

Back at the end of June I said: I use two boundry mics spaced equidistant on the table .. into a splitter (combiner in this case) .. into a stereo plug that *could* go into my camera .. but goes instead into my Edirol R-09 digital recorder. Unfortunatly I could not find a commercial version of this cable. I had to cobble it together with various adaptors. Something that I would rather not do as it only gives extra places for things to go wrong someday.

Well, I just found that cable. It has two, male, mono 1/8" jacks and combines them into a single, stereo, 1/8" plug. You can plug this directly into many camcorders, or into portable recorders like the Zoom H1, H2, H4, or H4n or the Edirol R-09, or R-09hr. This enables you to plug in two, seperate mono 1/8" plug mics into a single, stereo 1/8" jack.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/252280-REG/Hosa_Technology_YMM_261_Stereo_Mini_Male_to.html