Zoom H4essential
Portable 32-Track Audio Recorder
Latest User Reviews
Crashes after recording
I was excited about using this recorder - having previously owned an H4n a decade ago, I knew it would be reliable and easy to use. My main use case is recording music remotely and recording my live performances. In both cases I'm focussing on performing, so I just want to set up, record and no longer have to worry about it. In the first instance, I've had several instances of the resultant wav file having about 10 seconds of audio followed by silence for the rest of the file. Yesterday I had a performance and was recording sound from the mixing desk and the inbuilt microphones for a room sound. After pressing 'stop', the loading wheel remained spinning. I left it for as long as possible while I packed down the stage. Unfortunately it was completely crashed and the only way to get anywhere was a hard reset (removing a battery). Therefore I lost 49 minutes of recording. I've tried several SD cards, formatted them on the device and had similar results.
Technical Data
- Manufactured by Zoom
- Average price : $233
- No levelling required thanks to 32-bit float converter technology
- Recording and playback of up to 4 tracks in WAV, BWF or iXML format
- Maximum recording quality: 32 bit / 96 kHz
- Built-in X/Y stereo microphone
- Maximum sound pressure level: 130dB max. SPL
- 2 x XLR/TRS combo socket for line and microphone signals
- +48V phantom power switchable
- Microphone/line inputs can be used in parallel with the built-in stereo microphone
- Barrier-free operation for people with visual impairments thanks to acoustic instructions via the built-in speaker or headphone output
- 2" Colour display
- Built-in speaker
- Recording media: microSDHC cards up to 32GB
- microSDXC cards up to 1TB (not included)
- Recording and streaming via USB to Mac, PC, iOS and Android (2 inputs and outputs)
- Power supply: 2x AA batteries (not included)
- Stereo mic/line input: 3.5 mm jack
- Stereo line/headphone output: 3.5 mm jack
- Dimensions: (L x W x H) 156.1 x 66.9 x 38 mm
- Weight : 226g
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