Zoom H2n
"Audio Empire" wrote in message
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On Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:49:07 -0800, Gary Eickmeier wrote
(in article ):
Does anyone know how to measure the frequency response of a
microphone?
Gary Eickmeier
Difficult to do. Microphone measurement requires a lot of specialized
equipment if the tests are going to be "normalized" enough to make any
meaningful measurements or comparisons. I have a Zoom H2 (the H2n's
predecessor), and used it for a long time as a backup recorder to my
laptop
Mac/Audacity recording setup. It has saved my butt several times and I
still
use it as backup with my Korg MR-1000 DSD recorder. At 24/96, it makes
impressive sounding recordings. I have played with it's built-in
microphones
and can tell you that while they will make some decent recordings, there's
not much in the way of bass below about 80 Hz and they aren't the quietest
mikrophones in Christendom. That's just the nature of those small capsule
electret mikes, I'm afraid.
I just downloaded the Vortexzoom surround sound encoder that claims to be
able to make DD 5.1 compatible and DTS compatible discrete surround
recordings from the Zoom or any two WAV files. I have made a couple of
experimental recordings in full surround and in the process of seeing how to
record them to disc for playback on a typical home theater system. I will
have to try recording to both CD and DVD discs, then play them on both the
CD player and the DVD player (which has a TOSLINK optical connection to the
receiver). One way or another I am going to figure out how to make home made
surround recordings that I can send to someone else. If this works with the
Zoom, then I can also make higher quality recordings with four better
microphones and encode them.
Will let you know.
Gary Eickmeier
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