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Originally Posted by FrankHS
Hope it's appropriate to piggyback in this thread because my beginner questions concern the Zoom H4n Pro. Someone implied the H4n is almost obsolete, so Im hoping the H4n Pro is suitable for my needs--to record and post solo classical guitar mp3s on Soundcloud or Youtube. The bundled software included with the H4n Pro is a bunch of Steinberg products. Appears their DAW I downloaded is Cubase LE AI 10.5. (among other "production products" I have no idea what they do.) I am now close to just abandoning the Cubase LE in favor in favor of a simpler DAW y'all would recommend. Is Audacity still a thing? I recall it worked okay for me circa 2004 (on a different computer, different, easier OS). It appears the massive Cubase software now appearing on my laptop (2014 Satellite C55) either needs or "wants" Windows 10, and reportedly Win 8 no longer supported by Steinberg. I have Windows 8.1, but the Cubebase graphics, menus, etc. do display, at least. So, not sure whether it's going to (can) work if only I study hours of Steinberg tutorials.
When I insert a Zoom-recorded SD card with Cubase open, nothing seems to recognize the SD card except my computer soundcard, Window media player, storage directory, etc. Please recommend a DAW that will easily (intuitively maybe?) work on older OS, older hardware, with Zoom H4n Pro.
Thanks
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Frank I have never used a Zoom or Cubase so take with a grain of salt
But in general
As for a DAW "not supported" does not mean "absolutely will not work" is simply means the company no longer offers its technical support . It may or may not work depending on a number of factors.... If you mean Cubase is launching and opening on your computer it may work ? Try it
BUT first are you using the Zoom as a Portable Remote recording device or are you using it as your at home recording devise ?
As for SD card:
In general what is on a recorded SD card is an audio file (BTW I would recommend always record in at least WAV 24 bit 48khz format ) as that is what you should directly upload to Youtube and SoundCloud
Also I don't use Windows but to my knowledge a DAW is not going to automatically recognize an SD card as a source file .The file (WAV,) has to first be loaded from the SD into the computer, and then imported from the computer into the DAW.
Often (with a full featured DAW) if you can get the WAV file to the desk top you can simply drag and drop it onto a track in the DAW Edit window, or sometimes just into the blank part of the edit window and it will automatically create it as a track.
Also if you are really only using the Zoom at home, if you use the USB out of the Zoom into your computer you can circumvent the SD altogether because (If Cubase is working) the Zoom should showup as an audio input devise selection option ,, for Cubase