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Zoom f6 review
https://youtu.be/byMZkEvYRKw
What do you think? I noticed that it doesn’t have guitar cable style Line inputs - does this mean I have to get a converter of some kind to get it to work with guitar pickup outputs? |
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Yes, you'd need a DI box (shown in the video).
What's your intended use, that has you considering an F6? Field recorders are designed primarily for recording either direct/wired microphone input, or a balanced, line-level input from a wireless [mic] receiver, e.g., for recording during a video shoot or maybe a panel discussion/podcast. I've probably recorded acoustic-electric guitars through a DI several dozen times, maybe a hundred, give or take, on my Zoom H6/F8/F8n. Or, if there's already a DI in place, you would use a splitter. As he says, this device (and I'd say that class of digital recorders) is probably not the primary device for music recording ["at home" I'd add], but for some folks, and some uses, it works fine.
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Zoom f6 review
I’m thinking of using it to record two mics and one guitar pickup input at the same time for fingerstyle - Guess it’s kind of overkill.
Something like the H6 accepts active guitar pickups direct ? |
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Manual (excerpt from p. 10, italics mine): https://www.zoom-na.com/sites/defaul...Manual_0_1.pdf P.S. You could get an interface with 4 mic pre's, a couple of which would be switchable for INST input, and record direct to the computer. The Zoom's strength is being able to record anywhere. If you're going to be recording at home, it's not the most direct route, IMO.
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I reckon if direct input from keyboards is fine , active guitar pickups should be fine too, no? |
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I don't have the H6 anymore, but I tested using my Martin GPCPA3 with built-in Fishman Aura, on my F8 which only takes/assumes line input on the 1/4" and mic on the XLR, and connected my guitar through a DI (Radial ProDI passive) into an XLR and also via a patch cable out the "Thru" jack on the same DI into a 1/4" input. (PAD was not engaged on the DI.) I'd say they're indistinguishable. I had the trim/gain on the channels set within 1dB of each other as well, and about 6dB higher than the mic (C214 about a foot away), but got good levels without problem. Can't say that will translate to an H6, but my guess it it will.
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Ok thanks! I think I’ll wait out for the next iteration of the H6 , hopefully it’ll inherit the preamps from the F series!
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