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DR07MKII or H2N for Home Use?
I have narrowed down to either a Tascam or Zoom, and having trouble making a choice. Anyone know of good reasons to buy one over the other? Prices are close enough not to be an issue, and I dig the surround sound idea with the Zoom...
Probably just using to grab jam ideas and transfer to laptop or upload as MP3s. I wish I had some experience with these units, but it's all new to me. Thanks, ramsa
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If you want to buy now, I don't believe the H2n is available yet. It didn't show in stock at three big on-line retailers I checked.
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I have the tascam dr05 and I love it. I record everything with it. My jam band, acoustic practice and song ideas. It's very easy to use for recording and loading songs to the computer.
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With small digital recorders the things that count are features like:
It it matches the features you need, it's a good unit. If not there is probably one which will be. |
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I bought the Zoom H4n, largely for its ability to plug in other mics, even condensers, and enjoy it a great deal. It has more features than I use, but I've found it to be a wise investment for my needs.
As always, Larry has given excellent advice. cotten |
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Love the H4 for those reasons you listed. Also one thing I forgot that is really really REALLY important to me is how easy are they to use in a hurry when I don't have a camera tripod or mic stand and any adapters those require. The Zooms will just sit on a table, music stand, or TV tray, and the mics are pointing the right direction, especially the H2 series. That's why mine gets a lot of use. |
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Now I'm more interested in the H4N. Best Buy here in Ohio has them, and the phantom power is a really cool feature for a handheld...
Thanks!
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I just got the Tascam DR-07mkII... I was using the Pocketstudio5 so this is a real big step up in terms of audio quality for me. It is in essence a 2 track recorder, 1 track at a time (overdub mode). Most of my music is acoustic solo instrumentals so it suits my needs better than fine. The stereo mics in XY do a real good job capturing & isolating acoustic/resonator guitar without eq'ing it at all. Records directly to wav or mp3.
I've really just tested it out for the last 2-3 days, recorded a gig with it Saturday night, but will have it closer to the guitar or amp next time as it was a pretty loud room and I had the recorder about 10-12 feet away on the 1st available table... It is a real easy unit to use, very intuitive, feels well built. Really fast start up, ready to record to a new file in seconds... I'm very happy with this unit so far. |