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    just wanted to share this. I just bought a Samson Zoom H2 digital recorder
    and decided to try it out. I recorded this with the recorded placed about 4ft directly in front of my drums. the H2 has 4 built in condenser mic and you can select the front mics which cover a 90 degree field in front of the recorder or the rear mic which cover 120 field behind the recorder. or you can choose to use all 4 mics.

    I chose to use just the front 2 mics and record directly to mp3 format at 192 kbs, you can select up to 320 kbs (cd quality)

    I played a drumless track through the pa system, using the floor monitors for sound output. I'm using an old low end kit with cheap cymbals and no other mics. recorded in a 12' x 24' garage with hardwood floors.

    http://bipolarbarbierocks.com/media/...eakerdrums.mp3

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    I just got a Zoom H2 today! Wow that sounds great, I can't wait to try mine out!

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    The Zoom products are great.

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    Your wife has a great voice. Very nice man

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    Thanks for that, I have been looking to hear some sound samples of the H2,
    so perfect timing, thanks again!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Larrysperf View Post
    Your wife has a great voice. Very nice man
    I'm confused about this lol.

    But anyways, yes, sounds good!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Larrysperf View Post
    Your wife has a great voice. Very nice man


    Lol, thanks Lar, she does have a great voice but that was a drumless backing track of the actual song and not my wifes vocals. I'll have some demos up soon now that we have the H2

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    I am going to take the plunge and get the H2.

    Can I ask which mic settings do you each record using?

    Front 90°
    or
    Rear 120°
    or
    Full 360°

    Also, which format do you use?
    24bit/96kHz linear PCM WAV files or do you just use 128kbps for MP3s or even perhaps something in-between?

    Can anyone also tell me the recording times in these formats on a 1GB SD memory card?

    Finally, is the advertised 4 hours of battery life accurate?

    Thanks in advance.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cuban View Post
    I am going to take the plunge and get the H2.

    Can I ask which mic settings do you each record using?

    Front 90°
    or
    Rear 120°
    or
    Full 360°
    so far I have only used the front mic pairing for recording drums and the rear mics for a full band.

    Quote Originally Posted by Cuban View Post
    Also, which format do you use?
    24bit/96kHz linear PCM WAV files or do you just use 128kbps for MP3s or even perhaps something in-between?
    generally I set it for 192kbs MP3 or 256kbs MP3


    Quote Originally Posted by Cuban View Post
    Can anyone also tell me the recording times in these formats on a 1GB SD memory card?
    mine said it came with a 512mb Sd card but when it arrived it actually had a 1 gb card. It will record 694 mins at 192kbps of MP3 with a 1 GB card

    4 track mode will greatly reduce recording time, about 45 mins on a 1gb card

    so when I thought I was only getting a 512mb card with the unit I went ahead and bought a 4gb SDHC card and reader, I can record 2777 mins of 192Kbps Mp3 on a 4 gb card.....thats more than enough for band rehearsals
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cuban View Post
    Finally, is the advertised 4 hours of battery life accurate?

    Thanks in advance.
    I'm not sure on battery life, It came with an AC adapter and I usually use that, however I did record about an hour of my drum teachers jazz jam the other night and the battery still showed a full charge.

    I'm going to start recording my drum lesson with this thing, again the H2 is the best $150 I ever spent

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    Quote Originally Posted by fiacovaz View Post
    Quit belly aching and just do it...no other way.
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    I just picked up one of these this week. I'll second the "Best $150 I ever spent".
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