![]() This means a room that's quiet and echoes the least. ![]() First and most significant is that this lets you do your recording in whatever room has the best acoustics. There are two advantages to this approach. Out of stock? Check for alternates on our Optional Upgrades page. Parts to buy: Zoom H4N + SD Memory Card + Windscreen Computer-Free with Zoom H4n Good option if your computer room is loud Total: $170 (not including 2 AA batteries or an AC adapter for the Zoom, see Optional Upgrades) If you are considering buying anything you see listed here, please consider following our link when you do. This helps us promote all our authors' books and continue to provide free titles to our customers at our expense. That means that Scribl can earn fees if you buy anything after following these links. ![]() So if you choose to buy a consumer device unsuited for the job you want it to do you need to put up with the negatives that come with the micro budget price tag.Note that Scribl is a participant in the Amazon Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program. And, as I mentioned, the Tascam DR series, the H4n and other very low budget audio recorders drain batteries inordinately quickly, and this has been frequently discussed on this and many, many other forums. And once they're broken they cannot be fixed. I personally have never like Zoom products I've felt that they were very flimsy, and I've never liked their user interface protocols. This is what I mean about doing your research. Unless you bought your H4n a very long time ago there were other options, like the DR-100, DR-40 and, if you want to get into the mid-priced prosumer recorders ($400 to $900), the FR-2, PMD-661, HD-P2 and the R-44.īTW, I've seen battery packs for just about every audio recorder there is - except the H4n. I'm not saying to spend 10 or 20 times the money I said to carefully research your purchases. Now there are lots of (IMO) better options out there. Yup, the H4n is very affordable and was quite popular for a while, but only because it was the only ultra-low budget audio recorder on the market. ![]() I and others here on IndieTalk have been writing for several years now about how quickly these budget audio recorders drain their batteries when supplying phantom power, and it's been a common topic on other film and audio forums as well. This is what I mean about carefully researching your equipment purchase choices. If you forget you are back to buying regular AA batteries. Oh, Eneloop Batteries will set you back about $2.00 per battery plus the charger, and you will have more details to "worry" about when you shoot making sure that all of your batteries have been charged prior to the shoot, and that you have someplace to plug in the charger when on-set. If you shoot 100 days each year that's $720 per year for batteries! Okay, maybe your shooting 10 days a year that's still $72 each year. If you buy in bulk, decent AA batteries cost about 60¢ each. The Sound Devices 702, also a two channel audio recorder, is over $2,000 but the preamps are incredibly clear and quiet, it is built like a frigging tank, it has comprehensive routing capabilities - and the batteries last a long, long time. ![]() I mean, come on, what did you expect for $200. Please remember that the H4n, DR-40, DR-100 and other low budget mixers/recorders are consumer products they are not meant for professional use, and you are trying to use your H4n as a professional product - a role for which it is unsuited. ![]()
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