ASMR Testing Old vs New Audio Recorder (Zoom H6 vs F3)

[@hudibrad]

Personally, I like the H6 better, the sound is a bit more crisp. However, the noise reduction is better on the F3

[@ChosenUndead0]

Yeah I could really see the difference on the jar test

[@13_cmi]

@@ChosenUndead0 you see sound now yes. That’s good.

[@YourCousinVinny]

@@13_cmi Lmao

[@europeanambience]

It's not noice reduction its because you can record without self noise on this 32bit recorder.

[@josiahmontes6136]

I agree

[@Xernial]

It’s always a good day when Uncle E educates you about how something works, nice to see the process of how he records his videos

[@godwintalking4724]

I agree he made this very informative and did a good job At making it digestible

[@victorillo377]

This man's ability to make a usually boring topic insanely interesting and relaxing is incredible ! . I wonder if he could do that with math ...

[@bradyparisien3533]

Holy crap imagine Uncle E teaching you about functions and stuff in that soothing voice! Perfect idea! I hope he reads this!

[@senatorarmstrong3499]

@@bradyparisien3533 your not wrong it would be very and I love math

[@WuntaykTimmy1]

His let's eat videos where he Wikipedia's the history of food is some of the most interesting content I've ever seen on the internet. I could listen to this guy talk about Wikipedia FOREVER

[@cefb8923]

Plot twist: it was always interesting.

[@MantechoxZamnaPrepa5]

Meth is boring.

[@luke5447]

it’s amazing how you can turn something i usually wouldn’t be interested in into something incredibly relaxing and interesting, the f3 sounds absolutely amazing i am looking forward to you using it!

[@midwestdude6746]

Honestly you sir need to do an entire video dedicated to jars and jar lids. It’s insane how good your technique is

[@maxpowers3494]

He has three vids dedicated to cap sounds.

[@mattyoh1358]

It's strange that the H6 is the one with the bass rolloff, because I don't know if it's just my headphones or the environment in which I'm listening to this, but it really sounds to me like the H6 is the one with more low-end frequencies in the sounds. Even so though, the background white noise reduction with the F3 is noticeable and dramatic, so I'd definitely agree that it is the superior product!

[@calstri]

You’re not alone in the intensity/bass of the H6, however just like you I can tell there’s a huge difference in white noise between the two

[@KaNgUrUhBR]

As an ASMRstist starting up, it's fascinating to see you talk about your audio mixing process, in this video alone I learnt a few things that I didn't know but just listening to your explanation about the basics. I usually set the gain high in order to record, but it makes so much more sense to set it lower to reduce noise and then bump up the volume!! Thank you! I don't know how I didn't think of this before!

[@merlijn5467]

Extremely large difference. F3 is much quieter. The highs sounds much the same, but the bass is less on the F3; which is noticable on the ribbed can part alot.

[@strawhaticey95]

The gain dials are a very nice trigger. Gave me lots of tingles!

[@MultiWolfLink]

You've been my fave asmr creator for a few years now and all your videos are always refreshing and crisp and tingly

[@TheMstwntdLMSV123]

I got some incredibly intense tingles when you slowly turned the gain back up from 0

[@owenbundles57O]

A time stamp would be cool

[@guacomanny]

@@owenbundles57O 8:00

[@owenbundles57O]

@@guacomanny thanks!

[@nicolazael]

Hey, Uncle R! I never told anyone this, but I used to have big trouble listening to male people do ASMR because of PTSD caused by sexual abuse. It was like I couldn't fall asleep or relax (aka let my guard down) with guys even for an ASMR video and it deeply frustrated me... until I found you. You were the first male ASMRtist I could listen and fall asleep to, and you opened the door for my mind to try and relax to other new male ASMRtists I felt bad on missing on (because it wasn't their fault, and their videos were amazing) and I will always be grateful to you for opening that door for me. You're special to a lot of us, never forget that 💖

[@connorefam1876]

Stay strong king 🤴 💙 Happy to hear you're better

[@Mwayyy]

Stay strong, so glad to see you adjusting to things that were hard for u not long ago

[@timedhurdle7070]

pause

[@Akxt3uki]

@@timedhurdle7070 your foul for that 😂

[@EnderIzzy124]

Really happy you're starting to get over that trauma, and I'm sorry you had to go through that. It's a long road ahead, just know that there are always people there for you. ❤

[@MusicWorldDod9]

The sound of your ASMR, is so clean, no background noise, really enjoyable😊

[@ssnake3461]

I've been listening since 2014-15 and your channel has always been comforting to me. the fact that its always been there, I could always expect to relax no matter what. Thank you.

[@CirclesandSounds]

With a self noise of only 4.5dba, the RØDE NT1 reissues you have are some of the quietest mics in the entire film and recording industry, regardless of price point. So the upgrade is something I’ve thought you could benefit from, though all your work is stellar. I’m happy for your new tool!

[@DinkyDink]

The lack of noise on the F3 is beyond incredible. That is an incredible piece of engineering

[@natural_20s]

As someone who’s going to school for sound production, this is a really cool video to fall asleep to! I think I’ve been to three or four lectures completely dedicated to 32bit floating point technology and it’s still way over my head-it just works and that’s good enough for me haha. Anyways, have a good night ER. Gonna fall asleep to your wonderful world.

[@BoostedVr5]

One off my best Asmr channels to watch gets my mind to ease always stoked to see a new video of yours thx ☺️

[@mr.dxrden]

About to settle down and Uncle E uploads :)

[@RKSNomad]

i don't have my usual audiophile setup, but i can tell immediately that there is less background noise. audio quality is the same between the two, don't notice a difference there, but background noise is surprisingly low with the f3. the H6 also has a harsher noise, the F3 does a good job keeping the background noise pretty soft.

[@LetsPlayASMR]

This is an awesome video! Especially for those of us interested in sound recorders and the aspects behind them, thank you 🥳

[@drbink]

It feels like F3 cuts too much lows and a little bit highs, and that said it kinda loses the "deepness" of the sounds. In any case, I don't think that the difference will be noticeable to most people. But the noise reduction is insane!

[@europeanambience]

The recorder doesn't cut frequency if then it's the microphone

[@portilla3517]

I love these kind of videos where you review your equipment! Thanks for your content!

[@OriginWVU]

Now that's an interesting topic uncle E... I make retro music (80s inspired) and its the analog feeling that I'm after. So the tape noise (mostly white noise) is a thing in every 80s recording. Doesn't matter if it's video or audio the 80s had noise. I think that that is one reason why everything felt more organic back in the day. So I tend to the h6. But the quality of live stands for f3.

[@MrQq42]

Playing with the gain was a really powerful trigger. I’d love another video with you just playing with settings. Great video uncle e!

[@human-person]

It was super cool to watch an ASMR video about setting and tweaking the tech you use to make the ASMR video. Weirdly satisfying, like this is ASMR ASMR, in a world of everything else ASMR. It’s itself themed.

[@WongelStudios]

I don‘t know anything about Audio Recorder but this is relaxing…

[@wowbam8966]

Stayed away from this channel for a few years, been watching since 2014, and holy hell it's still such an amazing channel. Thank you for not going away.

[@sammiekino]

32 bit float gives you a huge amount of headroom which is why gain isn’t really necessary during recording. 0db is not the highest you can go like with normal integer formats

[@iClevre]

This is perfect Asmr. Mic testing is a genius move rift.

[@alexc9985]

I love how you wanted to film a test but were able to turn it into content - the best of both worlds!

[@YankeeStacking]

“Stumbling into ASMR. Stumbling into furniture.” Classic ER 😂

[@gadd1111]

Perfect timing for bed time

[@GhostFitzKilla]

A great treat this Friday evening. Thank you ER!

[@godwintalking4724]

No matter what video you’re making there’s so well put together

[@daneguitarist1]

I love my h6 (composer here) I capture lots of interesting sounds for my sp404mk2 and all sorts of stuff I'm really excited to see how the f3 performs

[@andrewvaillant6365]

The technical part towards the end was super interesting!! I'd love to see something like that in the near eternity

[@maconbabb9778]

I'm not going to lie, I never noticed the background static thing until you mentioned it and now I can't unhear it, good or bad I can now hear it so thanks for the interesting experience today. Love the video btw.

[@SniperGuy430]

"Stumbling into ASMR... stumbling into furniture.." don't worry Uncle E, I'm right there with you.

[@red6k]

Noise gate on the F3 is really good cuts background audio out almost completely while having audio come in that's just insane on top of it having very Little noise it's self so it's not picking up it's own vibrations very cool piece ty for sharing

[@hansthecheeseman]

I just got back from a week+ long field exercise, this was exactly what I needed to relax

[@carson2889]

as a music producer I’ve got a bit of experience with audio systems, personally I think the F3 sounds like it does a better job handling volume spikes (the ducking is less noticeable, particularly on the jar lid sounds) but that could also be attributed to the lower noise floor (higher noise floor on the H6 will make volume ducks more apparent). I think in the end which one you use is really gonna be dependent on what kind of video you’re recording. Something that’s meant to be more ambience or have a more lofi feel, or lots of really quiet sounds? H6. (higher noise floor would lead to white noise filling the gaps better with the really quiet sounds if you want that.) Making a video with an assortment of various triggers and you want them all to be very crisp with no background sounds? F3. All in all I think I prefer the clarity of the new recorder, but I think some (very minor) eqing could be done to bring back some of the midrange body that’s lost with it compared to the H6 Edit: I did notice some high pitched crackles (? I guess, I don’t really know what to call them) around 29:50. Not sure if this was caused by either of the recorders or if it’s just an artifact of the noise reduction.

[@carson2889]

I actually have no clue what these crackles could be, because I’ve rewatched the same section of video several times and the crackles happen in different places every time. So it’s my earbuds (currently writing this in my bed) or KZbin fucking up 🤷‍♂️

[@mitchelltopolinsky164]

8v@

[@maxboyd6124]

Wow the accidental mic touching with the XLR cables was brain melting for me

[@sammiekino]

as someone who is going to school for audio technology i’d love to hear more audio interface recorders and mic ramblings

[@yojalata]

Love the improved gain control with so much less mic hiss.

[@spacehoppity3127]

This is fantastic news ER, I’m looking forward to a much higher class of audio in your upcoming videos!

[@jadesouttakes]

This was so interesting, I’ve always wanted to know more about how each younger films their videos and what they use but it’s often never talked about. Thank you!

[@Lens_Lord]

That gain changing on the H6 was sooo good. Really unique and interesting video!

[@LIZzardtheWizard]

Film student here!! Very true! The amount of background noise or “room tone” as we call it also really effects that hiss in the background. The more room tone, the more hiss!

[@icethepolarbear]

I’ve watched this video three times now and have fallen asleep before the jar lid part every time.

[@WhiskerWhispersASMR]

Wow, I’m actually impressed by the difference in room tone. Sounds great

[@jillcipher]

It’s very rare that I get tingles, but you turning the gain on and off was CRAZY tingly

[@Yassifiedjoker-asmr]

About to take a nap. Perfect, I know I’ll sleep sound now

[@obscuritymage]

Not the point of the video but can I say your hair is looking super lush.

[@seymour2113]

Always exiting to see how far we've come

[@PyricDemon]

This video must have taken a lot of effort to produce, thank you it was very relaxing

[@asmrnightzoogaming]

One of my fav asmrtist,great job paul

[@jameshuston3474]

The ASMR videos you make are always really damn good, but the H6 always had that white noise that used to give me a headache if I really payed attention to it. so F3 is so much greater!

[@musikalniyfanboichik]

you know i actually think that this would be so cool to see your behind the scenes process as a asmr video

[@Zoomer_Boi]

A perfect video for me to watch after I’m done with homeschool 😎

[@ProdAGee]

for some triggers like the ribbed can the presence of more bass in the f3 was so great! very fitting for that type of trigger

[@OverThink]

Wow huge difference! I can tell there is some clipping but the F3 is definitely better.

[@AliasEliahus]

never really thought much about audio tech but you managed to make it fascinating. in retrospect it makes me wonder how exactly headphones reproduce sound

[@Chewbacacabruh]

F3 sounds noice. Ty for the vids ER. ❤

[@TheRealArgyle]

Thank you for this insights! I would say, with the new recorder the sounds, especially your voice are a little bit thinner. Maybe thats just an EQ thing. But with the old recorder, there was more volume in your voice. I cant describe it exactly. Maybe the old one sounds warmer.

[@TankCrusher210]

I noticed the exact same thing. The H6 definitely produces a slightly richer sound.

[@artemsychov449]

Felt the same. Also (maybe just my in-ear headphones) It felt like on the new one the sound of the trigger ist split in 2. Like there is a bass version that was projected into the depths of my ear and the actual sound was closer to the exit of my ear.

[@hikmatmohammadi]

I love how there are never any ads through his videos

[@ledocteur7701]

the F3 feels a lot more accurate and flat, whish works well for some triggers but not so well for others were the less natural bass of the H6 do wonders. I like both, therefore the F3 was a good investment for that extra low noise.

[@cldgt]

pov: your audiophile uncle came from pennsylvania for family reunion and he teaches u tech stuff

[@aa222aaa]

Shoutout to the guy I saw in line for “Living with the land” at EPCOT wearing a “godless animal” shirt

[@marthad84]

The F3 is a totally another level 😍

[@goofyondiscrod]

Congrats on the new recorder

[@emilerhard4189]

Very interesting video. Great job as usual

[@blnketboi]

It was such a cool sensation when rift turned the gain all the way down and became silent

[@LaidBackLora]

Love love love ya my friend!! Watching 3 years now 😊

[@coopers1716]

The F3's pretty impressive, I haven't been through the whole video but the sleeve portion felt much more 3D- it was sensitive enough that the opposite mic was activating and giving a real sense of left-right.

[@GIULI4994]

that jar lid hypnotized me 😴

[@MultiWolfLink]

The technical experience and know how, seeing how knowledgeable he is, the sounds, the lighting, this is a masterclass

[@JuicedUpOyster]

I stumbled into your channel, and now its my absolute favorite. Keep doing what you do Uncle E

[@thomas_cornez4679]

HEHEHEHEHA

[@JuicedUpOyster]

@@thomas_cornez4679 HEHEHEHA

[@Scarlett8Music]

Do you do any postprocessing on the audio? If so I’d love to see what the EQ slope for an ASMR vocal track looks like.

[@cccoolkc]

Really liked the gain at a 3 sounded noice

[@ryanschacht_]

Overall in my opinion I think the F3 is a tad quiter but not really noticeable and has a more solid sound base whether the H6 is a tad more louder and is and has a bit more of a open and free sound

[@bladesofnaga]

around the 21:00 min mark there seems to be something going on the the auto gain on the f3. kinda like its waving down. besides that f3 seems to have a little less noise at the cost of also losing some low end that give a lot of the sounds their body.

[@WetherlyReviews]

Please start using the F3, it sounds amazing

[@torandi]

Interesting video, really nice reduction in noise. The F3 audio seems a bit flatter. I guess it could just be the base roll off, but could also be that you need to make sure you treat the audio right, ie as 32bit float, to not loose precision

[@blakewilliams8839]

I’m not actually sure if KZbin supports 32bit audio, and if it did they love to horribly compress audio and video to make streaming better. I noticed listening to ASMR on Spotify is a way better experience. Recommend giving it a try

[@ByobCraft]

Damn I'd love a whole video of Uncle Rift just explaining things like in this video, with examples kinda like overexplaining but not quite there

[@chuckshipley97]

I don’t know why but his looks makes me think John Wick has a brother.! Not quite twins but for some reason I see this.😂

[@europeanambience]

I use the zoom F3 32bit recorder for my binaural walking videos. Such a great little audio recorder. Love it

[@yoshithebest5924]

H6 feels more open, like my ears are not plugged with some kind of gel and has a better bass. Though I can definitely see the use of the F3 in some places, like the F3 when meeting in whats ment to be the emptiness and I guess void like areas. It’ll really bring that out. Also the F3 and tuning fork is amazing.

[@jaredneff5189]

its the H6 for me due to the lack of bass in the F3 comparatively, but both are great! I hope you at least use the H6 occasionally moving forward

[@ASMRDarkPurple]

Excellent video quality 💜💜💜

[@iWillAlwaysShowYou]

Thank you, it was great 👍🏻

[@Tornjupiter]

Stumbling is best dad joke 2022. Thanks for coming to my ted talk.

[@JohnDoe-yx5dp]

It's quieter here but you'd need to test it with a few dif matched pairs to see if it is really the noise floor or if the mics are playing a role vs the dif built in preamps . The f3 states High quality mic preamps provide a super-low noise floor (−127 dBu EIN) but my h4n pro black which it states is the same as the h5 and h6 is A -120 dBu EIN noise floor .... I didn't notice much dif in the sound quality between the 24 bit and 32 bit ( besides the bass that wasn't cut on the f3 ) For $400 for this, it doesn't seem to me like it's worth that kind of money. It all depends on what it's value is to each person I guess but to me, again, far too much cash for what it is and what it offers me. The f6 would be more towards my needs but that's $700.00 plus. Thanks for the vid , if it works for you that's great, it's your money and you can purchase whatever you want.

[@yosher]

Nothing beats ER teaching you about audio tech at 2:30 am!

[@fluffmeister2715]

Maybe its because ive been watching you for years and gotten so used to the white noise and more bass of the H6 that i prefer it over the F3 :D

[@otfcapo1425]

For me personaly i think that the f3 object sounds do sound better but for voice and speaking i think the h6 is somewhat better the f3 sounds a bit muffled when speaking

[@Clamp7777]

absolutely loved this video!

[@DankPiscean]

Thank you Mr. Stumble

[@ashtonzibert4155]

I think ur voice is a little sharper with the new one but the triggers sound so crisp with the new one

[@cammie3679]

This is sooo educational!