Getting The Most Out Of a Portable Recorder - Pt. 1

[@SongSecretsMomNeverTaughtYou]

Hey Josh there's an updated version of the H2 recorder in 2025 called the H2essential that looks amazing! It has stereo and full surround sound capability using mid-side mic configuration with an updated usb C and audio interface to computer functions! Also you can record on both sides and view the LCD while recording

[@JohnShepherdMusic]

Great stuff! I feel like I’m watching a Ferris Bueller‘s Day off lecture

[@ianjpratt]

Hey man, been watching a few of your videos lately. Just ordered a H4n and then a mate sent me the link to this. Thanks heaps. Exactly what I needed right now!

[@TiminNicaragua]

Josh has the best sound. He knows how to use the Zoom devices. Listen to some of his music. During covid I would hear some big name artist recording at home and some of them were very disappointing.

[@aheadachewithpictures]

i watch this every single time i use my h2n haha, love ya

[@mehdicheikh6934]

Thank you so much for your knowledge and for your inspiration, great stuff you sing and play. Greetings from France ;)

[@OttoBAbear]

I appreciate these instructional videos greatly. I like that you aren't using the latest and greatest, but what works. Thank you

[@rawstarmusic]

The most asked Q is about the mic. The next should be your strategy for making licks on guitar when playing chords. Do you think in scale of the song, use the notes of the chord, have a learned lick from before, basically how do you do your guitar playing? That's a topic.

[@joevrolijk]

Dude, no matter what mic you use.. it's your sound that makes the recording cool bro. But thanks for this...

[@hahalee5513]

太感谢了！希望你们多出几期关于录音和后期的一些视频！万分感谢！

[@FUDGEFACE360]

Hey Josh! I asked you about this a while back. I'm about to get started with this KZbin thing and I just bought a brand new Blue Yeti! I will use this video as a reference. I love this new channel idea by the way! It's weird seeing this channel's name because I've gone by JT my whole life lol.

[@GolfTesla]

this is still a very useful report and review

[@AnonymUserX]

Great thing to create this 2nd channel ! I'm sure that it'll be very Helpful ! Thx Josh, you do a really good job as always ;)

[@circleedit9865]

thanks a lot for this 2nd channel ! congrats from France !

[@jenniferbargermusic3134]

I am so happy I found these videos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you for making them; I am so excited!!! :D

[@kafenwar]

4:21--Thank you

[@argui14733]

Thank you very much for this! Very helpful!

[@anom3778]

You're awesome and are sure to be very popular.

[@kosmar79]

I'm happy to watch you on new channel. Greetings from Novi Sad, Serbia.

[@adrianlayman892]

Very helpful video thank you

[@aarongaynor2002]

Josh can u teach the sultans of swing I can't find any good videos for that song

[@vincenzodellama7158]

Hi Josh! How do you handle all the usual copyright issues from posting covers on youtube?

[@colecovington9804]

^^^

[@BrunoGaspar10]

You said to put the volume loud as you can without touching the top, but don't you think you'll need a headroom?

[@Greg-tj8rg]

Yeah you want to put it as loud as you can without clipping at the loudest points

[@johanhallgren6717]

Very helpfull, thanks!

[@Bentlrobinson]

just bought one for field recording

[@toonlink916]

Did everything as you said and my recordings still sound like a potato. I have a zoom h2n :/

[@joshturner_etc]

The H2N doesn't sound as good as the H2. I don't know if they switched mic capsules or preamps or both, but it's just not as nice.

[@skepticacid-io]

Are there any other recorder alternatives you recommend?

[@Simon-80]

Thats interesting . I have the h1, the h2 and the h2n but i Never did a side by side comparison. Hmm?

[@themapplesperiod]

After hearing so much good stuff come out of this mic I was considering purchasing one, but it is discontinued and you're saying the h2n is not as good. Can you give a suggestion of a similar quality mic for the price?

[@kimbanyc]

Did you get rid of the hiss in post? I can’t get rid of the hiss but it may be my wires. I am using it as a mic and not recording to it.

[@JoshTurnerGuitar]

Hey! I'm way late and you may have figured this out, but I don't think that you can get great results using this device as a mic plugged into a different recorder. I'm not sure why, but I've had the same experience. I think you're better off to either: 1. Use this and record to it internally or 2. Buy a purpose-built microphone with an XLR output and a recorder with an XLR input (Such as the Zoom H4) for better sound.

[@kimbanyc]

@@JoshTurnerGuitar thank you! That makes sense. It does record internally just fine. I will pay up for the H4

[@darrenreynolds3531]

What would you recommend now in 2022? Do you still use the zoom?

[@loicktoupin912]

2022 ! Thanks

[@fransmensingh4333]

Hi Josh can you tell me if there is a remote controller for this recorder, can,t find anything about it on the internet

[@JoshTurnerGuitar]

I don't know if Zoom made a remote for the H2, but they did make one for it's successor, the H2n. It's not very expensive and may be backwards compatible. www.zoom.co.jp/products/product-accessories/rc2-remote-control-h2n

[@gannonb4u]

I have an H2 Zoom. Must be about 7 yrs old. Not sure of the model #. I haven't connected it to my pc for about 18months. The PC worked fine with the Zoom. I was able to make many recordings from the zoom to the PC. I plugged it into my PC today and now my PC doesn't recognize the device. Can you help?

[@tempvariable]

Can you make sure the USB cable still works?

[@gannonb4u]

@@tempvariable Thanks for the reply. Everything works now. I made 2 different cd's at home using the Zoom anD my PC. Here are 2 samples. from my "String Sessions" cd; kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2a1f4CFncymr7M and from my "Bossa Beat" cd; kzbin.info/www/bejne/bmSlZod-h86Wb8U

[@FireInTheHole96]

Nice! Hopefully you'll get used to pointing at words ;) cheers for the video

[@yobanyhernandez125]

so just justr recording my self with an accoustic the zoom H2n would be enough? I was looking at the zoom H5 prevously

[@eliweiss4118]

Probably, since he's been using the h2 for tons of videos and it sounds amazing

[@JoshTurnerGuitar]

I actually prefer the sound of the H2 to the H5, having owned both.

[@PieterZigterman]

Nice idea for a new channel man!! What camera did you used for this video?

[@PieterZigterman]

ah thanks man! Nice edit/post as well. Keep on with the good work!

[@TreyMeares]

Josh, when you are recording with 2 people do you still use the front of the mic? or do you switch to the other setting? Thanks

[@joshturner_etc]

I still use the front of the recorder. I like the tone a lot better than the back

[@TreyMeares]

+JT Etc. Thanks! BTW didn't know that you and Carson are from the Charlotte area. I live around Lake Norman! Good luck in New York

[@luisthree]

I wonder how you synchronize audio and video. Bluetooth while performing? Later with software? Could you please explain how? Thanks

[@miki.covers]

luisthree what some people do, is record themselves clapping or something like that, and then you sync that loud sound (very easy to found in the soundwave) with the image on the vídeo, plus some fine adjustments

[@homebrewedmusic]

This is very well done, congrats. I would however suggest that high sample rates are not any indication of "high quality" audio. Human hearing has limits, the mics have limits, reproduction systems have limits. Sampling at 48 khz, for instance, exceeds the limits of all those, so going to a higher sample rate cannot improve any aspect of audio quality. In many cases, and the H2 is one of them, even 24 bit depth doesn't add any audible improvement over 16 bit, since the self-noise of the H2 limits the actual noise floor. One more nit I would pick - please don't call any wide spacing ORTF. ORTF is a carefully researched and precisely defined configuration. The rear mics in the H2 are not remotely close to an ORTF array. Fran

[@JoshTurnerGuitar]

Better late than never for a response - Thanks so much for very close attention. To be fair, I said "More like ORTF," but still, you're quite right, it's not that exact pattern. As for the quality vs sample rate of the audio, I will contest this a bit. If I were to never modify my audio files in any way after recording, I could happily record in 256 or 320kbps mp3, and it would sound excellent, certainly "high quality." However, To have the latitude to go back and (sometimes extensively) edit the audio after recording, it is much better to record at higher sample rates and bit depths. This is why I always record at 24/48 WAV, the same standard used by many recording studios -not because it's audibly higher quality than something at a lower sample rate at the outset, but because it allows me to make a truly "higher quality" finished product. I usually scale down the audio only when it's time to publish.

[@robdavidson1876]

My screen just goes yellow now no longer works after 6 years

[@gjones6481]

Can i ask did you ever use your zoom h2 direct, recording into pc daw ? It always appears you use sd card. i never have seen it plugged direct into your pc .wasnt it more work doing it this way when you recorded muti tracks ? Is there a reason why you didn't. Cheers

[@antoniomontemuro9751]

que sorte esses vídeos

[@ed_tomeyan]

Thank you so much, Josh! :) I'll be happy if you could help me with my Zoom H2n. You know, it records really terrible sound. And I can't get what's the reason. Here is one of my videos recorded with Zoom H2n kzbin.info/www/bejne/hoXNf2Vmhs51bq8. I did all how you said in your videos. There are no compressors, limiters or something else. It sounds like I'm playing in a big tube :(

[@aarongaynor2002]

Plz 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸

[@BeachBoi1000]

Nice bokeh…

[@RufinoMendoza]

Anyone else here in 2023 after watching BETTER SOUND for LESS MONEY?!?!

[@vincenzodellama7158]

Hi Josh! How do you handle all the usual copyright issues from posting covers on youtube?