The bluetooth app with an Android phone is a must unless you want to fool around with a 1980 Casio watch type menu and multi button system. I;n waiting for an H8 update with floating point.
@TomWadeCine9 ай бұрын
🤣 great point.
@apostolicbible19 ай бұрын
The more I use this thing the more I hate it. You can't do a file transfer when hooked up to the bluetooth app. So you have to turn off bluetooth and then do a file transfer and then go back and turn on bluetooth...wish I had bought a Tascam X8. This thing is only good if you need something very small.
@MentopiaProductions8 ай бұрын
I was debating if I want to ‘upgrade’ from the Zoom H6N to this one, and I think you saved me from doing so. It’s definitely nice to have, but it’s not a major upgrade for sure.
@TomWadeCine8 ай бұрын
glad I could help. Cheers.
@joetunon26 күн бұрын
Thanks! For clarification, does changing the magnification of the wave files affect the volume of those WAV files for later importing into a DAW? (ie, does it help get the WAV files in the right range before messing with it in your DAW?)
@TomWadeCine15 күн бұрын
yes it does
@DigitalImageStudio6 ай бұрын
Dual input sockets reach much further into the enclosure so the choice to omit them may have been made in order to minimise the device size.
@TomWadeCine6 ай бұрын
I did not know that, thanks for educating me. Cheers!
@lofidarkambient9 ай бұрын
Great review. I own, amongst other Zoom field recorders, the H4n Pro and, very recently, the Zoom F3. The Zoom F3 is great. The 32-bit float is great when you record sounds without knowing how they will evolve over time, as I like to use hydro, geo, and EMT microphones. When it comes to inputs the H4n Pro is an interesting option. But indeed, the slow boot is a bummer. I measured 27 seconds with a freshly formatted 16 GB card and 36 seconds when there are already recordings on it.
@TomWadeCine9 ай бұрын
Absolutely love the f3. It’s a great bargain. I’m looking to add the f6 but something tells me zoom may be doing an update soon. Thanks for watching, cheers!
@exunder2 ай бұрын
Seems like If Im looking for a good recorder to plug a shotgun mic on a boom pole for indie films, this should be pretty solid, thanks for the review!
@TomWadeCine2 ай бұрын
You're welcome! It's a great option
@tuesdayswithed4 ай бұрын
I'm a beginner and when I plug a 3.5 cable from it to my camera I get this fluttering noise on the recording and don't know what's causing it. I tried two 3.5 cables but they were cables off of old shotgun mics. Don't know if that's the problem or not.
@TomWadeCine4 ай бұрын
It may be the preamps on the camera.
@tuesdayswithed4 ай бұрын
@@TomWadeCine It turned out I didn't have the gain set on the line out of the sound recorder. It's all good now.
@TomWadeCine4 ай бұрын
Oh cool. Glad to hear you got it to work
@ishudshutup9 ай бұрын
If you get the chance, could you compare this to the Tascam X6 ?
@TomWadeCine9 ай бұрын
Sorry I don’t own the tascams
@danielgrenier24175 ай бұрын
In my case, the biggest shortfall is that when you hit Play, this thing is automatically on repeat! Please, please, PLEASE, ZOOM, make that feature OPTIONAL and just play the file once by default. Otherwise, not much to complain about.
@michaelandrade33214 ай бұрын
I upgraded from the H4n Pro because it took too long to turn on 💀
@bladerunner9835 ай бұрын
I wish I was better at command line, but I'm not. The good news is that Linux Mint is more user friendly than Windows so at least I can manage. Obviously it won't be a problem for you so if you ever decide to try it out, let me know how it works in Mint.
@amaximus1677 ай бұрын
It blows my mind that they didn't put dual inputs in these. Like, why? Everything else has them!
@nickloss2377Ай бұрын
What do you mean...? They have 2 inputs.. 2 XLR jacks right there ..
@amaximus167Ай бұрын
@@nickloss2377 All the other Zooms I have had have two input types, XLR/1/4". This does not and I have no idea why.
@bladerunner9836 ай бұрын
I plan on using the Zoom F3 with Audacity, but I'm running Linux Mint. Has anyone ever tried this?
@TomWadeCine6 ай бұрын
Sorry, I wouldn’t know. Maybe someone else will
@JohnPaulHerold5 ай бұрын
Works great both as an interface and also working with the files in Audacity (have used on NixOS and Pop OS)