Comments on: FX Recording in Japan with a Zoom H2 Recorder

By: mp3 download

mp3 download — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 11:42:29 +0000

Please note: The Zoom H2 will not mount as a USB Drive on MAC OS X 10.5.0 Leopard unless you update to H2 Firmware version 1.2 or higher. Download the latest H2 firmware and read the installation instructions at Zoom’s site

By: sagethesoundburglar

sagethesoundburglar — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 01:31:27 +0000

Has anyone checked audio quality of H4 compared to H2? I use OKMII binaurals – great 3D, looking for digirecord interface. Plus interviewing. So basically ‘wild’ sound for foley and interviews are the end result, broadcast quality (and sound performance sometime), movies…

By: tim

tim — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 06:37:57 +0000

By: tim

tim — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 06:37:31 +0000

I didnt shop around for the H2 as I wanted to start using it day one… maybe if you hunt around Akihabara you might save a little but personally I’d rather get the device & start enjoying Tokyo (unless you enjoy shopping i bought mine at the Akihabara branch of Yodobashi so if i was you I’d go there first, get a price & then go for a hunt & see if you find it elsewhere for an hour or two…. I cant actually remember exactly what I paid for it & I cant find the H2 in stock on Yodobashi website but Sofmap is another tech shop (that also has secondhand gear – music gear, Macs etc) and they have the H2 for Y23,800 = US$237
http://www.sofmap.com/product_detail/exec/_/sku=10771413/-/gid=AX14040400
I think you can get a discount ie duty free, so take your passport when you go shopping….
In comparison Amazon have them for US$190 and Sweetwater have them for US$199…

bit of a guide to Akihabara here:
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3003.html

By: simon mantle

simon mantle — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 03:22:17 +0000

hi there – I’m going to Tokyo on March 20 and planning to buy a Zoom H2 – can I ask how much you paid at Yodobashi Camera? and do you know if their prices were the best?

thanks
Simon

By: Disquiet » Japanese Ambience MP3s from Sound Designer Tim Prebble

Disquiet » Japanese Ambience MP3s from Sound Designer Tim Prebble — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:01:31 +0000

[...] In the post on his website, substation.co.nz, Prebble reflects on the way recording sounds (much like taking a photograph) impacted his experience of the places he visited: I am so happy to have all of these recordings, and no doubt some of them will make it into a film one day, but imagine the opposite ie no recorder, no mic….these would all be sound memorys, slowly fading as time passes with no ability to reference them – I know which i prefer… US$200 well spent! And its like the size of two cell phones… and it makes you listen, be quiet and listen… I stopped counting the number of times I suddenly realised I had stopped breathing & was starting to hear my heart pouding in my chest, why? Simpyl because of the sonic beauty of engaging with the environment in Japan [...]

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By: emonome | Sound Memories from Japan

emonome | Sound Memories from Japan — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:18:10 +0000

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By: Emon

Emon — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:07:38 +0000

Hi Tim! Thanks for being generous with the SFX. Having ‘trained’ myself by producing and editing radio plays I approach film-making very differently. Considering the price, the recordings have come out very good.

You’re right, these seemed more like captured memories.