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Zoom H2n Handy Recorder

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The Zoom H2n is a portable digital sound recording device manufactured by Zoom. It is the successor of the Zoom H2 recorder. The Zoom H2n has 5 mic capsules built inside it. Musical applications for the H2N include the ability to use the device as a stereo or multi-track(4 channel) recorder; the device also includes built-in editor for some minor editing works with in the device.

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Operation

The Zoom H2n is capable of more than 20 hours of operation using two standard AA batteries. The device weighs 130g without batteries and has a reference speaker for listening the recordings.

Key Features

It can record in WAV format up to 24-bit/96 kHz and MP3 up to 320kbit/s. It has additional functions like Lo-cut Filter, Compressor/Limiter, Auto Gain, Pre-Rec, Auto-Rec, Tuner, Metronome, Variable Speed Playback built into it.

Recording modes

The device can record in MS(mid-side), XY, MS+XY (2ch) and MS+XY (4ch) modes. It can record in Directional (XY, MS mid mics) Bidirectional (MS side mic) types.

References

Zoom H2n Handy Recorder Wikipedia