Loading...I’m a freelancer - I buy my own gear, pay for my own stuff. No problem.
So I need to buy a recorder. Yes, my phone will do it, but I live in terror that it will reboot during a presser and then ring, or the like. The chances are low, but you’ve got the potential to REALLY annoy a lot of people you have to work with constantly.
So, to buy one. It has to dump the data via USB, be small, be light, be easy to use.
The Edirol R-09 was the leader until I realised it doesn’t have a windsock, nor can one be bought for it from anywhere.
So the next one was the Zoom H4, which DOES have a windsock, and is apparently very good quality as well. And is about $150 cheaper.
It also has phantom-powered XLR inputs for my nice mics I bought last year.
But then I saw it had a baby brother coming out soon, the H2.
It’s only about half the size, and it’s US$200 rather than US$300.
But it’s not out until May in the US, so who knows when it will get here, and it doesn’t have the XLR inputs.
Nice, but I think I’ll buy the H4.
Definitely check the units out in person if you can — the Zoom is great, and I love mine, but for someone doing a lot of pro work, it could be a tad fragile. That will be your call.
Thanks Derek, much appreciated. Mostly it will travel around in my bag, and our pressers are pretty civilised, so I think I’ll give it a shot. Cheers.