Thanks for the info , just got my h1n for field recording and i wasn't happy with the result ! Saw your vid and i will give another try tomorrow ! Happy monetization soon ! 😊 8 subs to go !! subbed !
Generally good tips. You've got the filter freqs backwards tho. 80 Hz is lower than 120 Hz and so on. You're cutting off the low end of that, below that level, because it's usually just bassy rumble. I'd love to hear more about great ways to position the mike tho, and how you can manipulate rec vol and subject proximity to mitigate ambient room or environment noise.
This is exactly the video I was looking for! Thanks for the info. I was thinking on getting the H1N, but I didn’t know what microphone I should get. I think I’ll try that Boya BY MM1 shotgun mic for sure. Could you still use the Boya to record “background noise” or would that depend on the H1N settings? I also wanted to record sound effects and naturally occuring noises like people chatting in a coffee shop or city noise in downtown. Do you have any recommendations?
So, for the "background noise" if you're using the Boya BY MM1 hooked up to the Zoom H1N that should work as background noise. You'd just have to adjust the gain dial on the Zoom because you'd be using that as the pre-amp so that's how you would control the volume of the Boya. For sound effects and natural occuring noises the Zoom H1N should be able to handle those as well. I've used it to record sound effects in the past like footsteps, camera shutter, and many other things. Hope that helps!
I bought the H1n to Velcro to the back of my electric fiddle to record directly. I like to move around ;) Bonus, it’ll effortlessly serve as a USB interface to add the other instruments … and it’s a mic worthy of sampling cat trills… Forget that this digital deck weighs barely an ounce WITH batteries.
Bro , suppose i am taking some yoga class 5 feet away and if i keep it with camera on some stand . Will it be able to pick my voice easily ? And In untreated room , will it be able to remove the echo background noise ? Is it a good option
I'm sorry I don't have a good answer for that question. I can tell you it's really great at picking up audio, but for that specific situation I'm not so sure
I noticed you have a considerable amount of wind noise in the intro segment by the river. Were you using a windscreen and/or lo-cut filter in that location or was the wind exceedingly strong and what windscreen were you using if any?
Well for this video I was using the Boya BY-MM1 Shotgun Microphone and I had the deadcat that comes with it on the mic. The wind was pretty strong that day so that's why I had some noise at the intro.
@@ivotouart No problem. Yeah I've noticed that the shotgun mic I use isn't as good as the H1N at blocking out wind noise. I've rarely had issues with the H1N for wind noise. And thank you!
Not really any setting tips. Just make sure that your gain is set to where you're not peaking your audio. That's basically the main thing to worry about. All the other fx and filters could be added in post if you really needed them
Probably not because if you really wanted to you can take out any low frequencies in post. Honestly you could do that all the time instead of using the lo-cut filter if you wanted to.
I received mine today because i got it cheap but the you forgot the best tip..... and that is a piece of tape over the volume buttons on the side because they are like a rattle snake.
It's probably because of the SD card size. You might be maxing out it's capacity. However I think the largest SD card the Zoom H1N takes is 32 or 64 gigabytes. So you are limited to a specific recording time.
I suspect that Jake grew up close to where I grew up. I say things like find it “rate here” instead of “right here”. I also commonly say “you guys” instead of “you” or “you all” even though I know my audience in not just guys.
That's funny that you noticed that because to me I feel like I don't have an accent or anything but to others I'm sure it sounds like I'm from the north😂
2:30 Know your frequencies....How is 80Hz a higher frequency than 120Hz or as you say even "lower ....160Hz....??? Frequency is as the numbers....The lower the number, the lower the frequency, not the other way around...
Couple of questions... - Why using low cut on the recorder when you can do it in post? Can recorder actually save the recording better than doing it via EQ in the post? - Why -15 to -12db is a golden ground? I was always aiming between -12 and -6gb, trying to put loudest sounds around -6db. H1n having pretty loud preamp noise, if you are recording quieter ambiances, being closer to 0db will result in less noise in the final recording. If you record at -15db on average, and bring the gain up in post, you will amplify the noise. I'm strictly referring to recording situations when you can get -6db on average when using mic gain at 5-6.
Hi Jake! Thanks for all of your excellent vids! We save so much time by listening to what you already know! Hey, can I set up a voice-activated on/off for the Zoom H1n? Thanks!
@@JakeBorowski15 from what I've understood so far it has to do with the battery settings - it looks like the settings must be on "alkaline" and not on "lithium" (haven't tried that, but unrelated sources - fb group, reddit - mentioned it as a possible problem and suggest that as a fix)
Were these tips helpful? Let me know!
Yes
Thank you man, can you please do a video on tips recording NATURE sounds?
@@F-ti8ko I might
Thanks for the info , just got my h1n for field recording and i wasn't happy with the result ! Saw your vid and i will give another try tomorrow !
Happy monetization soon ! 😊 8 subs to go !!
subbed !
@@vediovis hope you can get a better quality out of it. And thank you so much for subscribing!
Generally good tips. You've got the filter freqs backwards tho. 80 Hz is lower than 120 Hz and so on. You're cutting off the low end of that, below that level, because it's usually just bassy rumble. I'd love to hear more about great ways to position the mike tho, and how you can manipulate rec vol and subject proximity to mitigate ambient room or environment noise.
Yeah I might have to make a part 2🤷♂️
Just fyi - 80Hz is lower than 120Hz which is lower than 180Hz. You have it backwards when you talk about the LoCut filter. Nice vid, though.
Ahhhh gotcha. Thanks for the tip! Not really an audio expert here lol. So sometimes I really don't know what I'm talking about🤷♂️
@@JakeBorowski15 you got class, kid. Have a new subscriber!
@@sminstudios hats off to you fella. Thanks for the sub👍
Thanks, I thought I was going crazy
hey Jake, could you pls cover the post audio editing part? the softwares you use and so
Do you mean in a video?
Amazing, thanks so much! So helpfull!
Glad I could help you out! And thanks for the comment!
Tku you are better with your explanation than Zoom themselves.
Haha! Thank you! I appreciate it.
This is exactly the video I was looking for! Thanks for the info. I was thinking on getting the H1N, but I didn’t know what microphone I should get. I think I’ll try that Boya BY MM1 shotgun mic for sure. Could you still use the Boya to record “background noise” or would that depend on the H1N settings? I also wanted to record sound effects and naturally occuring noises like people chatting in a coffee shop or city noise in downtown. Do you have any recommendations?
So, for the "background noise" if you're using the Boya BY MM1 hooked up to the Zoom H1N that should work as background noise. You'd just have to adjust the gain dial on the Zoom because you'd be using that as the pre-amp so that's how you would control the volume of the Boya. For sound effects and natural occuring noises the Zoom H1N should be able to handle those as well. I've used it to record sound effects in the past like footsteps, camera shutter, and many other things.
Hope that helps!
I bought the H1n to Velcro to the back of my electric fiddle to record directly. I like to move around ;)
Bonus, it’ll effortlessly serve as a USB interface to add the other instruments … and it’s a mic worthy of sampling cat trills…
Forget that this digital deck weighs barely an ounce WITH batteries.
Yeah it's a pretty sweet portable sound recorder tbh
Bro , suppose i am taking some yoga class 5 feet away and if i keep it with camera on some stand . Will it be able to pick my voice easily ?
And In untreated room , will it be able to remove the echo background noise ?
Is it a good option
I'm sorry I don't have a good answer for that question. I can tell you it's really great at picking up audio, but for that specific situation I'm not so sure
does it has noise reduction capability in-built?
No I don't believe so
I noticed you have a considerable amount of wind noise in the intro segment by the river. Were you using a windscreen and/or lo-cut filter in that location or was the wind exceedingly strong and what windscreen were you using if any?
Well for this video I was using the Boya BY-MM1 Shotgun Microphone and I had the deadcat that comes with it on the mic. The wind was pretty strong that day so that's why I had some noise at the intro.
@@JakeBorowski15 thanks for clearing that up, I thought you might have used the H1N camera mounted, that's why I asked. Good videos!
@@ivotouart No problem. Yeah I've noticed that the shotgun mic I use isn't as good as the H1N at blocking out wind noise. I've rarely had issues with the H1N for wind noise. And thank you!
Well done and well said Jake!
Thank you!
Thanks dude
You're welcome!
do you have setting tips for ASMR with this mic?
Not really any setting tips. Just make sure that your gain is set to where you're not peaking your audio. That's basically the main thing to worry about. All the other fx and filters could be added in post if you really needed them
@@JakeBorowski15 Thank you so much!
should I use lo cut settings for asmr?
Probably not because if you really wanted to you can take out any low frequencies in post. Honestly you could do that all the time instead of using the lo-cut filter if you wanted to.
great tips dude
Glad you think so!
I received mine today because i got it cheap but the you forgot the best tip..... and that is a piece of tape over the volume buttons on the side because they are like a rattle snake.
yes that is very true
80hz is lowest, 160hz is highest cut on this device. Not the other way around. You misunderstand hz backwards.
Yeah I've gotten this comment before already. I'm not really an audio expert, but I've learned much more about audio since this video was made.
I get great results using auto level.
Nice!
Good video 📹👍
Thank you!
mine not recording mor two hours pls help
It's probably because of the SD card size. You might be maxing out it's capacity. However I think the largest SD card the Zoom H1N takes is 32 or 64 gigabytes. So you are limited to a specific recording time.
thnks for reply , let me try this@@JakeBorowski15
Nice one
Thank you!
Bay City, MI?
Yup that's where I was at haha
Either a Martian hiding or a face filter. ..Those eyes don't look natural... lol
Take me to your leader👽
Did you add any sfx on zoom wav file?
Nope there was no sound fx added in post at all
I suspect that Jake grew up close to where I grew up. I say things like find it “rate here” instead of “right here”. I also commonly say “you guys” instead of “you” or “you all” even though I know my audience in not just guys.
That's funny that you noticed that because to me I feel like I don't have an accent or anything but to others I'm sure it sounds like I'm from the north😂
I use an external mic plugged into the zoom as preamp. Satisfied with the sound!
I'd say that's the best possible setup with the zoom H1N. Cool setup!
what kind of mic, can i ask? i worry about the input gain needed by my dynamic mic
2:30 Know your frequencies....How is 80Hz a higher frequency than 120Hz or as you say even "lower ....160Hz....??? Frequency is as the numbers....The lower the number, the lower the frequency, not the other way around...
Sorry bud I misspoke
Couple of questions...
- Why using low cut on the recorder when you can do it in post? Can recorder actually save the recording better than doing it via EQ in the post?
- Why -15 to -12db is a golden ground? I was always aiming between -12 and -6gb, trying to put loudest sounds around -6db. H1n having pretty loud preamp noise, if you are recording quieter ambiances, being closer to 0db will result in less noise in the final recording. If you record at -15db on average, and bring the gain up in post, you will amplify the noise. I'm strictly referring to recording situations when you can get -6db on average when using mic gain at 5-6.
Thank you very much for this video, saved me a lot of time !
Glad I could help!
Hi Jake! Thanks for all of your excellent vids! We save so much time by listening to what you already know! Hey, can I set up a voice-activated on/off for the Zoom H1n? Thanks!
I'm sorry I don't believe you can do that
Can we plese say cliping instad of peaking... Peaking is okay except when its cliping the top of the singnal.
Sorry
why the heck is this channel has very less subs?!!!...that unjust!!!
Haha thank you! I really appreciate that!
does anyone have a massive battery drain issue with their Zoom H1n? 🤔
I sort of do actually. My battery goes down pretty quickly. Idk if it's just that the battery life sucks on this thing or what🤷♂️
@@JakeBorowski15 from what I've understood so far it has to do with the battery settings - it looks like the settings must be on "alkaline" and not on "lithium" (haven't tried that, but unrelated sources - fb group, reddit - mentioned it as a possible problem and suggest that as a fix)
@@incommunito good to know. Now maybe I'll get some more battery life out of it. Thanks!
Thank you it helps
Happy I could!
Very helpful tips. Thanks!
Happy to help!
hi jake , is this mic better than carotid mics in 70 dollars range .
Yes I believe it is mainly because you could use it for so many different things. It's very versatile and just an overall great mic!
@@JakeBorowski15 I agree. More versatile and great on board sound, however the mics may be more sensitive
Hi Jake
Hello!
@@JakeBorowski15 I love you
Haha love you too man
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YOU ARE THE MAN THANK YOU JAKE
You're welcome man! Glad I could help!
Nice video
Thanks! Glad you liked it!
@@JakeBorowski15 your welcome
Great video.
Thanks!