SETUP How to record with the Zoom H2n for Keertan (live music)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 มิ.ย. 2024
- An in depth tutorial on how to setup the H2n and position it correctly to get the best Keertan (live music) recording.
Zoom H2n with Accessory Pack:
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Zoom H2n User Manual:
www.zoom-na.com/sites/default...
Monopod:
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FILMING:
Panasonic GH5
Sigma 18-35mm f1.8 Art
Metabones Ultra .71xx
DJI Mavic Pro
Edelkrone SliderOne Pro
GoPro Hero 4 (Timelapse)
EDITING
Macbook Pro Touch Bar 15" 2016 (Space Grey) 2.6GHz i7 16GB RAM Radeon Pro 460 4GB
Final Cut Pro X
Adobe Photoshop
Samsung T5 2TB
MUSIC
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One of the best Zoom H2N videos that I've seen.
Thank-you do much for this video! It's the only once I've seen about the H2n that tells me anything worth knowing. Keep up the good work!
I really appreciate the work you put into this. Thank you-so helpful!!
purchased my Zoon H2N several years ago but never opened the box. Now I'm ready to record my short stories, thanks to you Keertan for your very instructional video.
Thank you for making this! Shaney are the biggest problem - but putting the recorder in front of the feedback monitor like you said seems to work best in those situations. Looking forward to the editing/post-production tutorial!
You're welcome. Editing tutorials on their way! :)
Thanks for making this, it was very helpful and in depth!
I've just bought one of these and then realised I might find it complicated but I've learnt a lot from this, thanks.
glad it helped! all the best
Thanks, one of the best manual's about H2n Handy Recorder. Great teacher.
This was great thanks! I just ordered an H2n, don't even have it in-hand yet but this answered my questions for sure -
williemammoth11 you're welcome hope it's everything you need!
Your tutorial was the best. I learned something new!
Eeli Laaninen brilliant! 😀
Great video and teacher ! Thanks so much for all the info and tips
Excellent review and thoroughly informative! Think I’ll be buying this one now
Paaji this is a brilliant video. Super informative ✊🏾
Clear and concise. Well done. Thank you.
Thanks!
This is what I was looking at... thanks for sharing..
please do a video about the editing and post-production!!!1 I loved the video
Love this vid. Very educational. If you have more zoom recorder would love to see comparisons or reviews.
Very nice tutorial! Well done! Thanks a lot 🙂
Awesome tutorial. Thanks man.
You're welcome!
Real instructive and pleasant video ! looking for a quality numeric portable recorder to begin inside/outside captations, I now get a serious option on this one ! Thank you. Btw how incredibly elegant dressings (especially headdresses) you Singh guys wear !😉😊
Thank for sharing your experience with us :)
Thanks for watching!
Great Video many thanks for showing and sharing.
Thank you so much. Excellent video.
just got this recorder, your video was so nic and simple .. thank you
Great content!
That was excellent - thank you.
Thanks man!you help me a lot..now i know how to use ..i have 3 set h2n👍👍👍👍👏👏👏
You're awesome man! This was so helpful
Glad you benefitted! 🙏☺️
@@OfficialNerdSingh you need to create more often 🙈 I’d also like to ask some questions privately; as I am a creator from Uganda in Africa making a mark on the industry here.
very clear! thank you!
very useful. thank you
Thanks for this Mr Singh you aren't a nerd you are clever
Thanks you, very informative
Thank you very much, i have learn more
Wish I'd have found this a while ago man...ace.
Ok thank you for making this. I play the highland pipes and my instructor has been on me for yeeaaarrrsss to record my daily practice. I finally broke down and got something, this model. I’m still watching videos and learning how to use this. I won’t be doing any editing. Probably just recording 4 of my competition tunes daily. Then maybe loading them on to my PC. Thank you for the video
Brilliant! I'm from Aberdeen so love the pipes!
Thanks great help!
Great review!
Thanks! Appreciate the support!
Love it! I own one, but can’t figure it out since I’m playing and can not monitor at the same time. T’anks!
Awesome. Thank you.
You're welcome! Thanks for checking it out!
Brilliant 👌
A comprehensible scottish accent for once. Great info thanks
Great. 🙏 thanks
Super helpful, I uses mine to record bluegrass and jam music!
K C thanks! 🙏👌
KC - that's what I got one for: our bluegrass/jam band needs documentation. What mic pattern are you using typically and what recording format do you default to? I figure I will often just plug into the pa. The m/s option seems like a cool technique to adjust the soundstage - wonder if you find that valuable.
Veldig bra tips.
shukria Paji
Hey! I just bought one of these. I'm planning on using with my Euphonium (it looks like a small tuba). The way I hold it is so that the bell is like at a 15-20° angle. Would you have any advice on where you'd place it with a brass instrument like this?
So sorry for the late reply! Honestly got no experience with this. Let me know if you found something that works!
Just ran across your video - it was very useful for me despite the fact that I have a quite different use case (never ever heard about "Keertan" until today - I obviously need to take a more in-depth look at this to close my cultural knowledge gap). However, I got my H2n recently and want to use it for voiceover and/or podcasting like recordings. For mono I use the MS mode by switching the side mics off completely - and then talk into the backside off the device. If I want to give it a little "room" I use XY for stereo and a clear focus on the voice talking into the mic. Works all perfectly fine to this point. The only thing I'm struggling with is the 'gain'. Your advice is to set the level so that the recording is in the area between -12 to -6 db. Talking with normal loudness and a distance of about one feet / 30 centimeters with gain of 8 I end up between -18 and -12. To get to -6 I have set the gain to the maximum of 10 or talk directly into the device (gain 8 but with a distance of only about 5cm). Do you observe the same behavior on your device? Any advice?!? Or is there maybe just something wrong with my own Zoom recorder?
nmbr73 Hey! Thanks for the lovely comment. Very respectful and happy you are looking into Keertan! Check out @basicsofsikhi youtube channel. They have simple videos in English on Sikhism (for educating) and lots of Keertan too!
In terms of gain, the Keertan I'm recording is very loud. Not only are there hundreds of people singing, there are speaker systems also feeding back to the h2n. So I'd say what you're experiencing is quite normal. I'd say stick to a gain of 8 and as long as you record WAV you can increase in editing phase and get the volume out you need without any issues. Looking forward though, the h2n isn't the best for voice. You may be better off getting a lavalier mic and plugging it into the h2n (unless you need atmosphere). All the best!
Hello, i m ovi from Bangladesh, i want record hindu harinaan kirtan, is this mic. Is best for me? When kirtaniyas doing there perform in a Stage they follow a circle. They perform in all side. Centre is free for god picture / Throne,If it's good then where do I put it? please explain the backup time & sound quality?
Great, thanks a lot. May I ask which kind of monopod you use?
Don't think they make that one anymore but any monopod with feet is the thing to search for
If your recording from a mini disc music would you have to adjust volume for each song.whats a good bit etc for backing tracks.Tks Mike
Hey Singh! Where is the best way to store this recorder when your doing POV with Binaural sound headphones ?
Have you been able to hook that H2N direct to an iphone? Any advice there?
Great video, thank you for all the information!
I just got an h2n but somehow it wont accept the sd card i bought (intenso sdhc 8gb class 10).
Zoom has a list of compatible sd cards on their website but I have difficulties in finding these (elder) models in stock.
Do you have a recommendation for a sd card that fits properly?
Thanks!
Class 10 is quite modern and fast. Might be something to do with that but as far as I remember it was just that it could only take up to 32gb so I'm not sure. Maybe drop zoom a msg on Instagram or Twitter?
@@OfficialNerdSingh Thank your for your reply :)
In the meantime i figured out, my h2n works with an older sd card of my ancient camera. So maybe its due to the intenso card or it's class.
Keep up the good work!
Thanks for your video! Can you help me on choose one n these mics or an audio recorder like the zoom H1, I'm musician and I need something to record good audio quality but lightweight and not so expensive. The video is going to be catched with the phone, but don't know what option is better to acoustic spanish guitar and singing.
Have a good day!
Gdg dg I wouldn't recommend h2n for capturing an instrument you'll get too much atmosphere unless what's what you're looking for. I'd recommend an omnidirectional mic maybe something like the zoom f1 with shotgun mic. Never tried it myself but would be better option to isolate the sound of your guitar 👍
Official Nerd Singh Thanks for your time!
Is there anyway of this only recording line in?
Hi I am using it but everytime I record in whatever of it channels and solo, etc. I listen in the background a sort of whistle that comes from my laptop fun which is very very low and it is disgusting. Then I don't know how to avoid, I just want to record my voice for Facebook live with a very good quality voice recording.
What us the benefit of having a microphone connecting to H2n it as input
Hello, i m ovi from Bangladesh, i want record hindu harinaan kirtan, is this mic. Is best for me? When kirtaniyas doing there perform in a Stage they follow a circle. They perform in all side. Centre is free for god picture / Throne,If it's good then where do I put it? please explain the backup time & sound quality?
Yeah you could increase the angle that the mic picks up sound so it captures everything from the sides too. Backup time depends how much you are backing up and how fast your computer is. Sound quality is good for small cheap atmospheric recorder!
@@OfficialNerdSingh is it best for me? Whats ur kind suggestion
Sri Sri Rashasthali শ্রী শ্রী রাসস্থলী hard to know specifics bhaya but it's a good cheap start for a recorder so no harm in trying!
I know this video is a little old but ill give my question a shot, I have this zoom h2n and I also have the MOVO shot gun mic that you can plug right into a smartphone, when I plug/ connect the movo mic into the LINE IN on the zoom shouldn't I be able to control the gain on the zoom for the movo ?
Hey! Yes technically you should...but if it's not working it might be to do with the type of cable being used and maybe that it's a smartphone mic?
@@OfficialNerdSingh ok this is how I have it set up and why, I have have zoom h2n because its a great mic on its own and it has great control features like the on the fly gain, and I also have the movo xr10 pro, also great, BUT I thought, if, I connect the movo to the zoom I could control the gain on the movo FROM the zoom going into my galaxy note 9 when video recording. I found that although I can hear sound from both mics when I play back a recording that gain was not controlling the movo. SETUP movo line out to zoom line in using TRS TO TRS, zoom line out to smartphone headphone jack in, using TRS TO TRRS END INTO smartphone, SO! I have tried just about everything I can this of running tests, But I think that the gain on the zoom itself its not designed to control the line out. Its just to control the onboard sensitivity only, but I'm going to run another test before I call it.
@@CinematicTouchProductions thank you so much for this detailed reply! please let us know what you find...just had an idea to share with you if you want see how it goes, there's a pro filming app called FilmicPro and they have settings on the app to change audio, I think you might have to specifically pay for that feature but download this on your note 9 and see how you get on, might be an easier solution to having more control with your movo! All the best
if we taking voice output from mixer and giving to h2n input
microphones still work after giving input to h2n ?
I don't think so ji it will override so to do that you need multitrack recorder ji
One question... i am using an external mic connected to the Zoom H2n recorder. Is there a special setup that needs to be applied in order for the device to be able to capture the sound from the added mic, or it is all automatically pre-set? I am asking this because when i tapped the Zoom's mics when i was recording with the external mic i kinda felt some reading on the screen... Thanks in advance!!! :)
As far as I'm aware when you plug something into the mic jack it should automatically disable the h2n mics..so when you tapped the h2n mics and something came on the meters that might mean the mic is not being picked up?
@@OfficialNerdSingh Nope. My theory is that the sound from both mics is being picked up somehow... I will test it tomorrow so I could be sure. I'll send feedback.
HI! Can you help me? I have a same h2n, a tablet and that's it. I set up the gain under the destrosion level, i make the record and when i listen it back on a device, the volume is very low. How can i fix that problem? (i know a lot of people use zoom handy recorder and sound good, but i don't know what should i do different)
Thanks your answer!
Hi there. You will need to bring your recording into an audio editing software and increase the "gain" in the software - this will make the recording louder. 🙏
@@OfficialNerdSingh Thanks your fast answer. I will try it!
Sup man, could you help me with some advice?
I get quite a lot of "white noise" and "frequencies" with the Zoom H2n. Anything I can do to make it capture less "white noise"?
Thanks man.
Hey! Try moving the recorder closer to what you're recording. Also maybe make sure it's the MS at the top and not 4 ch maybe it's picking up the whole room. The h2n is made to pick up more than less in that sense.
@@OfficialNerdSingh I am and just tested it, this recorder does have an actual pretty incredible sound, quite clear
Although I still get some frequencies and white noise, and I bought it thinking it would be the best for interviews, might have made a mistake here.
Thank you for answering man, best wishes :)
Do you need the SD card inserted to use as a USB microphone? Lost my SD card and ableton is not finding the mic. Don't know if I need new SD card or new USB cable
Hey Marc...Just had a chance to test this for you. I am able to to connect my h2n as an audio interface to my mac without an SD card inserted in the h2n. Might be as simple as your settings, or possible cable as you mentioned. All the best!
@@OfficialNerdSingh Thanks a lot my man!!
Marc D did you sort it?
@@OfficialNerdSingh Yeah it was an ableton problem it wasn't finding anything, my mic, interface etc. Sorted it out tho thanks man!
Thanks son!
You're welcome sir!
So if i want to record myself for example do i need to hold it backwards?
If you're on the MS recording setting then yes.
Hello, i m ovi from Bangladesh, i want record hindu harinaan kirtan, is this mic. Is best for me? When kirtaniyas doing there perform in a Stage they follow a circle. They perform in all side. Centre is free for god picture / Throne,If it's good then where do I put it? please explain the backup time & sound quality?
I use this microphone as an external microphone with my dslr camera. I’m trying to figure why I have so much “hum” or “hiss”. Can you help me?
Stuart, Jr Barrett three things pop to my mind.
- Settings aren't right for what you're trying to do
- cable is faulty
- this isn't the best mic as an external mic so what you are hearing might just be atmospheric noise. Might be better to record separately, move the mic much closer to the sound source and sync in post editing. All the best.
Official Nerd Singh Thank you 🙏🏾
guide me
we do kirtan in different homes
some have very little space and little rooms and khartalan always very loud in small spaces
what will be better option to record video with better audio ?
Better option is multi track recording so you are recording mics and atmosphere. This is expensive setup and complicated so another option is to just lavalier mic on Kirtani or a boom mic on camera that has more of a omnidirectional polar pattern (basically only capturing what is in front of it), e.g. Video mic pro +. But even still if shanay are loud you will have problem! I feel your pain bro this is always an issue for us too ji 🙏 try position recorder near to Kirtani as much as possible and keep shanay on other side
@Official Nerd Singh thankuu veerji
Will try with lav mic hopefully I get less of khartalan voice.
@@harmanpreetsingh8667 bear in mind ji when using lav you will lose atmosphere and bass of tabla so using lav alone for Kirtan is not best best solution but will fix shanay issue. Everything is pros and cons. The con mainly being money and setup time the more complicated we make the setup
@Official Nerd Singh very complicated
Can i do like I record voice from mixer to camera direct and record some atmosphere from h2n on low gain. Will mix afterwards
@@harmanpreetsingh8667 yes that's really good idea ji! 🙏👌
Does the H2N also have an option to record mono??
Boi Mesa Yes, it is possible. In MS stereo mode, set the SIDE MIC LEVEL to OFF. This allows you to record in mono, which is suitable for capturing interviews and narrations. This recorder, however, cannot create mono files. For further information, please see page 22 of the operation manual.
but,do you need an SD card before it records anything? as the SD card is not included in mine.
Yes you do.
@@OfficialNerdSingh thanks, very much,good video by the way 👌
Here's what I'm confused with, how are you supposed to see your db levels when recording on ms mode, because your looking and singing into the front of it? Would you have to record something first, see if it's ok, and then delete the recording?...SBN RESONATE
Hey! Thanks for the comment, yeah I made this tutorial from the perspective of someone solely recording and monitoring, not being the musician themselves. For yourself, you'd have to do a soundcheck. So start your recording, sing and have everything you would normally, and test when your song is quiet and also loud then check the levels, then do the real thing! All the best.
Mirror
How do I get to record button to work?
You might have the lock switch on? It's the same slider as the power button just make sure that's not selected and the record button will work.
Does anybody know if the sound quality on the Zoom Q2N-4K is similar or the same as this? I want this so bad, but the Q2N has a camera plus great sound quality, and it's basically the same, but I'm hesitating because the sound is very important to me too, because I'm a musician who wants to record my own voice and nature samples? Anybody have any feedback on this, or what you think?...SBN RESONATE
Sorry never tried it but looks really good!
Can I insert 64 GB SD card or more ?
No you can't. Maximum 32gb or it won't work.
@@OfficialNerdSingh Is it made from USA or CHINA?
@@rampyareram3156 china
Background music is very distracting, other than that, a very good presentation.
Thanks for the feedback, will keep it in mind for future videos!
hello Paji . can you please record some sad music for me in your studio for my youtube videos . so i dont get any kind of copyright issue . i will pay not a proble. waiting for your responce thanks you
Rgts Alina
.WAV is pronounced WAVE