Zoom H8 Handy Recorder Overview:
THE ONLY RECORDER THAT ADAPTS TO YOUR WAY OF CREATING
12 simultaneous recording tracks, interchangeable capsules, and an App-driven touchscreen interface, the H8 is designed to meet all your audio recording needs.
THERES AN APP
FOR YOUR WORKFLOW
Whether youre capturing audio on location, recording music, or producing a podcast, the H8 color touchscreen adapts to your projects needs with three App-driven interface options. All with the touch of your finger.
THE MIC CAPSULE
The H8 comes with the Zoom XYH-6 microphone. This capsule provides two matched high-quality unidirectional mics, for capturing signal directly in front of the recorder. With the Zoom mic capsule system you can easily swap capsules to ensure youre always using the right mic for the job.
Features:
- Customized applications for field recording, music andpodcasting
- 3 distinct interfaces for field recording, music andpodcasting
- Interchangeable inputcapsules
- 12-track simultaneousrecording
- Four mic inputs and two XLR/TRS comboconnectors
- Gain control knobs and -20dB pads for eachinput
- Supplied XYH-6 X/Y capsule provides secondary input via a stereo Mic/Line In mini phonejack
- Phantom power for all six XLR mic inputs:+24/+48V
- Large color LCD touchscreendisplay
- Records directly to SD, SDHC and SDXC cards up to512GB
- Up to 24-bit /96kHz audio in BWF-compliant WAV or a variety of MP3formats
- Auto-record, Pre-record and Backup-record functions mean that you'll never miss that perfecttake
- Built-in effects, including low-cut filtering, compression, andlimiting
- Multichannel and stereo USB audio interface forPC/Mac/iPad
- Accepts standard AA alkaline or NiMH rechargeablebatteries
- Over 15 hours of operation with 4 AA alkalinebatteries
Specifications:
- NUMBER OF INPUT CHANNELS:8 (XY mic capsule, 1-4, A, B)
- NUMBER OF OUTPUT CHANNELS:2 (stereo headphone and stereo line)
Connectors
- MIC IN:ZOOM mic connector
- INPUT 1-4:XLR jacks (2: HOT)
- INPUT A/B:XLR/TRS combo jacks (XLR: 2 hot, TRS: TIP hot)
- USB:USB Micro-B(audio interface, mass storage and Guitar Lab connection functions)Note: Use a USB cable that supports data transfer.Operation using USB bus power is possible.
- REMOTE:ZOOM BTA-1 or other dedicated wireless adapter
- LINE OUT:3.5 mm stereo mini
- PHONE OUT:3.5 mm stereo mini
- PHANTOM POWER:+24 V/+48 V (independent ON/OFF for INPUTS 14, A and B)
Recorder
- RECORDING MEDIA:Cards that support SD/SDHC/SDXC specifications
- FORMATS:WAV: 44.1/48/96 kHz, 16/24-bit, mono/stereoMP3: 128, 192, 320 kbps
- MAXIMUM SIMULTANEOUS RECORDINGTRACKS:12 (MIC IN, backup recording, 1-4, A, B, and LR)
Audio interface
- MULTITRACK MODE:44.1/48/96 kHz, 16/24-bit, 12-in/2-out
- STEREO MIX MODE:44.1/48 kHz, 24-bit, 2-in/2-out
- TUNER:Chromatic/Guitar/Bass/Open A/Open D/Open E/Open G/DADGAD
- BUILT-IN SPEAKER:400 mW 8 mono speaker
- DISPLAY:2.4" (320240) full-color touchscreen LCD
- POWER:
- 4 AA batteries (alkaline, NiMH or lithium)AC adapter (ZOOM AD-17): DC 5 V/1AUSB bus power
- Using XY mic, 44.1 kHz/24-bit (stereo 1): about 15:00
- The above values are approximate
- Continuous battery operation times were determined using in-house testing methods. They will vary greatly according to use conditions.
- EXTERNAL DIMENSIONS H8:116.4 mm (W) 163.3 mm (D) 48.6 mm (H)
- XYH-6:78.9 mm (W) 60.2 mm (D) 45.2 mm (H)
- WEIGHT H8:354 g XYH-6: 130 g
