An Honest Review About My First Choice Digital Recorder: The Zoom H4n

Are you a journalist working in television industries? Or are you an enthusiast musician or film producer looking for good digital recorders?

Well, there are many options for you to choose on the market. Each recorder has its own pros and cons. However, today I want to talk to you about my favorite one. It's the Zoom H4n Digital Recorder. It truly is a beast when it comes to capturing top-notch records! Now let's take a closer look at it.

What makes it so different and competent in comparison with others?

The first noticeable feature I want to share with you is about its unique way of placing the mics. You know, in order to produce high quality sound output, you have to place you mics properly. Without proper mic placing, even with the best recorder, it's hard to capture the sound at maximum flavor.

The Zoom H4n Digital Recorder makes this issue easier for you. It has a unique X/Y mics design that is very flexible for recording at different situations. You can tune the mics at either 90 degrees or 120 degrees to fit the situation.

Have you had any recorder that has 4 channels of recording? I bet none! Zoom H4n Digital Recorder has a built-in 4 recording channels that work at the same time. What does it mean? It simply means with double the recording channels working for you, you will double the chance of capturing 'high definition' records!

You're working in multi-media industries such as journalism, film making, or song writing? I know how frequent a film maker, a musician or a journalist use their recorders. My dad is working in the industry as well, he's a journalist. Therefore, if you're looking for a trustworthy device to capture realistic voices, this toy will be a savior! It can produce sound at 24-bit/48kHz for videos, and at 16-bit/44.1kHz for audio CDs.

Want to share your amazing pieces of works with your family, friends, or colleagues while you're far away? Then it will never be a problem with this tool. You can change the bit-rate of outputs ranging from as high as 320kbps down to 48kbps. That way, distributing samples of your works via emails will become faster!

Are you still in concern about battery issue with your old digital recorder? It can't withstand an 'all day long' recording activity? Well, fact is, no device can work continuously that long. But the Zoom H4n Digital Recorder is something special. It can't work 24-hour a day for you, but it can work 11 hours long continuously with its 'stamina mode!' Quite surprising, right?

Does it have any disadvantage? It sounds ideal...

Of course, nobody is perfect, that' normal. Even with this powerful tool, you will still have some minor drawbacks.

The first thing is it produces not much bass sounds. It can result in your voice lack of strength. And remember that do not bring it around when you want to do interview with it. Because it produces handling noises and other rumbling noises. But it's normal with all hand-held recorders.

There are other minus points as well. It's considerably heavier than other recorders and it would be a real issue if you have to hang it on for a long interview. And in the stamina mode, it seems to take longer to boot up.