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Question: When you connect a mic into the input line. Can you mix it with the built-in mics?
Document: . It's tougher than it feels. I've been pretty rough on it in a commercial setting and it's still ticking. Battery life is superior to the more expensive recorder I normally use. You'll want to use some sort of wind screen if you plan on using the built-in mics. It's limited somewhat with only a line level input if you plan to use an external mic. Internal mics are pretty sensitive and work best up close. they pick up a fair amount of ambient noise.
I did a lot of review before settling on this recorder. I was looking for something that can record good audio for my dslr. The built in mics on dslrs just don't make the cut and I don't blame the manufacturers as it is what it is to keep the dslr design and shape as it is.This recorder has a line out. I keep the recorder running while mounted on dslr and feed the line out to my T4i line in. The sound is clean.
I bought this to connect to a Audio technica Lavalier microphone i have... and wow does it sound good! I can change the input sensitivity and playback the audio to make sure its sounds good too. The on board mic is also produces very high quality recordings i was VERY surprised. The size makes it very practical for anything. Now i can just hook up my juicedlinked adapter to it and i can be recording using my XLR microphone. I highly recommend this product to new comers and professionals.
Let me start by saying that all the luminous 5-star ratings are valid within their context. For me, however, the Zoom H1 fell short of my needs.I wanted a compact digital recorder to record separate audio while using a Pentax K5 DSLR. My objecties were to 1) shoe-mount the H1 when in a pinch, 2) connect an external mic to the H1, 3) connect external balanced mics to a pre-amp connected to the H1.
Until I invest in a heavy duty mic as a line-in recording device, I won't really be able to say it does a fantastic job. But, I do know the mics on the recorder are very sensitive - they will pick up absolutely everything! I was recording in my bedroom - not professionally soundproofed, but nearly. Anyway, it picked up the clicking from my radiator switching on 3 feet away, hidden behind a pile of clothes.
We needed a back-up recording device for saving sermons. We have used the Zoom H1 for a couple of months. The line in is selectable for mic level or line level. And it has selectable wav or mp3 recording, it does anything we need. The 2 gig card that comes with it holds over 2 hrs of wave files so I didn't even have to buy a larger card. The mics are surprisingly good also. If I record music from the back of the church it sounds really good.
I use the Zoom H-1 for video production for work and it is a great device. Seems to do really well on batteries and the sound is very clean when using the built in mics. I use it with a Sennheiser wireless lapel mic set up and it works perfectly. Transferring the files from the Zoom to my computer is super easy, as well. I highly recommend it!
For the price, it's hard to beat this as a micro-budget recorder. It can also work as a self-contained interview mic if you ALWAYS use a foam ball atop the X/Y mics built atop the unit and spend a few minutes with earphones on learning to find the &#34;sweet spot&#34; distance/position range at your subject's typical volume.
I've had the Tascam DR-05 and Zoom H4n and this is the only one of the mix that doesn't like to connect to my computer. I've got a sweet video editing system with top end specs that works with everything else, but I have to take the microsd card out and use either an adapter or put the card in a different audio device for my computer to use it.
Despite it being older, the H2 may still be better for you. First of all, while the quality of the mics on this unit are the same as the H2, the QUANTITY is not...it does NOT have the rear-facing "ambient" or surround mics to (poentially) add to your mix.
Answer: No, when you plug in an external mic the external mic overrides the built in microphones