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Zoom H6essential with 32-Bit Float, Accessibility, 6-Track Portable Recorder, Stereo Microphones, 4 XLR/TRS Inputs, Records to SD Card, USB Audio Interface, for Musicians, Podcasters, Filmmakers
Francisco J. Alda Esparza
Reviewed in Spain on February 24, 2025
Es una grabadora robusta y sencilla de manejar
Sie
Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2025
I'm in a loud rock band and we rehearse in a small room at deafening volumes. This has been able to capture all the details of our rehearsals and jam sessions without any clipping.I'd definitely recommend it to any musicians who are looking for a recorder to record live music.
Experience DOES Matter
Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2025
Amazingly clear sound; I bought it for archival recording of my symphony orchestra's concerts - to work in tandem with a video recorder. Unfortunately, and despite the Vid Recorder's features and jack, it doesn't accept the Zoom recorder's output, but - that's clearly a problem with the Vid Cam and NOT this amazing Zoom recorder.It's really compact, but delivers great sound even with the built-in criss-cross mikes. Easy to use, amazingly adaptable for four-input/track recording in such a compact package - I'm really pleased with the complete, true-fidelity recorded sound. It's difficult to record the performance sound of my orchestra without a full overhead mic situation, and especially due to the lousy acoustics of our home hall, but this Zoom recorder's capabilities, bargain price and could-hear-a-pin-drop clarity of recorded sound is spectacular.
Blake
Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2025
As a blind person, I have been using this recorder with ease due to the voice guidance included on the recorder, which includes the ability to set the clock without someone reading the screen. Various updates since my purchase almost a year ago have improved upon the voice guidance, to tell me when inputs are enabled or disabled, for instance.the noise floor of the recorder is low enough that under most circumstances, it's below the sounds being recorded from the recorder.32 bit files make the need to set any level on the recordings superfluous, but you can get around this by going into the mixer and turning up the volume of the various inputs before recording. However, for someone who doesn't know about the benefits of 32 bit files or how to deal with them after they're recorded so as to normalize volume levels, etc, this may not be as useful to some.There are some improvements that I hope can be addressed in future updates.1. At the current moment of writing (January 23, 2025), if you are only recording one track of input, there are two files being made. One file is for the single track you are recording, and the other file is for all tracks combine, which in the instance of creating a recording with only one track, will only be a duplicate of the track being recorded. In my opinion, this wasts space on the MicroSD card, doubling the amount of space a single recording should take while making it.2. While updating, there is no audio prompts at certain points, especially when you know it's time to restart the unit for the update, unless something undocumented has changed in firmware 2.0.2 that I don't know about.3. When going through the list of files, no names are provided, but there are already the numbers available for the clock, why not use those to find the files you'd like? For now, you can play each file you're going through and stop it if it isn't what you want to review, or simply connect it to your computer and review the files that way.4. There is no limiter available on the line-out. This has been very useful on my Zoom F3, I could see it being quite useful on the Zoom H6 as well.So far, this has been a reliable and excellent recorder for my use cases.
AJMAL FAISAL ALI AHMED
Reviewed in the United Arab Emirates on August 8, 2024
Iighter than the h6 also better audio quality
JT
Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2024
This is how gear should be designed. 32 bit float is very helpful and the interface is super clear, with straightforward physical buttons where you need it. I recorded podcasts during a convention with this thing and 3 external mics/cables. I used the onboard internal stereo mics as a backup. Battery life is decent, but plug in where you can if you're going full-blast like I was. I did three 2 hour interviews, and the third interview was over 2 hours - somewhere approaching the third hour, my batteries ended. But for lesser situations, you should be fine.
alfredo ramirez soto
Reviewed in Mexico on August 11, 2024
llebo unos meses con ella, y hasta ahorita me a funcionado muy bien. la uso mas como interfás pero e echo algunas grabaciones y tiene muy buena calidad, aun faltan descubrir como funcionan bien algunas otras configuraciones, pero sin dudarlo la recomendaria para un uso desde iniciante hasta profecional.
Camparod
Reviewed in France on December 5, 2024
Cet enregistreur vous facilite la vie, très intuitif d'utilisation. Parfait pour enregistrer plusieurs pistes. Pour ma part, j'ai un micro par enceinte et le micro intégré dirigé vers la guitare + un micro sur perche pour la voix. Parfait.
Hans-Joachim Jungk
Reviewed in Germany on December 31, 2024
Ich war auf der Suche nach einem Adapter für 2 XLRMikrofone an meine Videokamera 3.5 TRS an zu schließen. Dabei sollte es auch 48V Phantomseisung liefern. Dabei fand ich verschiedene Geräte zwichen 169 bis 450 Euro. DIe gängigsten kompatiblen waren von Taskam. Was auch gute Geräte sind. Ich sah mir auf Youtube einige Testvideos an und bin dabei auf das Zoom H6 essentials gestoßen. Es Hat vier XLR Eingänge einen USB, Kophörer und einen Line out Anschluss. Und es Zeichnet auch jeden Eingang mit 32bit float Technologie auf. Was für mich als Kameramann bedeutet, ich brauche mir keine Gedanken mehr über das Übersteuern des Tons zu machen. Jeder Kammeramann weiß was das für eine Erleichterung ist. Das Zoom H6 essentials ist hier bei Amazon für 279,- Euro zu haben, ich habe mir einen Rückläufer für 248,-Euro gekauft. Das Gerät ist in einem einwandfreien Zustand angekommen. Und funktioniert hervorragend. Das H6 ist in einer sehr guten Qualität gebaut. Für mich ist es die Eier Legende Wollmilchsau, da ich es für mehrere Zwecke verwenden kann wofür ich mehrere Geräte und Adabter bräuchte. Mittlerweile habe ich mir die Erweiterung EXH-6e von Zoom noch dazu gekauft. Damit habe ich noch zwei weitere XLR und einen 3,5 Klinken Eingänge dazu. Das XY Mikrofon das beim H6 Essentials dabei ist hat einen sehr guten Ton und wird von mir oft spontan eingesetzt.Mein Fazit ist eine absolute Kaufempfehlung
Just Today Only
Reviewed in the United States on November 4, 2024
This 32-bit float recorder has excellent features can record at 48,000 or 96,000 sampling rate.The included microphone is good enough. It sounds pretty clear. There is a lot of handling noise, so don't expect to be holding it. I did have to get a pop filter as well for it. And it does take AA batteries, or you can get rechargeable batteries. And usually I just use it with a plug-in USB-C cable to keep it powered.You can use this as an audio USB interface as well if you want to record multiple inputs into a digital audio workstation.
Kimberly Lazarski
Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2024
This unit is very good - I've only used the built-in Mics so far but the functionality seems fine. My issue with it is the switches and the menu selector knob feels kind of cheap - the click/detents in the scroll knob could be better and feel more premium, and the power switch on the bottom should be moved to one of the sides as should the accessory port. The volume control feels cheap as well - they feel like Radio Shack quality components. Also, considering that the Mic module can be swapped out to plug in XLR jacks, and because the mics may not always be at the center of a performance (think: vlogger or press coverage of a show), having the ability to adjust L/R levels in the mixer for the Mic channels would be much appreciated; yes that can be done in post, but note that XLR 1,2,3,4 can all be independently adjusted in the mixer.
Alexz S.
Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2024
Look if you know anything about sound you know the Zoom brand. I have used them for years and the new interface is great. Its a beefy unit and having a portable 4 channel with 32-bit float?! Do yourself a favor and buy this - or a h4 if you only need 2 channels.
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