Zoom - H2N, Digital Handy Recorder

Characteristics

- Five built-in microphones and four recording modes: Mid-Side (MS) stereo, 90° X/Y stereo, and both 2-channel and 4-channel surround

- Analog-type input gain control   

- Auto Gain provides three preset recording levels

- Stereo ⅛" Mic/Line In mini phone jack with Plug-in power (2.5V)

- Stereo ⅛" Phone/Line Output jack with dedicated volume control

- Built-in reference speaker for fast monitoring

- Large 1.8 inch backlit LCD display 

- Records directly to SD and SDHC cards up to 32 GB

- Supports up to 24-bit/96 kHz audio in BWF-compliant WAV or a variety of MP3 formats

- Auto-record and Pre-record features 

- WAV to MP3 conversion

- Internal mixdown: four-track surround to stereo  

- Up to 99 marks per recording

- Built-in effects, including compression/limiting and low-cut filtering 

- Onboard MS decoding

- Normalize and Divide functions

- Chromatic tuner and metronome 

- Loop playback with user-defined start and stop points

- Variable playback speed, from 50% to 150% for phrase training

- Variable pitch without affecting playback speed

- USB port for data exchange to and from computer and use as a USB microphone

- 4-in/2-out USB audio interface for PC/Mac computers

- SD card reader function

- Data recovery function automatically saves data if power fails or card is removed

- Mounts directly to tripod or DSLR 

- Runs on only 2 standard AA alkaline or NiMH rechargeable batteries, or AC adapter (AD-17, USB to AC type) 

- Over 20 hours of operation with 2 AA alkaline batteries 

Specifications

GENERAL

- RECORDING MEDIA: 16MB–2GB SD cards, 4GB–32GB SDHC cards

- BUILT-IN MEMORY: Up to 1 minute in 96kbps MP3 format

- MIC ARRANGEMENTS: 90˚ X/Y stereo, MS stereo with adjustable side mic level

- RECORDING MODES: MS, XY, MS+XY (2ch), MS+XY (4ch)

- MICROPHONE TYPES: Directional (XY, MS mid mics)

- Bidirectional (MS side mic)

- MAXIMUM SOUND PRESSURE INPUT: 120 dB spl (directional)

- 122 dB spl (bi-directional)

FILE FORMATS

- STEREO UNCOMPRESSED PCM: 44.1 / 48 / 96kHz, 16 / 24bit WAV (BWF)

- COMPRESSED MP3 (RECORDING): 44.1kHz, 48kHz

- 56 /64/80/96/112/128/160/192/ 224/256/320kbps

- (Not compatible with MS-RAW recording)

- COMPRESSED MP3 (PLAYBACK): 44.1kHz, 48kHz

- 32/40/48/56/64/80/96/112/128/160/192/224/256/320kbps

- 4CH UNCOMPRESSED PCM: 44.1 / 48 / 96kHz, 16 / 24bit WAV (BWF)

- (Two stereo files for each recording)

DIGITAL PROCESSING

- A/D CONVERSION: 24-bit 128× oversampling

- D/A CONVERSION: 24-bit 128× oversampling

- SIGNAL PROCESSING: 32-bit

- RECORDING TIME (2GB CARD): 3:08:00 (44.1kHz/16bit WAV), 34:43:00 (128kbps MP3)

ADDITIONAL FEATURES

- LO CUT: 80Hz high-pass filter

- COMP/LIMITER: 3 types of compressors and 3 types of limiters

- AUTO GAIN: Automatic input gain adjustment (3 levels)

- PRE REC: 2 seconds of pre-recording

- AUTO REC: Automatic recording start/stop, continuous standby

- TUNER: Chromatic, guitar, bass and alternate (A/E/G/D/DADGAD) tunings with automatic string detection

- METRONOME: 40–250 BPM range, five tones, pre-count

- SPEED: Playback speed adjustable between 50–150%

- KEY CONTROL: Playback pitch adjustable ±6 semitones

- (Cannot be used with 96kHz files)

- AB REPEAT: Repeats playback between selected points in a file

- FILE DIVIDE: Divides a file into two

- FILE NORMALIZE: Maximizes file volume

- (Cannot be used with MP3s)

- FILE MP3 ENCODE: Converts WAV files to MP3 formats at fixed bit rates

- MARK: Up to 99 marks

- (WAV files only)

- SURROUND MIXER: Adjusts mix balance when playing back 4ch surround recordings

OTHER

- DISPLAY GRAPHIC: 128×64 pixels backlit LCD

- INPUT GAIN: 0 to +39 dB

- INPUT JACK: Line/mic stereo mini jack with plug-in power

- 2 kΩ impedance at input levels of 0 to –39 dBm

- OUTPUT JACK: Line/headphone stereo mini jack

- RATED OUTPUT LEVEL: −10 dBm (output impedance 10 kΩ or more)

- HEADPHONES: 20 mW + 20 mW (into 32 Ω load)

- BUILT-IN SPEAKER: 400mW, 8Ω, mono

- USB: Mini-B type

- Card reader operation

- USB 2.0 HIGH SPEED: Audio interface operation

- USB 1.0 FULL SPEED: Supports 44.1 / 48kHz sampling rates and 16-bit rate

- USB bus power operation supported

- POWER: Two AA batteries, AD-17 USB to AC adapter (DC 5V 1A)

- Continuous operation of 20 or more hours when recording 44.1kHz/16-bit WAV files using alkaline batteries

- PHYSICAL FEATURES: Tripod mounting socket, strap attachment

- DIMENSIONS: 67.6mm (W) × 113.85mm (H) × 42.7mm (D)

- WEIGHT: 130 g (without batteries)