Zoom - H8, Digital Handy Recorder, Black

Characteristics

- Customized applications for field recording, music and podcasting

- 3 distinct interfaces for field recording, music and podcasting

- Interchangeable input capsules

- 12-track simultaneous recording

- Four mic inputs and two XLR/TRS combo connectors

- Gain control knobs and -20dB pads for each input

- Supplied XYH-6 X/Y capsule provides secondary input via a stereo ⅛” Mic/Line In mini phone jack

- Phantom power for all six XLR mic inputs: +24/+48V

- Large color LCD touchscreen display

- Records directly to SD, SDHC and SDXC cards up to 512GB

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

- Auto-record, Pre-record and Backup-record functions mean that you'll never miss that perfect take

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

- Multichannel and stereo USB audio interface for PC/Mac/iPad

- Accepts standard AA alkaline or NiMH rechargeable batteries

- Over 10 hours of operation with 4 AA alkaline batteries

- NUMBER OF INPUT CHANNELS: 8 (XY mic capsule, 1-4, A, B)

- NUMBER OF OUTPUT CHANNELS: 2 (stereo headphone and stereo line)

Specifications

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 1–4, 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 8Ω mono speaker

- DISPLAY: 2.4" (320×240) 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 10:00

- 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

- Note: When using a USB cable designed for recharging, audio interface, SD card reader and Guitar Lab connection functions cannot be used.