hi David,
good question!
The H2n has a little rotary control for the input/mic level.
The H1 has little up/down push buttons do per form a similar function.
I'd guess that the rotary control on the H2n is actually connected to a good
old potentiometer,
so for H2n answer to your question would be yes.
For the H1, it's possible the gain control is done electronically (ok),
but also that they do it digitally (bad, same problem as H2).
Problem with the old H2 and H4 was that the volume control worked on the signal
after conversion to digital.
Effectively the same as not having one, apart from the hi/mid/low switch which
with it's 3 positions is hardly adequate for accurate volume setting.
What happens is that if the input overloads you can "turn it down", but you
just record a distorted signal at lower level!
( this is a *mistake* by Zoom )
My workaround (H2) is to record at 24bit wav and set the hi/mid/lo sensitivity
switch to avoid overload. (with the digital vol control set always to 100)
Then when editing to 16bit CD format I boost the level.
(it *is* possible to do that within the H2 afaik, but as I have pro editing on
pc I haven't tried)
andy
ps
Essential accessory for these portable recorders is one of those little camera
tripods.
( I got mine from Poundland)
David van Ooijen wrote:
Do the new Zooms have manual gain setting? Indispensable.
David
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