subject:"microphone"

Hi Robert, thanks for your thorough response.  I have now tested several 
microphones that I have had for some time, just to see if any worked.  I 
tested one computer headset, one computer microphone, and one older 
tape-recorder microphone.  I connected all of them to the channel one 
XLR microphone input on the Behringer by using an adapter that converted 
the 3.5 mm plug to a 3-pin XLR plug.  The first two did not work at 
all.  Oddly, the older tape-recorder microphone did work to some 
extent.  If I turned up the gain and level, I could hear myself clearly 
with some white noise.  I also have a current Audio Technica ATR 2100 
USB/XLR microphone, which I have only used by USB on my computer.  I 
have been told by Zzounds, where I bought the mixer, that this will work 
perfectly with the mixer, but I do not currently have an XLR cable to 
connect it.  My next step is to purchase an XLR cable and test this 
Audio Technica. I believe all of these are dynamic microphones.  I did 
my testing both with and without the phantom power.  None of them seemed 
to need it.  I wish the Behringer manual had been clearer on the types 
of microphones that would work with it.


Rich De Steno

On 3/15/2016 4:02 PM, Robert Nelson wrote:

Rich,

I also have a Behringer mixer so I am familiar with the mixer controls.  I have 
Rode, MXL and $20 Dick Smith microphones with XLR connectors that work well 
with the Behringer.  It is possible that the mixer has a faulty circuit.  In 
that case, I hope you have the original packaging and can return it under 
warranty to get a replacement unit.

The good thing about the Behringer mixers is that they are simple and 
straightforward to use.

You said in your original message that you have tried several computer 
microphones with XLR connectors.

What did you have the microphones plugged into on your computer?  The only 
computer devices which I know to have XLR connectors are external sound 
cards/interfaces.  If that is so, did the microphones work when plugged in 
there?

>From the point of view of troubleshooting, do you have a microphone with a 6 
millimetre jack you can plug into the unbalanced socket below the channel 1 XLR 
socket?  The microphone would have to be a dynamic unless you have a condenser mic 
with a built-in battery to supply power.

I am assuming here that you have done such fundamental things as turn up the 
master volume and the headphone volume.  Now, don't sigh with frustration, even 
experienced users have been known to overlook such fundamentals.

Going back to troubleshooting ... have you tried to plug the microphones into 
channel 2?

On the subject of dynamic versus condenser microphones,  unless you are going 
to record performances of live music, you should use dynamic microphones.  This 
is particularly true if you are recording podcasts at home.

Condenser microphones are great for picking up every subtle quality of live 
music but they are so sensitive that they will also pick up every subtle 
quality of the dog next door barking at the same time.  With a good cardioid 
dynamic microphone, you will probably not even know there was a barking dog 
next door.

I hope this helps,

Bob Nelson



-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Rich De Steno
Sent: Tuesday, 15 March 2016 9:20 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Choosing a Mixer Microphone

I recently purchased a Behringer 1202FX mixer.  I plugged several
different computer microphones into the XLR jack on channel one, but
none of them work.  I hear nothing, but I do hear the line-in inputs.
What type of microphone do I need for a mixer like this.  I am only
interested in using it for speech, not music, and I don't want to spend
more than I need to.  I found nothing in the manual that excludes any
particular type of microphone, so I don't understand why these cheap
computer microphones don't work.

RE: Choosing a Mixer Microphone

2016-03-15 Thread Robert Nelson


Rich,

I also have a Behringer mixer so I am familiar with the mixer controls.  I have 
Rode, MXL and $20 Dick Smith microphones with XLR connectors that work well 
with the Behringer.  It is possible that the mixer has a faulty circuit.  In 
that case, I hope you have the original packaging and can return it under 
warranty to get a replacement unit. 

The good thing about the Behringer mixers is that they are simple and 
straightforward to use.

You said in your original message that you have tried several computer 
microphones with XLR connectors.

What did you have the microphones plugged into on your computer?  The only 
computer devices which I know to have XLR connectors are external sound 
cards/interfaces.  If that is so, did the microphones work when plugged in 
there?

>From the point of view of troubleshooting, do you have a microphone with a 6 
>millimetre jack you can plug into the unbalanced socket below the channel 1 
>XLR socket?  The microphone would have to be a dynamic unless you have a 
>condenser mic with a built-in battery to supply power.

I am assuming here that you have done such fundamental things as turn up the 
master volume and the headphone volume.  Now, don't sigh with frustration, even 
experienced users have been known to overlook such fundamentals.

Going back to troubleshooting ... have you tried to plug the microphones into 
channel 2?  

On the subject of dynamic versus condenser microphones,  unless you are going 
to record performances of live music, you should use dynamic microphones.  This 
is particularly true if you are recording podcasts at home.

Condenser microphones are great for picking up every subtle quality of live 
music but they are so sensitive that they will also pick up every subtle 
quality of the dog next door barking at the same time.  With a good cardioid 
dynamic microphone, you will probably not even know there was a barking dog 
next door.

I hope this helps,

Bob Nelson



-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Rich De Steno
Sent: Tuesday, 15 March 2016 9:20 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Choosing a Mixer Microphone

I recently purchased a Behringer 1202FX mixer.  I plugged several 
different computer microphones into the XLR jack on channel one, but 
none of them work.  I hear nothing, but I do hear the line-in inputs.  
What type of microphone do I need for a mixer like this.  I am only 
interested in using it for speech, not music, and I don't want to spend 
more than I need to.  I found nothing in the manual that excludes any 
particular type of microphone, so I don't understand why these cheap 
computer microphones don't work.

-- 
Rich De Steno

Re: Choosing a Mixer Microphone

2016-03-15 Thread Geoff Eden

Good morning Rich, I hope I don't get too technical. Low-cost computer 
microphones are an economical breed of condenser microphone. As opposed to 
the dynamic microphone, which works on moving a coil in a magnetic field, 
the condenser microphone requires some voltage between vibrating elements so 
it can send a signal to the amplifier. In the low cost microphone, generally 
used for the computer, 1.5 V is sent out of the socket on the soundcard 
which provides the current for the condenser microphone. If you look at the 
plug carefully, you will see that there is a shaft with the traditional 
"ball" at the end, but additionally, there is a ring at the bottom of the 
shaft before you reach the ball. The shaft is ground, the ball is the 
current, and the ring is the audio signal. This whole genre of microphone 
was developed to give reasonable audio quality with the least complication.


Your mixer can provide Phantom voltage for a quality condenser microphone at 
approximately 48 V DC. Your XLR connectors have three pins: the centre being 
ground, with the left and right providing full balanced to the mixer. 
Inexpensive microphones use one ground and one hot side, a so-called 
unbalanced connection. This kind of connection is vulnerable to signal loss 
and interference. Balanced wiring is many times more efficient, especially 
when sending microphone audio over a longer distance.


My Behringer mixer has a switch to turn on the phantom voltage, don't know 
whether turning it off or on would make any difference.


The cheap microphones people use to use with tape recorders that were 
dynamic, could be used with an adapter to your quarter inch microphone 
inputs.


I haven't given much thought as to how to wire up a low cost microphone to a 
mixer.


I haven't looked, but I would bet there are lots of low cost condenser 
microphones from offshore. Try:

dealextreme.com
there is a bottomless bucket of interesting toys there.

Hope this moves you a little further along.

Jeff

-Original Message- 
From: Rich De Steno

Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 7:19 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Choosing a Mixer Microphone

I recently purchased a Behringer 1202FX mixer.  I plugged several
different computer microphones into the XLR jack on channel one, but
none of them work.  I hear nothing, but I do hear the line-in inputs.
What type of microphone do I need for a mixer like this.  I am only
interested in using it for speech, not music, and I don't want to spend
more than I need to.  I found nothing in the manual that excludes any
particular type of microphone, so I don't understand why these cheap
computer microphones don't work.

--
Rich De Steno

Re: Choosing a Mixer Microphone

2016-03-15 Thread Peter Scanlon

I think the little dial at the top of the row of buttons and dials should be 
about 2 O’Clock in the  clock face. Certainly not at 7 am on the clock.



From: Rich De Steno 
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 11:10 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Re: Choosing a Mixer Microphone

Yes, right.

Rich De Steno

On 3/15/2016 7:59 AM, Peter Scanlon wrote:
> An I suppose you’ve have tried all the buttons and dials for that channel 
> fader and the others .
>
>
> From: Rich De Steno
> Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 10:40 PM
> To: PC Audio Discussion List
> Subject: Re: SV: Choosing a Mixer Microphone
>
> They are connected properly, because they snap in securely.  Phantom
> power is not the issue, because they do not work even with phantom power on.
>
> Rich De Steno
>
> On 3/15/2016 7:26 AM, Brian Olesen wrote:
>> Hi,
>> They're probably not connected right in the xlr plug.
>> There are microphones that needs phantom power wich probably can be turned 
>> on with a button on the mixer.
>>
>> Brian
>>
>> -Oprindelig meddelelse-
>> Fra: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] På vegne af Rich De 
>> Steno
>> Sendt: 15. marts 2016 12:20
>> Til: PC Audio Discussion List
>> Emne: Choosing a Mixer Microphone
>>
>> I recently purchased a Behringer 1202FX mixer.  I plugged several different 
>> computer microphones into the XLR jack on channel one, but none of them 
>> work.  I hear nothing, but I do hear the line-in inputs.
>> What type of microphone do I need for a mixer like this.  I am only 
>> interested in using it for speech, not music, and I don't want to spend more 
>> than I need to.  I found nothing in the manual that excludes any particular 
>> type of microphone, so I don't understand why these cheap computer 
>> microphones don't work.
>>
>> --
>> Rich De Steno
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>

Re: Choosing a Mixer Microphone


Yes, right.

Rich De Steno

On 3/15/2016 7:59 AM, Peter Scanlon wrote:

An I suppose you’ve have tried all the buttons and dials for that channel fader 
and the others .


From: Rich De Steno
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 10:40 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: SV: Choosing a Mixer Microphone

They are connected properly, because they snap in securely.  Phantom
power is not the issue, because they do not work even with phantom power on.

Rich De Steno

On 3/15/2016 7:26 AM, Brian Olesen wrote:

Hi,
They're probably not connected right in the xlr plug.
There are microphones that needs phantom power wich probably can be turned on 
with a button on the mixer.

Brian

-Oprindelig meddelelse-
Fra: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] På vegne af Rich De Steno
Sendt: 15. marts 2016 12:20
Til: PC Audio Discussion List
Emne: Choosing a Mixer Microphone

I recently purchased a Behringer 1202FX mixer.  I plugged several different 
computer microphones into the XLR jack on channel one, but none of them work.  
I hear nothing, but I do hear the line-in inputs.
What type of microphone do I need for a mixer like this.  I am only interested 
in using it for speech, not music, and I don't want to spend more than I need 
to.  I found nothing in the manual that excludes any particular type of 
microphone, so I don't understand why these cheap computer microphones don't 
work.

--
Rich De Steno

Re: Choosing a Mixer Microphone

2016-03-15 Thread Peter Scanlon

An I suppose you’ve have tried all the buttons and dials for that channel fader 
and the others .


From: Rich De Steno 
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 10:40 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Re: SV: Choosing a Mixer Microphone

They are connected properly, because they snap in securely.  Phantom 
power is not the issue, because they do not work even with phantom power on.

Rich De Steno

On 3/15/2016 7:26 AM, Brian Olesen wrote:
> Hi,
> They're probably not connected right in the xlr plug.
> There are microphones that needs phantom power wich probably can be turned on 
> with a button on the mixer.
>
> Brian
>
> -Oprindelig meddelelse-
> Fra: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] På vegne af Rich De Steno
> Sendt: 15. marts 2016 12:20
> Til: PC Audio Discussion List
> Emne: Choosing a Mixer Microphone
>
> I recently purchased a Behringer 1202FX mixer.  I plugged several different 
> computer microphones into the XLR jack on channel one, but none of them work. 
>  I hear nothing, but I do hear the line-in inputs.
> What type of microphone do I need for a mixer like this.  I am only 
> interested in using it for speech, not music, and I don't want to spend more 
> than I need to.  I found nothing in the manual that excludes any particular 
> type of microphone, so I don't understand why these cheap computer 
> microphones don't work.
>
> --
> Rich De Steno
>
>
>
>
>

Re: SV: Choosing a Mixer Microphone

They are connected properly, because they snap in securely.  Phantom 
power is not the issue, because they do not work even with phantom power on.


Rich De Steno

On 3/15/2016 7:26 AM, Brian Olesen wrote:

Hi,
They're probably not connected right in the xlr plug.
There are microphones that needs phantom power wich probably can be turned on 
with a button on the mixer.

Brian

-Oprindelig meddelelse-
Fra: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] På vegne af Rich De Steno
Sendt: 15. marts 2016 12:20
Til: PC Audio Discussion List
Emne: Choosing a Mixer Microphone

I recently purchased a Behringer 1202FX mixer.  I plugged several different 
computer microphones into the XLR jack on channel one, but none of them work.  
I hear nothing, but I do hear the line-in inputs.
What type of microphone do I need for a mixer like this.  I am only interested 
in using it for speech, not music, and I don't want to spend more than I need 
to.  I found nothing in the manual that excludes any particular type of 
microphone, so I don't understand why these cheap computer microphones don't 
work.

--
Rich De Steno

Re: SV: Choosing a Mixer Microphone

There is a phantom power button on the front right, but my microphones 
do not work either with or without the phantom power, so phantom power 
is not the issue.


Rich De Steno

On 3/15/2016 7:29 AM, Peter Scanlon wrote:

I think there is a phantom power button in the back of the unit.



From: Brian Olesen
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 10:26 PM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: SV: Choosing a Mixer Microphone

Hi,
They're probably not connected right in the xlr plug.
There are microphones that needs phantom power wich probably can be turned on 
with a button on the mixer.

Brian

-Oprindelig meddelelse-
Fra: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] På vegne af Rich De Steno
Sendt: 15. marts 2016 12:20
Til: PC Audio Discussion List
Emne: Choosing a Mixer Microphone

I recently purchased a Behringer 1202FX mixer.  I plugged several different 
computer microphones into the XLR jack on channel one, but none of them work.  
I hear nothing, but I do hear the line-in inputs.
What type of microphone do I need for a mixer like this.  I am only interested 
in using it for speech, not music, and I don't want to spend more than I need 
to.  I found nothing in the manual that excludes any particular type of 
microphone, so I don't understand why these cheap computer microphones don't 
work.

--
Rich De Steno

Re: SV: Choosing a Mixer Microphone

2016-03-15 Thread Peter Scanlon

I think there is a phantom power button in the back of the unit.

From: Brian Olesen 
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 10:26 PM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' 
Subject: SV: Choosing a Mixer Microphone

Hi,
They're probably not connected right in the xlr plug.
There are microphones that needs phantom power wich probably can be turned on 
with a button on the mixer.

Brian

-Oprindelig meddelelse-
Fra: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] På vegne af Rich De Steno
Sendt: 15. marts 2016 12:20
Til: PC Audio Discussion List
Emne: Choosing a Mixer Microphone

I recently purchased a Behringer 1202FX mixer.  I plugged several different 
computer microphones into the XLR jack on channel one, but none of them work.  
I hear nothing, but I do hear the line-in inputs.  
What type of microphone do I need for a mixer like this.  I am only interested 
in using it for speech, not music, and I don't want to spend more than I need 
to.  I found nothing in the manual that excludes any particular type of 
microphone, so I don't understand why these cheap computer microphones don't 
work.

--
Rich De Steno

SV: Choosing a Mixer Microphone

2016-03-15 Thread Brian Olesen

Hi,
They're probably not connected right in the xlr plug.
There are microphones that needs phantom power wich probably can be turned on 
with a button on the mixer.

Brian

-Oprindelig meddelelse-
Fra: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] På vegne af Rich De Steno
Sendt: 15. marts 2016 12:20
Til: PC Audio Discussion List
Emne: Choosing a Mixer Microphone

I recently purchased a Behringer 1202FX mixer.  I plugged several different 
computer microphones into the XLR jack on channel one, but none of them work.  
I hear nothing, but I do hear the line-in inputs.  
What type of microphone do I need for a mixer like this.  I am only interested 
in using it for speech, not music, and I don't want to spend more than I need 
to.  I found nothing in the manual that excludes any particular type of 
microphone, so I don't understand why these cheap computer microphones don't 
work.

--
Rich De Steno

Choosing a Mixer Microphone

I recently purchased a Behringer 1202FX mixer.  I plugged several 
different computer microphones into the XLR jack on channel one, but 
none of them work.  I hear nothing, but I do hear the line-in inputs.  
What type of microphone do I need for a mixer like this.  I am only 
interested in using it for speech, not music, and I don't want to spend 
more than I need to.  I found nothing in the manual that excludes any 
particular type of microphone, so I don't understand why these cheap 
computer microphones don't work.


--
Rich De Steno

Yeti Microphone And External Sound Devices

2016-01-03 Thread Dane Trethowan

Hi Mike!

I’ve changed the subject line if you don’t mind as the email came here without 
one.

Okay the first thing to do with the Yeti is to replace the USB cable you’re 
using with it as a precaution as it sounds to me the days of that particular 
cable are numbered.

You’re looking for a good external USB sound device to have on hand? Try the 
Aurion 7.1 sound device.

It has analogue and digital in/outs and can handle multiple channels.

This device works on any Operating system, I have one here and I think I bought 
it early last year, the Pc-Audio archive will tell me as I wrote about it to 
the list at the time.

> On 4 Jan 2016, at 1:54 PM, Mike Bernard via Pc-audio  
> wrote:
> 
> 
> From: "Mike Bernard" 
> Subject: looking for an external plug n play usb soundcard
> Date: 4 January 2016 at 1:53:08 PM AEDT
> To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" 
> 
> 
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I currently use the built-in soundcard on my Yeti usb microphone to monitor
> and listen to music as its playing over the air during my radio show.
> However, once in a while, the Yeti's soundcard makes a crackling sound. I've
> had this microphone for four years now, and it still works great. I'm
> looking for a simple plug n play usb external soundcard that I can have on
> hand, should in case anything goes wrong with the Yeti's soundcard. I have
> both 2.0 and 3.0 usb ports on this computer. My version of Windows is 8.1,
> and this is an HP desktop pc, running Window-Eyes as the screen reader.
> Thanks.
> 
> Mike
> 
> Rochester, NY.
> 
> The (mike) itself, works fine, its just the built-in soundcard that crakles
> sometimes. 
> 
> Do you love classic rock? Would you like to shake your groove with 80s new
> wave and 90s hiphop? If so, check out my show every Wednesday night from 7
> to 9 pm on ACB Radio Interactive at
> 
> www.acbradio.org/interactive
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

**
Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the 
halfwits in this world behind.

Re: Audio Technica Dynamic Microphone Test

2015-11-23 Thread Dane Trethowan

It does have a model number yes and its featured in an article I sent to the 
list this morning that discusses creating Podcasts at a budget price.

Two microphones are mentioned for different tasks, the Audio Technica USB 
Dynamic microphone we’re discussing now - for close up Voice work - and the 
Blue Yeti condenser microphone.


> On 24 Nov 2015, at 8:21 AM, Jörgen Hansson  wrote:
> 
> is it only called Audio technica USB Dynamic, or does it have a model number 
> too? this sounds like a good choice for doing podcasts and so on. Can you 
> even usit for portable stuff? I mean, is it easy to put in a small bag for 
> traveling? you said it has a headphone jack on it, this means that you can 
> even use it as a sound card, right? I like it's sound.
> Regards,
> Jörgen Hansson!
> tel: +46 703601296
> Web: www.jorgenhansson.com
> Skype: djtropical4532
> -Ursprungligt meddelande- From: Curtis Delzer
> Sent: Monday, November 23, 2015 10:06 PM
> To: PC Audio Discussion List
> Subject: Re: Audio Technica Dynamic Microphone Test
> 
> right, no background noise, just right there! nice to do a reading
> with that kind of microphone!
> 
> At 01:40 PM 11/20/2015, you wrote:
>> This is the dynamic microphone I ordered alongside my Blue Yeti.
>> 
>> As you can tell the sound characteristics are somewhat different but sounds 
>> nice for a Dynamic microphone all the same, good things to have around when 
>> you want to get up close with your speech without the background noise.
>> 
>> The test has been recorded in FLAC.
>> 
>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10565527/Audio%20Technica%20Test%2001.flac
>> 
>> If link doesn't work the first time then try again in a few minutes, file 
>> may still be uploading to Dropbox.
>> **
>> Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the 
>> halfwits in this world behind. 
> 
> 

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Re: Audio Technica Dynamic Microphone Test

2015-11-23 Thread Jörgen Hansson

is it only called Audio technica USB Dynamic, or does it have a model number 
too? this sounds like a good choice for doing podcasts and so on. Can you 
even usit for portable stuff? I mean, is it easy to put in a small bag for 
traveling? you said it has a headphone jack on it, this means that you can 
even use it as a sound card, right? I like it's sound.

Regards,
Jörgen Hansson!
tel: +46 703601296
Web: www.jorgenhansson.com
Skype: djtropical4532
-Ursprungligt meddelande- 
From: Curtis Delzer

Sent: Monday, November 23, 2015 10:06 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Audio Technica Dynamic Microphone Test

right, no background noise, just right there! nice to do a reading
with that kind of microphone!

At 01:40 PM 11/20/2015, you wrote:

This is the dynamic microphone I ordered alongside my Blue Yeti.

As you can tell the sound characteristics are somewhat different but sounds 
nice for a Dynamic microphone all the same, good things to have around when 
you want to get up close with your speech without the background noise.


The test has been recorded in FLAC.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10565527/Audio%20Technica%20Test%2001.flac

If link doesn't work the first time then try again in a few minutes, file 
may still be uploading to Dropbox.

**
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halfwits in this world behind.

RE: Audio Technica Dynamic Microphone Test

2015-11-23 Thread Hamit Campos

It was I who brought up the wine. Yeah who knows then what happened that time. 
USB things act odd sometimes.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: Monday, November 23, 2015 4:15 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Re: Audio Technica Dynamic Microphone Test

Absolutely right.

My apologies when doing that test as I wasn’t in a very good frame of mind but 
that all seems to have sorted itself out now.

Regarding the whine someone mentioned? Well I didn’t hear a “Wine” myself and 
no one else has mentioned it but if there were a “Wine” of some sort then it 
wouldn’t surprise me at all given I’m right next door to the railway station.

> On 24 Nov 2015, at 8:06 AM, Curtis Delzer  wrote:
> 
> right, no background noise, just right there! nice to do a reading with that 
> kind of microphone!
> 
> At 01:40 PM 11/20/2015, you wrote:
>> This is the dynamic microphone I ordered alongside my Blue Yeti.
>> 
>> As you can tell the sound characteristics are somewhat different but sounds 
>> nice for a Dynamic microphone all the same, good things to have around when 
>> you want to get up close with your speech without the background noise.
>> 
>> The test has been recorded in FLAC.
>> 
>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10565527/Audio%20Technica%20Test%2001.flac
>> 
>> If link doesn't work the first time then try again in a few minutes, file 
>> may still be uploading to Dropbox.
>> **
>> Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the 
>> halfwits in this world behind.

**
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Re: Audio Technica Dynamic Microphone Test

2015-11-23 Thread Dane Trethowan

Absolutely right.

My apologies when doing that test as I wasn’t in a very good frame of mind but 
that all seems to have sorted itself out now.

Regarding the whine someone mentioned? Well I didn’t hear a “Wine” myself and 
no one else has mentioned it but if there were a “Wine” of some sort then it 
wouldn’t surprise me at all given I’m right next door to the railway station.

> On 24 Nov 2015, at 8:06 AM, Curtis Delzer  wrote:
> 
> right, no background noise, just right there! nice to do a reading with that 
> kind of microphone!
> 
> At 01:40 PM 11/20/2015, you wrote:
>> This is the dynamic microphone I ordered alongside my Blue Yeti.
>> 
>> As you can tell the sound characteristics are somewhat different but sounds 
>> nice for a Dynamic microphone all the same, good things to have around when 
>> you want to get up close with your speech without the background noise.
>> 
>> The test has been recorded in FLAC.
>> 
>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10565527/Audio%20Technica%20Test%2001.flac
>> 
>> If link doesn't work the first time then try again in a few minutes, file 
>> may still be uploading to Dropbox.
>> **
>> Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the 
>> halfwits in this world behind.

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Re: Audio Technica Dynamic Microphone Test

2015-11-23 Thread Curtis Delzer

right, no background noise, just right there! nice to do a reading 
with that kind of microphone!


At 01:40 PM 11/20/2015, you wrote:

This is the dynamic microphone I ordered alongside my Blue Yeti.

As you can tell the sound characteristics are somewhat different but 
sounds nice for a Dynamic microphone all the same, good things to 
have around when you want to get up close with your speech without 
the background noise.


The test has been recorded in FLAC.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10565527/Audio%20Technica%20Test%2001.flac

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Re: Audio Technica Dynamic Microphone Test

2015-11-22 Thread Dane Trethowan

I’ll post the article to the list again which mentions the two microphone units 
we’re discussing here.

The Blue Yeti and the Audio Technical microphones are very different devices 
for very different needs and the article attempts to illustrate this though 
that’s difficult to do when you can’t hear the mic themselves though you can 
hear a distinct difference in the way they operate, the Audio Technical will 
only pick up sounds from directly in front of it whilst the Blue Yeti picks 
up.. well… just about everything to be heard including the vibration of typing 
on a keyboard if a shock mount isn’t installed .


> On 23 Nov 2015, at 1:12 AM, ken  wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi, I have the same mic, and I think that mic sounds better than the blue 
> yetti.
> 
> 
> I use the earphone output to play through my speakers.
> 
> Because window eyes is playing through my laptop speaker  it's just great.
> 
> 
> -Original Message- From: Hamit Campos
> Sent: Friday, November 20, 2015 7:54 PM
> To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
> Subject: RE: Audio Technica Dynamic Microphone Test
> 
> What do you mean? What's up with your ears? Yeah man I listened to the file 
> over my Bose Companion 5 multimedia speakers.
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
> Trethowan
> Sent: Friday, November 20, 2015 6:18 PM
> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
> Subject: Re: Audio Technica Dynamic Microphone Test
> 
> Thanks for letting me know as I didn’t catch that but not altogether 
> surprising with my ears the way the are right now, got to keep the mind 
> occupied you know .
> 
> 
>> On 21 Nov 2015, at 10:10 AM, Hamit Campos  wrote:
>> 
>> I heard some wining in the middle. Not sure if you caught that.
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
>> Dane Trethowan
>> Sent: Friday, November 20, 2015 4:41 PM
>> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
>> Subject: Audio Technica Dynamic Microphone Test
>> 
>> This is the dynamic microphone I ordered alongside my Blue Yeti.
>> 
>> As you can tell the sound characteristics are somewhat different but
>> sounds nice for a Dynamic microphone all the same, good things to have
>> around when you want to get up close with your speech without the background 
>> noise.
>> 
>> The test has been recorded in FLAC.
>> 
>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10565527/Audio%20Technica%20Test%2
>> 001.fl
>> ac
>> 
>> If link doesn't work the first time then try again in a few minutes,
>> file may still be uploading to Dropbox.
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Re: Audio Technica Dynamic Microphone Test

2015-11-22 Thread ken



Hi, I have the same mic, and I think that mic sounds better than the blue 
yetti.



I use the earphone output to play through my speakers.

Because window eyes is playing through my laptop speaker  it's just great.


-Original Message- 
From: Hamit Campos

Sent: Friday, November 20, 2015 7:54 PM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: Audio Technica Dynamic Microphone Test

What do you mean? What's up with your ears? Yeah man I listened to the file 
over my Bose Companion 5 multimedia speakers.



-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan

Sent: Friday, November 20, 2015 6:18 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Re: Audio Technica Dynamic Microphone Test

Thanks for letting me know as I didn’t catch that but not altogether 
surprising with my ears the way the are right now, got to keep the mind 
occupied you know .




On 21 Nov 2015, at 10:10 AM, Hamit Campos  wrote:

I heard some wining in the middle. Not sure if you caught that.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
Dane Trethowan
Sent: Friday, November 20, 2015 4:41 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Audio Technica Dynamic Microphone Test

This is the dynamic microphone I ordered alongside my Blue Yeti.

As you can tell the sound characteristics are somewhat different but
sounds nice for a Dynamic microphone all the same, good things to have
around when you want to get up close with your speech without the 
background noise.


The test has been recorded in FLAC.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10565527/Audio%20Technica%20Test%2
001.fl
ac

If link doesn't work the first time then try again in a few minutes,
file may still be uploading to Dropbox.
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RE: Audio Technica Dynamic Microphone Test

2015-11-20 Thread Hamit Campos

What do you mean? What's up with your ears? Yeah man I listened to the file 
over my Bose Companion 5 multimedia speakers.


-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: Friday, November 20, 2015 6:18 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Re: Audio Technica Dynamic Microphone Test

Thanks for letting me know as I didn’t catch that but not altogether surprising 
with my ears the way the are right now, got to keep the mind occupied you know 
.


> On 21 Nov 2015, at 10:10 AM, Hamit Campos  wrote:
> 
> I heard some wining in the middle. Not sure if you caught that.
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of 
> Dane Trethowan
> Sent: Friday, November 20, 2015 4:41 PM
> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
> Subject: Audio Technica Dynamic Microphone Test
> 
> This is the dynamic microphone I ordered alongside my Blue Yeti.
> 
> As you can tell the sound characteristics are somewhat different but 
> sounds nice for a Dynamic microphone all the same, good things to have 
> around when you want to get up close with your speech without the background 
> noise.
> 
> The test has been recorded in FLAC.
> 
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10565527/Audio%20Technica%20Test%2
> 001.fl
> ac
> 
> If link doesn't work the first time then try again in a few minutes, 
> file may still be uploading to Dropbox.
> **
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> the halfwits in this world behind.
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Re: Audio Technica Dynamic Microphone Test

2015-11-20 Thread Dane Trethowan

Thanks for letting me know as I didn’t catch that but not altogether surprising 
with my ears the way the are right now, got to keep the mind occupied you know 
.


> On 21 Nov 2015, at 10:10 AM, Hamit Campos  wrote:
> 
> I heard some wining in the middle. Not sure if you caught that.
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane
> Trethowan
> Sent: Friday, November 20, 2015 4:41 PM
> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
> Subject: Audio Technica Dynamic Microphone Test
> 
> This is the dynamic microphone I ordered alongside my Blue Yeti.
> 
> As you can tell the sound characteristics are somewhat different but sounds
> nice for a Dynamic microphone all the same, good things to have around when
> you want to get up close with your speech without the background noise.
> 
> The test has been recorded in FLAC.
> 
> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10565527/Audio%20Technica%20Test%2001.fl
> ac
> 
> If link doesn't work the first time then try again in a few minutes, file
> may still be uploading to Dropbox.
> **
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> halfwits in this world behind.
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> 
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RE: Audio Technica Dynamic Microphone Test

2015-11-20 Thread Hamit Campos

I heard some wining in the middle. Not sure if you caught that.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane
Trethowan
Sent: Friday, November 20, 2015 4:41 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Audio Technica Dynamic Microphone Test

This is the dynamic microphone I ordered alongside my Blue Yeti.

As you can tell the sound characteristics are somewhat different but sounds
nice for a Dynamic microphone all the same, good things to have around when
you want to get up close with your speech without the background noise.

The test has been recorded in FLAC.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10565527/Audio%20Technica%20Test%2001.fl
ac

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Audio Technica Dynamic Microphone Test

2015-11-20 Thread Dane Trethowan

This is the dynamic microphone I ordered alongside my Blue Yeti.

As you can tell the sound characteristics are somewhat different but sounds 
nice for a Dynamic microphone all the same, good things to have around when you 
want to get up close with your speech without the background noise.

The test has been recorded in FLAC.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10565527/Audio%20Technica%20Test%2001.flac

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Re: First Blue Yeti Microphone Test

2015-11-18 Thread Dane Trethowan

Well thanks and all I can say is that - with the Pop Filter applied - it sounds 
even better.


> On 19 Nov 2015, at 10:52 AM, Curtis Delzer  wrote:
> 
> hey man you did a great, couldn't detect audible clipping, or "smearing," as 
> I like to call it, very clean, and impressive! truly!
> 
> At 12:35 PM 11/18/2015, you wrote:
>> I hope to have the rumble sorted soon, could have been a number of things, 
>> possibly even the Train Station next door but I'd say more than likely the 
>> computer was resonating through the wooden desktop.
>> 
>> I also hadn't tweaked anything or perhaps a better way of putting it was 
>> that I didn't know how to tweak the Blue Yeti at that time so yep, a little 
>> clipping in places but very impressed if I dare say so myself given that I 
>> only had the thing for around 10 minutes.
>> 
>> I just used 44.1KHZ Stereo FLac, ain't that good enough? 
>> 
>> As soon as all the filters and stuff arrive I'll go for another test drive.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 11/19/2015 7:11 AM, Curtis Delzer wrote:
>>> it sounded very very nice, a little "proximity" effect toward the beginning 
>>> which is typical but you moved away. Stereo image, excellent, including 
>>> quite a nice "low rumble," probably from traffic outside? :) very nice 
>>> highs, and as I said, the imaging is excellent.
>>> THANKS! sounds like mine, and am actually impressed by the lack of 
>>> "humnmnmnmnmnmn" which characterized my experience with my yeti at first on 
>>> a wooden tabletop, but fortunately that's gone!
>>> Which did you use? 44,100Hz 16 bit? or higher?
>>> 
>>> At 03:48 PM 11/17/2015, you wrote:
>>>> Okay so hereâs the first test of the Microphone which arrived around 10 
>>>> minutes ago.
>>>> 
>>>> I explain how everything works in the test recording though if Iâve left 
>>>> anything out or if you have any further questions that need addressing 
>>>> then ask.
>>>> 
>>>> The test file is a FLAC audio file and its around 12MB in length, hereâs 
>>>> the link.
>>>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10565527/Input%20Device%20Recording%2020151118%201038.flac
>>>>  
>>>> 
>>>> If link doesn't work the first time then try again in a few minutes, file 
>>>> may still be uploading to Dropbox.
>>>> 
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Re: First Blue Yeti Microphone Test

2015-11-18 Thread Curtis Delzer

it does sound "binaural," and it is quite phase 
sensitive, which matters to me! many "stereo" 
microphones are not as phase sensitive as they 
should be with each other, if you know what I mean. :)


At 03:45 PM 11/18/2015, you wrote:

wow ossum and in stereo to. is it binaural?

--
From: "Curtis Delzer" 
Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2015 12:11 PM
To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 
Subject: Re: First Blue Yeti Microphone Test

it sounded very very nice, a little "proximity" 
effect toward the beginning which is typical 
but you moved away. Stereo image, excellent, 
including quite a nice "low rumble," probably 
from traffic outside? :) very nice highs, and 
as I said, the imaging is excellent.
THANKS! sounds like mine, and am actually 
impressed by the lack of "humnmnmnmnmnmn" which 
characterized my experience with my yeti at 
first on a wooden tabletop, but fortunately that's gone!

Which did you use? 44,100Hz 16 bit? or higher?

At 03:48 PM 11/17/2015, you wrote:

Okay so hereÃ¢s the first test of the Microphone which arrived around 10



minutes ago.

I explain how everything works in the test recording though if IÃ¢ve left


anything out or if you have any further 
questions that need addressing then ask.


The test file is a FLAC audio file and its around 12MB in length, hereÃ¢s



the link.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10565527/Input%20Device%20Recording%2020151118%201038.flac

If link doesn't work the first time then try 
again in a few minutes, file may still be uploading to Dropbox.


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Re: First Blue Yeti Microphone Test

2015-11-18 Thread Curtis Delzer

hey man you did a great, couldn't detect audible
clipping, or "smearing," as I like to call it,
very clean, and impressive! truly!

At 12:35 PM 11/18/2015, you wrote:
I hope to have the rumble sorted soon, could
have been a number of things, possibly even the
Train Station next door but I'd say more than
likely the computer was resonating through the wooden desktop.

I also hadn't tweaked anything or perhaps a
better way of putting it was that I didn't know
how to tweak the Blue Yeti at that time so yep,
a little clipping in places but very impressed
if I dare say so myself given that I only had the thing for around 10 minutes.

I just used 44.1KHZ Stereo FLac, ain't that good enough?

As soon as all the filters and stuff arrive I'll go for another test drive.

On 11/19/2015 7:11 AM, Curtis Delzer wrote:
it sounded very very nice, a little "proximity"
effect toward the beginning which is typical
but you moved away. Stereo image, excellent,
including quite a nice "low rumble," probably
from traffic outside? :) very nice highs, and
as I said, the imaging is excellent.
THANKS! sounds like mine, and am actually
impressed by the lack of "humnmnmnmnmnmn" which
characterized my experience with my yeti at
first on a wooden tabletop, but fortunately that's gone!

Which did you use? 44,100Hz 16 bit? or higher?

At 03:48 PM 11/17/2015, you wrote:
Okay so hereâs the first test of the
Microphone which arrived around 10 minutes ago.

I explain how everything works in the test
recording though if Iâve left anything out
or if you have any further questions that need addressing then ask.

The test file is a FLAC audio file and its
around 12MB in length, hereâs the link.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10565527/Input%20Device%20Recording%2020151118%201038.flac

If link doesn't work the first time then try
again in a few minutes, file may still be uploading to Dropbox.

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Re: First Blue Yeti Microphone Test

2015-11-18 Thread Dane Trethowan

I honestly don’t know the answer to that question, the Microphone itself would 
be I should think given the various patterns that can be used but the output of 
the computer is just plain stereo and can’t be changed as far as I know.

Perhaps someone else here might have more knowledge on this point than I do as 
I’m setting up for the first time.


> On 19 Nov 2015, at 10:45 AM, Michael Amaro  wrote:
> 
> wow ossum and in stereo to. is it binaural?
> 
> --
> From: "Curtis Delzer" 
> Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2015 12:11 PM
> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 
> Subject: Re: First Blue Yeti Microphone Test
> 
>> it sounded very very nice, a little "proximity" effect toward the beginning 
>> which is typical but you moved away. Stereo image, excellent, including 
>> quite a nice "low rumble," probably from traffic outside? :) very nice 
>> highs, and as I said, the imaging is excellent.
>> THANKS! sounds like mine, and am actually impressed by the lack of 
>> "humnmnmnmnmnmn" which characterized my experience with my yeti at first on 
>> a wooden tabletop, but fortunately that's gone!
>> Which did you use? 44,100Hz 16 bit? or higher?
>> 
>> At 03:48 PM 11/17/2015, you wrote:
>>> Okay so hereâ€™s the first test of the Microphone which arrived around 10 
>>> minutes ago.
>>> 
>>> I explain how everything works in the test recording though if Iâ€™ve left 
>>> anything out or if you have any further questions that need addressing then 
>>> ask.
>>> 
>>> The test file is a FLAC audio file and its around 12MB in length, hereâ€™s 
>>> the link.
>>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10565527/Input%20Device%20Recording%2020151118%201038.flac
>>> 
>>> If link doesn't work the first time then try again in a few minutes, file 
>>> may still be uploading to Dropbox.
>>> 
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Re: First Blue Yeti Microphone Test

2015-11-18 Thread Michael Amaro

wow ossum and in stereo to. is it binaural?

--
From: "Curtis Delzer" 
Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2015 12:11 PM
To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 
Subject: Re: First Blue Yeti Microphone Test

it sounded very very nice, a little "proximity" effect toward the 
beginning which is typical but you moved away. Stereo image, excellent, 
including quite a nice "low rumble," probably from traffic outside? :) 
very nice highs, and as I said, the imaging is excellent.
THANKS! sounds like mine, and am actually impressed by the lack of 
"humnmnmnmnmnmn" which characterized my experience with my yeti at first 
on a wooden tabletop, but fortunately that's gone!

Which did you use? 44,100Hz 16 bit? or higher?

At 03:48 PM 11/17/2015, you wrote:
Okay so hereâ€™s the first test of the Microphone which arrived around 10 
minutes ago.

I explain how everything works in the test recording though if Iâ€™ve left 
anything out or if you have any further questions that need addressing 
then ask.

The test file is a FLAC audio file and its around 12MB in length, hereâ€™s 
the link.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10565527/Input%20Device%20Recording%2020151118%201038.flac

If link doesn't work the first time then try again in a few minutes, file 
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Re: First Blue Yeti Microphone Test

2015-11-18 Thread Dane Trethowan

I hope to have the rumble sorted soon, could have been a number of
things, possibly even the Train Station next door but I'd say more than
likely the computer was resonating through the wooden desktop.

I also hadn't tweaked anything or perhaps a better way of putting it was
that I didn't know how to tweak the Blue Yeti at that time so yep, a
little clipping in places but very impressed if I dare say so myself
given that I only had the thing for around 10 minutes.

I just used 44.1KHZ Stereo FLac, ain't that good enough?

As soon as all the filters and stuff arrive I'll go for another test drive.

On 11/19/2015 7:11 AM, Curtis Delzer wrote:
it sounded very very nice, a little "proximity" effect toward the
beginning which is typical but you moved away. Stereo image,
excellent, including quite a nice "low rumble," probably from traffic
outside? :) very nice highs, and as I said, the imaging is excellent.
THANKS! sounds like mine, and am actually impressed by the lack of
"humnmnmnmnmnmn" which characterized my experience with my yeti at
first on a wooden tabletop, but fortunately that's gone!

Which did you use? 44,100Hz 16 bit? or higher?

At 03:48 PM 11/17/2015, you wrote:
Okay so hereâ€™s the first test of the Microphone which arrived
around 10 minutes ago.

I explain how everything works in the test recording though if Iâ€™ve
left anything out or if you have any further questions that need
addressing then ask.

The test file is a FLAC audio file and its around 12MB in length,
hereâ€™s the link.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10565527/Input%20Device%20Recording%2020151118%201038.flac

If link doesn't work the first time then try again in a few minutes,
file may still be uploading to Dropbox.

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Re: First Blue Yeti Microphone Test

2015-11-18 Thread Curtis Delzer

it sounded very very nice, a little "proximity" 
effect toward the beginning which is typical but 
you moved away. Stereo image, excellent, 
including quite a nice "low rumble," probably 
from traffic outside? :) very nice highs, and as 
I said, the imaging is excellent.
THANKS! sounds like mine, and am actually 
impressed by the lack of "humnmnmnmnmnmn" which 
characterized my experience with my yeti at first 
on a wooden tabletop, but fortunately that's gone!

Which did you use? 44,100Hz 16 bit? or higher?

At 03:48 PM 11/17/2015, you wrote:
Okay so hereâs the first test of the 
Microphone which arrived around 10 minutes ago.


I explain how everything works in the test 
recording though if Iâve left anything out or 
if you have any further questions that need addressing then ask.


The test file is a FLAC audio file and its 
around 12MB in length, hereâs the link.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10565527/Input%20Device%20Recording%2020151118%201038.flac

If link doesn't work the first time then try 
again in a few minutes, file may still be uploading to Dropbox.


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First Blue Yeti Microphone Test

2015-11-17 Thread Dane Trethowan

Okay so here’s the first test of the Microphone which arrived around 10 minutes 
ago.

I explain how everything works in the test recording though if I’ve left 
anything out or if you have any further questions that need addressing then ask.

The test file is a FLAC audio file and its around 12MB in length, here’s the 
link.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/10565527/Input%20Device%20Recording%2020151118%201038.flac

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RE: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6

2015-10-20 Thread Hamit Campos

True this. Same with the DM420.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2015 7:31 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6

Mountain out of a Molehill mate 

All the recordings are numbered from 001 sequentially as they’re made so you 
know exactly what is where plus they are date and time stamped.

> On 21 Oct 2015, at 8:00 AM, hamitcampos  wrote:
> 
> Ah na it's only a de4al to me because I just record out side stuff. You know 
> out doors. So somethings i wouldn't want and usually I pause. so it would 
> make a lot of files. Which come to think of it perhaps you're right. Either 
> chane them into 1, or just keep the folder.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Oct 20, 2015, at 2:37 PM, Dane Trethowan  wrote:
>> 
>> As I said earlier, I never understood why this was an issue for anyone in 
>> the first place, the Zoom H1 just does things a little differently but 
>> effectively the "Pause" as you describe it is still there.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 10/21/2015 5:07 AM, Hamit Campos wrote:
>>> According to Dane they are even more so now. I mean they always were but I 
>>> guess the price has gone down. I just never got 1 because of the pausing 
>>> the recording thing.
>>> 
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of 
>>> Anders Holmberg
>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2015 12:42 PM
>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
>>> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone 
>>> System H6
>>> 
>>> Hi!
>>> Is the zoom h1 still affordable?
>>> /A
>>>> 18 okt. 2015 kl. 16:01 skrev Dane Trethowan :
>>>> 
>>>> The fact is that the Olympus recorders - DM Series I’m thinking of in 
>>>> particular here - are in a different league to this recorder.
>>>> 
>>>> The H6 obviously doesn’t have Voice guidance so you’d have to learn how to 
>>>> navigate though - given my experience with Zoom products - I doubt whether 
>>>> this would be too difficult a task.
>>>> 
>>>> It should be remembered that the voice guidance on Olympus products is far 
>>>> from perfect anyway, this has been pointed out to the list many times.
>>>> 
>>>> The price is another factor when thinking about the H6, its a recorder 
>>>> really designed for production purposes, what I appreciate of course but 
>>>> for some it may be total overkill.
>>>> 
>>>> I kept the Zoom H1 for 2 very good reasons, quick start - starts recording 
>>>> at the press of a button - and ease of use - just not much to the recorder 
>>>> at all -.
>>>> 
>>>> The H1 lacks a fancy feature set but if you’re just recording and want a 
>>>> damn good recording a low price then its a very good choice well worth 
>>>> considering in my view, I know of people who use the H1 for all sorts of 
>>>> bits and pieces, from live recording to logging to plain old dictation.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On 19 Oct 2015, at 12:54 AM, john riehl  wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> This recorder sounds good – the question I have is, how accessible 
>>>>> are all these features? The DM family of Olympus recorders have 
>>>>> talking voice guidance which makes most of their features easily 
>>>>> accessible and programmable. Having all of these features on the 
>>>>> Zoom
>>>>> H6
>>>>> 
>>>>> Is worthless if you can’t access them as a blind user.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of 
>>>>> Dane Trethowan
>>>>> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 9:49 AM
>>>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List
>>>>> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable 
>>>>> Microphone System H6
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> I think the review I just sent to the list pretty well sums it up, any 
>>>>> higher sampling frequency’s etc then may as well cary a battery pack 
>>>>> about with you .
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 19 Oct 2015, at 12:27 AM, Hamit Campos  wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>

Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6

2015-10-20 Thread Dane Trethowan

Mountain out of a Molehill mate 

All the recordings are numbered from 001 sequentially as they’re made so you 
know exactly what is where plus they are date and time stamped.

> On 21 Oct 2015, at 8:00 AM, hamitcampos  wrote:
> 
> Ah na it's only a de4al to me because I just record out side stuff. You know 
> out doors. So somethings i wouldn't want and usually I pause. so it would 
> make a lot of files. Which come to think of it perhaps you're right. Either 
> chane them into 1, or just keep the folder.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Oct 20, 2015, at 2:37 PM, Dane Trethowan  wrote:
>> 
>> As I said earlier, I never understood why this was an issue for anyone in 
>> the first place, the Zoom H1 just does things a little differently but 
>> effectively the "Pause" as you describe it is still there.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 10/21/2015 5:07 AM, Hamit Campos wrote:
>>> According to Dane they are even more so now. I mean they always were but I 
>>> guess the price has gone down. I just never got 1 because of the pausing 
>>> the recording thing.
>>> 
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Anders 
>>> Holmberg
>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2015 12:42 PM
>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
>>> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System 
>>> H6
>>> 
>>> Hi!
>>> Is the zoom h1 still affordable?
>>> /A
>>>> 18 okt. 2015 kl. 16:01 skrev Dane Trethowan :
>>>> 
>>>> The fact is that the Olympus recorders - DM Series I’m thinking of in 
>>>> particular here - are in a different league to this recorder.
>>>> 
>>>> The H6 obviously doesn’t have Voice guidance so you’d have to learn how to 
>>>> navigate though - given my experience with Zoom products - I doubt whether 
>>>> this would be too difficult a task.
>>>> 
>>>> It should be remembered that the voice guidance on Olympus products is far 
>>>> from perfect anyway, this has been pointed out to the list many times.
>>>> 
>>>> The price is another factor when thinking about the H6, its a recorder 
>>>> really designed for production purposes, what I appreciate of course but 
>>>> for some it may be total overkill.
>>>> 
>>>> I kept the Zoom H1 for 2 very good reasons, quick start - starts recording 
>>>> at the press of a button - and ease of use - just not much to the recorder 
>>>> at all -.
>>>> 
>>>> The H1 lacks a fancy feature set but if you’re just recording and want a 
>>>> damn good recording a low price then its a very good choice well worth 
>>>> considering in my view, I know of people who use the H1 for all sorts of 
>>>> bits and pieces, from live recording to logging to plain old dictation.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On 19 Oct 2015, at 12:54 AM, john riehl  wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> This recorder sounds good – the question I have is, how accessible
>>>>> are all these features? The DM family of Olympus recorders have
>>>>> talking voice guidance which makes most of their features easily
>>>>> accessible and programmable. Having all of these features on the Zoom
>>>>> H6
>>>>> 
>>>>> Is worthless if you can’t access them as a blind user.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
>>>>> Dane Trethowan
>>>>> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 9:49 AM
>>>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List
>>>>> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone
>>>>> System H6
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> I think the review I just sent to the list pretty well sums it up, any 
>>>>> higher sampling frequency’s etc then may as well cary a battery pack 
>>>>> about with you .
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 19 Oct 2015, at 12:27 AM, Hamit Campos  wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Ah then yeah you're right. But then again they aren't really processing 
>>>>>> much after all. They don't really run fully loaded software like an OS 
>>>>>> or something like Sound Forge. All though 1 has to wander what they 
>>>>>&g

Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6

2015-10-20 Thread hamitcampos

Ah na it's only a de4al to me because I just record out side stuff. You know 
out doors. So somethings i wouldn't want and usually I pause. so it would make 
a lot of files. Which come to think of it perhaps you're right. Either chane 
them into 1, or just keep the folder.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Oct 20, 2015, at 2:37 PM, Dane Trethowan  wrote:
> 
> As I said earlier, I never understood why this was an issue for anyone in the 
> first place, the Zoom H1 just does things a little differently but 
> effectively the "Pause" as you describe it is still there.
> 
> 
> 
>> On 10/21/2015 5:07 AM, Hamit Campos wrote:
>> According to Dane they are even more so now. I mean they always were but I 
>> guess the price has gone down. I just never got 1 because of the pausing the 
>> recording thing.
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Anders 
>> Holmberg
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2015 12:42 PM
>> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
>> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6
>> 
>> Hi!
>> Is the zoom h1 still affordable?
>> /A
>>> 18 okt. 2015 kl. 16:01 skrev Dane Trethowan :
>>> 
>>> The fact is that the Olympus recorders - DM Series I’m thinking of in 
>>> particular here - are in a different league to this recorder.
>>> 
>>> The H6 obviously doesn’t have Voice guidance so you’d have to learn how to 
>>> navigate though - given my experience with Zoom products - I doubt whether 
>>> this would be too difficult a task.
>>> 
>>> It should be remembered that the voice guidance on Olympus products is far 
>>> from perfect anyway, this has been pointed out to the list many times.
>>> 
>>> The price is another factor when thinking about the H6, its a recorder 
>>> really designed for production purposes, what I appreciate of course but 
>>> for some it may be total overkill.
>>> 
>>> I kept the Zoom H1 for 2 very good reasons, quick start - starts recording 
>>> at the press of a button - and ease of use - just not much to the recorder 
>>> at all -.
>>> 
>>> The H1 lacks a fancy feature set but if you’re just recording and want a 
>>> damn good recording a low price then its a very good choice well worth 
>>> considering in my view, I know of people who use the H1 for all sorts of 
>>> bits and pieces, from live recording to logging to plain old dictation.
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 19 Oct 2015, at 12:54 AM, john riehl  wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> This recorder sounds good – the question I have is, how accessible
>>>> are all these features? The DM family of Olympus recorders have
>>>> talking voice guidance which makes most of their features easily
>>>> accessible and programmable. Having all of these features on the Zoom
>>>> H6
>>>> 
>>>> Is worthless if you can’t access them as a blind user.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
>>>> Dane Trethowan
>>>> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 9:49 AM
>>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List
>>>> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone
>>>> System H6
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> I think the review I just sent to the list pretty well sums it up, any 
>>>> higher sampling frequency’s etc then may as well cary a battery pack about 
>>>> with you .
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On 19 Oct 2015, at 12:27 AM, Hamit Campos  wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Ah then yeah you're right. But then again they aren't really processing 
>>>>> much after all. They don't really run fully loaded software like an OS or 
>>>>> something like Sound Forge. All though 1 has to wander what they could be 
>>>>> made to do even with a CPU like that of an IOS device. I can't think of 
>>>>> nothing, but I'm sure the companies would.
>>>>> 
>>>>> -Original Message-
>>>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
>>>>> Dane Trethowan
>>>>> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 12:28 AM
>>>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
>>>>> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone
>>>>> System H6
>>>>> 
&

Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6

2015-10-20 Thread Dane Trethowan

As I said earlier, I never understood why this was an issue for anyone 
in the first place, the Zoom H1 just does things a little differently 
but effectively the "Pause" as you describe it is still there.




On 10/21/2015 5:07 AM, Hamit Campos wrote:

According to Dane they are even more so now. I mean they always were but I 
guess the price has gone down. I just never got 1 because of the pausing the 
recording thing.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Anders 
Holmberg
Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2015 12:42 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6

Hi!
Is the zoom h1 still affordable?
/A

18 okt. 2015 kl. 16:01 skrev Dane Trethowan :

The fact is that the Olympus recorders - DM Series I’m thinking of in 
particular here - are in a different league to this recorder.

The H6 obviously doesn’t have Voice guidance so you’d have to learn how to 
navigate though - given my experience with Zoom products - I doubt whether this 
would be too difficult a task.

It should be remembered that the voice guidance on Olympus products is far from 
perfect anyway, this has been pointed out to the list many times.

The price is another factor when thinking about the H6, its a recorder really 
designed for production purposes, what I appreciate of course but for some it 
may be total overkill.

I kept the Zoom H1 for 2 very good reasons, quick start - starts recording at 
the press of a button - and ease of use - just not much to the recorder at all 
-.

The H1 lacks a fancy feature set but if you’re just recording and want a damn 
good recording a low price then its a very good choice well worth considering 
in my view, I know of people who use the H1 for all sorts of bits and pieces, 
from live recording to logging to plain old dictation.



On 19 Oct 2015, at 12:54 AM, john riehl  wrote:

This recorder sounds good – the question I have is, how accessible
are all these features? The DM family of Olympus recorders have
talking voice guidance which makes most of their features easily
accessible and programmable. Having all of these features on the Zoom
H6

Is worthless if you can’t access them as a blind user.



From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
Dane Trethowan
Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 9:49 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone
System H6



I think the review I just sent to the list pretty well sums it up, any higher 
sampling frequency’s etc then may as well cary a battery pack about with you 
.



On 19 Oct 2015, at 12:27 AM, Hamit Campos  wrote:

Ah then yeah you're right. But then again they aren't really processing much 
after all. They don't really run fully loaded software like an OS or something 
like Sound Forge. All though 1 has to wander what they could be made to do even 
with a CPU like that of an IOS device. I can't think of nothing, but I'm sure 
the companies would.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
Dane Trethowan
Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 12:28 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone
System H6

Yep, I was talking about CPU power, for what they are - audio wise - all those 
little recorders are beauties.



On 10/18/2015 3:23 PM, Hamit Campos wrote:

True that. If you mean CPU power. How ever, audio wise? Well the Zoom H6 and 
the older H4N sound to me as good and sadly along with this as hissy as the 
realtech audio on my old Enspireon 530 S desktop. Now you are correct about the 
DMs. But the LS the higher you go the better. The 14 sounds as cool as the 100. 
Very pro. No flor noise.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
Dane Trethowan
Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 11:22 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone
System H6

We have to remind ourselves that Zoom and Olympus recorders don't have the processing 
power of a Personal Computer or even an iPhone .


On 10/18/2015 2:18 PM, Hamit Campos wrote:

True that.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
Dane Trethowan
Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 10:56 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable
Microphone System H6

Still, plenty enough flexibility for most situations.


On 10/18/2015 1:28 PM, Hamit Campos wrote:

Yeah no the H6 is back to 96 KHZ.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf
Of Dane Trethowan
Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 8:40 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable
Microphone System H6

Yeah, I don't think the Zoom H6 goes

RE: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6

2015-10-20 Thread Hamit Campos

According to Dane they are even more so now. I mean they always were but I 
guess the price has gone down. I just never got 1 because of the pausing the 
recording thing.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Anders 
Holmberg
Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2015 12:42 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6

Hi!
Is the zoom h1 still affordable?
/A
> 18 okt. 2015 kl. 16:01 skrev Dane Trethowan :
> 
> The fact is that the Olympus recorders - DM Series I’m thinking of in 
> particular here - are in a different league to this recorder.
> 
> The H6 obviously doesn’t have Voice guidance so you’d have to learn how to 
> navigate though - given my experience with Zoom products - I doubt whether 
> this would be too difficult a task.
> 
> It should be remembered that the voice guidance on Olympus products is far 
> from perfect anyway, this has been pointed out to the list many times.
> 
> The price is another factor when thinking about the H6, its a recorder really 
> designed for production purposes, what I appreciate of course but for some it 
> may be total overkill.
> 
> I kept the Zoom H1 for 2 very good reasons, quick start - starts recording at 
> the press of a button - and ease of use - just not much to the recorder at 
> all -.
> 
> The H1 lacks a fancy feature set but if you’re just recording and want a damn 
> good recording a low price then its a very good choice well worth considering 
> in my view, I know of people who use the H1 for all sorts of bits and pieces, 
> from live recording to logging to plain old dictation.
> 
> 
>> On 19 Oct 2015, at 12:54 AM, john riehl  wrote:
>> 
>> This recorder sounds good – the question I have is, how accessible 
>> are all these features? The DM family of Olympus recorders have 
>> talking voice guidance which makes most of their features easily 
>> accessible and programmable. Having all of these features on the Zoom 
>> H6
>> 
>> Is worthless if you can’t access them as a blind user. 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of 
>> Dane Trethowan
>> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 9:49 AM
>> To: PC Audio Discussion List
>> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone 
>> System H6
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I think the review I just sent to the list pretty well sums it up, any 
>> higher sampling frequency’s etc then may as well cary a battery pack about 
>> with you .
>> 
>> 
>>> On 19 Oct 2015, at 12:27 AM, Hamit Campos  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Ah then yeah you're right. But then again they aren't really processing 
>>> much after all. They don't really run fully loaded software like an OS or 
>>> something like Sound Forge. All though 1 has to wander what they could be 
>>> made to do even with a CPU like that of an IOS device. I can't think of 
>>> nothing, but I'm sure the companies would.
>>> 
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of 
>>> Dane Trethowan
>>> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 12:28 AM
>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
>>> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone 
>>> System H6
>>> 
>>> Yep, I was talking about CPU power, for what they are - audio wise - all 
>>> those little recorders are beauties.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 10/18/2015 3:23 PM, Hamit Campos wrote:
>>>> True that. If you mean CPU power. How ever, audio wise? Well the Zoom H6 
>>>> and the older H4N sound to me as good and sadly along with this as hissy 
>>>> as the realtech audio on my old Enspireon 530 S desktop. Now you are 
>>>> correct about the DMs. But the LS the higher you go the better. The 14 
>>>> sounds as cool as the 100. Very pro. No flor noise.
>>>> 
>>>> -Original Message-
>>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of 
>>>> Dane Trethowan
>>>> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 11:22 PM
>>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
>>>> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone 
>>>> System H6
>>>> 
>>>> We have to remind ourselves that Zoom and Olympus recorders don't have the 
>>>> processing power of a Personal Computer or even an iPhone .
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 10/18/2015 2:18 PM, Hamit Campos w

Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6

2015-10-20 Thread Dane Trethowan

I reckon it is, one can be bought here for less than $100 so I would imagine 
that a Zoom H1 would be far cheaper in the states, the last one I bought 
included the accessories pack which has an AC adapter, USB cable, Tripod and 
Microphone Stand adapter along with a windscreen.


> On 21 Oct 2015, at 3:41 AM, Anders Holmberg  wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> Is the zoom h1 still affordable?
> /A
>> 18 okt. 2015 kl. 16:01 skrev Dane Trethowan :
>> 
>> The fact is that the Olympus recorders - DM Series I’m thinking of in 
>> particular here - are in a different league to this recorder.
>> 
>> The H6 obviously doesn’t have Voice guidance so you’d have to learn how to 
>> navigate though - given my experience with Zoom products - I doubt whether 
>> this would be too difficult a task.
>> 
>> It should be remembered that the voice guidance on Olympus products is far 
>> from perfect anyway, this has been pointed out to the list many times.
>> 
>> The price is another factor when thinking about the H6, its a recorder 
>> really designed for production purposes, what I appreciate of course but for 
>> some it may be total overkill.
>> 
>> I kept the Zoom H1 for 2 very good reasons, quick start - starts recording 
>> at the press of a button - and ease of use - just not much to the recorder 
>> at all -.
>> 
>> The H1 lacks a fancy feature set but if you’re just recording and want a 
>> damn good recording a low price then its a very good choice well worth 
>> considering in my view, I know of people who use the H1 for all sorts of 
>> bits and pieces, from live recording to logging to plain old dictation.
>> 
>> 
>>> On 19 Oct 2015, at 12:54 AM, john riehl  wrote:
>>> 
>>> This recorder sounds good – the question I have is, how accessible are all 
>>> these features? The DM family of Olympus recorders have talking voice 
>>> guidance which makes most of their features easily accessible and 
>>> programmable. Having all of these features on the Zoom H6 
>>> 
>>> Is worthless if you can’t access them as a blind user. 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
>>> Trethowan
>>> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 9:49 AM
>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List
>>> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System 
>>> H6
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I think the review I just sent to the list pretty well sums it up, any 
>>> higher sampling frequency’s etc then may as well cary a battery pack about 
>>> with you .
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 19 Oct 2015, at 12:27 AM, Hamit Campos  wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Ah then yeah you're right. But then again they aren't really processing 
>>>> much after all. They don't really run fully loaded software like an OS or 
>>>> something like Sound Forge. All though 1 has to wander what they could be 
>>>> made to do even with a CPU like that of an IOS device. I can't think of 
>>>> nothing, but I'm sure the companies would.
>>>> 
>>>> -Original Message-
>>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
>>>> Trethowan
>>>> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 12:28 AM
>>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
>>>> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System 
>>>> H6
>>>> 
>>>> Yep, I was talking about CPU power, for what they are - audio wise - all 
>>>> those little recorders are beauties.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 10/18/2015 3:23 PM, Hamit Campos wrote:
>>>>> True that. If you mean CPU power. How ever, audio wise? Well the Zoom H6 
>>>>> and the older H4N sound to me as good and sadly along with this as hissy 
>>>>> as the realtech audio on my old Enspireon 530 S desktop. Now you are 
>>>>> correct about the DMs. But the LS the higher you go the better. The 14 
>>>>> sounds as cool as the 100. Very pro. No flor noise.
>>>>> 
>>>>> -Original Message-
>>>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
>>>>> Trethowan
>>>>> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 11:22 PM
>>>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
>>>>> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone 
>>>>> System H6
>>>>

Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6

2015-10-20 Thread Anders Holmberg

Hi!
Is the zoom h1 still affordable?
/A
> 18 okt. 2015 kl. 16:01 skrev Dane Trethowan :
> 
> The fact is that the Olympus recorders - DM Series I’m thinking of in 
> particular here - are in a different league to this recorder.
> 
> The H6 obviously doesn’t have Voice guidance so you’d have to learn how to 
> navigate though - given my experience with Zoom products - I doubt whether 
> this would be too difficult a task.
> 
> It should be remembered that the voice guidance on Olympus products is far 
> from perfect anyway, this has been pointed out to the list many times.
> 
> The price is another factor when thinking about the H6, its a recorder really 
> designed for production purposes, what I appreciate of course but for some it 
> may be total overkill.
> 
> I kept the Zoom H1 for 2 very good reasons, quick start - starts recording at 
> the press of a button - and ease of use - just not much to the recorder at 
> all -.
> 
> The H1 lacks a fancy feature set but if you’re just recording and want a damn 
> good recording a low price then its a very good choice well worth considering 
> in my view, I know of people who use the H1 for all sorts of bits and pieces, 
> from live recording to logging to plain old dictation.
> 
> 
>> On 19 Oct 2015, at 12:54 AM, john riehl  wrote:
>> 
>> This recorder sounds good – the question I have is, how accessible are all 
>> these features? The DM family of Olympus recorders have talking voice 
>> guidance which makes most of their features easily accessible and 
>> programmable. Having all of these features on the Zoom H6 
>> 
>> Is worthless if you can’t access them as a blind user. 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
>> Trethowan
>> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 9:49 AM
>> To: PC Audio Discussion List
>> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I think the review I just sent to the list pretty well sums it up, any 
>> higher sampling frequency’s etc then may as well cary a battery pack about 
>> with you .
>> 
>> 
>>> On 19 Oct 2015, at 12:27 AM, Hamit Campos  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Ah then yeah you're right. But then again they aren't really processing 
>>> much after all. They don't really run fully loaded software like an OS or 
>>> something like Sound Forge. All though 1 has to wander what they could be 
>>> made to do even with a CPU like that of an IOS device. I can't think of 
>>> nothing, but I'm sure the companies would.
>>> 
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
>>> Trethowan
>>> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 12:28 AM
>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
>>> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System 
>>> H6
>>> 
>>> Yep, I was talking about CPU power, for what they are - audio wise - all 
>>> those little recorders are beauties.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 10/18/2015 3:23 PM, Hamit Campos wrote:
>>>> True that. If you mean CPU power. How ever, audio wise? Well the Zoom H6 
>>>> and the older H4N sound to me as good and sadly along with this as hissy 
>>>> as the realtech audio on my old Enspireon 530 S desktop. Now you are 
>>>> correct about the DMs. But the LS the higher you go the better. The 14 
>>>> sounds as cool as the 100. Very pro. No flor noise.
>>>> 
>>>> -Original Message-
>>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
>>>> Trethowan
>>>> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 11:22 PM
>>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
>>>> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System 
>>>> H6
>>>> 
>>>> We have to remind ourselves that Zoom and Olympus recorders don't have the 
>>>> processing power of a Personal Computer or even an iPhone .
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 10/18/2015 2:18 PM, Hamit Campos wrote:
>>>>> True that.
>>>>> 
>>>>> -Original Message-
>>>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
>>>>> Trethowan
>>>>> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 10:56 PM
>>>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
>>>>> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone 
>>>&g

RE: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6

Ah okay.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 6:35 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6

Not only SF of course, just about any other sound editor you can think of, a 
rather small price to pay in my view given that the recorders sell for less 
than $100 now, excellent value indeed!

> On 19 Oct 2015, at 9:12 AM, hamitcampos  wrote:
> 
> Ah okay. True that you could chane the files together in SF. I guess it's 
> just that if it could pause it's 1 less thing to do.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Oct 18, 2015, at 4:43 PM, Dane Trethowan  wrote:
>> 
>> I always though the issue of pausing with the Zoom H1 to be people making a 
>> mountain out of a molehill, I got round this by remember two things that the 
>> Zoom H1 did.
>> 
>> Firstly when recording, if you pressed the “Record” button again the 
>> recorder would effectively pause if you like, meaning the recorder would go 
>> into “Standby” mode awaiting a further button press so therefore if you 
>> pressed the “Record” button again the recording would resume though to a new 
>> file, not a big deal in my opinion given one could easily deal with multiple 
>> files in a Sound editor, I do have a computer do I not? .
>> 
>> The other way of handling the problem is to insert marks into the file 
>> therefore defining sections, this can be done by pressing the “Play” button 
>> at the appropriate time where you wish to insert a mark, you might insert a 
>> mark at the beginning of each paragraph you’re reading aloud or when the 
>> sound of a door opening happens etc.
>> 
>> The marks are recognised by Audio Editing software such as Sound Forge and 
>> Amadeus Pro.
>> 
>> Yep, I like the Olympus Recorders but I do feel that the speech is a bit of 
>> a conflict, I appreciate the efforts Olympus have made by including the 
>> speech but in some ways its a little unintuitive given that it can take a 
>> little while to find what you want in the menu system, set up the actions to 
>> perform and so on.
>> 
>> Regardless of that I do appreciate that the speech system may make a 
>> difference to some people and my only advice to Olympus is to cut down on 
>> those features that are just add-ons for want of a better description, 
>> things like Daisy playback and so forth, stop worrying about those things 
>> and concentrate on the accessibility of the recorders themselves.
>> 
>> I love the DM4 though not very in love with the DM7 for some reason though 
>> I’m in no doubt that it too is a damn good product, I think its the way the 
>> DM7 does things that has me a little annoyed with it.
>> 
>> 
>>> On 19 Oct 2015, at 5:27 AM, Hamit Campos  wrote:
>>> 
>>> True that. My beaf with the H1 was you can't pause the recording. But it 
>>> seemed cool and the price seemed fair. Yeah the speech ain't accurate 
>>> perhaps on the DMs and the LSs that do talk, but it's enough to keep you on 
>>> the strait and narrow. Lol. Na man I'd get confused. Even with the DMs when 
>>> I axidentally shut the speech off I got lost. Well in the menus anyways.
>>> 
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of 
>>> Dane Trethowan
>>> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 10:02 AM
>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
>>> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone 
>>> System H6
>>> 
>>> The fact is that the Olympus recorders - DM Series I’m thinking of in 
>>> particular here - are in a different league to this recorder.
>>> 
>>> The H6 obviously doesn’t have Voice guidance so you’d have to learn how to 
>>> navigate though - given my experience with Zoom products - I doubt whether 
>>> this would be too difficult a task.
>>> 
>>> It should be remembered that the voice guidance on Olympus products is far 
>>> from perfect anyway, this has been pointed out to the list many times.
>>> 
>>> The price is another factor when thinking about the H6, its a recorder 
>>> really designed for production purposes, what I appreciate of course but 
>>> for some it may be total overkill.
>>> 
>>> I kept the Zoom H1 for 2 very good reasons, quick start - starts recording 
>>> at the press of a button - and ease of use - just not much to the recorder 
>>> at all -.
>>>

Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6

Not only SF of course, just about any other sound editor you can think of, a 
rather small price to pay in my view given that the recorders sell for less 
than $100 now, excellent value indeed!

> On 19 Oct 2015, at 9:12 AM, hamitcampos  wrote:
> 
> Ah okay. True that you could chane the files together in SF. I guess it's 
> just that if it could pause it's 1 less thing to do.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Oct 18, 2015, at 4:43 PM, Dane Trethowan  wrote:
>> 
>> I always though the issue of pausing with the Zoom H1 to be people making a 
>> mountain out of a molehill, I got round this by remember two things that the 
>> Zoom H1 did.
>> 
>> Firstly when recording, if you pressed the “Record” button again the 
>> recorder would effectively pause if you like, meaning the recorder would go 
>> into “Standby” mode awaiting a further button press so therefore if you 
>> pressed the “Record” button again the recording would resume though to a new 
>> file, not a big deal in my opinion given one could easily deal with multiple 
>> files in a Sound editor, I do have a computer do I not? .
>> 
>> The other way of handling the problem is to insert marks into the file 
>> therefore defining sections, this can be done by pressing the “Play” button 
>> at the appropriate time where you wish to insert a mark, you might insert a 
>> mark at the beginning of each paragraph you’re reading aloud or when the 
>> sound of a door opening happens etc.
>> 
>> The marks are recognised by Audio Editing software such as Sound Forge and 
>> Amadeus Pro.
>> 
>> Yep, I like the Olympus Recorders but I do feel that the speech is a bit of 
>> a conflict, I appreciate the efforts Olympus have made by including the 
>> speech but in some ways its a little unintuitive given that it can take a 
>> little while to find what you want in the menu system, set up the actions to 
>> perform and so on.
>> 
>> Regardless of that I do appreciate that the speech system may make a 
>> difference to some people and my only advice to Olympus is to cut down on 
>> those features that are just add-ons for want of a better description, 
>> things like Daisy playback and so forth, stop worrying about those things 
>> and concentrate on the accessibility of the recorders themselves.
>> 
>> I love the DM4 though not very in love with the DM7 for some reason though 
>> I’m in no doubt that it too is a damn good product, I think its the way the 
>> DM7 does things that has me a little annoyed with it.
>> 
>> 
>>> On 19 Oct 2015, at 5:27 AM, Hamit Campos  wrote:
>>> 
>>> True that. My beaf with the H1 was you can't pause the recording. But it 
>>> seemed cool and the price seemed fair. Yeah the speech ain't accurate 
>>> perhaps on the DMs and the LSs that do talk, but it's enough to keep you on 
>>> the strait and narrow. Lol. Na man I'd get confused. Even with the DMs when 
>>> I axidentally shut the speech off I got lost. Well in the menus anyways.
>>> 
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
>>> Trethowan
>>> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 10:02 AM
>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
>>> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System 
>>> H6
>>> 
>>> The fact is that the Olympus recorders - DM Series I’m thinking of in 
>>> particular here - are in a different league to this recorder.
>>> 
>>> The H6 obviously doesn’t have Voice guidance so you’d have to learn how to 
>>> navigate though - given my experience with Zoom products - I doubt whether 
>>> this would be too difficult a task.
>>> 
>>> It should be remembered that the voice guidance on Olympus products is far 
>>> from perfect anyway, this has been pointed out to the list many times.
>>> 
>>> The price is another factor when thinking about the H6, its a recorder 
>>> really designed for production purposes, what I appreciate of course but 
>>> for some it may be total overkill.
>>> 
>>> I kept the Zoom H1 for 2 very good reasons, quick start - starts recording 
>>> at the press of a button - and ease of use - just not much to the recorder 
>>> at all -.
>>> 
>>> The H1 lacks a fancy feature set but if you’re just recording and want a 
>>> damn good recording a low price then its a very good choice well worth 
>>> considering in my view, I know of people who use the H1 for all sorts of 
>&g

Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6

2015-10-18 Thread hamitcampos

Hmm perhaps can't say much as I haven't really owned the 620. But I think I 
touched 1 at Staples. Yeah you read that right. At staples. What I remember of 
it was okay well okayish at least. Unless it was something else I touched. It 
seemed like a 520, but smaller thinner, and more buttons. Oh yeah this had the 
3 mikes.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Oct 18, 2015, at 5:17 PM, john riehl  wrote:
> 
> I agree 100% with you on the Olympus models. I have several; they 
> substantially changed the way the Olympus recorders are laid out after the 
> Dm-520. Poor ergonomic design and keyboard layout for the 620; don’t have a 
> DM-7. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
> Trethowan
> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 4:43 PM
> To: PC Audio Discussion List
> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6
> 
> 
> 
> I always though the issue of pausing with the Zoom H1 to be people making a 
> mountain out of a molehill, I got round this by remember two things that the 
> Zoom H1 did.
> 
> Firstly when recording, if you pressed the “Record” button again the recorder 
> would effectively pause if you like, meaning the recorder would go into 
> “Standby” mode awaiting a further button press so therefore if you pressed 
> the “Record” button again the recording would resume though to a new file, 
> not a big deal in my opinion given one could easily deal with multiple files 
> in a Sound editor, I do have a computer do I not? .
> 
> The other way of handling the problem is to insert marks into the file 
> therefore defining sections, this can be done by pressing the “Play” button 
> at the appropriate time where you wish to insert a mark, you might insert a 
> mark at the beginning of each paragraph you’re reading aloud or when the 
> sound of a door opening happens etc.
> 
> The marks are recognised by Audio Editing software such as Sound Forge and 
> Amadeus Pro.
> 
> Yep, I like the Olympus Recorders but I do feel that the speech is a bit of a 
> conflict, I appreciate the efforts Olympus have made by including the speech 
> but in some ways its a little unintuitive given that it can take a little 
> while to find what you want in the menu system, set up the actions to perform 
> and so on.
> 
> Regardless of that I do appreciate that the speech system may make a 
> difference to some people and my only advice to Olympus is to cut down on 
> those features that are just add-ons for want of a better description, things 
> like Daisy playback and so forth, stop worrying about those things and 
> concentrate on the accessibility of the recorders themselves.
> 
> I love the DM4 though not very in love with the DM7 for some reason though 
> I’m in no doubt that it too is a damn good product, I think its the way the 
> DM7 does things that has me a little annoyed with it.
> 
> 
>> On 19 Oct 2015, at 5:27 AM, Hamit Campos  wrote:
>> 
>> True that. My beaf with the H1 was you can't pause the recording. But it 
>> seemed cool and the price seemed fair. Yeah the speech ain't accurate 
>> perhaps on the DMs and the LSs that do talk, but it's enough to keep you on 
>> the strait and narrow. Lol. Na man I'd get confused. Even with the DMs when 
>> I axidentally shut the speech off I got lost. Well in the menus anyways.
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
>> Trethowan
>> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 10:02 AM
>> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
>> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6
>> 
>> The fact is that the Olympus recorders - DM Series I’m thinking of in 
>> particular here - are in a different league to this recorder.
>> 
>> The H6 obviously doesn’t have Voice guidance so you’d have to learn how to 
>> navigate though - given my experience with Zoom products - I doubt whether 
>> this would be too difficult a task.
>> 
>> It should be remembered that the voice guidance on Olympus products is far 
>> from perfect anyway, this has been pointed out to the list many times.
>> 
>> The price is another factor when thinking about the H6, its a recorder 
>> really designed for production purposes, what I appreciate of course but for 
>> some it may be total overkill.
>> 
>> I kept the Zoom H1 for 2 very good reasons, quick start - starts recording 
>> at the press of a button - and ease of use - just not much to the recorder 
>> at all -.
>> 
>> The H1 lacks a fancy feature set but if you’re just recording and want a 
>> damn good reco

Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6

2015-10-18 Thread hamitcampos

Oh I've heard Neal Ewers demo it.I was just replying to that person asking how 
accesible it is. I was saying that if talking about me, not so much. I get lost 
without the speach. Heck I got kind of lost on my 4th Gen Nanno when I shut the 
speach off by mistake. Same goes for my DM420. Luckly it's set how I want it. I 
have to say the menus to my self to remember. Orr have someone that sees look 
at the screen and tell me where it's at and then I can kind of find my place.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Oct 18, 2015, at 4:44 PM, Dane Trethowan  wrote:
> 
> Guess I can tell you all about it when I get one - perhaps someone will have 
> one sooner than I will -.
> 
>> On 19 Oct 2015, at 5:29 AM, Hamit Campos  wrote:
>> 
>> If you can remember the menus then you might be okay. Me no way. I get lost. 
>> So I'd have to have a sighted person set it and than forget it.
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of john riehl
>> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 9:54 AM
>> To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' 
>> Subject: RE: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6
>> 
>> This recorder sounds good – the question I have is, how accessible are all 
>> these features? The DM family of Olympus recorders have talking voice 
>> guidance which makes most of their features easily accessible and 
>> programmable. Having all of these features on the Zoom H6 
>> 
>> Is worthless if you can’t access them as a blind user. 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
>> Trethowan
>> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 9:49 AM
>> To: PC Audio Discussion List
>> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I think the review I just sent to the list pretty well sums it up, any 
>> higher sampling frequency’s etc then may as well cary a battery pack about 
>> with you .
>> 
>> 
>>> On 19 Oct 2015, at 12:27 AM, Hamit Campos  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Ah then yeah you're right. But then again they aren't really processing 
>>> much after all. They don't really run fully loaded software like an OS or 
>>> something like Sound Forge. All though 1 has to wander what they could be 
>>> made to do even with a CPU like that of an IOS device. I can't think of 
>>> nothing, but I'm sure the companies would.
>>> 
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of 
>>> Dane Trethowan
>>> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 12:28 AM
>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
>>> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone 
>>> System H6
>>> 
>>> Yep, I was talking about CPU power, for what they are - audio wise - all 
>>> those little recorders are beauties.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 10/18/2015 3:23 PM, Hamit Campos wrote:
>>>> True that. If you mean CPU power. How ever, audio wise? Well the Zoom H6 
>>>> and the older H4N sound to me as good and sadly along with this as hissy 
>>>> as the realtech audio on my old Enspireon 530 S desktop. Now you are 
>>>> correct about the DMs. But the LS the higher you go the better. The 14 
>>>> sounds as cool as the 100. Very pro. No flor noise.
>>>> 
>>>> -Original Message-
>>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of 
>>>> Dane Trethowan
>>>> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 11:22 PM
>>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
>>>> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone 
>>>> System H6
>>>> 
>>>> We have to remind ourselves that Zoom and Olympus recorders don't have the 
>>>> processing power of a Personal Computer or even an iPhone .
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On 10/18/2015 2:18 PM, Hamit Campos wrote:
>>>>> True that.
>>>>> 
>>>>> -Original Message-
>>>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of 
>>>>> Dane Trethowan
>>>>> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 10:56 PM
>>>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
>>>>> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone 
>>>>> System H6
>>>>> 
>>>>> Still, plenty enough flexibility for most situations.
>&

Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6

2015-10-18 Thread hamitcampos

Ah okay. True that you could chane the files together in SF. I guess it's just 
that if it could pause it's 1 less thing to do.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Oct 18, 2015, at 4:43 PM, Dane Trethowan  wrote:
> 
> I always though the issue of pausing with the Zoom H1 to be people making a 
> mountain out of a molehill, I got round this by remember two things that the 
> Zoom H1 did.
> 
> Firstly when recording, if you pressed the “Record” button again the recorder 
> would effectively pause if you like, meaning the recorder would go into 
> “Standby” mode awaiting a further button press so therefore if you pressed 
> the “Record” button again the recording would resume though to a new file, 
> not a big deal in my opinion given one could easily deal with multiple files 
> in a Sound editor, I do have a computer do I not? .
> 
> The other way of handling the problem is to insert marks into the file 
> therefore defining sections, this can be done by pressing the “Play” button 
> at the appropriate time where you wish to insert a mark, you might insert a 
> mark at the beginning of each paragraph you’re reading aloud or when the 
> sound of a door opening happens etc.
> 
> The marks are recognised by Audio Editing software such as Sound Forge and 
> Amadeus Pro.
> 
> Yep, I like the Olympus Recorders but I do feel that the speech is a bit of a 
> conflict, I appreciate the efforts Olympus have made by including the speech 
> but in some ways its a little unintuitive given that it can take a little 
> while to find what you want in the menu system, set up the actions to perform 
> and so on.
> 
> Regardless of that I do appreciate that the speech system may make a 
> difference to some people and my only advice to Olympus is to cut down on 
> those features that are just add-ons for want of a better description, things 
> like Daisy playback and so forth, stop worrying about those things and 
> concentrate on the accessibility of the recorders themselves.
> 
> I love the DM4 though not very in love with the DM7 for some reason though 
> I’m in no doubt that it too is a damn good product, I think its the way the 
> DM7 does things that has me a little annoyed with it.
> 
> 
>> On 19 Oct 2015, at 5:27 AM, Hamit Campos  wrote:
>> 
>> True that. My beaf with the H1 was you can't pause the recording. But it 
>> seemed cool and the price seemed fair. Yeah the speech ain't accurate 
>> perhaps on the DMs and the LSs that do talk, but it's enough to keep you on 
>> the strait and narrow. Lol. Na man I'd get confused. Even with the DMs when 
>> I axidentally shut the speech off I got lost. Well in the menus anyways.
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
>> Trethowan
>> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 10:02 AM
>> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
>> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6
>> 
>> The fact is that the Olympus recorders - DM Series I’m thinking of in 
>> particular here - are in a different league to this recorder.
>> 
>> The H6 obviously doesn’t have Voice guidance so you’d have to learn how to 
>> navigate though - given my experience with Zoom products - I doubt whether 
>> this would be too difficult a task.
>> 
>> It should be remembered that the voice guidance on Olympus products is far 
>> from perfect anyway, this has been pointed out to the list many times.
>> 
>> The price is another factor when thinking about the H6, its a recorder 
>> really designed for production purposes, what I appreciate of course but for 
>> some it may be total overkill.
>> 
>> I kept the Zoom H1 for 2 very good reasons, quick start - starts recording 
>> at the press of a button - and ease of use - just not much to the recorder 
>> at all -.
>> 
>> The H1 lacks a fancy feature set but if you’re just recording and want a 
>> damn good recording a low price then its a very good choice well worth 
>> considering in my view, I know of people who use the H1 for all sorts of 
>> bits and pieces, from live recording to logging to plain old dictation.
>> 
>> 
>>> On 19 Oct 2015, at 12:54 AM, john riehl  wrote:
>>> 
>>> This recorder sounds good – the question I have is, how accessible are 
>>> all these features? The DM family of Olympus recorders have talking 
>>> voice guidance which makes most of their features easily accessible 
>>> and programmable. Having all of these features on the Zoom H6
>>> 
>>> Is worthless if you can’t access them as a blind user. 
>>> 
>>

RE: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6

2015-10-18 Thread john riehl

I agree 100% with you on the Olympus models. I have several; they substantially 
changed the way the Olympus recorders are laid out after the Dm-520. Poor 
ergonomic design and keyboard layout for the 620; don’t have a DM-7. 

From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 4:43 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6

I always though the issue of pausing with the Zoom H1 to be people making a 
mountain out of a molehill, I got round this by remember two things that the 
Zoom H1 did.

Firstly when recording, if you pressed the “Record” button again the recorder 
would effectively pause if you like, meaning the recorder would go into 
“Standby” mode awaiting a further button press so therefore if you pressed the 
“Record” button again the recording would resume though to a new file, not a 
big deal in my opinion given one could easily deal with multiple files in a 
Sound editor, I do have a computer do I not? .

The other way of handling the problem is to insert marks into the file 
therefore defining sections, this can be done by pressing the “Play” button at 
the appropriate time where you wish to insert a mark, you might insert a mark 
at the beginning of each paragraph you’re reading aloud or when the sound of a 
door opening happens etc.

The marks are recognised by Audio Editing software such as Sound Forge and 
Amadeus Pro.

Yep, I like the Olympus Recorders but I do feel that the speech is a bit of a 
conflict, I appreciate the efforts Olympus have made by including the speech 
but in some ways its a little unintuitive given that it can take a little while 
to find what you want in the menu system, set up the actions to perform and so 
on.

Regardless of that I do appreciate that the speech system may make a difference 
to some people and my only advice to Olympus is to cut down on those features 
that are just add-ons for want of a better description, things like Daisy 
playback and so forth, stop worrying about those things and concentrate on the 
accessibility of the recorders themselves.

I love the DM4 though not very in love with the DM7 for some reason though I’m 
in no doubt that it too is a damn good product, I think its the way the DM7 
does things that has me a little annoyed with it.

> On 19 Oct 2015, at 5:27 AM, Hamit Campos  wrote:
>
> True that. My beaf with the H1 was you can't pause the recording. But it 
> seemed cool and the price seemed fair. Yeah the speech ain't accurate perhaps 
> on the DMs and the LSs that do talk, but it's enough to keep you on the 
> strait and narrow. Lol. Na man I'd get confused. Even with the DMs when I 
> axidentally shut the speech off I got lost. Well in the menus anyways.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
> Trethowan
> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 10:02 AM
> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6
>
> The fact is that the Olympus recorders - DM Series I’m thinking of in 
> particular here - are in a different league to this recorder.
>
> The H6 obviously doesn’t have Voice guidance so you’d have to learn how to 
> navigate though - given my experience with Zoom products - I doubt whether 
> this would be too difficult a task.
>
> It should be remembered that the voice guidance on Olympus products is far 
> from perfect anyway, this has been pointed out to the list many times.
>
> The price is another factor when thinking about the H6, its a recorder really 
> designed for production purposes, what I appreciate of course but for some it 
> may be total overkill.
>
> I kept the Zoom H1 for 2 very good reasons, quick start - starts recording at 
> the press of a button - and ease of use - just not much to the recorder at 
> all -.
>
> The H1 lacks a fancy feature set but if you’re just recording and want a damn 
> good recording a low price then its a very good choice well worth considering 
> in my view, I know of people who use the H1 for all sorts of bits and pieces, 
> from live recording to logging to plain old dictation.
>
>
>> On 19 Oct 2015, at 12:54 AM, john riehl  wrote:
>>
>> This recorder sounds good – the question I have is, how accessible are
>> all these features? The DM family of Olympus recorders have talking
>> voice guidance which makes most of their features easily accessible
>> and programmable. Having all of these features on the Zoom H6
>>
>> Is worthless if you can’t access them as a blind user.
>>
>>
>>
>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
>> Dane Trethowan
>> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2

Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6

Guess I can tell you all about it when I get one - perhaps someone will have 
one sooner than I will -.

> On 19 Oct 2015, at 5:29 AM, Hamit Campos  wrote:
> 
> If you can remember the menus then you might be okay. Me no way. I get lost. 
> So I'd have to have a sighted person set it and than forget it.
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of john riehl
> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 9:54 AM
> To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' 
> Subject: RE: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6
> 
> This recorder sounds good – the question I have is, how accessible are all 
> these features? The DM family of Olympus recorders have talking voice 
> guidance which makes most of their features easily accessible and 
> programmable. Having all of these features on the Zoom H6 
> 
> Is worthless if you can’t access them as a blind user. 
> 
> 
> 
> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
> Trethowan
> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 9:49 AM
> To: PC Audio Discussion List
> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6
> 
> 
> 
> I think the review I just sent to the list pretty well sums it up, any higher 
> sampling frequency’s etc then may as well cary a battery pack about with you 
> .
> 
> 
>> On 19 Oct 2015, at 12:27 AM, Hamit Campos  wrote:
>> 
>> Ah then yeah you're right. But then again they aren't really processing much 
>> after all. They don't really run fully loaded software like an OS or 
>> something like Sound Forge. All though 1 has to wander what they could be 
>> made to do even with a CPU like that of an IOS device. I can't think of 
>> nothing, but I'm sure the companies would.
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of 
>> Dane Trethowan
>> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 12:28 AM
>> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
>> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone 
>> System H6
>> 
>> Yep, I was talking about CPU power, for what they are - audio wise - all 
>> those little recorders are beauties.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 10/18/2015 3:23 PM, Hamit Campos wrote:
>>> True that. If you mean CPU power. How ever, audio wise? Well the Zoom H6 
>>> and the older H4N sound to me as good and sadly along with this as hissy as 
>>> the realtech audio on my old Enspireon 530 S desktop. Now you are correct 
>>> about the DMs. But the LS the higher you go the better. The 14 sounds as 
>>> cool as the 100. Very pro. No flor noise.
>>> 
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of 
>>> Dane Trethowan
>>> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 11:22 PM
>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
>>> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone 
>>> System H6
>>> 
>>> We have to remind ourselves that Zoom and Olympus recorders don't have the 
>>> processing power of a Personal Computer or even an iPhone .
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 10/18/2015 2:18 PM, Hamit Campos wrote:
>>>> True that.
>>>> 
>>>> -Original Message-
>>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of 
>>>> Dane Trethowan
>>>> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 10:56 PM
>>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
>>>> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone 
>>>> System H6
>>>> 
>>>> Still, plenty enough flexibility for most situations.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 10/18/2015 1:28 PM, Hamit Campos wrote:
>>>>> Yeah no the H6 is back to 96 KHZ.
>>>>> 
>>>>> -Original Message-
>>>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of 
>>>>> Dane Trethowan
>>>>> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 8:40 PM
>>>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
>>>>> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone 
>>>>> System H6
>>>>> 
>>>>> Yeah, I don't think the Zoom H6 goes up to 192KHZ sampling frequency, 
>>>>> interesting as the Zoom H1 does however the H1 only supports 2 channel 
>>>>> recording so that may account for something.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 10/18/2

Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6

I always though the issue of pausing with the Zoom H1 to be people making a 
mountain out of a molehill, I got round this by remember two things that the 
Zoom H1 did.

Firstly when recording, if you pressed the “Record” button again the recorder 
would effectively pause if you like, meaning the recorder would go into 
“Standby” mode awaiting a further button press so therefore if you pressed the 
“Record” button again the recording would resume though to a new file, not a 
big deal in my opinion given one could easily deal with multiple files in a 
Sound editor, I do have a computer do I not? .

The other way of handling the problem is to insert marks into the file 
therefore defining sections, this can be done by pressing the “Play” button at 
the appropriate time where you wish to insert a mark, you might insert a mark 
at the beginning of each paragraph you’re reading aloud or when the sound of a 
door opening happens etc.

The marks are recognised by Audio Editing software such as Sound Forge and 
Amadeus Pro.

Yep, I like the Olympus Recorders but I do feel that the speech is a bit of a 
conflict, I appreciate the efforts Olympus have made by including the speech 
but in some ways its a little unintuitive given that it can take a little while 
to find what you want in the menu system, set up the actions to perform and so 
on.

Regardless of that I do appreciate that the speech system may make a difference 
to some people and my only advice to Olympus is to cut down on those features 
that are just add-ons for want of a better description, things like Daisy 
playback and so forth, stop worrying about those things and concentrate on the 
accessibility of the recorders themselves.

I love the DM4 though not very in love with the DM7 for some reason though I’m 
in no doubt that it too is a damn good product, I think its the way the DM7 
does things that has me a little annoyed with it.

> On 19 Oct 2015, at 5:27 AM, Hamit Campos  wrote:
> 
> True that. My beaf with the H1 was you can't pause the recording. But it 
> seemed cool and the price seemed fair. Yeah the speech ain't accurate perhaps 
> on the DMs and the LSs that do talk, but it's enough to keep you on the 
> strait and narrow. Lol. Na man I'd get confused. Even with the DMs when I 
> axidentally shut the speech off I got lost. Well in the menus anyways.
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
> Trethowan
> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 10:02 AM
> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6
> 
> The fact is that the Olympus recorders - DM Series I’m thinking of in 
> particular here - are in a different league to this recorder.
> 
> The H6 obviously doesn’t have Voice guidance so you’d have to learn how to 
> navigate though - given my experience with Zoom products - I doubt whether 
> this would be too difficult a task.
> 
> It should be remembered that the voice guidance on Olympus products is far 
> from perfect anyway, this has been pointed out to the list many times.
> 
> The price is another factor when thinking about the H6, its a recorder really 
> designed for production purposes, what I appreciate of course but for some it 
> may be total overkill.
> 
> I kept the Zoom H1 for 2 very good reasons, quick start - starts recording at 
> the press of a button - and ease of use - just not much to the recorder at 
> all -.
> 
> The H1 lacks a fancy feature set but if you’re just recording and want a damn 
> good recording a low price then its a very good choice well worth considering 
> in my view, I know of people who use the H1 for all sorts of bits and pieces, 
> from live recording to logging to plain old dictation.
> 
> 
>> On 19 Oct 2015, at 12:54 AM, john riehl  wrote:
>> 
>> This recorder sounds good – the question I have is, how accessible are 
>> all these features? The DM family of Olympus recorders have talking 
>> voice guidance which makes most of their features easily accessible 
>> and programmable. Having all of these features on the Zoom H6
>> 
>> Is worthless if you can’t access them as a blind user. 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of 
>> Dane Trethowan
>> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 9:49 AM
>> To: PC Audio Discussion List
>> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone 
>> System H6
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I think the review I just sent to the list pretty well sums it up, any 
>> higher sampling frequency’s etc then may as well cary a battery pack about 
>> with you .
>> 
>> 
>>> On 19 Oct 2015, at 12:27 AM, Hamit Campos  wrote:
>

RE: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6

If you can remember the menus then you might be okay. Me no way. I get lost. So 
I'd have to have a sighted person set it and than forget it.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of john riehl
Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 9:54 AM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' 
Subject: RE: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6

This recorder sounds good – the question I have is, how accessible are all 
these features? The DM family of Olympus recorders have talking voice guidance 
which makes most of their features easily accessible and programmable. Having 
all of these features on the Zoom H6 

 Is worthless if you can’t access them as a blind user. 

 

From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 9:49 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6

 

I think the review I just sent to the list pretty well sums it up, any higher 
sampling frequency’s etc then may as well cary a battery pack about with you 
.


> On 19 Oct 2015, at 12:27 AM, Hamit Campos  wrote:
>
> Ah then yeah you're right. But then again they aren't really processing much 
> after all. They don't really run fully loaded software like an OS or 
> something like Sound Forge. All though 1 has to wander what they could be 
> made to do even with a CPU like that of an IOS device. I can't think of 
> nothing, but I'm sure the companies would.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of 
> Dane Trethowan
> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 12:28 AM
> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone 
> System H6
>
> Yep, I was talking about CPU power, for what they are - audio wise - all 
> those little recorders are beauties.
>
>
>
> On 10/18/2015 3:23 PM, Hamit Campos wrote:
>> True that. If you mean CPU power. How ever, audio wise? Well the Zoom H6 and 
>> the older H4N sound to me as good and sadly along with this as hissy as the 
>> realtech audio on my old Enspireon 530 S desktop. Now you are correct about 
>> the DMs. But the LS the higher you go the better. The 14 sounds as cool as 
>> the 100. Very pro. No flor noise.
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of 
>> Dane Trethowan
>> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 11:22 PM
>> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
>> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone 
>> System H6
>>
>> We have to remind ourselves that Zoom and Olympus recorders don't have the 
>> processing power of a Personal Computer or even an iPhone .
>>
>>
>> On 10/18/2015 2:18 PM, Hamit Campos wrote:
>>> True that.
>>>
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of 
>>> Dane Trethowan
>>> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 10:56 PM
>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
>>> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone 
>>> System H6
>>>
>>> Still, plenty enough flexibility for most situations.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 10/18/2015 1:28 PM, Hamit Campos wrote:
>>>> Yeah no the H6 is back to 96 KHZ.
>>>>
>>>> -Original Message-
>>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of 
>>>> Dane Trethowan
>>>> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 8:40 PM
>>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
>>>> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone 
>>>> System H6
>>>>
>>>> Yeah, I don't think the Zoom H6 goes up to 192KHZ sampling frequency, 
>>>> interesting as the Zoom H1 does however the H1 only supports 2 channel 
>>>> recording so that may account for something.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 10/18/2015 11:37 AM, Hamit Campos wrote:
>>>>> Isn't this thing epic? You can hook 6 mikes to it. I guess you can do 6 
>>>>> different tracks. Yeah you know where I'm going, I'd then make them 5.1 
>>>>> surround. There's a new 1 called the F8 that will take 8  mikes. Which 
>>>>> means 7.1. Oh and what makes that 1 even more epic, is that's the first 
>>>>> I've heard of anyways from Zoom that will do 192 thousand KHZ. Way too 
>>>>> epic dude. Too bad that 1 is $1200 US.
>>>>>
>>>

RE: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6

True that. My beaf with the H1 was you can't pause the recording. But it seemed 
cool and the price seemed fair. Yeah the speech ain't accurate perhaps on the 
DMs and the LSs that do talk, but it's enough to keep you on the strait and 
narrow. Lol. Na man I'd get confused. Even with the DMs when I axidentally shut 
the speech off I got lost. Well in the menus anyways.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 10:02 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6

The fact is that the Olympus recorders - DM Series I’m thinking of in 
particular here - are in a different league to this recorder.

The H6 obviously doesn’t have Voice guidance so you’d have to learn how to 
navigate though - given my experience with Zoom products - I doubt whether this 
would be too difficult a task.

It should be remembered that the voice guidance on Olympus products is far from 
perfect anyway, this has been pointed out to the list many times.

The price is another factor when thinking about the H6, its a recorder really 
designed for production purposes, what I appreciate of course but for some it 
may be total overkill.

I kept the Zoom H1 for 2 very good reasons, quick start - starts recording at 
the press of a button - and ease of use - just not much to the recorder at all 
-.

The H1 lacks a fancy feature set but if you’re just recording and want a damn 
good recording a low price then its a very good choice well worth considering 
in my view, I know of people who use the H1 for all sorts of bits and pieces, 
from live recording to logging to plain old dictation.


> On 19 Oct 2015, at 12:54 AM, john riehl  wrote:
> 
> This recorder sounds good – the question I have is, how accessible are 
> all these features? The DM family of Olympus recorders have talking 
> voice guidance which makes most of their features easily accessible 
> and programmable. Having all of these features on the Zoom H6
> 
> Is worthless if you can’t access them as a blind user. 
> 
> 
> 
> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of 
> Dane Trethowan
> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 9:49 AM
> To: PC Audio Discussion List
> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone 
> System H6
> 
> 
> 
> I think the review I just sent to the list pretty well sums it up, any higher 
> sampling frequency’s etc then may as well cary a battery pack about with you 
> .
> 
> 
>> On 19 Oct 2015, at 12:27 AM, Hamit Campos  wrote:
>> 
>> Ah then yeah you're right. But then again they aren't really processing much 
>> after all. They don't really run fully loaded software like an OS or 
>> something like Sound Forge. All though 1 has to wander what they could be 
>> made to do even with a CPU like that of an IOS device. I can't think of 
>> nothing, but I'm sure the companies would.
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of 
>> Dane Trethowan
>> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 12:28 AM
>> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
>> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone 
>> System H6
>> 
>> Yep, I was talking about CPU power, for what they are - audio wise - all 
>> those little recorders are beauties.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 10/18/2015 3:23 PM, Hamit Campos wrote:
>>> True that. If you mean CPU power. How ever, audio wise? Well the Zoom H6 
>>> and the older H4N sound to me as good and sadly along with this as hissy as 
>>> the realtech audio on my old Enspireon 530 S desktop. Now you are correct 
>>> about the DMs. But the LS the higher you go the better. The 14 sounds as 
>>> cool as the 100. Very pro. No flor noise.
>>> 
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of 
>>> Dane Trethowan
>>> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 11:22 PM
>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
>>> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone 
>>> System H6
>>> 
>>> We have to remind ourselves that Zoom and Olympus recorders don't have the 
>>> processing power of a Personal Computer or even an iPhone .
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 10/18/2015 2:18 PM, Hamit Campos wrote:
>>>> True that.
>>>> 
>>>> -Original Message-
>>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of 
>>>> Dane Trethowan
>>>> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 10:56 PM

Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6

The fact is that the Olympus recorders - DM Series I’m thinking of in 
particular here - are in a different league to this recorder.

The H6 obviously doesn’t have Voice guidance so you’d have to learn how to 
navigate though - given my experience with Zoom products - I doubt whether this 
would be too difficult a task.

It should be remembered that the voice guidance on Olympus products is far from 
perfect anyway, this has been pointed out to the list many times.

The price is another factor when thinking about the H6, its a recorder really 
designed for production purposes, what I appreciate of course but for some it 
may be total overkill.

I kept the Zoom H1 for 2 very good reasons, quick start - starts recording at 
the press of a button - and ease of use - just not much to the recorder at all 
-.

The H1 lacks a fancy feature set but if you’re just recording and want a damn 
good recording a low price then its a very good choice well worth considering 
in my view, I know of people who use the H1 for all sorts of bits and pieces, 
from live recording to logging to plain old dictation.


> On 19 Oct 2015, at 12:54 AM, john riehl  wrote:
> 
> This recorder sounds good – the question I have is, how accessible are all 
> these features? The DM family of Olympus recorders have talking voice 
> guidance which makes most of their features easily accessible and 
> programmable. Having all of these features on the Zoom H6 
> 
> Is worthless if you can’t access them as a blind user. 
> 
> 
> 
> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
> Trethowan
> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 9:49 AM
> To: PC Audio Discussion List
> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6
> 
> 
> 
> I think the review I just sent to the list pretty well sums it up, any higher 
> sampling frequency’s etc then may as well cary a battery pack about with you 
> .
> 
> 
>> On 19 Oct 2015, at 12:27 AM, Hamit Campos  wrote:
>> 
>> Ah then yeah you're right. But then again they aren't really processing much 
>> after all. They don't really run fully loaded software like an OS or 
>> something like Sound Forge. All though 1 has to wander what they could be 
>> made to do even with a CPU like that of an IOS device. I can't think of 
>> nothing, but I'm sure the companies would.
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
>> Trethowan
>> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 12:28 AM
>> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
>> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6
>> 
>> Yep, I was talking about CPU power, for what they are - audio wise - all 
>> those little recorders are beauties.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 10/18/2015 3:23 PM, Hamit Campos wrote:
>>> True that. If you mean CPU power. How ever, audio wise? Well the Zoom H6 
>>> and the older H4N sound to me as good and sadly along with this as hissy as 
>>> the realtech audio on my old Enspireon 530 S desktop. Now you are correct 
>>> about the DMs. But the LS the higher you go the better. The 14 sounds as 
>>> cool as the 100. Very pro. No flor noise.
>>> 
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
>>> Trethowan
>>> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 11:22 PM
>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
>>> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System 
>>> H6
>>> 
>>> We have to remind ourselves that Zoom and Olympus recorders don't have the 
>>> processing power of a Personal Computer or even an iPhone .
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 10/18/2015 2:18 PM, Hamit Campos wrote:
>>>> True that.
>>>> 
>>>> -Original Message-
>>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
>>>> Trethowan
>>>> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 10:56 PM
>>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
>>>> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System 
>>>> H6
>>>> 
>>>> Still, plenty enough flexibility for most situations.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 10/18/2015 1:28 PM, Hamit Campos wrote:
>>>>> Yeah no the H6 is back to 96 KHZ.
>>>>> 
>>>>> -Original Message-
>>>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
>>>>> Dane Trethowan
>>>>> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 8:40 PM
>>>

RE: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6

2015-10-18 Thread john riehl

This recorder sounds good – the question I have is, how accessible are all 
these features? The DM family of Olympus recorders have talking voice guidance 
which makes most of their features easily accessible and programmable. Having 
all of these features on the Zoom H6 

 Is worthless if you can’t access them as a blind user. 

 

From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 9:49 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6

 

I think the review I just sent to the list pretty well sums it up, any higher 
sampling frequency’s etc then may as well cary a battery pack about with you 
.


> On 19 Oct 2015, at 12:27 AM, Hamit Campos  wrote:
>
> Ah then yeah you're right. But then again they aren't really processing much 
> after all. They don't really run fully loaded software like an OS or 
> something like Sound Forge. All though 1 has to wander what they could be 
> made to do even with a CPU like that of an IOS device. I can't think of 
> nothing, but I'm sure the companies would.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
> Trethowan
> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 12:28 AM
> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6
>
> Yep, I was talking about CPU power, for what they are - audio wise - all 
> those little recorders are beauties.
>
>
>
> On 10/18/2015 3:23 PM, Hamit Campos wrote:
>> True that. If you mean CPU power. How ever, audio wise? Well the Zoom H6 and 
>> the older H4N sound to me as good and sadly along with this as hissy as the 
>> realtech audio on my old Enspireon 530 S desktop. Now you are correct about 
>> the DMs. But the LS the higher you go the better. The 14 sounds as cool as 
>> the 100. Very pro. No flor noise.
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
>> Trethowan
>> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 11:22 PM
>> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
>> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6
>>
>> We have to remind ourselves that Zoom and Olympus recorders don't have the 
>> processing power of a Personal Computer or even an iPhone .
>>
>>
>> On 10/18/2015 2:18 PM, Hamit Campos wrote:
>>> True that.
>>>
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
>>> Trethowan
>>> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 10:56 PM
>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
>>> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System 
>>> H6
>>>
>>> Still, plenty enough flexibility for most situations.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 10/18/2015 1:28 PM, Hamit Campos wrote:
>>>> Yeah no the H6 is back to 96 KHZ.
>>>>
>>>> -Original Message-
>>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
>>>> Dane Trethowan
>>>> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 8:40 PM
>>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
>>>> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone
>>>> System H6
>>>>
>>>> Yeah, I don't think the Zoom H6 goes up to 192KHZ sampling frequency, 
>>>> interesting as the Zoom H1 does however the H1 only supports 2 channel 
>>>> recording so that may account for something.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 10/18/2015 11:37 AM, Hamit Campos wrote:
>>>>> Isn't this thing epic? You can hook 6 mikes to it. I guess you can do 6 
>>>>> different tracks. Yeah you know where I'm going, I'd then make them 5.1 
>>>>> surround. There's a new 1 called the F8 that will take 8  mikes. Which 
>>>>> means 7.1. Oh and what makes that 1 even more epic, is that's the first 
>>>>> I've heard of anyways from Zoom that will do 192 thousand KHZ. Way too 
>>>>> epic dude. Too bad that 1 is $1200 US.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Original Message-
>>>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
>>>>> Dane Trethowan
>>>>> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 5:07 PM
>>>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
>>>>> Subject: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone
>>>>> System
>>>>> H6
>>>

Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6

I think the review I just sent to the list pretty well sums it up, any higher 
sampling frequency’s etc then may as well cary a battery pack about with you 
.


> On 19 Oct 2015, at 12:27 AM, Hamit Campos  wrote:
> 
> Ah then yeah you're right. But then again they aren't really processing much 
> after all. They don't really run fully loaded software like an OS or 
> something like Sound Forge. All though 1 has to wander what they could be 
> made to do even with a CPU like that of an IOS device. I can't think of 
> nothing, but I'm sure the companies would.
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
> Trethowan
> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 12:28 AM
> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6
> 
> Yep, I was talking about CPU power, for what they are - audio wise - all 
> those little recorders are beauties.
> 
> 
> 
> On 10/18/2015 3:23 PM, Hamit Campos wrote:
>> True that. If you mean CPU power. How ever, audio wise? Well the Zoom H6 and 
>> the older H4N sound to me as good and sadly along with this as hissy as the 
>> realtech audio on my old Enspireon 530 S desktop. Now you are correct about 
>> the DMs. But the LS the higher you go the better. The 14 sounds as cool as 
>> the 100. Very pro. No flor noise.
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
>> Trethowan
>> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 11:22 PM
>> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
>> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6
>> 
>> We have to remind ourselves that Zoom and Olympus recorders don't have the 
>> processing power of a Personal Computer or even an iPhone .
>> 
>> 
>> On 10/18/2015 2:18 PM, Hamit Campos wrote:
>>> True that.
>>> 
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
>>> Trethowan
>>> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 10:56 PM
>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
>>> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System 
>>> H6
>>> 
>>> Still, plenty enough flexibility for most situations.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 10/18/2015 1:28 PM, Hamit Campos wrote:
>>>> Yeah no the H6 is back to 96 KHZ.
>>>> 
>>>> -Original Message-
>>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
>>>> Dane Trethowan
>>>> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 8:40 PM
>>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
>>>> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone
>>>> System H6
>>>> 
>>>> Yeah, I don't think the Zoom H6 goes up to 192KHZ sampling frequency, 
>>>> interesting as the Zoom H1 does however the H1 only supports 2 channel 
>>>> recording so that may account for something.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 10/18/2015 11:37 AM, Hamit Campos wrote:
>>>>> Isn't this thing epic? You can hook 6 mikes to it. I guess you can do 6 
>>>>> different tracks. Yeah you know where I'm going, I'd then make them 5.1 
>>>>> surround. There's a new 1 called the F8 that will take 8  mikes. Which 
>>>>> means 7.1. Oh and what makes that 1 even more epic, is that's the first 
>>>>> I've heard of anyways from Zoom that will do 192 thousand KHZ. Way too 
>>>>> epic dude. Too bad that 1 is $1200 US.
>>>>> 
>>>>> -Original Message-
>>>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
>>>>> Dane Trethowan
>>>>> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 5:07 PM
>>>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
>>>>> Subject: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone
>>>>> System
>>>>> H6
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi!
>>>>> 
>>>>> My Birthday isn’t all that far away, always an excuse - if you’re able - 
>>>>> to treat yourself so thought that the Zoom Handy recorder linked to below 
>>>>> might be just the thing.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I have the Olympus recorders here along with my original Zoom H1, the 
>>>>> Olympus recorders are fine but I do like the Zoom’s way of doing things a 
>>>>> little better some times.
>>>>> 
>>>>> In any case, the H6 will certainly take the audio experience I’ve had 
>>>>> from the Zoom H1 a lot further.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/967366-REG/zoom_h6_handy_audio
>>>>>> _
>>>>>> recorder.html
>>>>>> <http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/967366-REG/zoom_h6_handy_audi
>>>>>> o
>>>>>> _recorder.html>
>>>>> **
>>>>> Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of 
>>>>> the halfwits in this world behind.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> **
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> 
> 
> 
> 

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RE: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6

Ah then yeah you're right. But then again they aren't really processing much 
after all. They don't really run fully loaded software like an OS or something 
like Sound Forge. All though 1 has to wander what they could be made to do even 
with a CPU like that of an IOS device. I can't think of nothing, but I'm sure 
the companies would.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 12:28 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6

Yep, I was talking about CPU power, for what they are - audio wise - all those 
little recorders are beauties.



On 10/18/2015 3:23 PM, Hamit Campos wrote:
> True that. If you mean CPU power. How ever, audio wise? Well the Zoom H6 and 
> the older H4N sound to me as good and sadly along with this as hissy as the 
> realtech audio on my old Enspireon 530 S desktop. Now you are correct about 
> the DMs. But the LS the higher you go the better. The 14 sounds as cool as 
> the 100. Very pro. No flor noise.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
> Trethowan
> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 11:22 PM
> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6
>
> We have to remind ourselves that Zoom and Olympus recorders don't have the 
> processing power of a Personal Computer or even an iPhone .
>
>
> On 10/18/2015 2:18 PM, Hamit Campos wrote:
>> True that.
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
>> Trethowan
>> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 10:56 PM
>> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
>> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6
>>
>> Still, plenty enough flexibility for most situations.
>>
>>
>> On 10/18/2015 1:28 PM, Hamit Campos wrote:
>>> Yeah no the H6 is back to 96 KHZ.
>>>
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
>>> Dane Trethowan
>>> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 8:40 PM
>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
>>> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone
>>> System H6
>>>
>>> Yeah, I don't think the Zoom H6 goes up to 192KHZ sampling frequency, 
>>> interesting as the Zoom H1 does however the H1 only supports 2 channel 
>>> recording so that may account for something.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 10/18/2015 11:37 AM, Hamit Campos wrote:
>>>> Isn't this thing epic? You can hook 6 mikes to it. I guess you can do 6 
>>>> different tracks. Yeah you know where I'm going, I'd then make them 5.1 
>>>> surround. There's a new 1 called the F8 that will take 8  mikes. Which 
>>>> means 7.1. Oh and what makes that 1 even more epic, is that's the first 
>>>> I've heard of anyways from Zoom that will do 192 thousand KHZ. Way too 
>>>> epic dude. Too bad that 1 is $1200 US.
>>>>
>>>> -Original Message-
>>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
>>>> Dane Trethowan
>>>> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 5:07 PM
>>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
>>>> Subject: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone
>>>> System
>>>> H6
>>>>
>>>> Hi!
>>>>
>>>> My Birthday isn’t all that far away, always an excuse - if you’re able - 
>>>> to treat yourself so thought that the Zoom Handy recorder linked to below 
>>>> might be just the thing.
>>>>
>>>> I have the Olympus recorders here along with my original Zoom H1, the 
>>>> Olympus recorders are fine but I do like the Zoom’s way of doing things a 
>>>> little better some times.
>>>>
>>>> In any case, the H6 will certainly take the audio experience I’ve had from 
>>>> the Zoom H1 a lot further.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/967366-REG/zoom_h6_handy_audio
>>>>> _
>>>>> recorder.html
>>>>> <http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/967366-REG/zoom_h6_handy_audi
>>>>> o
>>>>> _recorder.html>
>>>> **
>>>> Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the 
>>>> halfwits in this world behind.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>

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Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6

Yep, I was talking about CPU power, for what they are - audio wise - all 
those little recorders are beauties.




On 10/18/2015 3:23 PM, Hamit Campos wrote:

True that. If you mean CPU power. How ever, audio wise? Well the Zoom H6 and 
the older H4N sound to me as good and sadly along with this as hissy as the 
realtech audio on my old Enspireon 530 S desktop. Now you are correct about the 
DMs. But the LS the higher you go the better. The 14 sounds as cool as the 100. 
Very pro. No flor noise.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 11:22 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6

We have to remind ourselves that Zoom and Olympus recorders don't have the processing 
power of a Personal Computer or even an iPhone .


On 10/18/2015 2:18 PM, Hamit Campos wrote:

True that.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 10:56 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6

Still, plenty enough flexibility for most situations.


On 10/18/2015 1:28 PM, Hamit Campos wrote:

Yeah no the H6 is back to 96 KHZ.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
Dane Trethowan
Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 8:40 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone
System H6

Yeah, I don't think the Zoom H6 goes up to 192KHZ sampling frequency, 
interesting as the Zoom H1 does however the H1 only supports 2 channel 
recording so that may account for something.



On 10/18/2015 11:37 AM, Hamit Campos wrote:

Isn't this thing epic? You can hook 6 mikes to it. I guess you can do 6 
different tracks. Yeah you know where I'm going, I'd then make them 5.1 
surround. There's a new 1 called the F8 that will take 8  mikes. Which means 
7.1. Oh and what makes that 1 even more epic, is that's the first I've heard of 
anyways from Zoom that will do 192 thousand KHZ. Way too epic dude. Too bad 
that 1 is $1200 US.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
Dane Trethowan
Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 5:07 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone
System
H6

Hi!

My Birthday isn’t all that far away, always an excuse - if you’re able - to 
treat yourself so thought that the Zoom Handy recorder linked to below might be 
just the thing.

I have the Olympus recorders here along with my original Zoom H1, the Olympus 
recorders are fine but I do like the Zoom’s way of doing things a little better 
some times.

In any case, the H6 will certainly take the audio experience I’ve had from the 
Zoom H1 a lot further.



http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/967366-REG/zoom_h6_handy_audio
_
recorder.html
<http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/967366-REG/zoom_h6_handy_audi
o
_recorder.html>

**
Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the 
halfwits in this world behind.







--

**
Those who don't need help are prepared to help themselves

RE: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6

True that. If you mean CPU power. How ever, audio wise? Well the Zoom H6 and 
the older H4N sound to me as good and sadly along with this as hissy as the 
realtech audio on my old Enspireon 530 S desktop. Now you are correct about the 
DMs. But the LS the higher you go the better. The 14 sounds as cool as the 100. 
Very pro. No flor noise.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 11:22 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6

We have to remind ourselves that Zoom and Olympus recorders don't have the 
processing power of a Personal Computer or even an iPhone .


On 10/18/2015 2:18 PM, Hamit Campos wrote:
> True that.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
> Trethowan
> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 10:56 PM
> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6
>
> Still, plenty enough flexibility for most situations.
>
>
> On 10/18/2015 1:28 PM, Hamit Campos wrote:
>> Yeah no the H6 is back to 96 KHZ.
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
>> Dane Trethowan
>> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 8:40 PM
>> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
>> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone
>> System H6
>>
>> Yeah, I don't think the Zoom H6 goes up to 192KHZ sampling frequency, 
>> interesting as the Zoom H1 does however the H1 only supports 2 channel 
>> recording so that may account for something.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 10/18/2015 11:37 AM, Hamit Campos wrote:
>>> Isn't this thing epic? You can hook 6 mikes to it. I guess you can do 6 
>>> different tracks. Yeah you know where I'm going, I'd then make them 5.1 
>>> surround. There's a new 1 called the F8 that will take 8  mikes. Which 
>>> means 7.1. Oh and what makes that 1 even more epic, is that's the first 
>>> I've heard of anyways from Zoom that will do 192 thousand KHZ. Way too epic 
>>> dude. Too bad that 1 is $1200 US.
>>>
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
>>> Dane Trethowan
>>> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 5:07 PM
>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
>>> Subject: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone
>>> System
>>> H6
>>>
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> My Birthday isn’t all that far away, always an excuse - if you’re able - to 
>>> treat yourself so thought that the Zoom Handy recorder linked to below 
>>> might be just the thing.
>>>
>>> I have the Olympus recorders here along with my original Zoom H1, the 
>>> Olympus recorders are fine but I do like the Zoom’s way of doing things a 
>>> little better some times.
>>>
>>> In any case, the H6 will certainly take the audio experience I’ve had from 
>>> the Zoom H1 a lot further.
>>>
>>>
>>>> http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/967366-REG/zoom_h6_handy_audio
>>>> _
>>>> recorder.html
>>>> <http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/967366-REG/zoom_h6_handy_audi
>>>> o
>>>> _recorder.html>
>>> **
>>> Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the 
>>> halfwits in this world behind.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>

-- 

**
Those who don't need help are prepared to help themselves

Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6

We have to remind ourselves that Zoom and Olympus recorders don't have 
the processing power of a Personal Computer or even an iPhone .



On 10/18/2015 2:18 PM, Hamit Campos wrote:

True that.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 10:56 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6

Still, plenty enough flexibility for most situations.


On 10/18/2015 1:28 PM, Hamit Campos wrote:

Yeah no the H6 is back to 96 KHZ.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
Dane Trethowan
Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 8:40 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone
System H6

Yeah, I don't think the Zoom H6 goes up to 192KHZ sampling frequency, 
interesting as the Zoom H1 does however the H1 only supports 2 channel 
recording so that may account for something.



On 10/18/2015 11:37 AM, Hamit Campos wrote:

Isn't this thing epic? You can hook 6 mikes to it. I guess you can do 6 
different tracks. Yeah you know where I'm going, I'd then make them 5.1 
surround. There's a new 1 called the F8 that will take 8  mikes. Which means 
7.1. Oh and what makes that 1 even more epic, is that's the first I've heard of 
anyways from Zoom that will do 192 thousand KHZ. Way too epic dude. Too bad 
that 1 is $1200 US.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
Dane Trethowan
Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 5:07 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone
System
H6

Hi!

My Birthday isn’t all that far away, always an excuse - if you’re able - to 
treat yourself so thought that the Zoom Handy recorder linked to below might be 
just the thing.

I have the Olympus recorders here along with my original Zoom H1, the Olympus 
recorders are fine but I do like the Zoom’s way of doing things a little better 
some times.

In any case, the H6 will certainly take the audio experience I’ve had from the 
Zoom H1 a lot further.



http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/967366-REG/zoom_h6_handy_audio
_
recorder.html
<http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/967366-REG/zoom_h6_handy_audi
o
_recorder.html>

**
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halfwits in this world behind.







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RE: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6

True that.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 10:56 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6

Still, plenty enough flexibility for most situations.


On 10/18/2015 1:28 PM, Hamit Campos wrote:
> Yeah no the H6 is back to 96 KHZ.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of 
> Dane Trethowan
> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 8:40 PM
> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
> Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone 
> System H6
>
> Yeah, I don't think the Zoom H6 goes up to 192KHZ sampling frequency, 
> interesting as the Zoom H1 does however the H1 only supports 2 channel 
> recording so that may account for something.
>
>
>
> On 10/18/2015 11:37 AM, Hamit Campos wrote:
>> Isn't this thing epic? You can hook 6 mikes to it. I guess you can do 6 
>> different tracks. Yeah you know where I'm going, I'd then make them 5.1 
>> surround. There's a new 1 called the F8 that will take 8  mikes. Which means 
>> 7.1. Oh and what makes that 1 even more epic, is that's the first I've heard 
>> of anyways from Zoom that will do 192 thousand KHZ. Way too epic dude. Too 
>> bad that 1 is $1200 US.
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of 
>> Dane Trethowan
>> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 5:07 PM
>> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
>> Subject: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone 
>> System
>> H6
>>
>> Hi!
>>
>> My Birthday isn’t all that far away, always an excuse - if you’re able - to 
>> treat yourself so thought that the Zoom Handy recorder linked to below might 
>> be just the thing.
>>
>> I have the Olympus recorders here along with my original Zoom H1, the 
>> Olympus recorders are fine but I do like the Zoom’s way of doing things a 
>> little better some times.
>>
>> In any case, the H6 will certainly take the audio experience I’ve had from 
>> the Zoom H1 a lot further.
>>
>>
>>> http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/967366-REG/zoom_h6_handy_audio
>>> _
>>> recorder.html
>>> <http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/967366-REG/zoom_h6_handy_audi
>>> o
>>> _recorder.html>
>> **
>> Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the 
>> halfwits in this world behind.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>

-- 

**
Those who don't need help are prepared to help themselves

Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6


Still, plenty enough flexibility for most situations.


On 10/18/2015 1:28 PM, Hamit Campos wrote:

Yeah no the H6 is back to 96 KHZ.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 8:40 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6

Yeah, I don't think the Zoom H6 goes up to 192KHZ sampling frequency, 
interesting as the Zoom H1 does however the H1 only supports 2 channel 
recording so that may account for something.



On 10/18/2015 11:37 AM, Hamit Campos wrote:

Isn't this thing epic? You can hook 6 mikes to it. I guess you can do 6 
different tracks. Yeah you know where I'm going, I'd then make them 5.1 
surround. There's a new 1 called the F8 that will take 8  mikes. Which means 
7.1. Oh and what makes that 1 even more epic, is that's the first I've heard of 
anyways from Zoom that will do 192 thousand KHZ. Way too epic dude. Too bad 
that 1 is $1200 US.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
Dane Trethowan
Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 5:07 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System
H6

Hi!

My Birthday isn’t all that far away, always an excuse - if you’re able - to 
treat yourself so thought that the Zoom Handy recorder linked to below might be 
just the thing.

I have the Olympus recorders here along with my original Zoom H1, the Olympus 
recorders are fine but I do like the Zoom’s way of doing things a little better 
some times.

In any case, the H6 will certainly take the audio experience I’ve had from the 
Zoom H1 a lot further.



http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/967366-REG/zoom_h6_handy_audio_
recorder.html
<http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/967366-REG/zoom_h6_handy_audio
_recorder.html>

**
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halfwits in this world behind.







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Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6


Guess you can only write so much data to a SD card at any one time.


On 10/18/2015 1:28 PM, Hamit Campos wrote:

Yeah no the H6 is back to 96 KHZ.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 8:40 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6

Yeah, I don't think the Zoom H6 goes up to 192KHZ sampling frequency, 
interesting as the Zoom H1 does however the H1 only supports 2 channel 
recording so that may account for something.



On 10/18/2015 11:37 AM, Hamit Campos wrote:

Isn't this thing epic? You can hook 6 mikes to it. I guess you can do 6 
different tracks. Yeah you know where I'm going, I'd then make them 5.1 
surround. There's a new 1 called the F8 that will take 8  mikes. Which means 
7.1. Oh and what makes that 1 even more epic, is that's the first I've heard of 
anyways from Zoom that will do 192 thousand KHZ. Way too epic dude. Too bad 
that 1 is $1200 US.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
Dane Trethowan
Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 5:07 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System
H6

Hi!

My Birthday isn’t all that far away, always an excuse - if you’re able - to 
treat yourself so thought that the Zoom Handy recorder linked to below might be 
just the thing.

I have the Olympus recorders here along with my original Zoom H1, the Olympus 
recorders are fine but I do like the Zoom’s way of doing things a little better 
some times.

In any case, the H6 will certainly take the audio experience I’ve had from the 
Zoom H1 a lot further.



http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/967366-REG/zoom_h6_handy_audio_
recorder.html
<http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/967366-REG/zoom_h6_handy_audio
_recorder.html>

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RE: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6

Yeah no the H6 is back to 96 KHZ.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 8:40 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6

Yeah, I don't think the Zoom H6 goes up to 192KHZ sampling frequency, 
interesting as the Zoom H1 does however the H1 only supports 2 channel 
recording so that may account for something.



On 10/18/2015 11:37 AM, Hamit Campos wrote:
> Isn't this thing epic? You can hook 6 mikes to it. I guess you can do 6 
> different tracks. Yeah you know where I'm going, I'd then make them 5.1 
> surround. There's a new 1 called the F8 that will take 8  mikes. Which means 
> 7.1. Oh and what makes that 1 even more epic, is that's the first I've heard 
> of anyways from Zoom that will do 192 thousand KHZ. Way too epic dude. Too 
> bad that 1 is $1200 US.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of 
> Dane Trethowan
> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 5:07 PM
> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
> Subject: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System 
> H6
>
> Hi!
>
> My Birthday isn’t all that far away, always an excuse - if you’re able - to 
> treat yourself so thought that the Zoom Handy recorder linked to below might 
> be just the thing.
>
> I have the Olympus recorders here along with my original Zoom H1, the Olympus 
> recorders are fine but I do like the Zoom’s way of doing things a little 
> better some times.
>
> In any case, the H6 will certainly take the audio experience I’ve had from 
> the Zoom H1 a lot further.
>
>
>> http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/967366-REG/zoom_h6_handy_audio_
>> recorder.html 
>> <http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/967366-REG/zoom_h6_handy_audio
>> _recorder.html>
>
> **
> Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the 
> halfwits in this world behind.
>
>
>
>
>

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Re: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6

Yeah, I don't think the Zoom H6 goes up to 192KHZ sampling frequency, 
interesting as the Zoom H1 does however the H1 only supports 2 channel 
recording so that may account for something.




On 10/18/2015 11:37 AM, Hamit Campos wrote:

Isn't this thing epic? You can hook 6 mikes to it. I guess you can do 6 
different tracks. Yeah you know where I'm going, I'd then make them 5.1 
surround. There's a new 1 called the F8 that will take 8  mikes. Which means 
7.1. Oh and what makes that 1 even more epic, is that's the first I've heard of 
anyways from Zoom that will do 192 thousand KHZ. Way too epic dude. Too bad 
that 1 is $1200 US.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 5:07 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6

Hi!

My Birthday isn’t all that far away, always an excuse - if you’re able - to 
treat yourself so thought that the Zoom Handy recorder linked to below might be 
just the thing.

I have the Olympus recorders here along with my original Zoom H1, the Olympus 
recorders are fine but I do like the Zoom’s way of doing things a little better 
some times.

In any case, the H6 will certainly take the audio experience I’ve had from the 
Zoom H1 a lot further.



http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/967366-REG/zoom_h6_handy_audio_recorder.html 
<http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/967366-REG/zoom_h6_handy_audio_recorder.html>


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RE: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6

Isn't this thing epic? You can hook 6 mikes to it. I guess you can do 6 
different tracks. Yeah you know where I'm going, I'd then make them 5.1 
surround. There's a new 1 called the F8 that will take 8  mikes. Which means 
7.1. Oh and what makes that 1 even more epic, is that's the first I've heard of 
anyways from Zoom that will do 192 thousand KHZ. Way too epic dude. Too bad 
that 1 is $1200 US.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2015 5:07 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6

Hi!

My Birthday isn’t all that far away, always an excuse - if you’re able - to 
treat yourself so thought that the Zoom Handy recorder linked to below might be 
just the thing.

I have the Olympus recorders here along with my original Zoom H1, the Olympus 
recorders are fine but I do like the Zoom’s way of doing things a little better 
some times.

In any case, the H6 will certainly take the audio experience I’ve had from the 
Zoom H1 a lot further.


> http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/967366-REG/zoom_h6_handy_audio_recorder.html
>  
> <http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/967366-REG/zoom_h6_handy_audio_recorder.html>


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Zoom H6 Handy Recorder with Interchangeable Microphone System H6

Hi!

My Birthday isn’t all that far away, always an excuse - if you’re able - to 
treat yourself so thought that the Zoom Handy recorder linked to below might be 
just the thing.

I have the Olympus recorders here along with my original Zoom H1, the Olympus 
recorders are fine but I do like the Zoom’s way of doing things a little better 
some times.

In any case, the H6 will certainly take the audio experience I’ve had from the 
Zoom H1 a lot further.


> http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/967366-REG/zoom_h6_handy_audio_recorder.html
>  
> 


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Re: Looking for a good USB or blue tooth microphone headset combo for my PC.


Regarding that headset there's heaps!


On 9/08/2015 4:52 AM, Ray T. Mahorney wrote:

as narrow as bluetooth audio is I didn't think there'd be much to improve on


Ray T. Mahorney
WA4WGA


-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2015 17:39
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Looking for a good USB or blue tooth microphone headset combo for 
my PC.

One of the better Bluetooth headsets you've used? That being the case then 
you're easily satisfied
and have not heard a better quality bluetooth headset .

Yep, okay for just playing audio in most cases but absolutely dreadful!
when using it in speaker phone mode but - as I said earlier - its a cheap 
headset and - given that -
I guess one can't really complain.

If you're going to be looking for a bluetooth headset for communication this 
the Logitech H800 just
isn't it, using the wireless dongle with the headset on your PC or Mac is 
brilliant.

On 9/08/2015 3:33 AM, Ray T. Mahorney wrote:

it's also one of the better bluetooth headsets I've used


Ray T. Mahorney
WA4WGA


-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
Dane Trethowan
Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2015 16:58
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Looking for a good USB or blue tooth microphone headset combo for 
my PC.

Okay thanks, yes this H800 is a good headset for general use but
certainly not a professional quality pair of headphones by any manner
of means and neither would anyone consider it so for the price though
it has many attributes to recommend the device, works very well with Skype has 
been optimised for

that sort of thing.

Excellent microphone for voice chat which works well and has good noise 
cancelation properties.



On 9/08/2015 2:41 AM, Ray T. Mahorney wrote:

you nailed it


Ray T. Mahorney
WA4WGA


-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
Dane Trethowan
Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2015 15:01
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Looking for a good USB or blue tooth microphone headset combo for 
my PC.

Could you expound on that further please? Why isn't this headset any
good for Webcasting and what

do

you define as Webcasting, are you talking about Internet
broadcasting/streaming? If so then I see where you're coming from and
I did point out that the H800 is not a professional headset by any manner of 
means, its good for

what its designed for and that's chat and general use.



On 8/08/2015 10:17 PM, Ray T. Mahorney wrote:

I would make one comment about the h800 while it is a decent
communications headset it's not ideal for webcasting.  This has been my 
experience at any rate.


Ray T. Mahorney
WA4WGA


-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
Dane Trethowan
Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2015 2:29
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Looking for a good USB or blue tooth microphone headset combo for 
my PC.

There are many out there, probably the most well known is the
Logitech
H800 which has been discussed many times on the list.

Like everything it has its advantages and disadvantages, its cheap and yep, a 
very cheap build.

Has quite nice sound when using it with USB on your computer but
Bluetooth certainly needs to be upgraded.

Can be used whilst the battery charges.

Folds up for easy carrying.

Has controls for answering/ending calls, skipping backwards and
forwards through tracks and so

on.

Note that the answering/ending buttons may not work with Skype, this
is a known problem with the set.

Warning beep sounds when batteries are running down, battery life is around 8 
hours.

A nice pair of headphones for chatting but nothing particularly
special when it comes to music listening, build is terrible so don't
expect the headphones to

last

too long.

I think this product is around $50 so no, not too expensive, if you
want something that will dazzle and excite you with its performance
then try something like the

Senheiser MM-500.

On 8/08/2015 6:48 AM, Kevin Minor wrote:

Hi.

  


I'm happily using a USB sound card with a microphone hooked up to it.
It does what I want, but I'm curious about headset/microphone
combinations for the PC.  The headset needs to be stereo.  I'm
looking for either USB or blue tooth options.  Also, I need
something that doesn't cost me the PC to get it.

  


Thanks in advance for any information.

  


Kevin Minor, Lexington, KY



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RE: Looking for a good USB or blue tooth microphone headset combo for my PC.

as narrow as bluetooth audio is I didn't think there'd be much to improve on


Ray T. Mahorney
WA4WGA


-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2015 17:39
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Looking for a good USB or blue tooth microphone headset combo for 
my PC.

One of the better Bluetooth headsets you've used? That being the case then 
you're easily satisfied
and have not heard a better quality bluetooth headset .

Yep, okay for just playing audio in most cases but absolutely dreadful! 
when using it in speaker phone mode but - as I said earlier - its a cheap 
headset and - given that -
I guess one can't really complain.

If you're going to be looking for a bluetooth headset for communication this 
the Logitech H800 just
isn't it, using the wireless dongle with the headset on your PC or Mac is 
brilliant.

On 9/08/2015 3:33 AM, Ray T. Mahorney wrote:
> it's also one of the better bluetooth headsets I've used
>
>
> Ray T. Mahorney
> WA4WGA
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of 
> Dane Trethowan
> Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2015 16:58
> To: PC Audio Discussion List
> Subject: Re: Looking for a good USB or blue tooth microphone headset combo 
> for my PC.
>
> Okay thanks, yes this H800 is a good headset for general use but 
> certainly not a professional quality pair of headphones by any manner 
> of means and neither would anyone consider it so for the price though 
> it has many attributes to recommend the device, works very well with Skype 
> has been optimised for
that sort of thing.
>
> Excellent microphone for voice chat which works well and has good noise 
> cancelation properties.
>
>
>
> On 9/08/2015 2:41 AM, Ray T. Mahorney wrote:
>> you nailed it
>>
>>
>> Ray T. Mahorney
>> WA4WGA
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of 
>> Dane Trethowan
>> Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2015 15:01
>> To: PC Audio Discussion List
>> Subject: Re: Looking for a good USB or blue tooth microphone headset combo 
>> for my PC.
>>
>> Could you expound on that further please? Why isn't this headset any 
>> good for Webcasting and what
> do
>> you define as Webcasting, are you talking about Internet 
>> broadcasting/streaming? If so then I see where you're coming from and 
>> I did point out that the H800 is not a professional headset by any manner of 
>> means, its good for
what its designed for and that's chat and general use.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 8/08/2015 10:17 PM, Ray T. Mahorney wrote:
>>> I would make one comment about the h800 while it is a decent 
>>> communications headset it's not ideal for webcasting.  This has been my 
>>> experience at any rate.
>>>
>>>
>>> Ray T. Mahorney
>>> WA4WGA
>>>
>>>
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of 
>>> Dane Trethowan
>>> Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2015 2:29
>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List
>>> Subject: Re: Looking for a good USB or blue tooth microphone headset combo 
>>> for my PC.
>>>
>>> There are many out there, probably the most well known is the 
>>> Logitech
>>> H800 which has been discussed many times on the list.
>>>
>>> Like everything it has its advantages and disadvantages, its cheap and yep, 
>>> a very cheap build.
>>>
>>> Has quite nice sound when using it with USB on your computer but 
>>> Bluetooth certainly needs to be upgraded.
>>>
>>> Can be used whilst the battery charges.
>>>
>>> Folds up for easy carrying.
>>>
>>> Has controls for answering/ending calls, skipping backwards and 
>>> forwards through tracks and so
> on.
>>> Note that the answering/ending buttons may not work with Skype, this 
>>> is a known problem with the set.
>>>
>>> Warning beep sounds when batteries are running down, battery life is around 
>>> 8 hours.
>>>
>>> A nice pair of headphones for chatting but nothing particularly 
>>> special when it comes to music listening, build is terrible so don't 
>>> expect the headphones to
> last
>> too long.
>>> I think this product is around $50 so no, not too expensive, if you 
>>> want something that will dazzle and excite you with its performance 
>>> then try something like the
>> Senheiser MM-500.
>>>
>>> On 8/08/2015 6:48 AM, Kevin Minor wrote:
>>>> Hi.
>>>>
>>>>  
>>>>
>>>> I'm happily using a USB sound card with a microphone hooked up to it.
>>>> It does what I want, but I'm curious about headset/microphone 
>>>> combinations for the PC.  The headset needs to be stereo.  I'm 
>>>> looking for either USB or blue tooth options.  Also, I need 
>>>> something that doesn't cost me the PC to get it.
>>>>
>>>>  
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance for any information.
>>>>
>>>>  
>>>>
>>>> Kevin Minor, Lexington, KY
>>>>

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Re: Looking for a good USB or blue tooth microphone headset combo for my PC.

One of the better Bluetooth headsets you've used? That being the case 
then you're easily satisfied and have not heard a better quality 
bluetooth headset .


Yep, okay for just playing audio in most cases but absolutely dreadful! 
when using it in speaker phone mode but - as I said earlier - its a 
cheap headset and - given that - I guess one can't really complain.


If you're going to be looking for a bluetooth headset for communication 
this the Logitech H800 just isn't it, using the wireless dongle with the 
headset on your PC or Mac is brilliant.


On 9/08/2015 3:33 AM, Ray T. Mahorney wrote:

it's also one of the better bluetooth headsets I've used


Ray T. Mahorney
WA4WGA


-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2015 16:58
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Looking for a good USB or blue tooth microphone headset combo for 
my PC.

Okay thanks, yes this H800 is a good headset for general use but certainly not 
a professional
quality pair of headphones by any manner of means and neither would anyone 
consider it so for the
price though it has many attributes to recommend the device, works very well 
with Skype has been
optimised for that sort of thing.

Excellent microphone for voice chat which works well and has good noise 
cancelation properties.



On 9/08/2015 2:41 AM, Ray T. Mahorney wrote:

you nailed it


Ray T. Mahorney
WA4WGA


-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2015 15:01
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Looking for a good USB or blue tooth microphone headset combo for 
my PC.

Could you expound on that further please? Why isn't this headset any good for 
Webcasting and what

do

you define as Webcasting, are you talking about Internet 
broadcasting/streaming? If so then I see
where you're coming from and I did point out that the H800 is not a 
professional headset by any
manner of means, its good for what its designed for and that's chat and general 
use.



On 8/08/2015 10:17 PM, Ray T. Mahorney wrote:

I would make one comment about the h800 while it is a decent
communications headset it's not ideal for webcasting.  This has been my 
experience at any rate.


Ray T. Mahorney
WA4WGA


-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
Dane Trethowan
Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2015 2:29
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Looking for a good USB or blue tooth microphone headset combo for 
my PC.

There are many out there, probably the most well known is the Logitech
H800 which has been discussed many times on the list.

Like everything it has its advantages and disadvantages, its cheap and yep, a 
very cheap build.

Has quite nice sound when using it with USB on your computer but
Bluetooth certainly needs to be upgraded.

Can be used whilst the battery charges.

Folds up for easy carrying.

Has controls for answering/ending calls, skipping backwards and forwards 
through tracks and so

on.

Note that the answering/ending buttons may not work with Skype, this
is a known problem with the set.

Warning beep sounds when batteries are running down, battery life is around 8 
hours.

A nice pair of headphones for chatting but nothing particularly
special when it comes to music listening, build is terrible so don't expect the 
headphones to

last

too long.

I think this product is around $50 so no, not too expensive, if you
want something that will dazzle and excite you with its performance then try 
something like the

Senheiser MM-500.


On 8/08/2015 6:48 AM, Kevin Minor wrote:

Hi.

 


I'm happily using a USB sound card with a microphone hooked up to it.
It does what I want, but I'm curious about headset/microphone
combinations for the PC.  The headset needs to be stereo.  I'm
looking for either USB or blue tooth options.  Also, I need something
that doesn't cost me the PC to get it.

 


Thanks in advance for any information.

 


Kevin Minor, Lexington, KY



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RE: Looking for a good USB or blue tooth microphone headset combo for my PC.

it's also one of the better bluetooth headsets I've used


Ray T. Mahorney
WA4WGA


-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2015 16:58
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Looking for a good USB or blue tooth microphone headset combo for 
my PC.

Okay thanks, yes this H800 is a good headset for general use but certainly not 
a professional
quality pair of headphones by any manner of means and neither would anyone 
consider it so for the
price though it has many attributes to recommend the device, works very well 
with Skype has been
optimised for that sort of thing.

Excellent microphone for voice chat which works well and has good noise 
cancelation properties.



On 9/08/2015 2:41 AM, Ray T. Mahorney wrote:
> you nailed it
>
>
> Ray T. Mahorney
> WA4WGA
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
> Trethowan
> Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2015 15:01
> To: PC Audio Discussion List
> Subject: Re: Looking for a good USB or blue tooth microphone headset combo 
> for my PC.
>
> Could you expound on that further please? Why isn't this headset any good for 
> Webcasting and what
do
> you define as Webcasting, are you talking about Internet 
> broadcasting/streaming? If so then I see
> where you're coming from and I did point out that the H800 is not a 
> professional headset by any
> manner of means, its good for what its designed for and that's chat and 
> general use.
>
>
>
> On 8/08/2015 10:17 PM, Ray T. Mahorney wrote:
>> I would make one comment about the h800 while it is a decent
>> communications headset it's not ideal for webcasting.  This has been my 
>> experience at any rate.
>>
>>
>> Ray T. Mahorney
>> WA4WGA
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
>> Dane Trethowan
>> Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2015 2:29
>> To: PC Audio Discussion List
>> Subject: Re: Looking for a good USB or blue tooth microphone headset combo 
>> for my PC.
>>
>> There are many out there, probably the most well known is the Logitech
>> H800 which has been discussed many times on the list.
>>
>> Like everything it has its advantages and disadvantages, its cheap and yep, 
>> a very cheap build.
>>
>> Has quite nice sound when using it with USB on your computer but
>> Bluetooth certainly needs to be upgraded.
>>
>> Can be used whilst the battery charges.
>>
>> Folds up for easy carrying.
>>
>> Has controls for answering/ending calls, skipping backwards and forwards 
>> through tracks and so
on.
>>
>> Note that the answering/ending buttons may not work with Skype, this
>> is a known problem with the set.
>>
>> Warning beep sounds when batteries are running down, battery life is around 
>> 8 hours.
>>
>> A nice pair of headphones for chatting but nothing particularly
>> special when it comes to music listening, build is terrible so don't expect 
>> the headphones to
last
> too long.
>> I think this product is around $50 so no, not too expensive, if you
>> want something that will dazzle and excite you with its performance then try 
>> something like the
> Senheiser MM-500.
>>
>>
>> On 8/08/2015 6:48 AM, Kevin Minor wrote:
>>> Hi.
>>>
>>> 
>>>
>>> I'm happily using a USB sound card with a microphone hooked up to it.
>>> It does what I want, but I'm curious about headset/microphone
>>> combinations for the PC.  The headset needs to be stereo.  I'm
>>> looking for either USB or blue tooth options.  Also, I need something
>>> that doesn't cost me the PC to get it.
>>>
>>> 
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance for any information.
>>>
>>> 
>>>
>>> Kevin Minor, Lexington, KY
>>>

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Re: Looking for a good USB or blue tooth microphone headset combo for my PC.

Okay thanks, yes this H800 is a good headset for general use but 
certainly not a professional quality pair of headphones by any manner of 
means and neither would anyone consider it so for the price though it 
has many attributes to recommend the device, works very well with Skype 
has been optimised for that sort of thing.


Excellent microphone for voice chat which works well and has good noise 
cancelation properties.




On 9/08/2015 2:41 AM, Ray T. Mahorney wrote:

you nailed it


Ray T. Mahorney
WA4WGA


-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2015 15:01
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Looking for a good USB or blue tooth microphone headset combo for 
my PC.

Could you expound on that further please? Why isn't this headset any good for 
Webcasting and what do
you define as Webcasting, are you talking about Internet 
broadcasting/streaming? If so then I see
where you're coming from and I did point out that the H800 is not a 
professional headset by any
manner of means, its good for what its designed for and that's chat and general 
use.



On 8/08/2015 10:17 PM, Ray T. Mahorney wrote:

I would make one comment about the h800 while it is a decent
communications headset it's not ideal for webcasting.  This has been my 
experience at any rate.


Ray T. Mahorney
WA4WGA


-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
Dane Trethowan
Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2015 2:29
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Looking for a good USB or blue tooth microphone headset combo for 
my PC.

There are many out there, probably the most well known is the Logitech
H800 which has been discussed many times on the list.

Like everything it has its advantages and disadvantages, its cheap and yep, a 
very cheap build.

Has quite nice sound when using it with USB on your computer but
Bluetooth certainly needs to be upgraded.

Can be used whilst the battery charges.

Folds up for easy carrying.

Has controls for answering/ending calls, skipping backwards and forwards 
through tracks and so on.

Note that the answering/ending buttons may not work with Skype, this
is a known problem with the set.

Warning beep sounds when batteries are running down, battery life is around 8 
hours.

A nice pair of headphones for chatting but nothing particularly
special when it comes to music listening, build is terrible so don't expect the 
headphones to last

too long.

I think this product is around $50 so no, not too expensive, if you
want something that will dazzle and excite you with its performance then try 
something like the

Senheiser MM-500.



On 8/08/2015 6:48 AM, Kevin Minor wrote:

Hi.




I'm happily using a USB sound card with a microphone hooked up to it.
It does what I want, but I'm curious about headset/microphone
combinations for the PC.  The headset needs to be stereo.  I'm
looking for either USB or blue tooth options.  Also, I need something
that doesn't cost me the PC to get it.




Thanks in advance for any information.




Kevin Minor, Lexington, KY



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RE: Looking for a good USB or blue tooth microphone headset combo for my PC.

you nailed it


Ray T. Mahorney
WA4WGA


-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2015 15:01
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Looking for a good USB or blue tooth microphone headset combo for 
my PC.

Could you expound on that further please? Why isn't this headset any good for 
Webcasting and what do
you define as Webcasting, are you talking about Internet 
broadcasting/streaming? If so then I see
where you're coming from and I did point out that the H800 is not a 
professional headset by any
manner of means, its good for what its designed for and that's chat and general 
use.



On 8/08/2015 10:17 PM, Ray T. Mahorney wrote:
> I would make one comment about the h800 while it is a decent 
> communications headset it's not ideal for webcasting.  This has been my 
> experience at any rate.
>
>
> Ray T. Mahorney
> WA4WGA
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of 
> Dane Trethowan
> Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2015 2:29
> To: PC Audio Discussion List
> Subject: Re: Looking for a good USB or blue tooth microphone headset combo 
> for my PC.
>
> There are many out there, probably the most well known is the Logitech
> H800 which has been discussed many times on the list.
>
> Like everything it has its advantages and disadvantages, its cheap and yep, a 
> very cheap build.
>
> Has quite nice sound when using it with USB on your computer but 
> Bluetooth certainly needs to be upgraded.
>
> Can be used whilst the battery charges.
>
> Folds up for easy carrying.
>
> Has controls for answering/ending calls, skipping backwards and forwards 
> through tracks and so on.
>
> Note that the answering/ending buttons may not work with Skype, this 
> is a known problem with the set.
>
> Warning beep sounds when batteries are running down, battery life is around 8 
> hours.
>
> A nice pair of headphones for chatting but nothing particularly 
> special when it comes to music listening, build is terrible so don't expect 
> the headphones to last
too long.
>
> I think this product is around $50 so no, not too expensive, if you 
> want something that will dazzle and excite you with its performance then try 
> something like the
Senheiser MM-500.
>
>
>
> On 8/08/2015 6:48 AM, Kevin Minor wrote:
>> Hi.
>>
>>
>>
>> I'm happily using a USB sound card with a microphone hooked up to it.
>> It does what I want, but I'm curious about headset/microphone 
>> combinations for the PC.  The headset needs to be stereo.  I'm 
>> looking for either USB or blue tooth options.  Also, I need something 
>> that doesn't cost me the PC to get it.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any information.
>>
>>
>>
>> Kevin Minor, Lexington, KY
>>

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Re: Looking for a good USB or blue tooth microphone headset combo for my PC.

Could you expound on that further please? Why isn't this headset any 
good for Webcasting and what do you define as Webcasting, are you 
talking about Internet broadcasting/streaming? If so then I see where 
you're coming from and I did point out that the H800 is not a 
professional headset by any manner of means, its good for what its 
designed for and that's chat and general use.




On 8/08/2015 10:17 PM, Ray T. Mahorney wrote:

I would make one comment about the h800 while it is a decent communications 
headset it's not ideal
for webcasting.  This has been my experience at any rate.


Ray T. Mahorney
WA4WGA


-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2015 2:29
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Looking for a good USB or blue tooth microphone headset combo for 
my PC.

There are many out there, probably the most well known is the Logitech
H800 which has been discussed many times on the list.

Like everything it has its advantages and disadvantages, its cheap and yep, a 
very cheap build.

Has quite nice sound when using it with USB on your computer but Bluetooth 
certainly needs to be
upgraded.

Can be used whilst the battery charges.

Folds up for easy carrying.

Has controls for answering/ending calls, skipping backwards and forwards 
through tracks and so on.

Note that the answering/ending buttons may not work with Skype, this is a known 
problem with the
set.

Warning beep sounds when batteries are running down, battery life is around 8 
hours.

A nice pair of headphones for chatting but nothing particularly special when it 
comes to music
listening, build is terrible so don't expect the headphones to last too long.

I think this product is around $50 so no, not too expensive, if you want 
something that will dazzle
and excite you with its performance then try something like the Senheiser 
MM-500.



On 8/08/2015 6:48 AM, Kevin Minor wrote:

Hi.

   


I'm happily using a USB sound card with a microphone hooked up to it.
It does what I want, but I'm curious about headset/microphone
combinations for the PC.  The headset needs to be stereo.  I'm looking
for either USB or blue tooth options.  Also, I need something that
doesn't cost me the PC to get it.

   


Thanks in advance for any information.

   


Kevin Minor, Lexington, KY



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RE: Looking for a good USB or blue tooth microphone headset combo for my PC.

I would make one comment about the h800 while it is a decent communications 
headset it's not ideal
for webcasting.  This has been my experience at any rate.

Ray T. Mahorney
WA4WGA

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2015 2:29
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Looking for a good USB or blue tooth microphone headset combo for 
my PC.

There are many out there, probably the most well known is the Logitech
H800 which has been discussed many times on the list.

Like everything it has its advantages and disadvantages, its cheap and yep, a 
very cheap build.

Has quite nice sound when using it with USB on your computer but Bluetooth 
certainly needs to be
upgraded.

Can be used whilst the battery charges.

Folds up for easy carrying.

Has controls for answering/ending calls, skipping backwards and forwards 
through tracks and so on.

Note that the answering/ending buttons may not work with Skype, this is a known 
problem with the
set.

Warning beep sounds when batteries are running down, battery life is around 8 
hours.

A nice pair of headphones for chatting but nothing particularly special when it 
comes to music
listening, build is terrible so don't expect the headphones to last too long.

I think this product is around $50 so no, not too expensive, if you want 
something that will dazzle
and excite you with its performance then try something like the Senheiser 
MM-500.

On 8/08/2015 6:48 AM, Kevin Minor wrote:
> Hi.
>
>   
>
> I'm happily using a USB sound card with a microphone hooked up to it.  
> It does what I want, but I'm curious about headset/microphone 
> combinations for the PC.  The headset needs to be stereo.  I'm looking 
> for either USB or blue tooth options.  Also, I need something that 
> doesn't cost me the PC to get it.
>
>   
>
> Thanks in advance for any information.
>
>   
>
> Kevin Minor, Lexington, KY
>

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RE: Looking for a good USB or blue tooth microphone headset combo for my PC.