Hamit, good idea there. They must get the message somehow. So dain what do you do when setting the time and date? And I guess you never change the bitrate for mp3? I guess that is not possible with a slide switch? Is wave the default?
On 14/11/2017, Dane Trethowan <grtd...@internode.on.net> wrote: > Hi! > > There's been a Podcast on the Zoom H1 done on Blind Cool Tech, I have > the whole archive here so I'll dig about, see if I can find it. > > In the meantime - having been a very very happy Zoom H1 user for the > last 7 years - I can tell you that the unit is very useable though you > need to be aware of a few things before you start recording. > > The H1 does have an auto recording level function but recovery time and > actual functionality seems to be very poor but there are ways around this. > > Use the auto level as a reference point to set your manual recording > level to and then start recording in manual level mode. > > After the recording is done you can normalise it using your computer. > > The recorder has a default sampling rate of 44.1KHZ at 16 bit and > normally there would be no need to change this. > > One can tell where the sampling rate is set but in order to do this - > unless you can read the screen - you need some way of picking up the > magnetic fields the processor etc of the recorder, the induction T-Coil > of my hearing instruments is just fine for this, other options might be > a sensitive phone amplifier. > > The H1 has 3 switches on the back, all of which are toggle switches and > by default are set to down which is the off position, those switches are > low-cut filter, manual/auto recording level and recording format - Wave > or MP3 -. > > When the recorder is switched on it defaults to the "Standby" mode > meaning the unit is ready to record when the "Record/Stop" button is > pressed, the button is easily identifiable by its size and the round > circle which encloses it on the front of the recorder. > > Whilst recording press the "Play" button - a small round button marked > with a dot in later H1 models - to mark a position in a recording, press > the "Record/stop" button to end a recording and press again to start a > new recording, recordings can be manipulated when on your computer with > a Sound editor. > > During playback recordings can be erased, use the forward/back buttons > to move amongst your recordings and press the "Erase" button on the > recording you wish to delete - the erase button is slightly indented > from the rest of the buttons -. > > At this point the display brings up a confirmation dialog and I'm not > sure exactly what you do here, I think you press "stop/record" to > confirm or any other button to cancel, been a while since I've used the > unit. > > Anyway good luck and I hope you enjoy your H1 just as much as I've > enjoyed mine. > > > > On 11/14/2017 9:25 AM, Aidan wrote: >> Hello. >> Does anyone no if Neil did a podcast on this, if so, can you pass it on >> please? >> Probibly the only zoom you can used with comfort? >> I did email them before to ask if they can make their recorders >> accessible, but they din't even answer me. >> I guess no luck there. >> I think they not aware of the importance of recording good quality for >> us as well. >> If they include human speech, they don't have to pay so much extra >> costs such as olympus does with the dm7 since it uses tts. >> And maybe a staff member will do it for free? who noes? >> > > -- > > ********** > "For the gardener nothing is more handier than bulbs, I mean the one's you > put in the ground and not the electric light one's." > ********** > > >
