The 3 Ways I Use My Zoom H4N Pro

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Here are the 3 ways that I like to use my Zoom H4N Pro Handy Recorder!
I love these little handy recorders but they can be a little tricky when it comes to knowing all the many different ways that you can utilize them so here's my 3 main ways like to use mine!
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@AlexExplorer 28 дней назад

2:43 ohh man. I came here to check your opinion on Zoom H4N Pro but can't stop listening how you play guitar... amazing!

@FabianHollandGuitar 26 дней назад

Hey Alex, thanks so much, I really appreciate you saying that. Glad you enjoy my playing so much!! 😊🙏

@themoprhingorb 2 месяца назад

You might be able to extend your battery life if you switch those IKEA batteries out for some potato slices;)

@FabianHollandGuitar Месяц назад

😂 True!!

@themoprhingorb Месяц назад

@@FabianHollandGuitar Just got my all black H4N Pro myself today. Was out recording some train sounds and some rolling waves at the beach;=) Great device! Thanks for sharing your insights on it:D Cheers

@FabianHollandGuitar Месяц назад

Ah nice!! Glad to hear that you’re enjoying it. 😊👍

@misophoniq 2 месяца назад

"Stick around for the last one" was kind of ironic, because I ended up here when I was searching why my H4n Pro suddenly became so sticky. There's something wrong with the rubber coating. 😞

@FabianHollandGuitar 2 месяца назад

Hi, oh sorry to hear that, how long have you had it for? So far I haven’t experienced anything like that with mine!

@misophoniq 2 месяца назад

@@FabianHollandGuitar The Pro model was pretty new, so must have been around 2016/2017. Didn't use it much. But after viewing some tips, some isopropyl alcohol cleaned it right up! Completely got rid of the rubber coating, so it is just a tad bit more 'slippery', but it looks brand new! Free on-the-side tip (maybe you covered it already). If you don't need it, don't use large capacity SD cards. I had a 128 GB one in mine and it took forever to start up. I exchanged it for a few 8 GB ones and it is now WAY faster in starting up!

@FlowerdyPilllow Месяц назад

Good advice re the SD card size - it's sooo slow to start even with a 32gb card😮

@FlowerdyPilllow Месяц назад

Yep, they are an incredibly useful tool to have. I've had mine for 4 years and keep finding more stuff it can do - the built in effects are pretty good too. Love your guitar playing, excellent standard! Thanks for the video. 👍

@kencory2476 13 дней назад

I bought one of these several years ago, but my wife commandeered it to make training audios for her business. I bought a used one this year, and I'm getting back into using it. It's in great shape, but a little scuffed. These things are built like tanks. I also have a Q3, which includes a video camera. Great box, though support is discontinued.

@FabianHollandGuitar 2 дня назад

Oh yeah I love these little things! Tascam and Sony also make some good ones as well. I wish that I took mine outside and did some outside recordings more though, this is where they can really shine! This is one of my goals that I’m trying to do more of.

@JeremieFriez 4 месяца назад

I have an old H4N, it always helped me keeping the recordings going when traveling(Whether it's in an hostel room or in the wild). Don't know if the pro is that different but the old one is still really really good !

@FabianHollandGuitar 4 месяца назад

Nice one! Thanks for the comment 😊👍 The pro just has a little better preamps than the H4N but other than that I think they’re pretty much the same!

@jasper_north 5 дней назад

Fabian, question. Do you use a preamp for your mics? And if so- for both dynamic and condenser mics? Specific brands? Thank you.

@FabianHollandGuitar 2 дня назад

Hey Jasper! Yeah I do, do you mean when going into the H4N Pro? I like to use the Triton Audio FetHead preamps, they give up to 25db of extra gain which is needed when using ribbon or sometimes dynamic mics. For condensers I go directly into the zoom, the preamps in there give me enough clean gain when using any condenser.

@jasper_north 2 дня назад

@@FabianHollandGuitar ha! I ordered last week 2 fetheads!!! 1 phantom and 1 germania… Thank you.

@liamchamba8114 Месяц назад

Your guitar playing in the first part is very Basho-esque!

@ques19 3 месяца назад

$130 at B&H right now

@alterhijo164 3 месяца назад

Thanks for the video! I appreciate how you reviewed it in a more musical context. Saw one on marketplace for $100 which seems like a good price.

@FabianHollandGuitar 3 месяца назад

Hi, thanks so much!! Glad you enjoyed the video. Oh yeah that’s a good price for sure! Is that a HN4 or HN4 Pro?

@davemarksmusic 3 месяца назад

I just purchased one because of your recommendation. Great review, I think this will be fun to explore with

@FabianHollandGuitar 3 месяца назад

Ah nice! Hope you enjoy it. 😊👍

@webingerphoto49 3 месяца назад

Fabian…excellent video for recording guitar setup! I’ve had my H4N for over 15 years…flawless…use it for recording our “Live” band sessions! Bravo and Kudos to you!

@FabianHollandGuitar 3 месяца назад

Hi, thanks so much! Ah nice 👍 it’s great isn’t it!! Perfect for recording Live sessions!

@harpreetsinghmoga 3 месяца назад

Reverb option available ?

@danielmoraes743 Месяц назад

Is it ok for a drum recording?

@FlowerdyPilllow Месяц назад

@@harpreetsinghmogaHi. Yes! There are loads of built in effects for guitar or voice on the H4n Pro - and you get the effect while recording so you know exactly what the sound will be like once recorded if you monitor yourself with some decent headphones. The Zoom H4n is basically a mini recording studio you can put in your pocket! Superb bit of kit. You can even normalize your recording, punch in and out... there is an onboard tuner and metronome as well - and it works great as an audio interface too. Seriously, for the money they are absolutely amazing! There's way more to them than you imagine. Highly recommended tool to have in your music making arsenal!

@harpreetsinghmoga Месяц назад

@@FlowerdyPilllow Thanks Sir.

@Davedavidowski 3 месяца назад

Hello from Poland👋🏻 Few months ago I just started recording some covers on my instagram music account, it's going well, but I feel that the sound quality is lacking. So far, I've just recorded with my iPhone, sound and image. I have just iphone 14pro, martin d10e, and my voice. I want to buy something like zoom to record. I can sing and play quite well I think, but I'm completely amateur in recording. I want to start a RU-vid channel with my covers and original song, but i need some better sound quality than smartphone microphone. Do you think zoom is enough for the start? Do I need something more to good record, at the moment? Thanks 😊

@FabianHollandGuitar 3 месяца назад

Hi there! Thanks for the question. Are you singing as well as playing guitar? The zoom is great for both but the mics on board the H4N Pro are very directional, meaning they’re not the best at picking up sound from a wide space. Covers on RU-vid is a great idea by the way 😉👍

@florentdevos 4 месяца назад

Hey man ive been thinking of getting this mic just a few questions. I dont have a laptop so i would only be using this h4n pro device, headphones, my samsung s20 fe phone, power bank, watever usb splitter you recommend. I want to use bandlab daw on my phone to record on the go anywhere possible release some singles, i also have a sm57 instrumental mic, is there any way to monitor from the phone (not the h4n) so i can record and monitor and hear the effected, eq, and watever i put in the daw directly through headphone (keep in mind that I dont have a headphone jack on my phone. What do you think of this setup idea.

@FabianHollandGuitar 4 месяца назад

Hey man, yeah that sounds like a nice portable setup for sure! 👍 I don’t think there’s a way to monitor from your phone whilst the H4N is connected, at least I wasn’t able to find a way. I wonder if there’s a way to monitor via the H4N and still have your effects and EQ come through from your DAW? I don’t know if there’s a way to do it from the phone or DAW? I’m not sure about that? How important is it for you to be able to monitor from your DAW? I would also consider monitoring just from the H4N, it might make it easier sometimes, also you can still record the audio directly onto the H4N’s SD Card and record the video on your phone and put them together with a simple video editing app.

@magewings7697 Месяц назад

It should have 4 batteries. it's very Power hungry

@FabianHollandGuitar Месяц назад

Yeah 4 would be better! Then I guess they would have to make it bigger? I sometimes use a power bank with it, that works quite well. I think they also do a power supply for it as well?

@magewings7697 Месяц назад

@@FabianHollandGuitar I tried with power bank, doesn't work. I use AC power adapter at home.

@kaushalsuvarna5156 2 месяца назад

Can you use the inbuilt mics and additional mics together for a recording?

@FabianHollandGuitar 2 месяца назад

Hi, I think you can? Although I’ve never tried it. I’ll try it and let you know! 👍

@jasper_north 4 месяца назад

Fabian… in your opinion… recording vocals and Martin D42 at the same time. (Single mic) BEST MIC?

@FabianHollandGuitar 4 месяца назад

Hey Jasper! It depends on what sound you’re after? If you’re looking for a warm vintage sound then maybe a ribbon mic would be best, I love the sound of a Coles Ribbon Mics or the Royer Labs Ribbons. But if you’re after a sound that is pure, clear and direct then maybe a large diaphragm would be better. Something like the AKG C414 or the Neumann TLM 107 or the Austrian Audio Oc818.

@jasper_north 3 месяца назад

@@FabianHollandGuitar thank you again!!

@tejcirobert 3 месяца назад

Thanks, you have been very helpful. I am searching for the very first recording device for my daughter. Something relative easy to operate with. She's playing a classical guitar for nine years now and just won a national and international competition this year. Everything become much more serious and we realize we need also sth more serious for recording, couse phone audio sounds really bad. This Zoom model is apparently 12 years old but for a reasonably price now as there are new models out. Do you think it would be still usable for a few years as everything in digital world is becoming outdated so quick? I am also wondering if we also need a stand and what stand are you using? Wish you a lot of success in your music. You play and sing so wonderful. 🤩👌 Thanks for everything.

@FabianHollandGuitar 3 месяца назад

Hi thanks for the question! Sorry for the late reply, it usually takes me a while to get through all my comments. Yeah absolutely, this would be perfect I think!! The good thing is you don’t have to rely on a computer for this. The onboard mics are still great a will be for a long time. Microphones don’t really get outdated in the same way other tech does. I’m just using a mic stand and then using an adapter that fits to the Zoom. I would say that if you’re planning on creating videos then bear in mind that the HN4 is quite big and might not be aesthetically pleasing as say a small condenser mic, but you do always have the option of plugging in external mics into the recorder if you wish to do that at some point. Hope that helps?

@tejcirobert 3 месяца назад

Thank you very much for taking your time to answer. Helps a lot, we decided to give it a try. But I am sure as I listen to you it would be great. Best wishes.🤩

@AlexDD Месяц назад

Superb Guitar Playing, mate!

@FabianHollandGuitar Месяц назад

Thanks so much!! 😊🙏

@simon1290r 3 месяца назад

A friend of mine is giving me his unit to use in some projects I have planned. Thanks for the tips. All the best.

@FabianHollandGuitar 3 месяца назад

Ah nice! Hope it goes well 😊👍

@Bluesflimmer 20 дней назад

Hi Fabian, your playing and singing is really amazing. And sound is superb. Zoom recorders are really handy. If you had H4n Pro and one condenser (small or large) microphone, how would you use it? Zoom for vocals and condenser for guitar or other way?

@FabianHollandGuitar 2 дня назад

Hi, thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed the video. Ah yeah I’d probably say a large diaphragm on vocals and the zoom on guitar. Large diaphragm would be a Neumann TLM 107 or an AKG C414 👍

@juergentossmann1056 2 месяца назад

Thanks so much. Really appreciate your review. Love your playing as well. Question: I"ve done a lot of research on these and it seems the H4npro has two different bodies. The one you are using doesn't look like the one I've been seeing, which seems to have a plastic body. I can only find the one you are using used on Ebay. Do you know if there is a difference between the two? They seem to be the same model.

@FabianHollandGuitar Месяц назад

Hi, thanks for the question!! I’ve only seen the H4N Pro Black version and the “normal” version is the one I have. As far as I’m aware the only difference is the colour but I could be wrong! Come to think of it I actually bought mine second hand and the only ones I’ve seen new are the black ones so maybe they decided to change the colour?

@shelleyw3780 4 месяца назад

How do you get the beautiful reverb in a live set-up on your voice and guitar?

@GK-vj9dz 4 месяца назад

i would guess he imported the files into his daw. but i'm guessing.

@FabianHollandGuitar 3 месяца назад

I use the Reverb on my DAW not on the Zoom. I don’t find the effects to be particularly good on the Zoom but that’s not what I use it for. Adding the effects after in the DAW is a lot easier than trying to do it directly in the zoom.

@shelleyw3780 3 месяца назад

@@FabianHollandGuitar Is that how you get the effects live, though, when you do a livestream?

@recordclassicalmusic 2 месяца назад

Wow! That was some nice playing! Are you related to Jools?

@FabianHollandGuitar Месяц назад

Thanks so much!! Unfortunately not related to Jools 😅 Glad you enjoyed the video!

@someguy7680 3 месяца назад

Your music is great.

@FabianHollandGuitar 3 месяца назад

Thanks so much 🙏

@CreativeStudiosFM 4 месяца назад

@FabianHollandGuitar did you use the H4N for this video or a different device. Audio sounds great. Thanks

@FabianHollandGuitar 3 месяца назад

Hi, yes I did!! Sorry it sometimes takes me a while to reply to all my comments. Any guitar that you hear in the video was recorded with the H4N Pro onboard mics with no EQ and just a little reverb.

@CyrilPadiou 3 месяца назад

Hi Fabian, i just got one recently and i wanted to use it to record myself and send the output into my amp at the same time. It seems to work, but only when i press "record". Do you think there is a way to have the sound of the mic without recording? (i don't know if i'm clear, i can try to rephrase it if needed)

@FabianHollandGuitar 3 месяца назад

Hi, thanks! That’s actually a good question, are you sending the headphone out to your amp then? If you are then It should have the sound coming out of the headphone out when you just “arm” the record button (that’s when it’s flashing but not yet recording.

@magewings7697 Месяц назад

Turn monitor mode on

@greensimo 3 месяца назад

Hey Fabian, great video and amazing guitar playing as usual! I am looking to buy this portable mic and I found your great review. Do you know if it is possible to have the build-in reverb only while recording and keep the recorded track clean in order to add a higher quality reverb in post-processing. Cheers

@FabianHollandGuitar 3 месяца назад

Hey Simone, how’s it going? Great to hear from you!! I’m not actually sure if you can use the Reverb just for monitoring when recording? I’d need to try it and then get back to you!! I have to say I’ve never liked any of the onboard effects though so I always just add them after I record.

@greensimo 3 месяца назад

@@FabianHollandGuitar yeah, if you can add the strymon after there is no competition, it makes a lot of sense...I will get a h4 pro recorder next week so don't worry with testing the monitoring reverb option for me...I think it is not crucial...I used to have a h2 that served me for roughly 10 yrs and it was impressive! Great to get in touch with you and great videos :)

@shelleyw3780 4 месяца назад

Great tips.

@FabianHollandGuitar 4 месяца назад

Thanks 🙏

@ww1www 3 месяца назад

Great video. But what did you record your sound on for this video? Whatever it was, it sounded great.

@FabianHollandGuitar 3 месяца назад

Hi, thanks! Glad you enjoyed the video. All of the music and the demonstrations in this video were recorded using the H4N pro 😊👍

@ww1www 3 месяца назад

@@FabianHollandGuitar You have two of it? I mean while you are talking with the H4nPro in hand, but it is not recording. Anyway, I liked the video. I have plenty of other recorders, so no need for one more, but I somehow became interested through your presentation. Good job.

@OWPhD 4 месяца назад

Love this. Thanks!

@nickworley1000 4 месяца назад

I purchased one on your recommendation thanks Fabian

@FabianHollandGuitar 4 месяца назад

Hi Nick, ah nice! How are you finding it?

@nickworley1000 4 месяца назад

@@FabianHollandGuitar I adore it I find it inspirational with headphones I've tried to pair it with my Samsung tablet and various apps with no success I intend to aquire an I pad.

@truehexproof Месяц назад

What is the genre of music at 2:40?

@FabianHollandGuitar Месяц назад

Hi, it’s all my own music and songs! I’m inspired by Folk and Blues music but I interpret that in my own way. Thanks 😊

@roomofmirrorsbest 27 дней назад

@@FabianHollandGuitar Hey dear do you recommend any guitar textbooks or like score book that helps with playing in ur genre? If anything for jazz would help so much as well and many thanks for the video! Wonderful playing!