Watch this before using the LIMITER on the Zoom H1n!!! 

Hi Julian, thanks so much for doing this video. I filmed an important dialogue scene last weekend and the footage was ruined by poor, noisy audio. I had no idea why this happened, but it's because my limiter was turned on. You have saved so many people from experiencing the same. Thanks again!

I had a lot of worries about white noise. A lot of false setting information has spread in Korea. So I found this video while searching foreign RU-vid for the right setting information. This video helped me a lot. Thank you.

Julian, thanks so much for the heads-up regarding the limiter on the Zoom H1N. Greatly appreciate your objectivity while discussing the problem and the solution.

Thanks for the info. I was trying to figure out why my newer recordings had more noise than my older ones. I didn't even think to check the limiter.

Thank you for the tips. Just got H1n recently. I m so annoying about the noise. Still learning and hope to make the best of it over time as still new to this YouTubing. Subscribed to appreciate your effort!

Thanks buddy! I'm just ordered 3x H1ns with dead cats for a run-and-gun podcasting setup. I'll 100% use this information, cheers!

Thanks for the heads-up! Fortunately, the added noise of the limiter manifests at higher gain settings (lower sound levels) where I would not normally use a limiter. I typically only use a limiter when sound levels are moderately high and I am expecting inordinate peaking levels -- a gain setting range of 1 to 5 where the limiter (according to your tests) does not add any noise. Specific takeaway... don't combine the limiter with gain settings of 6 to 10. Bottom line... don't use the limiter when you don't need it.

You're a champ. I was wondering where the noise from my h1n was coming from. Thanks so much!

A very useful information buddy! I will recommend your channel to get more information about this product, when i'm makin my review, because you seems more competent about the technical side than i am. Great work. Thanks again.

it is counter-intuitive. i always think that the limited is reducing the noise, it is very useful info! thanks

Fantastic, thank you for sharing!

Thank you. I will use a on-camera mic mixer and use the quieter range of the recorder.

Just got my H1N, thanks for the info :)

Useful tips. Thanks Julian

I tested the limiter by using it in a repetition cabin of loud playing funk band whit very heavy bass and loud drums.The result was amazing perfect, no distortion at all. So this takes care of distortion when they turn up the bass to much in a rock concert recording. When using this in a quit club environment then , the problem will be noise at the beginning until they start palying. But then the need for the limiter is not there so you should turn it off then.

thanks for this crucial info.

JK, you are awesome. Helping me learn so much

Thank you very much...was a great help

Thanks for your findings

oh wow I've been having this problem thanks so much!

awesome info...thanks

I'm having a ton of fun with the Zoom H2N. It's a very capable recorder with alot more parameters...SBN RESONATE

Good research

This is such a good review video! Thanks for this!!!

what do you mean by mic is shorted? please explain?

I'm looking for something like that but about infamous Zoom f6 (infamous due to consumer line out).. Could you please to cover this topic in your style?? Regards

Is there any way to change the amount of low cut? Or is the low cut and other effects just one setting as they are?...SBN RESONATE

Why input is shorted? On my h1n I have noise level at maximum gain up to 50dB. Is it normal? When monitoring at 10 gain it's unbearable.

What's the gain and input for asmr videos. Pls help

Thanks!

Nice video. The noise is bad w no peaking. I set to 5 and camera to - low as go.

Legend !

I tried the limiter and it was a big mistake. It muffled my voice and increase the level of background hiss. I was using a lavalier mic. It was so depressing. I'll never use the limiter again. Why is it so difficult for them to make a mic that captures voice and filters out everything else. It's easy to hear a hissing noise, why can't that be eliminated by a smart machine. Anyway, thanks for this video.

Is it normal that with the headphones and using the built in microphone, I can’t hear any noise until level 6? Above level 6 I can hear the noise in a silent setting. I just bought it yesterday.

Got my Zoom H1N today and just noticed this myself. There is a clear difference when turning off the limiter and I was kind off surprised to be honest how much more noise it presents. One thing I'm trying to understand now is which gain to use. I feel that the volume is really low of any recording so I assume I have to do some editing in post?

Hello, i have a problem, of interferences when i talk i use the internal microphones, and i use too the adobe audition to postprocesing here you can hear the interferences with headphones ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tVuMOfPtSZw.html what is the problem?

Very interesting video. I am an occasional vlogger and want to upgrade to a recorder. So far...I have to decide between the Tascam DR-05x and the Zoom H1n. Which one do you recommend or would you recommend another newer device in the similar price range? Thank you very much for your time and effort.

That's insane, what the heck. Thnks

My zoom h1n now produces a loud buzzing noise when I connect it to my computer via usb to record audio. Didn't notice this issue before. Any suggestions on how to fix this?

Hi, this video was really helpful for me to buy this recorder! but there's one problem.. I usually use this recorder individually so I need to check which record is what only by reading the name of the record. So I connected it to my PC and renamed the records, but when I try to play the record in the recorder, it says the file does not exist.... Is it impossible to rename the records in this recorder?:(

Thanks Julian. Another problem with the limiter to add to ‘noise’ is the fact that it only limits anything that exceeds zero and then goes back to the original volume set. This means that if you ever get int9 a situation where you have set the audio level too high, you get a ‘pumping’ effect to add to the noise because it continually goes on and off. It almost acts like an automatic gain in this respect, which switches in and out when the volume gets too high. In comparison, the Tascam DR05 limiter drops the volume on peaks and then stays at that volume, so you get no ‘pumping’ in the recorded sound. I find the Tascam limiter much better in this respect.

Hi Julian, accidentally I turned on the auto level for a concert recording and it messed it up because there is no dynamics. There is a way to reverse that?

Kannst du mal dazu ein deutsches Video bitte machen? Kann man da einfach das Rode Smartlav+ reinstecken und schon loslegen aufzunehmen?

I don't understand the levels in this video. At level 10 my recording clips every time.

If I would have money for low noise mic, I would have money to use it with F3 ;-)

Unglaublich!

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As Curtis Judd has explained, this happens because the limiter is essentially “fake”. It lowers the recording level by 10dB or so and then amplifies everything that doesn’t go above a set limit. The same effect can be achieved by setting the dial to the 0-5 range and then limiting peaks, compressing and normalizing in post processing. The digital limiter works out better in the Zoom F4/F8/F8n because the preamps are much quieter. In these cheaper recorders with noisy preamps the limiter is basically useless.

I don’t like the product. Not pleased with its functions.F👎🏽