Zoom F6 Quickstart Guide 

the frc-8 controler is a great interface to help with he busyness of the menus

Thankyou! The fader knob on the front panel, in 24bit, only chooses how much of that track is being sent to the stereo mix (shown as LR on the main view). So we could have our individual tracks being recorded as ISOs slightly quieter using our PFL Trim, but sent through to our mix however loud we'd like. So the answer to your questions is, yes the fader boosts the Trim gain but only to the Stereo LR Mix track, not the individual track's gain. Hope that makes sense, the idea of mixing and recording is a little confusing but gives us flexibility in terms of running the mix out to a camera (line out) and also having a stereo mix that sits on-top of our other tracks for the editor to use for reference. You could always turn off the mix if you just want the ISOs (REC - LR TRACK - OFF) Best, Hal

@@HS_Sound_BathSpaUni AHHAAA!!! Hal, you've saved me a world of confusion! Thank you for such an in-depth reply!... I went over the H6's 'quick start' guide with a fine-toothed comb, and never did it touch on this (unless I just need new glasses hah). Thanks again.

32bit float provides a massive dynamic range and means you don't have to set gain in the recorder. You can then adjust gain and recover any loud or quiet sounds in your editing software of choice, without any noise floor or distortion. So if you're looking to record something that is easily recoverable and don't want to worry about gain/trim then this would be the best option! I tend not to teach it to the majority of my students as setting gain correctly is an important part of audio mixing and generally production sound is recorded in 24bit. Be sure to check out Curtis Judd's video on this subject: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6V52O2ELcz8.html Best, Hal

In the menus go to REC - METADATA - TRACK NAME and you can name each of the six tracks however you’d like, they even have some useful presets in there already for you! Hal

You can solo a track and hear only that in your headphones while recording by going to that track’s PFL view either by pressing the PFL button or by going MENU - INPUT - PFL. At the bottom of the PFL view there’s also an option to turn off PFL HP monitoring I believe!

Thanks for the feedback! They are SmallRig NPF970 batteries that I’m using in the video and one can easily last a shoot day with Phantom Power on one track. They charge using a small USB-C charger which does take a long time, but for a cheaper battery set I’m happy with that trade off. You could invest in a more expensive set and they’d probably have a mains powered charger. It is a shame they don’t ship with NP-F’s but the F6 is the same as every other field recorder on the market in that anything other than AA power is an added extra. I plan on making a deep dive on the F6 for my students soon so hopefully more of your questions can be answered! Best, Hal

Thanks for the response. I happened to have two 970 batteries here and charged them and they work. Thanks for your comprehensive video. Jeff in Indiana@@HS_Sound_BathSpaUni