ZOOM H5 OverDub Multi Track Recording 

I’ve owned this for years and couldn’t figure out how to do this. Your video explained it better than anyone. Thank you!

I'm just about to purchase one of these and your videos have made me feel so confident that I am ready to use it. Thank you for the effort and integrity. I've performed all my life but recording is new to me and I am all at sea. Most of the tutorials assume one has so much base knowledge to draw from and don't build it in any way. Thank you again. I shall be a loyal subscriber from over here in Australia ❤️

Thank you. One of the best tutorials I've seen.

Cool stuff Deb you always show me new gadgets....thanks for your work

Thanks so much for this tutorial. You methodically go over every action. This really helps someone like me who is not very computer-friendly . I just got my H5 and have been recording with it. Now I want to do two piano parts. Thanks again.

Thanks Deb, I always learn something from your videos.

Well done tutorial with some good basic info. Thanks.

Thank you ! Straight forward I wish more tutorials were like this!

Excellent tutorial. Thank you.

Thank you! I finally have learned how to overdub on this machine. The ZOOM tutorial was a bit too confusing for me. This, plus the additional explanations was just the trick! Thank you buddy!

Thank you! Happily overdubbing now.

I learned more from you today. Thanks again Deb

Very good info, thank you for sharing! Cheers, Pete

EXCELLENT tutorial madam. I have a zoom h5 that I bought years ago and forgot how insanely difficult it was too use the finer points. EXCELLENT machine thing. Nothing good comes easy.

That was a solid tutorial. Nice job!

Very useful information, thank you!

Thank you for yur prompt reply Deb. I felt grateful for your useful tips, at the same time I felt disappointed as I thought I am going to make a big difference if I purchase a new H5. In that case, I will continue to keep my H4n Pro as I can still do audio and video sync in post. Thanks again.

Thanks!! from brazil!

This was great, thank you

Awesome video

Thank you! 🤗

Helpful video. Is it possible to overdub multiple times on the L/R track (or any of the tracks)? For example, I want to record a small part of a vocal on the L/R track, then afterwards, I want to overdub another small part of vocal on that same track, and so on. Essentially, I would be building a vocal step by step, recording about 10 seconds at a time, (all on the same track), until I have a 3 min vocal. I ask because I know I would quickly use up the 4 mono tracks using this method and I wouldn't want to have to bounce the tracks every they filled up.

Hi Deb, while owning an H5 since 5 years never needed overdubbing, still good to know how it's done, thanks for this. Yet I have a question you might know to answer before I buy the lavalier microphones. Can the H5 be used as 4 simultaneous track recorder. Means splitting the capsule L and R into 2 x mono and adding the TRS input 1 and 2 to have 4 mono microphones time synched? I was thinking 2 sets of the newly released of Røde Wireless GO II as Mic. In my case audio from 4 microphones on 4 humans beings would join in one H5. It became a puzzle to solve.

awesome thx!

Helpful video, thank you. How can I record practice tracks for a choir ? Making 4 practice tracks using one background track and save all parts not mixed down.

Hi Deb, is this "overdub" or multi track mode basically the same as "MTR" mode on Zoom h4n pro ?

Very well done.. ! Great job. This is a quality product.. but it gets a huge failing grade on being user friendly. A lot of nuance. Deb's vid is prolly as good as any out there and explaining and she knows exactly where the potential trouble spots are.. good stuff

Can the onboard capsule mics overdub onto tracks 1 and 2 after the L and R channel recording, or is it necessary to use a mic or instrument directly plugged into the 1 and 2 sockets?

This video is better explained than the one from the ZOOM company. I just saw that one before this one and I almost cancel the order that I just placed an hour ago.

Let's say I have a left and a right line from a synth going into 1 & 2 respectively. Assuming that will take up two tracks, can I then bounce those two to a single track or two other tracks and overdub using the same 1 & 2 channels again so I can improvise over the first recording? Does a track correspond to a channel? i.e. L channel + R channel = two tracks? thanks.

Good clear instructions... Now let's see if I can do it 😂 👍

Zoom products are unbeatable

Deb, help me with two problems with my H5: 1. I’m using a Shure m58 with standard cable to input 1/2 and Audio-Technica headphones connected to the phone-jack (upper lefthand side of the H5). I have to set the input-volume dials for 1/2 to nearly 7 just to hear myself through the headphones and I hear an annoying “hiss”. Why can’t the unit be more sensitive and I be able to hear from 1-6???? I thought for sure that it would be a beautiful sound that I could hear, crisp and without hiss and at a lower input-volume setting (1-6)? Am I connecting incorrectly? Please help me!

How can I contact you? I am frustrated with my new H5. I have mastered my last 2 zoom machines but this one is giving me trouble. There are things I don't understand about the h5

Dear Deb, 1. I have a Zoom H4n Pro which is relatively easier to do MTR using the only built-in L/R mic, however I was so much frustrated by the error prompt “the device is using too much power”, and it was still not working properly even after I purchased the lighting to 3.0 USB camera adapter from the Apple Store. I haven’t found any successful experiments on RU-vid about the usage of IOS devices and Zoom H4n Pro. After plugging in this lightning usb to camera adapter with external power bank/power supply into my iPhone, the audio and video are not syncronized (about 3 seconds slower), and the sound pitch had been turned lower than normal. 2. I would like to do overdub mainly by downloading free music covers in WAV files from the internet or emailed from my friends. I normally transferred files into MTR folder in Zoom H4n Pro where I do overdub via computer files transfer, again with Wav format. I’ve successfully done MTR using Zoom H4n Pro. Can Zoom H5 work the same way by transferring files from the computer into Zoom H5 MTR folder (not the pre self-recorded Wave files from the handy recorder)? 3. Can H5 connect to iPhone while filming for better audio quality? Have you ever plugged in iPhone with Zoom H5? Is it working? Does it pop up with “too much power” error message? 4. Can overdubbing be completed by using only the included detachable L/R built-in mics or an external mic to plug in XLR is a must as you demonstrated in your video? Now I am thinking to sell my Zoom H4n Pro and buy a new Zoom H5 as H5 has a line-out feature to connect to the camera with mic input (I haven’t purchased any cameras yet but still using my iPhone to do videos). Many thanks from Paul - Sydney Australia PS: you are very helpful in this video tutorial.

I like this step by step with hands on approach. I know you didn’t create the features, but can you help me understand why there is a L & R to record both external mics on top even though they record together with no separation? Or can you arm/record say just L? Your video has really helped my decision to purchase this over the H1n. Thank you for the effort you put into making this!

Do you have a way of multitracking/overdubbing that only needs the XY mics? I want to record one track. Then I want to play it back through the H5 and record again via the XY mics. This presently does not work for me. The whole idea of using a handy recorder was to avoid clutter. I may as well go back to my laptop + external sound + microphone +audacity which can do what I want if I don't mind the clutter. I tried renaming the first track to make it look like it came from the USB mics but so far this strategy has not worked.

do you think this gadget is more useful than an audio bracket/ sound card?

I am about to buy H5. I am indulging in research at the moment. Today's confusion, can these 4 sound tracks be processed and tweaked on PC separately and then merge? Or these come out as one track? When H5 is hooked on to the camera as interface, is it recording as one track or four?

Do you know how i can say for example, record a guitar solo,. how can I do that without having to re-listen to the whole song every time I make a mistake ? Can I not just jump to the part where I want to record the solo. Thank you

SUBBED! Do you still use this after all these years?

Seems to be, that H5 cannot overdub by L/R-Micros. And also it is missing the FX-Section. (Reverb, EQ, Flanger…) Means: The old H4 was much much better!!! 😢💦💦💦💦