Zoom H6 Essential - Some unconventional test
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I'm not a big "found sound" recording person. I don't think you'll see me wandering in the streets with a recorder and a blimp any day soon.
But having a nice recorder is useful never the less. It allows you to more flexibly record audio even when there's no PC around. And the H6 Essential offers quite a lot in recording capacity. 4 XLR/Jack inputs + the on device mics can record at the same time in 32bit 96 kHz mode. And with the separately sold EXH-6e you can bump this to 6 tracks of whatever you like.
My personal use case is a bit weird. I want to be able to move the recordings from the attic downstairs without having to mess with a NAS or network transfers or any of that stuff. I just want to hit record on a device, hit record on my camera and when done take 2 cards downstairs and start editing. That's a flow that just works better for me.
Because there's not a lot of H6e footage on YouTube I've made a selection of weird test hopefully covering the most common use cases for this device.
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00:00 Intro
04:36 My original intro / demo
07:22 Dynamics test
11:31 Interview test
14:27 Handheld test
16:56 Pouring a drink test
18:01 Guitar and bass test
22:53 Guitar and bass results
30:17 Guitar direct
31:18 Conclusion