{"id":33,"date":"2009-07-05T11:56:27","date_gmt":"2009-07-05T18:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noisejockey.net\/blog\/?p=33"},"modified":"2010-10-02T18:35:44","modified_gmt":"2010-10-03T01:35:44","slug":"the-gateway-drug-samson-zoom-h2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noisejockey.net\/blog\/2009\/07\/05\/the-gateway-drug-samson-zoom-h2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gateway Drug: Samson Zoom H2"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Part 1 of a 3-part series: <\/em>Part 2<\/a> | Part 3<\/a><\/em>)<\/em><\/p>\n

The ultimate rule of gathering, be it audio, photography, video, or butterflies, is this: The best tool in the world is the one you have with you. (Not sure who came up with this first, but I heard it initally from Chase Jarvis<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

\"Zoom

The humble Zoom H2; even with higher-tech alternatives, still a viable tool.<\/p><\/div>\n

My first dedicated audio recorder was the Samson Zoom H2<\/a>,<\/a> a cheap plastic box packed with four microphone capsules and a teensy screen. Its quirks and dull sound, however, are secondary to its pocket-sized form factor that lets you record stereo (or even semi-surround, using all four mics at once) literally anywhere. I’ve captured tons of sounds with the H2 that I’ve had missed if I carried more “serious” audio equipment with me (which I’ve since upgraded to, and you’ll read more about in the coming weeks).<\/p>\n

One such example is this slice of urban ambience, replete with a heated street argument, shot out of a third-story window in San Francisco’s Mission District<\/a>.<\/p>\n

[soundcloud url=”http:\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/5763682″ params=”show_comments=true&auto_play=false&color=ee0000″ width=”100%” height=”81″ ]
\n[Zoom H2, 120\u00c2\u00b0-spread rear mic pair]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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