Select Recording Format - Zoom Handy Recorder H4 Operation Manual

Stereo Mode
the gain accordingly. When recording an
instrument, briefly play it at the loudest level.
The setting will then be made in such a way that
the sound will not be distorted during recording.
The level scanning continues until you press the
[REC] key once more and start recording.
Current input source
HINT
In recording standby mode, the input level can be
checked with the meter indication.
The alphanumeric indication at the left of the
signal level bars shows the input source ("1" and
"2" for the [INPUT 1]/[INPUT 2] jacks and "L" and
"R" for the built-in stereo mic).

Select recording format

In stereo mode, you can select either WAV or
MP3 as the format for saving the recorded
content. The settings for sampling rate and bit
rate can also be changed if required.
1.
Stop the recorder, and press the
center of the [MENU] key.
The stereo mode main menu appears.
2.
Move the jog dial up/down to bring
the cursor to "RECORDING
FORMAT". Then press the jog dial.
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Automatically set
recording level
The RECORDING FORMAT screen appears.
NOTE
In 4-track mode, the recording format is fixed to
WAV (44.1 kHz/16 bit). The main menu in 4-track
mode therefore does not have a "RECORDING
FORMAT" item.
The available sampling rate and bit rate settings
for the two formats are listed below.
FORMAT SAMPLE
WAVE
44.1, 48, 96kHz 16, 24bit
MP3
44.1kHz (fixed)
When WAV is selected as recording format,
higher sampling rate and bit rate settings will
provide higher sound quality. However, the
resulting file size will also be bigger.
When MP3 is selected as recording format,
higher bit rate settings will provide higher sound
quality. The setting "VBR" is for "Variable Bit
Rate". With this setting, the bit rate adapts to the
amount of information that is to be encoded. This
method makes it possible to achieve fairly small
file sizes without excessive degradation of sound
quality.
3.
To select the recording format and
sampling rate/bit rate, proceed as
follows.
(1) Move the jog dial up/down to bring the
cursor to the item to be set.
It is recommended to first select the recording
BIT
48, 56, 64, 80, 96,
112, 128, 160, 192,
224, 256, 320kbps,
VBR
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