Zoom H4n Pro Quick Manual page 22

Settings/recording: Recording format
Set the recording format (REC FORMAT) before recording.
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Shortcut
Press TRACK
on the top screen.
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Default:
WAV44.1 kHz/16bit
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Press the MENU button for
more than 2 seconds, and start
operation from the top screen.
Press.
Select REC and press.
Select REC FORMAT and press.
Select one and press.
NOTE:
How to use WAV and MP3 format
• WAV fi les with no compression are used for
high-quality sound recording. Since data is not
compressed, fi les are larger than MP3 fi les.
• MP3 fi les have lower sound quality because of
data compression, but are useful to save SD card
capacity and record more.
HINT:
Types of WAV fi les
44.1/48/96 kHz indicates the sampling rate of the
analog-to-digital conversion. 16/24-bit indicates the
bit depth of the analog-to-digital conversion.
The larger the number, the higher the sound quality,
and the larger the fi le size.
WAV fi les recorded in STEREO/4CH/STAMINA mode
comply with BWF (Broadcast Wave Format) and
include marks and creation dates.
Types of MP3 fi les
Select the bit rate, which is the amount of data per
second. The higher the number, the lower the rate of
compression and the better the sound quality. MP3
fi les that are more compressed occupy less space on
SD cards.
VBR (Variable Bit Rate) means the bit rate is automati-
cally adjusted based on the input information.
REC FORMAT
STEREO mode
44.1kHz/16bit
44.1kHz/24bit
48kHz/16bit
WAV
48kHz/24bit
96kHz/16bit
96kHz/24bit
48kbps
56kbps
64kbps
80kbps
96kbps
112kbps
MP3 128kbps
160kbps
192kbps
224kbps
256kbps
320kbps
VBR
4CH mode
44.1kHz/16bit
44.1kHz/24bit
WAV
48kHz/16bit
48kHz/24bit