Zoom today unveiled the new H8, the most adaptable handy recorder ever made. For over two decades Zoom handy recorders have been the go-to portable audio recorders for professionals, amateurs and everyone in between. The new H8 takes portable audio capture to a whole new level for Musicians, Podcasters and Sound Designers.The H8’s ingenious color touchscreen interface presents a radical, yet intuitive “3-way” app workflow navigation like on your smartphone. So, whether you’re recording music, sound effects in the field, or professional podcasts, the H8 adapts instantly to the feature set required for the job.

Under its hood the H8 features all of Zoom’s industry-leading audio fidelity, legendary transparent preamps, and overall dependable performance. With four XLR and two XLR/TRS combo jacks and 4 capsule inputs, the H8 can record up to 12 tracks simultaneously, and you can quickly and easily adjust input type, lo-cut, EQ, compression, limiter, noise gate, and more. In addition, the H8 can be remote controlled via an IOS device and you can load your own effects via the Guitar Labs software. For podcasters, the H8 features four Sound Pads to activate sound effects such as laughter and applause. You can choose from 13 prerecorded sounds or download your own sound effects from your SD-card. The H8’s updated Capsule System 2.0* provides even more flexibility with brand new, high-end, mic and input attachments, as well as offering flawless backwards compatibility with the H6’s capsules.

The Capsule System 2.0 will be available in Q3 and contains following capsules:

• XAH-8: Combination XY / AB Mic
• VRH-8: Ambisonic Mic
• EXH-8: Expander Capsule

Features:

• Customized applications for field recording, music and podcasting
  • 3 distinct interfaces for field recording, music and podcasting
• Interchangeable input capsules
• 12-track simultaneous recording
• Up to 10 Inputs – Four mic inputs and two XLR/TRS combo connectors + max 4 capsule inputs
• Gain control knobs and -20dB pads for each input
• Supplied XYH-6 X/Y capsule provides secondary input via a stereo ⅛” Mic/Line In mini phone jack
• Phantom power for four main XLR inputs: +12/+24/+48V
• Large color LCD touchscreen display
• Records directly to SD, SDHC and SDXC cards up to 512GB
• Up to 24 bit /96 kHz audio in BWF-compliant WAV or a variety of MP3 formats
• Auto-record, Pre-record and Backup-record functions mean that you’ll never miss that perfect take
• Built-in effects, including low-cut filtering, compression, and limiting
• Load effects via Guitar Lab software
• Remote control via iOS device
• Multichannel and stereo USB audio interface for PC/Mac/iPad
• Over 20 hours of operation with 4 AA alkaline batteries

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