Zoom H6 for Video
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The Zoom H6 is one of two recorders include the Zoom H5 which was released to replace the H4n. With the H6, Zoom has added two more native XLR inputs with the ability to extend the H6 to 6 XLR inputs while placing each input on its own audio track. This is a great upgrade for videographers and podcasters alike.
But, there was only one improvement that mattered most to me...the preamps. Could this new device supply whatever microphone I'm using (Sennheiser lav mics, Rode NTG series shotguns or other) with enough clean power to impress? This was the H4n's fatal flaw, noise.
Good news, the H6 passed the test! The preamps are very clean and I'm extremely happy with what Zoom has done with both the H6 and the H5 which are essentially the same recorders on the inside.
The big benefit of the H6 is the additional channels. But this is only a benefit if you actually need them. If you are shooting video that is mainly just one microphone or just one person and a guest, the H5 is enough. It's important to note that the H5 can also be upgraded to the additional two extra XLR inputs for a total of four. But on both devices the additional add-on XLR piece does not provide phantom power.
So why buy the H6 over another device. Channels. With up to six channels of XLR input you can mic just about any situation and still run with a very small setup.
Other features I love of the H6 are the analog dial controls for gain on each channel, the color screen with audio meters, the separate line out and headphone outputs, battery capacity upgrade, interchangeable capsules though I wasn't impressed with the shotgun mic and I would buy a separate mic like a Rode.
What I thought was a negative at first turned out to be one of it's biggest assets. The ability to power the H6 via USB. Not only does this device act as an audio interface to your computer but it can be powered by your computer via the USB bus so that you don't have to waste batteries. But the huge advantage is the ability to run it off of a USB power brick. This will save you tons of money and lots of waste. And to top it off, in my test, when I disconnected the device from USB power while recording, it didn't miss a beat, still being powered by AA batteries as a backup and not affecting the recording.
So overall I love the H6. It's the recorder that I would personally upgrade to at this time. If I only needed a max of 2-4 channels of XLR audio, I would opt for the H5.
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Thanks for all the information, we just picked one of these up and are looking to shortcut the learning curve! This video is a big help!
Best video we have seen so far on the H6. Great presentation.
@RayOrtega
9 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@JamesMeder
5 жыл бұрын
I agree, thanks!
@randylou22
4 жыл бұрын
Wonderful review. Just ordered mine!
Honestly Ray, brilliance is an understatement to describe your tutorials. Found this extremely helpful. Thanks a ton!
@RayOrtega
8 жыл бұрын
+Wasim Parkar wow, thanks Wasim!
This is a great review. Thank you, I'm buying this now.
@RayOrtega
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching and enjoy the H6!
@VizziMoto
2 жыл бұрын
Fancy seeing you here brother. Loving the 36 Yard Zero!
LIFESAVER! Brand brand brand new to audio dlsr videomaking.. overwhelmed to say the least. Just got the H6 today --your video helped peel me from the ceiling!
I like your decency.
Great video, Ray. Lots of information and high production values. I'll probably buy this nice bit of kit.
@RayOrtega
8 жыл бұрын
+Shaun Weston thanks Shaun! Lots of power in this little device. Worth the price.
Best review so far. Thank you!
@RayOrtega
8 жыл бұрын
+CaterpillarsTV thanks!
Another fantastic review - thanks Ray. Will definitely be upgrading my H4n after watching this - I was waiting for your seal of approval!
@RayOrtega
9 жыл бұрын
***** awesome, thanks!
Great demo. You answered a few unanswered questions I had. I'll buy one now with the EXH-6 capsule. Thanks!
great video!
Best video about the H6! Thank you so much for doing this :)
Hey, Ray. I just bought the H6 and your video was really helpful. Congrats from Brazil :)
Thank you Ray for this video! I bought the Zoom H6 to connect to the Rode NT4 for my KZread videos. I had issues with my Sony a58 camera and the internal mic so I upgraded. Thank you for this helpful video.
This is the best review of the H6 on Utube. Good comparison between the different models. This video is a good length and well taped. Good job....
I picked up one of these a while ago to replace my dead H4n. Really nice device :)
Great video: no gimmicks, not too salesmanie, just straight forward great content
@RayOrtega
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
Beautiful video, dude. Just bought the H6, and I'm loving it.
@RayOrtega
9 жыл бұрын
John Holzer awesome, thanks and have fun!
I just bought h6 and your video help me a lot. thanks man
@RayOrtega
4 жыл бұрын
Awesome, enjoy the new gear!
Outstanding review.
Excellent video !
Hey Ray. It's a really nice video! Especially I like the audio quality of this video. Can I ask which lavalier microphone you used for this? I have Sennheiser EW100 with ME2, and been looking for some nice Lavalier mics.
Informative video. Thanks!
Excellent video.. really well done review.. thank you!!!
I love my h5 and this looks great too. excellent review!
@RayOrtega
8 жыл бұрын
Thanks, they are the same pretty much, just more features on H6 but same internals!
Great info! Thanks Ray!
Great video Ray... I'm thinking about purchasing also.
@RayOrtega
9 жыл бұрын
Electronic Truth TV thanks!
Great work! Really like your voice!
Thanks I enjoyed the preview
Excellent overview. You video answered all my questions =) Thanks! Subbed!
Thank you for nice insight on this recorder :)
@RayOrtega
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
Awesome video, just bought mine today!
@RayOrtega
8 жыл бұрын
+Lazy Goat Productions nice. Congrats!
by far one of the best h6 reviews I have seen. and thanks for letting us know your opinion on the shotgun mic. I guess it's better to by that from another company
@RayOrtega
8 жыл бұрын
+oscargt23 thanks! I'd prefer something from Rode for a shotgun mic.
Very easy to grasp review. Thanks!
very competent and sympathetic presentation! much appreciated from southern Germany and many thanks:-)
@RayOrtega
8 жыл бұрын
+derofficer tausend dank! I hope I got that right;)
fabulous review.
@RayOrtega
9 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
Thank You! That was very helpful!!!
I'm getting a lot of white noise when recording. Is there a setting within my Panasonic GH5 that I need to change in order to not have this? Am I doing something else wrong? Thanks Ray!
@RayOrtega
6 жыл бұрын
Never used the GH5 but if you run the input too high then you'll get noise on pretty much every camera. So try and increase the level from the H6 and lower the level in the GH5 and see if that helps.
The best review of the product that I've seen
@RayOrtega
7 жыл бұрын
Wow, thanks Marco!
@MarcoBecker
7 жыл бұрын
I must thank you for the detailed Review (: this will be my choice if my gaming channel boom.
This was a great video, it taught me some things about my H6 that I didn't know (total noobie). Thanks Ray, I've subscribed for more awesomeness.
@RayOrtega
8 жыл бұрын
+Dave Hartman thanks Dave!
Thanks man this is amazing
Great tutorial ... thank you.
Hi Ray, I am looking for an audio gear for video production and was thinking of buying Zoom H6. But how do we connect the cordless lapel receivers.
@RayOrtega
8 жыл бұрын
+VIDEO EPPO wireless lapels will simply plug right into the XLR connection via the receiver unit in the wireless kit
Great presentation!
@RayOrtega
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Alex!
Still really useful, thank you 👍. Going to setup my KZread channel and podcasts
@RayOrtega
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Eddie!
Great review! Thanks
@RayOrtega
7 жыл бұрын
+Malick Tchakpedeou thx!
Great review!
thats what I`m looking for! Thank you!
Superb job my friend
@RayOrtega
8 жыл бұрын
+DJ Nu-Mark UncleNu thanks!
Thanks for the very informative review :)
Thanks for the video.Jusr got mine Today.
thanks for this review. I just started youtube videos and podcasting and this helped me make my decision to buy this with the boom mic instead of recording to my laptop using usb mic's.
@RayOrtega
8 жыл бұрын
+ricki evans cool, thanks Ricki. Good luck with your new gear and show!
Very good review. Thanks
@RayOrtega
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Leo
Awesome!!! this is what i needed. Ty :D Love your Videos btw. Helped me a lot
@RayOrtega
9 жыл бұрын
LewisFProductions Thanks for watching and commenting!
this review has convinced me to grab the zoom h 6 soon
@RayOrtega
8 жыл бұрын
thanks, great gear, enjoy!
Ray, thank you for your professional presentation. I am in the business called court reporting, testimony taken down by steno, then transcribing legal proceedings such as depositions, but now I have moved into ASR, automated speech recognition. As I can see with the special adapter we can have up to 6 Lavalier condenser mics XLR or using the VXLR adapters we can record six voices. The sound is impeccable and so easy to use a USB cable to dump the audio to the PC which has the voice-to-text technology. We would not use anything else and the H6 with 6 Lavalier mics is so light to transport.
Great video!!
@RayOrtega
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
Great review👍
Nice review!
@RayOrtega
9 жыл бұрын
Forrest Rider thanks!
Ray. Great video! your review actually helped me decide to purchase the H6. My question is, how do I use timecode to insure that the audio is synched perfectly in post?
Are preamps on H5/H6 as good as Juicedlink? I have been thinking of buying Juicedlink for my H1 to eliminate the background hiss that you get when you directly plugin the recorder to the camera to avoid syncing audio and video during post production. If the preamps are good, i can do away with JL and spend that money on H6
@RayOrtega
9 жыл бұрын
***** haven't compared but Juicelink is really good. But you get a lot more flexibility with the H6. Can record separate as well as send to cam. Probably plenty clean.
@AndrewPaulDavisFilm
9 жыл бұрын
Ray Ortega I have both and I think the H6 is superior.
@RayOrtega
9 жыл бұрын
***** good to know. Everything I've heard from the JL has sounded great and I wouldn't say the H5/H6 were perfect by any means. I'm actually surprised to hear that they are superior to the JL but good to know.
Nice job; thanks!
I have Zoom h6 and Tascam dr44 both great recorders but the zoom h6 is so simple and has more options. Still testing out the sound quality but loving it so far.
Hi Ray, I have a Sennheiser 416 and a Zoom H4N. I found that when outside with the Sennheiser that in certain circumstances it did not deliver enough power to the microphone. I nearly always had to have it set to 10 or the highest level and even so the output was only going to about -12 dB instead of the -6 that I wanted. Do you think that the H6 will deliver more power so that I can use the 416 fully? Many thanks. You have produced a great video. Brian
great video thank you!
@RayOrtega
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
Great device that I have grown totally addicted to.
dope. thanks. excellent video.
@RayOrtega
7 жыл бұрын
thanks!
I was wondering, is the line out straight analog from the mic capsule to the camera, or is it converted twice, from capsule to digital and from digital to analog lineout and then converted again to digital in the camera?
Nice video Ray, please when are u gonna review the Zoom F8 too?
The shot gun mic works really well aimed more straight and farther back. A 128 gb card is very handy while recording clinics where they can drum 2 hours long without a break. Appreciate your knowledge and review. Take care, Pete
@RayOrtega
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks.
Hey, thanks a lot for this video. when I connect the mic to my mac via a USB port it goes grey on me although the mac sees it but it doesn't pick up any sound, do you have a tip for me?
Great review and I’m now subscribed. I’ve heard a lot about this recording people speaking type of audio, but I’m interested in getting a Zoom product for recording a rock band. What are your thoughts on that application?
Thanks for nice video.
@RayOrtega
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Ramin.
Thanks Ray, great review. It's a tutorial. Awesome mate. Bravo. \
Thank you so much
@RayOrtega
5 жыл бұрын
👍
Can you connect the Zoom h6 line out to two cameras? I'm using a blackmagic atem switcher with two Panasonic Lumix G7 for livestreaming.
Thank you. I had issues with Line Out to a Canon 5D Mark III. Camera was set to Manual Audio and it recorded too loud. Should it have been set to Automatic? Or is there a setting in the Zoom H6 to control levels for the camera?
Best review. Now It's clear for me. Thanks :D
@RayOrtega
8 жыл бұрын
+Pedro Ítalo thanks!
Hey sir, do i find the clear sound along the video when linked with camera.
How would this handle line level peaking up to +10dbU coming off my Mackie 2404VLZ4? Info on how it handles hot line level would be appreciated.
I have a question, when you plug in an xlr mic in to the zoom h6, does the h6 record the track in stereo or mono?
@dancassidy7471
4 жыл бұрын
David Garmsen I believe it is option but it takes 2 tracks as noted in manual I downloaded
Thanks for the video. I would like to know more about that equipment. Have you ever used it as a audio interface ?. If the answer is positive have you felt any delay problem while recording. It would be appreciated if you could kindly respond.
awesome
Great review Ray! Curious to know if this would be good for us podcasters? I have a few interviews at conferences coming up so want to have the right gear. Can you recommend a good mic for a conference lobby environment. Do you think the H5 will do everything I need. Also I record directly into the Roland at home (backed up with call recorder) will the H6/5 be good for this too? Much appreciated.
Great Video, was hoping to see coming in the sorts of camera setting when you attach the zoom6
@RayOrtega
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks, John. For the camera, attach via the Line out and use the attenuation settings in the menu then use this tutorial to set your level kzread.info/dash/bejne/mnWf17B7mdGTfc4.html
@JohnPallottaStudio
6 жыл бұрын
Perfect thanks for the great advice.
Thanks for this, fairly new to audio and this has helped out a lot! Also what is the track you used at the end?
@RayOrtega
9 жыл бұрын
Thanks. The music is linked in the description.
Hi Ray Brilliant Video! was gonna buy the H5 but the H6 leaves it for dead!!! So im 110% sold on buying the H6
Thanks Ray so much for this informative video as all yours are. I'm considering buying one of this ( Zoom H5 or Zoom H6 ) to use it with Rode NTG 4+ No budget issue so shall I go for the H6 as it has more features. and am I going to miss much if I pick the H5. no need for more than 2 XLR input.
Can you record multiple inputs simultaneously? For example, can you record using the X/Y top microphone AND two separate XLR inputs, for total of three, at the same time?
Hello ! How many hours of audio can you record with an 32 gb card ?Thankyou !
nice recorder
I bought one have no idea how to use it - ya the best
Battery life.... OMG, Had mine for 2 weeks now using about every 3rd day, about 3 hrs. per day.... just ran out of my first (cheap) set!!! Powering up, 1/4 the time, easy. LOVE this recorder!!!!!!!!
@RayOrtega
6 жыл бұрын
sweet!
Can we record audio from zoom while record video from smarphone? So we can get a video with audio quality that we take from zoom h5...
I liked the H6 idea, but glad I bought the Sound Devices MixPre instead. I went for the analog limiters
@RayOrtega
5 жыл бұрын
Yes the MixPre is great for those with the budget. Highly recommend
Hello, you know if it's possible to listen on the hearphone only one of the tracks during recording ? For exemple I use 4 micros in same time, but I want to be sure I dont have a problem in input 1 ou 2 during recording. Thanks, best regards, P.
Ray Ortega :Great great review! This is exactly the review I was looking for! One stupid question, what gear did you use to mount h6 onto your 70D? I'm currently using 60D and I'm planning to get h6 for better audio quality.
@RayOrtega
9 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Here's how it's connected;) Links to the gear in the description of the video. kzread.info/dash/bejne/iqyM1NqEqMbJhco.html
@YoshiLai
9 жыл бұрын
Thanks for answering, this really helped a lot! :) Your videos are amazing, keep it up!!
Another well done review, Ray. Good job. Might have to sell off the H4n cause now I'm having tech envy.
@hughpurcell7597
9 жыл бұрын
I have absolutely no need for one of these. But I want one and all the attachments. Even the shotgun mic.
@RayOrtega
9 жыл бұрын
Hugh Purcell nice, thanks Hugh!
@RayOrtega
9 жыл бұрын
***** do it!;)
It's awesome! I got mine for $150 from a sound guy who upgraded and he needed the money so YASSSS
Hi Ray, if I got my transmissor audio receiving audio from to 2 mics, and going to the H6 through the transmitter by one channel do you know if I can get separet track audio on the H6, of this 2 mics? thanks