I've bought the H2 last week and took it to last nights session in Ripponden. I switched it to 2 track surround sound record (that combines front and rear stereo mics into a single stereo file) , stuck it on the table and left it alone for the night.


Listening to the recordings today, I'm very impressed with the quality. The stereo image is well defined, the recordings noiseless and it does the job I need it to do.

The two AA batteries are still in good condition today. My MicroTrack gives up the ghost towards the end of the 2 to 3 hour session.

Anglo's comments about the lack of manual level control don't apply to the H2 which has said facility on the front panel. Is it the H4 that's plagued with menu control?

The only minor gripe I have is that when you press a button, the action that takes place is delayed by enough time for you to wonder if you've pressed the button at all. Something to get used to.

The machine itself is not built like a tank - quite plasticky and light - but what did I expect for £150?

As to the question posed by the thread - I plugged it into my Mac laptop (OS 10.4.10), confirmed on the H2 that I wanted it to be storage and not a USB microphone and found the recordings in one of the machine's folders. My Mac is set to play mp3s via the Quicktime player and it worked fine. If I'd set the H2 to record WAVs then Audacity would have launched as that's what I use to edit wavs when not using ProTools.

I think it's a brilliant machine for recording sessions due to the surround sound facility. If I had a bigger card I could set it to record front and rear stereo to 4 tracks and be able to decide later whether to keep both legs of the recording but that only works with WAVs and not mp3 so it's greedy for space on the SD card (mine's 512 Mb as supplied).


It's got a built in tuner and although I'm not one for extra gizmos on stuff, I used it to tune my fiddle and it worked well.

I like it a lot!

J