| Zoom PS-04. Anybody used one? [message #87453] |
Mon, 02 July 2007 22:21  |
Kim
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Seriously considering one of these:
http://www.zoom.co.jp/english/products/ps04/
I've been wanting to get something for a while to do remote recording of
sound effects and the like in half decent quality, and also something for
jotting down song ideas, and then I came across this little gem and was like
"Woha! That's the one!".
Just wondering if anybody has actually used one and what they're like...
Cheers,
Kim.
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| Re: Zoom PS-04. Anybody used one? [message #87456 is a reply to message #87454] |
Tue, 03 July 2007 06:08  |
Kim
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Thanks Martin. I certainly appreciate and respect your opinion enough for
that to pretty much seal the deal. I looked at the H4 also, and with the
X/Y stereo pair that's GOT to be a handy thing, but I'm not sure it will
fit into this month's bugdet, plus the PS-04 also seems to have some very
funky "toys" in the way of the drum machine and bass section. I have a 1
hour bus ride to and from work and I'm imagining that while everybody else
listens to their IPods, I can write drum beats and bass lines for an entire
song and quickly jot down the melody on the mic when I get off the bus while
nobody can hear me. ;o) The H4 looks like by far the better recorder, but
I'm thinking if the mic in the PS-04 sounds decent then I can do an aweful
lot with it.
I don't suppose you (or anybody else) has played with the programming abilities
of the drum/bass sequencing. Especially with bass lines I'm kinda fussy with
them being what I want in the song rather than some generic pattern when
writing the melodies, so I'm hoping it can deal with me inputting note for
note sequences. I can (though would obviously rather not) deal with a cludgy
interface if I must as I have an hour on the bus to get a line down. The
critical thing is whether I can specify timing and notation as I do it. From
my read of the manual it seems pretty programmable, albeit with a lot of
pattern options if I want to go that way on some tunes, but I perhaps haven't
read far enough yet to know for sure.
Cheers,
Kim.
"Martin Harrington" <lendan@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
>Kim, you may or may not know that my real job is as a location sound
>recordist in Sydney.
>A lot of the guys are buying these thing just for that reason, as a reliable
>back up recorder.
>They are reliable and sound great.
>--
>Martin Harrington
>www.lendanear-sound.com
>0414 913 247
>
>"Kim" <hiddensounds@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:4689dcec$1@linux...
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>>
>> Seriously considering one of these:
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>> http://www.zoom.co.jp/english/products/ps04/
>>
>> I've been wanting to get something for a while to do remote recording
of
>> sound effects and the like in half decent quality, and also something
for
>> jotting down song ideas, and then I came across this little gem and was
>> like
>> "Woha! That's the one!".
>>
>> Just wondering if anybody has actually used one and what they're like...
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Kim.
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| Re: Zoom PS-04. Anybody used one? [message #87457 is a reply to message #87456] |
Tue, 03 July 2007 07:00 |
TCB
Messages: 1261
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Hey Kim,
Do you take a laptop to work? If so a copy of Reason and/or Live might be
a very useful thing.
TCB
"Kim" <hiddensounds@hotmail.com> wrote:
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>
>Thanks Martin. I certainly appreciate and respect your opinion enough for
>that to pretty much seal the deal. I looked at the H4 also, and with the
>X/Y stereo pair that's GOT to be a handy thing, but I'm not sure it will
>fit into this month's bugdet, plus the PS-04 also seems to have some very
>funky "toys" in the way of the drum machine and bass section. I have a 1
>hour bus ride to and from work and I'm imagining that while everybody else
>listens to their IPods, I can write drum beats and bass lines for an entire
>song and quickly jot down the melody on the mic when I get off the bus while
>nobody can hear me. ;o) The H4 looks like by far the better recorder, but
>I'm thinking if the mic in the PS-04 sounds decent then I can do an aweful
>lot with it.
>
>I don't suppose you (or anybody else) has played with the programming abilities
>of the drum/bass sequencing. Especially with bass lines I'm kinda fussy
with
>them being what I want in the song rather than some generic pattern when
>writing the melodies, so I'm hoping it can deal with me inputting note for
>note sequences. I can (though would obviously rather not) deal with a cludgy
>interface if I must as I have an hour on the bus to get a line down. The
>critical thing is whether I can specify timing and notation as I do it.
From
>my read of the manual it seems pretty programmable, albeit with a lot of
>pattern options if I want to go that way on some tunes, but I perhaps haven't
>read far enough yet to know for sure.
>
>Cheers,
>Kim.
>
>"Martin Harrington" <lendan@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
>>Kim, you may or may not know that my real job is as a location sound
>>recordist in Sydney.
>>A lot of the guys are buying these thing just for that reason, as a reliable
>
>>back up recorder.
>>They are reliable and sound great.
>>--
>>Martin Harrington
>>www.lendanear-sound.com
>>0414 913 247
>>
>>"Kim" <hiddensounds@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:4689dcec$1@linux...
>>>
>>>
>>> Seriously considering one of these:
>>>
>>> http://www.zoom.co.jp/english/products/ps04/
>>>
>>> I've been wanting to get something for a while to do remote recording
>of
>>> sound effects and the like in half decent quality, and also something
>for
>>> jotting down song ideas, and then I came across this little gem and was
>
>>> like
>>> "Woha! That's the one!".
>>>
>>> Just wondering if anybody has actually used one and what they're like...
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Kim.
>>
>
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| Re: Zoom PS-04. Anybody used one? [message #87462 is a reply to message #87457] |
Tue, 03 July 2007 08:02 |
Kim
Messages: 1246
Registered: October 2005
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I do work on a laptop, and given I now work kinda in an audio ish field I
could get away with having something like that loaded up. The trick is however
they are difficult to work with on a bus, and I imagine that I would only
have a chance to quickly spend 5 minutes here and there doing it. On the
other hand the laptop may let me "get away" with more as I'd look to the
untrained eye as if I was doing work instead of "playing with his little
box" again. ;o)
I'd still much rather something like this on the bus though. I could always
leave a card reader at work and perhaps transfer the tracks onto some multitrack
program for further work. It's a thought. I'd also though kinda like to keep
the tracks off the laptop as it's a work machine and admin staff can access
it. It would be ideal if the box provided some kind of midi sync and I could
incorporate both, however there's no MIDI on the PS-04 it seems.
Cheers,
Kim.
"TCB" <nobody@ishere.com> wrote:
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>Hey Kim,
>
>Do you take a laptop to work? If so a copy of Reason and/or Live might be
>a very useful thing.
>
>TCB
>
>"Kim" <hiddensounds@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>Thanks Martin. I certainly appreciate and respect your opinion enough for
>>that to pretty much seal the deal. I looked at the H4 also, and with the
>>X/Y stereo pair that's GOT to be a handy thing, but I'm not sure it will
>>fit into this month's bugdet, plus the PS-04 also seems to have some very
>>funky "toys" in the way of the drum machine and bass section. I have a
1
>>hour bus ride to and from work and I'm imagining that while everybody else
>>listens to their IPods, I can write drum beats and bass lines for an entire
>>song and quickly jot down the melody on the mic when I get off the bus
while
>>nobody can hear me. ;o) The H4 looks like by far the better recorder, but
>>I'm thinking if the mic in the PS-04 sounds decent then I can do an aweful
>>lot with it.
>>
>>I don't suppose you (or anybody else) has played with the programming abilities
>>of the drum/bass sequencing. Especially with bass lines I'm kinda fussy
>with
>>them being what I want in the song rather than some generic pattern when
>>writing the melodies, so I'm hoping it can deal with me inputting note
for
>>note sequences. I can (though would obviously rather not) deal with a cludgy
>>interface if I must as I have an hour on the bus to get a line down. The
>>critical thing is whether I can specify timing and notation as I do it.
>From
>>my read of the manual it seems pretty programmable, albeit with a lot of
>>pattern options if I want to go that way on some tunes, but I perhaps haven't
>>read far enough yet to know for sure.
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Kim.
>>
>>"Martin Harrington" <lendan@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
>>>Kim, you may or may not know that my real job is as a location sound
>>>recordist in Sydney.
>>>A lot of the guys are buying these thing just for that reason, as a reliable
>>
>>>back up recorder.
>>>They are reliable and sound great.
>>>--
>>>Martin Harrington
>>>www.lendanear-sound.com
>>>0414 913 247
>>>
>>>"Kim" <hiddensounds@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:4689dcec$1@linux...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Seriously considering one of these:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.zoom.co.jp/english/products/ps04/
>>>>
>>>> I've been wanting to get something for a while to do remote recording
>>of
>>>> sound effects and the like in half decent quality, and also something
>>for
>>>> jotting down song ideas, and then I came across this little gem and
was
>>
>>>> like
>>>> "Woha! That's the one!".
>>>>
>>>> Just wondering if anybody has actually used one and what they're like...
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Kim.
>>>
>>
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