UPDATE June 1: The product page for the new F8n is online and besides the things we went over below in our article, there are some more new features of the successor of the F8: Zoom AutoMix™ Meet your new assistant sound editor, the Zoom AutoMix™. This smart software automatically adjusts the levels of your mix to reduce the amount of ambient sound, so you … Continue reading What we know about the new Zoom F8n
Recently K-Tek came out with the their new MixPro bag. And even though it is called the MixPro bag K-Tek says it will fit the Zoom F4/F8. They sent me one this week to put that last claim to the test and give the bag a run through its paces. So lets get started and examine what all this bag offers and figure out what … Continue reading Review: K-Tek MixPro Bag
So the other day I posted a pic of the kit setup I was using on a 16 day feature film. A lot of people wanted to know how I was running my boom. So here is a step by step video from the Mic used, to the preamp settings, to the F8 overall settings, to the digital limiter settings that are used on ever … Continue reading Zoom F8: Gain Staging and Getting the Most Out of the Digital Limiters
This is some huge news. I have known about it for a while now and promised to hold my tongue. And if you were in some of the 360 Audio FB groups a 10 months ago, you may have spotted my post asking about what features you the users want to see in the F8 when it comes to dealing with Ambisonic microphones. Some of … Continue reading Zoom Partners with Sennheiser to make the F-Series AMBEO native
Now it may seem odd to review something so minor as after market faders for the Zoom FRC-8, but this is also kinda a review of the quality that EFK can do. EFK 3D prints a lot of odd ball products that fill in the gaps that are missing on a lot of field audio equipment. From Zaxcom Micro SD card covers to Tentacle Sync … Continue reading Review: EFK Sound’s Zoom F-Control Faders
The MixPre3/6 are shipping now and immediately people are testing them against their other pieces of gear. The most obvious piece of gear a lot of people want to see it compared to is the Zoom F-series. And while it is an unfair fight when comparing features given that the Zoom F4/F8 offer more for the money we can atleast see how do they sound … Continue reading Battle: MixPre Kashmir PreAmps Vs Zoom F-series PreAmps
UPDATE: 11/27/2017 This article has been updated to reflect the addition of AMBEO mode in the Zoom F8 and Channel Linking in the Sound Devices MixPre6/10. It’s been about three weeks since I first got my Sennhieser Ambeo and I feel first impressions have worn off and I now have my head wrapped around what the Ambeo/F8 combo really is all about. First the Zoom … Continue reading Review: Sennheiser Ambeo + Zoom F8
See a video of how the Zoom F8 works with 360 VR microphones. Continue reading NAB 2017: Zoom F8’s VR 360 Ambisonic Feature
I’ve had the F-control in my possession for about two months now. I can say first impressions have worn off and I have really settled in to what the F-control really does for my day to day recordings. My first impresses were “neato, oh boy, and now I can build a cart.” But now after two months my thought process has changed to that of … Continue reading Review: Zoom FRC-8 F-Control
So with the advent of the Zoom FRC-8 I have become motivated to finally get around to finishing an audio cart. I decided I would build the whole concept into a single 8U SKB case. I have a lot of experience building out traditional roadcase servers for touring shows so I decided I would take that style of AV installs and use that on my … Continue reading Tutorial: Rack Mount Your Audio Recorder
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