I am also using a MAC so seriously thank you! I followed the procedure exactly as it is given here to update from version 1. The device boots up but the system. Will any body help?
I guess may be first I have to update to version 1. Can anybody send me a link to the earlier version i.
These are great instructions to follow to update the 1. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Does anyone know how to restore this thing to factory settings? Maybe this will help. Thanks so much for your clear instructions. Shame on them. Hire the man, Zoom. Hi BHW. My Mac is running In the past, I shared every detail of how I mount my H4N.
Here it is:. My H4N has been having an issue where it turns on and the screen is orangish-red with diagonal lines. Obviously I was hoping the firmware would solve this, but apparently now this problem is blocking even the firmware. Any idea how to beat this issue? Anyone seen this phenomenon? I have Vista 32 and never had this problem. Please help if you have the time.
Good luck! Thanks for your quick reply Sam. I downloaded the zip file. No problem. I tried this also at work with a Dell, using Windows 7. No luck. Is there a reader that can recognize this folder. IE8 causes the computer to start opening and closing the zip file very quickly.
Sounds like a compatibility issue. Help Sam, what do I do? If anyone has suggestions, please send me ideas! BIN File. Sam, you are just awesome. Thanks so much for being awesome. Hang on, reel. You downloaded the zip file, and it seems like you unzipped it. You need to connect your H4n to your computer with a USB cable. From there, you should be able to see the Zoom H4n as a mounted device it will likely look like a drive.
From there, eject the Zoom H4n this may be accomplished by right-clicking , and follow my instructions above starting from step 3. Thanks Sam. Just to clarify. I have the folder in my programs. Eject and follow instructions from step 3. The biggest drawback is the shitty, creaking housing, but if money is tight, this will get you the same results as the h2. Just got an H1. Very impressed so far. It just does kbps. How do you do that?
Joe — I forgot how exactly to do it since I lent the recorder to a friend. You have to select the bit-rate before you push the record button.
Joe, I have the H2 and on that unit, you change the bit rate through an options menu. Does the H1 have such a menu? How will this do when recording a high school performance as opposed to using the video camera recording.
I planned on recording separate and merging in garageband. It definitely will sound better than the microphone on your standard video cameras. You can look at the screen for the setting that is selected. Please feel free to get back to me with any additional questions or concerns.
Greg Orrigo The built in mics are of very high quality. Just put the unit down on something to eliminate creaks. Toilet roll is fine as this essential item of recording equipment also buffers against vibration. What I want to know is how the unit distinguishes what is plugged into the input.
It says you can plug a mic or line. There is a x difference in level between these two. How does it know what you have plugged in?
Also, what is the phantom power voltage? Nigel: I like your accessories LOL. Do we know whether the bias voltage on the input is for electret mics or condenser mics? Is the input mono with the bias on the ring or stereo?
I would love to hear some samples recorded using external microphones. If small size is your thing though, the H2 is pretty tiny. Here are some photos from a user who placed it next to the H4 and an iPod Nano.
I never claimed this was a review. My goal with this post was to make it easier for people who wanted to find out about the H2 to find a list of real world reviews all in one place without having to wade through sites that just list spec sheets or retail sites that have a vested interest in making the recorder look like something you want to buy.
My mistake then. But there are some downsides. You get some handling noise if using the internal microphones. I do a daily podcast and use the H2 for ALL my field sound gathering. The species ID process essentially amounts to a probabilistic process because the plasticity and resulting call repertoires of species results in so many areas of overlapping data space. You should expect actual field data to present unknown call types and sounds outside of the known library, and any such signals can potentially result in misclassifications.
Only a smaller set of species-discriminating call varieties can provide confident species ID, e. However many other call types from species fall into overlapping data space, e. For some species like Myso and Mylu back east we have yet to even recognize a species-discriminating call variant and the entire call repertoire apparently overlaps, even though the classifier shows some statistical difference.
The take home message is that bats exhibit considerable plasticity in their calls and SonoBat and any other classification system must be considered fallible and serve merely as a guide and inference to classification.
Yes, each regional classifier employs a slightly different decision process based on the species suite included in the classifier. When you can exclude ambiguous species of concern then you gain much greater performance in classifying the species that you expect to be present in a geographic area.
Therefore, applying this classifier to a geographic region outside the range of these species may result in some misclassifications of the out of range species. There is currently is no system available that can provide a complete certainty and process everything for you, but SonoBat comes closest to that ideal than any other system.
This also means that no one can identify each and every recording; for reasons of call plasticity and call quality. Noise and distance from the microphone greatly affects signal quality and classification in the same way that distance and backlight can make it difficult to identify birds.
The current SonoBat classifiers provide batch processing and automated classification with idealized rates of performance listed in the classification notes accompanying the program.
But, that is the state of the art, and most agencies that require this sort of survey work understand that, but do expect best possible practice. I hope this helps to understand this endeavor. The only reasonable solution to get data analyzed thoroughly at this time would involve working with someone that already has the expertise to oversee the analysis.
Qualitative analysis must also include a comparison of the results of each acoustic ID program by site and night including: number of call files flagged as probable Indiana bats by each tool used; an evaluation of other species identified by the acoustic ID program; individual file level agreements and disagreements on Indiana bats between programs; and a qualitative analysis of ALL probable Indiana bat call sequences to further evaluate that the correct ID has been recommended by the program used.
This provides a valuable resource in understanding how bat calls change and the variation present in them; 2 identifying bat calls recorded in numerous habitat types; 3 familiarity with the species likely to be encountered within the project area; and 4 individuals must have multiple years of experience and must have stayed current with qualitative ID skills. A resume or similar documentation must be submitted along with final acoustic survey reports for anyone making final ….
Is there an Owner's Manual for SonoBat? What are the computer hardware requirements for running SonoBat? What types of bat detectors can record echolocation calls compatible with SonoBat? How close does my detector microphone have to be to a bat to pick up a good-quality call sequence? What is the difference between SonoBat 3.
Will SonoBat work with my AnaBat detector? Aren't time expansion bat detectors more expensive than zero-cross or frequency-division units? How can you power Pettersson Dx detectors for longer periods than can be supported by a single 9V battery?
Can I use a Pettersson Dx as a passive recorder for multi-night monitoring? Check out the following link on how to setup the Dx with a Samson Zoom H2 recorder:. These instructions provide for a single night of recording, but if you want you can take it further. The Zooms apparently accommodate larger CF cards than they say.
You can power the Dx directly from a 12 V supply Pettersson-approved. Attach the power supply to the Dx using a 9V battery clip, making sure to get the correct polarity as it would come from a single 9V battery.
You can not schedule the Zoom or Dx to cycle on or off so it stops recording during the day and resumes the following night. However, it can be accomplished by using programmable lawn irrigation timers. These take a single 9V battery that lasts for months.
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