* Zoom H4 Handy Recorder digital voice recorder by Samson Technologies, factory reconditioned to original specifications and functionality, puts Mobile Field Recording in the palm of your hand.
* Ideal for infinite variety of mobile recording applications.
* Records 24-bit/96 kHz digital audio as well as MP3 format with bitrates up to 320kbps.
* Two studio quality X/Y pattern condenser microphones for true stereo recording.
* Two combination XLR-1/4-inch input jacks with phantom power.
* Onboard studio effects compression, limiting and mic modeling.
* 1/8-inch headphone jack provided for monitoring.
* 128MB Secure Digital (SD) card included.
* Using a separately purchased 2GB SD memory card provides 380 minutes of recording with CD Quality sound.
* Up to 34 hours recording in MP3 stereo mode.
* USB mass-storage interface.
* Four hours of continuous recording operation from 2 AA batteries, separately purchased.
* Back-lit, 128x64 pixel LCD provides the visual interface.
* 4-track audio in CD quality 16-bit PCM, 44.1 kHz sampling.
* Combination high-impedance phone inputs for vocals, guitars, bass or keyboards.Built in guitar amp modeling equivalent to the Zoom G2.
* Zoom H4 Handy Recorder records directly to your computer as a USB audio interface.
* Important note: Zoom H4 needs a Firmware update to communicate with Windows Vista andMac OSX Leopard, done one of 2 ways:
o 1. Connect the unit to either a Windows XP machine, or an OSX Tiger machine.
o 2. Use an external card reader, and place the recorder's SD card in thatcard reader.
o Then follow the steps as laid out on www.zoom.co.jp.
o In the case of the card reader, that card will have to be reinserted into the recorder to go to the final steps.