Zoom Unveils 32-bit H1 XLR Handy Recorder that Doubles as USB-C Interface

Zoom Corporation announced another great product for field recording... and much more. The new Zoom H1 XLR Handy Recorder is a perfect design that ditches the built-in microphones and focuses on professional audio, 32-bit floating point, ultra-high-dynamic-range recording - no gain adjustments needed! Perfect to work with shotgun or lavalier microphones and even line level sources. But the compact device is also a versatile USB-C audio interface when we need one.

Showing the power of FPGA-based designs, Sound Devices announced the release of the +4 Plugin, which adds four fully-featured ISO channels/record tracks to its 833 Portable Compact Mixer-Recorder. The design, originally introduced in 2019, features 6 ultra low-noise mic/line preamplifiers, and 6 buses, for 12 mixing tracks, making it a versatile field production solution. With the +4 plugin installed, the 833 becomes a 12 channel, 16 track mixer-recorder that is even able to run processing plug-ins on all channels.

Sound Devices announced the third mixer-recorder in their new 8-Series: the 888 Portable Production Mixer-Recorder. The 888 is the smallest location mixer-recorder available that offers Dante for sending and receiving audio over Ethernet. Featuring also 8 ultra low-noise, 8-Series microphone preamplifiers, 16 channels, 20 tracks, multiple powering methods, and support for multiple USB control surfaces, the 888 can be easily tailored to any sound professional’s workflow.