The Zoom F3 looks absolutely perfect. EIN -127 dBu and works
with Android and laptop as interface. The price is the only barrier.
I was thinking more around $180. May have to splurge.
Hi, I think I have a similar "problem", trying to trace down some
low freq noise and was also looking at Zoom F3,
but I'd also need a microphone and don't know what to choose.. ,
so I did not buy it, but would be very interested
if someone can recommend a setup which is more suitable
for such a task - recording low freq noise - like 20Hz - 150Hz -
than a phone/headset mic :)
I tried to record / listen to rule out tinnitus and/or me going crazy :)
but did not hear it in the recording, just background noise,
so its either the phone is not good for it, or its "just" a phantom
sound.
On 01/09/2025 18:12, Jimmy Logan wrote:
Hi, I think I have a similar "problem", trying to trace down someI have a Zoom H2 which gave a decent rendition of the 64 foot pipes on
low freq noise and was also looking at Zoom F3,
but I'd also need a microphone and don't know what to choose.. ,
so I did not buy it, but would be very interested
if someone can recommend a setup which is more suitable
for such a task - recording low freq noise - like 20Hz - 150Hz -
than a phone/headset mic :)
I tried to record / listen to rule out tinnitus and/or me going crazy :)
but did not hear it in the recording, just background noise,
so its either the phone is not good for it, or its "just" a phantom
sound.
the Grande Orgue at Rouen cathedral using its internal microphones.
My problem wasn't with the recording, it was with finding a speaker that could reproduce it. That may also be your problem, though phones do have
some 'orribke filtering when recording audio, and the analogue parts are heavily optimised for understandable speech. Almost as bad as what they
do to videos and images.
On 2025-09-01, John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> wrote:
On 01/09/2025 18:12, Jimmy Logan wrote:
Hi, I think I have a similar "problem", trying to trace down someI have a Zoom H2 which gave a decent rendition of the 64 foot pipes on
low freq noise and was also looking at Zoom F3,
but I'd also need a microphone and don't know what to choose.. ,
so I did not buy it, but would be very interested
if someone can recommend a setup which is more suitable
for such a task - recording low freq noise - like 20Hz - 150Hz -
than a phone/headset mic :)
I tried to record / listen to rule out tinnitus and/or me going crazy :) >>> but did not hear it in the recording, just background noise,
so its either the phone is not good for it, or its "just" a phantom
sound.
the Grande Orgue at Rouen cathedral using its internal microphones.
My problem wasn't with the recording, it was with finding a speaker that
could reproduce it. That may also be your problem, though phones do have
some 'orribke filtering when recording audio, and the analogue parts are
heavily optimised for understandable speech. Almost as bad as what they
do to videos and images.
Thanks for the idea, I'll double check the headphone specs; I
thought speakers - as they are designed to play bass - should be more
capable of playing LF sound than mics recording it. I've just started to learn more about sound / in depth, 2 weeks ago I had no idea about what
is a standing wave / antinode and these stuff, for example :)
On 02/09/2025 06:22, Jimmy Logan wrote:
On 2025-09-01, John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> wrote:
On 01/09/2025 18:12, Jimmy Logan wrote:
Hi, I think I have a similar "problem", trying to trace down someI have a Zoom H2 which gave a decent rendition of the 64 foot pipes on
low freq noise and was also looking at Zoom F3,
but I'd also need a microphone and don't know what to choose.. ,
so I did not buy it, but would be very interested
if someone can recommend a setup which is more suitable
for such a task - recording low freq noise - like 20Hz - 150Hz -
than a phone/headset mic :)
I tried to record / listen to rule out tinnitus and/or me going crazy :) >>> but did not hear it in the recording, just background noise,
so its either the phone is not good for it, or its "just" a phantom
sound.
the Grande Orgue at Rouen cathedral using its internal microphones.
My problem wasn't with the recording, it was with finding a speaker that >> could reproduce it. That may also be your problem, though phones do have >> some 'orribke filtering when recording audio, and the analogue parts are >> heavily optimised for understandable speech. Almost as bad as what they
do to videos and images.
Thanks for the idea, I'll double check the headphone specs; I
thought speakers - as they are designed to play bass - should be more capable of playing LF sound than mics recording it. I've just started to learn more about sound / in depth, 2 weeks ago I had no idea about what
is a standing wave / antinode and these stuff, for example :)
To give an idea of how limited most domestic equipment is when
reproducing bass, listen to a CD of "Diamonds on the soles of her shoes"
by Paul Simon. With decent bass, you can feel the voices in the a
capella section in your chest.
Microphones are often more linear and go lower than speakers, which
suffer from the problem of having to move very large amounts of air for
bass as against higher frequencies. I had 100 Watt main speakers and a
600 Watt sub in my mixing room when I was mixing CDs for sale. I miss
that system, but the neightbours don't.
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