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    From JB Wells@jbw194@anytime.net to rec.audio.pro on Thu Apr 2 08:11:38 2026
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    Looking at some of the past postings, it looks like at least some folks
    are using or did use the nearly now ancient Zoom H2. I still have mine
    and find it to be fair enough for my needs. I mainly do wildlife audio captures with it. However, I ran into a problem recently.

    In the past, I usually used COMP1, but I found that this created way too
    much background audio, so recently began using LIMIT1, and set the mic
    gain more carefully. Big difference in background, which I like, but
    the other day I captured a bird call and two of the chirps ended up
    clipped. Luckily, I was able to repair the clipping, but wonder why it occurred with LIMIT1. Referring to the manual, it seems to suggest
    LIMIT2 for live events so maybe that's what I should be using since bird
    call volume can be unpredictable as birds change location.

    Thoughts? I would have thought that even LIMIT1 should have prevented
    the clipping, but maybe it's set up differently than the other limiters.
    Thanks in advance.
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  • From Geoff@geoff@nospamgeoffwood.org to rec.audio.pro on Fri Apr 3 14:45:54 2026
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    On 3/04/2026 1:11 am, JB Wells wrote:
    Looking at some of the past postings, it looks like at least some folks
    are using or did use the nearly now ancient Zoom H2.-a I still have mine
    and find it to be fair enough for my needs.-a I mainly do wildlife audio captures with it.-a However, I ran into a problem recently.

    In the past, I usually used COMP1, but I found that this created way too much background audio, so recently began using LIMIT1, and set the mic
    gain more carefully.-a Big difference in background, which I like, but
    the other day I captured a bird call and two of the chirps ended up clipped.-a Luckily, I was able to repair the clipping, but wonder why it occurred with LIMIT1.-a Referring to the manual, it seems to suggest
    LIMIT2 for live events so maybe that's what I should be using since bird call volume can be unpredictable as birds change location.

    Thoughts?-a I would have thought that even LIMIT1 should have prevented
    the clipping, but maybe it's set up differently than the other limiters.
    -aThanks in advance.

    Presumably there is a limit to how much the limiting can limit.
    --
    geoff
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  • From John Williamson@johnwilliamson@btinternet.com to rec.audio.pro on Fri Apr 3 07:42:43 2026
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    On 02/04/2026 13:11, JB Wells wrote:

    Thoughts? I would have thought that even LIMIT1 should have prevented
    the clipping, but maybe it's set up differently than the other limiters.
    Thanks in advance.

    If the sound is loud, the clipping is probably in the mic pre-amp, so
    use the mic gain switch setting on the side of the unit to reduce the
    signal at the output of the presmp.,.
    --
    Tciao for Now!

    John.
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  • From John Williamson@johnwilliamson@btinternet.com to rec.audio.pro on Fri Apr 3 07:59:00 2026
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    On 03/04/2026 02:45, Geoff wrote:
    On 3/04/2026 1:11 am, JB Wells wrote:
    Looking at some of the past postings, it looks like at least some
    folks are using or did use the nearly now ancient Zoom H2. I still
    have mine and find it to be fair enough for my needs. I mainly do
    wildlife audio captures with it. However, I ran into a problem recently.

    In the past, I usually used COMP1, but I found that this created way
    too much background audio, so recently began using LIMIT1, and set the
    mic gain more carefully. Big difference in background, which I like,
    but the other day I captured a bird call and two of the chirps ended
    up clipped. Luckily, I was able to repair the clipping, but wonder
    why it occurred with LIMIT1. Referring to the manual, it seems to
    suggest LIMIT2 for live events so maybe that's what I should be using
    since bird call volume can be unpredictable as birds change location.

    Thoughts? I would have thought that even LIMIT1 should have prevented
    the clipping, but maybe it's set up differently than the other
    limiters. Thanks in advance.

    Presumably there is a limit to how much the limiting can limit.

    The limiter on the H2 is a software setting, not hardware.
    --
    Tciao for Now!

    John.
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