Zoom H5 Portable Digital Audio Recorder








Capture performance on a whole new level with the Zoom H5 Portable Digital Audio Recorder. Whether you slide it into your camera strap or attach it directly to your DSLR with a Hot Shoe mount, the H5 is the essential recorder for location videography, live concert recording, recording music or electronic news gathering (ENG).
Its supplied MSH-5 mic capsule and onboard MS decoding, plus the ability to record up to 4 tracks simultaneously, gives you plenty of options in post-production.
Evolved Recording in More Ways Than One
Zoom's products are constantly evolving to meet the needs of the creators who use them. With the H5 Handy Recorder, the tradition continues. The H5 provides four tracks of simultaneous recording and, like the flagship H6, it can use all Zoom interchangeable input capsules, allowing you to choose the best microphone for every recording situation. The flexible and powerful H5 provides everything you need to create multitrack recordings, audio for video, and state-of-the-art podcasting, broadcasting and electronic news gathering.
MSH-6 MS Capsule: The Ultimate in Image Control
Welcome to "Mid-Side" recording, a whole new level of precision in your ability to shape sound. The Zoom H6 Digital Audio Recorder provided MS Capsule contains dual mic elements - a forward-facing, unidirectional mic (the "Mid") and a side-facing, bi-directional mic (the "Side"). Together with the H6's onboard MS decoder, they capture a fully mono-compatible stereo image that can actually be adjusted after recording - ideal for film, video, and television projects.
EXH-6 Dual XLR/TRS Combo Capsule: Expanded Connectivity
Plugging in the optional EXH-6 Dual XLR/TRS Combo Capsule gives you two more inputs, transforming your H6 into the world's smallest six-track recorder. Connect up to six discrete signals from external microphones, instruments, mixers, or portable music players to fully realise your audio vision. It's all the power of a professional recording studio, right in the palm of your hand.
XYH-5 X/Y Capsule: Louder. Closer. Cleaner.
X/Y recording allows you to cover a wide area yet still capture sound sources in the centre with clarity and definition, making it ideal for all types of live stereo recording. The XYH-5 X/Y microphone capsule included with the H5 provides two matched unidirectional condenser microphones set at a 90-degree angle. These are housed within an advanced shockmount that employs rugged external mic wires and rubberized material to isolate the unit from the H5 body and thus minimize vibration and handling noise. The design of the XYH-5 also allows the H5 to handle louder sounds than any other Handy Recorder model: 140 dB SPL, to be precise—equivalent to the sound of a jet aircraft from less than 60 m away—enabling you to capture sounds louder, closer, and cleaner than you ever could before.
XYH-6 X/Y Capsule: Live Recording Personified
The optional XYH-6 capsule employs two angled high-quality unidirectional mics which are sensitive to signals coming from the front but less to signals coming from the sides and rear. X/Y recording is optimum when you want to cover a wide area yet still capture a strong centre image, making it the perfect choice for all types of live stereo recording. SSH-6 Stereo Shotgun Capsule: The Best of Both Worlds The SSH-6 Stereo Shotgun capsule adds a super-directional mic for capturing sounds directly in front, plus a bi-directional one for capturing ambient sounds. It's ideal for location recording, allowing videographers and content creators to capture dialogue or narration with the centre microphone and mixing in the desired amount of environmental sound captured by the side microphone.
SGH-6 Shotgun Capsule: All the Pickup, Half the Length
The optional SGH-6 Shotgun Capsule adds a professional-quality, highly directional microphone to the H5 Handy Recorder with USB, creating an ideal audio setup for film, video, live theatre, and ENG (electronic news gathering) applications. Three elements combined with digital signal processing inside the SGH-6 give you the highly directional pickup power of a conventional shotgun mic in a unit half the size - ideal for recording dialogue and narration with no intrusive mic in the scene.
Features
- Uses a system of interchangeable input capsules that can be swapped out as easily as the lens of a camera
- Includes detachable X/Y capsule (XYH-5) with extended signal capacity and shock-mounted mics for reduced handling noise
- Compatible with all Zoom input capsules
- Four-track simultaneous recording
- Large backlit LCD display
- Records directly to SD and SDHC cards up to 32 GB
- Up to 24-bit/96 kHz audio in BWF-compliant WAV or a variety of MP3 formats
- Two mic/line inputs with XLR/TRS combo connectors, each with selectable phantom power and -20 dB pad
- Analogue-style gain controls for each input
- Protective "roll-bar" type covers prevent accidental movement of gain controls
- Plug-in power (2.5 volts)
- Built-in effects, including low-cut filtering, compression, and limiting
- Chromatic tuner and metronome
- Auto-record, Pre-record, and Backup-record functions mean that you'll never miss that perfect take
- MS decoding
- Multitrack to stereo internal mixdown
- Normalise, Divide, and Trim editing
- Voice memo and up to 99 marks per recording
- A/B loop playback
- Variable playback speed and variable pitch without affecting playback speed
- Multichannel and stereo USB audio interface for PC/Mac/iPad with loop back function
- Mountable to DSLR or camcorder with optional HS-01 Hot Shoe Mount adapter
- Uses two standard AA alkaline or NiMH rechargeable batteries
- Over 15 hours of operation with alkaline batteries
Audio Recorder
Maximum recording time is dependent upon the card size and file type; for example, the supplied 2GB SD card can hold approximately fourteen hours of stereo 320 kbps MP3 files, three hours of stereo 16-bit / 44.1 kHz WAV files, or an hour of stereo 24-bit / 96 kHz WAV files.
XYH-5 X/Y mic: 65.5 x 62.2 x 41 mm
Mic type: Unidirectional
Sensitivity: -45 dB, 1 kHz at 1 Pa
Input gain: -∞ to 52 dB
Max sound pressure input: 140 dB SPL
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MIC/LINE IN:
Connector: 1/8" stereo mini jack
Input gain: - ∞ to 52 dB
Input impedance: 2 k Ω or more
Plug-in power: 2.5V supported
Backup recording: -12dB lower than set L/R input gain
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INPUTS 1/2:
Connectors: XLR / TRS combo jacks
(XLR: Pin 2 hot / TRS: Tip hot)
Input gain (PAD OFF): -∞ to 55.0 dB
Input gain (PAD ON): -∞ to 35.0 dB
Input impedance: 1.8 k Ω or more
Max input level: +22 dBu (PAD ON)
Phantom power: +12V /+24V /+48V
Equivalent Input Noise (EIN): -120 dBu or less
Connector: 3.5mm stereo mini jack
Rated output level: -10 dBm
Output load impedance: 10k Ω or more
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PHONE OUT:
Connector: 3.5mm stereo mini jack
Output Level: 20 W +20 W into 32 Ω load
Built-in speaker: 400mw 8 Ω mono
AC adapter: AD-17 (DC5V/1A/USB-type) (optional)
USB bus power
WAV: 16/24 Stereo
Maximum simultaneous recording tracks: 2
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MP3: 48/56/64/80/96/112/32/160/192/224/256/320kbps
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MULTITRACK MODE:
Bit rate: 16/24 (Mono/Stereo)
Maximum simultaneous recording tracks: 6 (L/R + INPUT 1/2 + L/R backup)
WAV (BWF-compliant)
Sampling frequency: 44.1 / 48 / 96 kHz
Bit rate: 16/24 (Stereo)
Maximum simultaneous recording tracks: 2
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MP3
Sampling frequency: 44.1kHz
Bit rate: 48/56/64/80/96/112/32/160/192/224/256/320kbps
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MULTITRACK MODE:
WAV (BWF-compliant)
Sampling frequency: 44.1 / 48 kHz
Bit rate: 16/24 (Mono/Stereo)
Maximum simultaneous recording tracks: 6 (L/R + INPUT 1/2 + L/R backup)
WAV: 44.1 / 48 / 96 kHz
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MP3: 44.1kHz
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MULTITRACK MODE:
WAV: 44.1/48 kHz
XYH-5 X/Y mic: 94.0 g
What's in the box
- Operation manual
- XYH-5 X/Y mic capsule
- SD card (2 GB)
- AA size (LR6) battery x 2
- USB cable
- Foam windscreen
- Case
- Limited 1-Year Warranty
- Steinberg WaveLab LE software download
- Steinberg Cubase LE software download
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