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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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.ÿ I still have mine
and find it to be fair enough for my needs.ÿ I mainly do wildlife audio captures with it.ÿ 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.ÿ Big difference in background, which I like, but
the other day I captured a bird call and two of the chirps ended up
clipped.ÿ Luckily, I was able to repair the clipping, but wonder why it occurred with LIMIT1.ÿ 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?ÿ I would have thought that even LIMIT1 should have prevented
the clipping, but maybe it's set up differently than the other limiters.
ÿThanks in advance.

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

--
geoff

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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.,.

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Tciao for Now!

John.

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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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