Zoom F3 Multitrack Field Recorder

Super compact, lightweight and ideal for fieldwork, the Zoom F3 Multitrack Field Recorder features intelligent engineering to help you capture the best possible audio. Its sophisticated design offers high-quality 32-bit float recording with a full dynamic range and clip-free audio. The unit allows you to mount or hide your kit in any scene as well as offer use in a wide range of environments.

Zoom F3 Multitrack Field Recorder Key Features:

• A truly versatile 2-channel / 2-track field audio recorder
• Super compact, lightweight & ideal for fieldwork
• High-quality 32-bit float recording & dual AD converters
• Offers full dynamic range and clip-free audio recording
• Recording options from 2 locking XLR connectors
• Monitor input signals via LCD display & headphone jack
• High quality mic preamps provide low noise floor (−127 dBu EIN)
• Up to 192 kHz sampling/32-bit float WAV format, mono or stereo
• Stereo ⅛" Phone/Line Output jack with dedicated volume control
• 2-in/ 2-out, up to 24-bit/ 96 kHz USB audio interface

Expanded Zoom F3 Multitrack Field Recorder Key Features:

Big Sound in a Small Package

The Zoom F3 Multitrack Field Recorder may be small, but it’s capable of great things. Thanks to Zoom’s advanced engineering, the F3 features allows you to capture and monitor up to 192 kHz of high-quality audio and its 32-bit float recording enables the capture of an entire spectrum of sound from the quietest footsteps to the loudest bangs.

The use of the dual A/D converters and low-noise preamps, used in Zoom professional F-Series recorders, guarantee high-quality recordings in almost any recording space. And finally, the F3 is sophisticated in that it allows you to adapt to ever-changing sound fluctuation without having to set the gain or deal with clipping - the bane of audio technicians for both on-set or in the field recording - Which in turn makes for more efficient post-production editing.

Complete Control

This field recorder is designed for versatility and to make your life as a creator all the easier. Two aspects where this recorder delivers that goal is its remote recording. Using the separately sold Zoom BTA-1 adapter, you operate your F3 from up to 10 meters away from the F3’s control app for iOS and Android.

Additionally, you can connect the F3 to your computer or an iOS device via USB and use it as an audio interface and record or stream up to two channels with 24-bit float/96 kHz resolution. And, it features a loopback function that allows you to combine your computer’s audio with the F3 inputs for effective streaming.

Built to Last

The F3 not only features professional audio specifications but its also equipped with an intelligent design that makes it easier to transport, use and monitor your recordings. This device is impressive compact and lightweight. It is built with durable side bars, a standard tripod mount and slide-resistant rubber feet, along with durable metal casing and locking XLR connectors. Together, this design allows you to mount or hide your kit in any scene as well as offer use in a wide range of environments.

Its equipped with a display that offers real-time waveforms so that you can audio as you’re recording. Furthermore, its headphone output allows you to listen live, as well as offering the option to plug straight into yoru camera with its line output.

What’s in the box?

FAQs:

How long will the battery last?

The recorder comes with two alkaline AA batteries that offer up to eight hours of battery life. Alternatively, you can use the separately sold AD-17 AC adapter or USB battery pack for longer recording sessions. The unit also supports USB bus power.

What memory cards can I use?

The F3 will accept microSDHC cards from 4–32GB and microSDXC cards 64GB–1TB.