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Zoom recorders on Linux

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Hi. First up, I wish Zoom would do themselves a favor and cater to the Linux crowd, However, I''m now on my second Linux distro, and none of my small Zoom recorders have truly worked in a Linux environment... I would indeed chip in a big basket of cash to alleviate this glaring omission in digital arenas.

After all, these small Zoom portable recorders can be very handy, in a musician's life or a sound designer's.. So using them with Linux would be a great match. The older Zoom H1 works, to a point, while the newer H1"N" model (N for 'new') flies above and below my distros' radars. Alas... :mrgreen:

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My Zoom H1N worked as an audio interface when I tried recording from it into Audacity.

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bluebell wrote: Sat Apr 22, 2023 3:37 pm

My Zoom H1N worked as an audio interface when I tried recording from it into Audacity.

Interesting. What distro? My AV-Linux (latest) and Ubuntu 20.04 are simply blind to it. Both as a usb storage device, and as an interface.

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My Zoom H1n worked as both on Elementary OS.

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Discovered the Zoom F8n recently, and it's a very nice unit to use, at half the price of a SoundDevices. But I gathered that despite being class compliant, it doesn't work as a multi-channel interface in Linux, which kind of kills it for me as an investment. Or does anyone run this recorder with all channels on Linux?

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AlkuK wrote: Sun May 07, 2023 1:28 pm
bluebell wrote: Sat Apr 22, 2023 3:37 pm

My Zoom H1N worked as an audio interface when I tried recording from it into Audacity.

Interesting. What distro? My AV-Linux (latest) and Ubuntu 20.04 are simply blind to it. Both as a usb storage device, and as an interface.

Xubuntu 16.04 with self-compiled kernel 5.8.6.

Works both as an audio interface and a card reader.

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Just bought a H1N. When I plug the usb cable it doesn't even show the connection menu, just like the was no signal coming through the cable. Maybe my cables are wrong, but they are just vanilla USB cables. It looks like a zoom issue, not a Linux issue, as it's the same linking to a windows 10 machine.

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@stanlea

Just bought a H1N. When I plug the usb cable it doesn't even show the connection menu, just like the was no signal coming through the cable. Maybe my cables are wrong, but they are just vanilla USB cables. It looks like a zoom issue, not a Linux issue, as it's the same linking to a windows 10 machine.

Per the H1N manual section on "Using USB functions" (see https://www.zoom.co.jp/sites/default/fi ... ons%3A5143), you need to tweak the menus on the H1N device after plugging in the cable between the H1N and the computer, so that it knows what kind of service to advertise to the USB host.

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tseaver wrote: Sun May 14, 2023 3:03 am

@stanlea

Just bought a H1N. When I plug the usb cable it doesn't even show the connection menu, just like the was no signal coming through the cable. Maybe my cables are wrong, but they are just vanilla USB cables. It looks like a zoom issue, not a Linux issue, as it's the same linking to a windows 10 machine.

Per the H1N manual section on "Using USB functions" (see https://www.zoom.co.jp/sites/default/fi ... ons%3A5143), you need to tweak the menus on the H1N device after plugging in the cable between the H1N and the computer, so that it knows what kind of service to advertise to the USB host.

Thank you but as I said there is no menu to tweak alas.

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Fixed : a new usb cable did the magic

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stanlea wrote: Mon May 15, 2023 9:00 pm

Fixed : a new usb cable did the magic

:mrgreen: — good to know. After trying 2 cables already.

4 the record: is there something special about your new usb cable, compared to the others?

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AlkuK wrote: Sun May 21, 2023 12:41 pm
stanlea wrote: Mon May 15, 2023 9:00 pm

Fixed : a new usb cable did the magic

:mrgreen: — good to know. After trying 2 cables already.

4 the record: is there something special about your new usb cable, compared to the others?

The cable is part of the Zoom SHP-1N accessories bundle.

https://zoomcorp.com/fr/fr/accessoires/ ... es/sph-1n/

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:D, working here as well with a slightly heavier USB cord (home variety) than the earlier candidates. Thanks community.

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sciss wrote: Mon May 08, 2023 7:12 am

Discovered the Zoom F8n recently, and it's a very nice unit to use, at half the price of a SoundDevices. But I gathered that despite being class compliant, it doesn't work as a multi-channel interface in Linux, which kind of kills it for me as an investment. Or does anyone run this recorder with all channels on Linux?

Did you try to ask Zoom support?

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