Can I plug a Zoom H4 recorder into my computer if I don’t have the software?
I am borrowing my schools Zoom H4 recorder … I want to edit the audio on my personal computer though. If I plug the Zoom into my computer without having the software installed first … will it mess it up?
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Courtney – The Zoom H4 does have three ways to get the recorded audio to your computer. You can connect the regular headphone output to the line input on your computer with a standard male headphone to male headphone cable.
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You can connect it to your computer via the USB connection – your computer should recognize the interface right away. You can download the audio files that way.
You can also use a SD card reader (they are available everywhere). Just remove the SD card from the recorder and insert it into your SD card reader and download the files that way.
You can get free audio software from:
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
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