Zoom F4 4-Channel Portable Multitrack Recorder - $550 - (Victorville, CA)
With 6-input/8-track recording, super-low-noise mic preamps, and time code with pinpoint accuracy, the Zoom F4 portable digital recorder offers Hollywood sound capture at an indie budget, enabling you to propel your film's sound to a whole new level.Like the F8, the F4 is equipped with Zoom's highest-quality mic preamps, enabling pristine recording and playback at resolutions up to 24-bit/192 kHz. It features impressive audio specs that include an extremely low noise floor (-127 dBu EIN) and high gain (up to 75 dB), with +4 dB line-level inputs.For precise audio/video syncing, a Temperature Compensated Crystal Oscillator (TCXO) is utilized that generates time code at 0.2 ppm accuracy—a first for a unit this price point. It supports all standard drop-frame and non drop-frame formats, and can jam sync to time code provided by external devices. Standard BNC connectors enable easy integration into any rig.Its advanced onboard limiters bring overload protection which lets you capture audio in a wide range of dynamic sound environments. Limiting can be applied simultaneously to all 4 channels at full resolution, with 10 dB of headroom and controls for setting threshold, attack, and release.the F4's compact metal chassis makes it both rugged and durable, and keeps its weight down to just 2.27 pounds without batteries.

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