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Re: clipping in Zoom H2 despite limiter 1 engaged

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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.

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Tciao for Now!

John.

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clipping in Zoom H2 despite limiter 1 engaged JB Wells <jbw194@anytime.net> - 2026-04-02 08:11 -0400
  Re: clipping in Zoom H2 despite limiter 1 engaged Geoff <geoff@nospamgeoffwood.org> - 2026-04-03 14:45 +1300
    Re: clipping in Zoom H2 despite limiter 1 engaged John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> - 2026-04-03 07:59 +0100
  Re: clipping in Zoom H2 despite limiter 1 engaged John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> - 2026-04-03 07:42 +0100

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