A couple of minor annoyances with my current gaggle of gadgets:

• The Samsung monitor is fscking gorgeous, but with its 2ms response time and 3000:1 contrast the jitter coming through the VGA input is annoying as heck. I'll have to get either a graphics card or a motherboard with a DVI output. (The jitter could be coming ( Read more... )

Interesting oddity about the Zoom H2 -- it keeps its settings in a configuration file on the flash card. So you can't just slap in a fresh flash card between sets, hit record, and expect it to use the same settings as the previous one without having set up the card in advance.

Once you've prepped a couple of cards, though, you ( Read more... )

The Zoom H2 I ordered two Saturdays ago arrived this afternoon, too late for me to show it off at our 2pm group meeting, but early enough to mostly destroy my productivity after that. It's pretty nice.

It has its limitations. The recording medium is an SD card (or up to a ( Read more... )

Having determined that my favorite local store, Guitar Showcase, doesn't have the Zoom H2, I went and ordered one from AMS. (GS did have several fascinating instruments in their consignment shop, but I've been assured by the flower_cat that she'll divorce me if I bring another home. Besides, I'm out of closet space.)

I also ordered ( Read more... )