Zoom F8n Pro 8-Input / 10-Track Multitrack Field Recorder User Manual

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5.

Use a USB cable to connect the F8n Pro and the computer.
 

USB (Mini-B)

NOTE

:

• Use a USB cable that supports data transfer.
• The F8n Pro cannot operate on USB bus power. Use the internal batteries, the dedicated AC adapter or

an external DC power supply to power it.

• “Audio Interface with Rec” cannot be used with the following settings and functions.

- Sampling rate settings other than 44.1/48 kHz

(→

Setting the sampling rate (Sample Rate)

)

- “SD Card Reader”

(→

Exchanging data with a computer (SD Card Reader)

)

- “Audio Interface”

(→

Using as an audio interface (Audio Interface)

)

- FRC-8

(→

Using the FRC-8

)

• When “Audio Interface with Rec” is set to “On”, the sampling rate cannot be changed.

(→

Setting the

sampling rate (Sample Rate)

)

• When “Audio Interface with Rec” is set to “On”, files with sampling rates that differ from the F8n Pro

setting cannot be played.

(→

Setting the sampling rate (Sample Rate)

)

• When “Audio Interface with Rec” is set to “On”, “WAV Bit Depth” cannot be changed.

(→

Setting WAV file bit

depth (WAV Bit Depth)

)

• Set the input source to USB1–4

(→

Setting the input source (Input Source)

) or set USB1–4 to the output

routing

(→

Setting signals sent to headphones (Headphone Routing)

Selecting signals sent to the main

outputs (MAIN OUT Routing)

,

Selecting signals sent to the sub outputs (SUB OUT Routing)

) to monitor

sound played back from the computer.

• When “Audio Interface with Rec” is set to “On”, the F8n Pro latency will increase 2 ms. When monitoring

sounds being recorded with a mic in real-time, increased latency can cause interference between sound
transmitted through the air from the source and the delayed monitored sound, possibly making accurate
monitoring of the sounds difficult.

• The operation mode for audio interface is changed depending on the “WAV Bit Depth” setting.

(→

Setting

WAV file bit depth (WAV Bit Depth)

)

- “16-bit Linear”/“24-bit-Linear”: The bit depth during use as an audio interface is set to 24-bit Linear.
- “32-bit Float”: The bit depth during use as an audio interface is set to 32-bit Float.

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