Understanding 32-Bit Float Recording

Zoom Product Specialist, Samuel Greene, explains the benefits of using 32-bit float recording technology.

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[JorgeEscobarMX]

32 bit audio recording was already covered by reviewers on YouTube, but i'm glad zoom actually took their time to explained themselves. And no reviewer touched the fact that you can actually record at 3 different audio levels.

[RhettBrownatRetroWreck]

Thanks. Being a one-man producer... This is a giant help.

[PeterMossUkulele]

Ok - Please clarify at 01:15 you used the + to lift the volume in your headphones and increase the gain of the recording. However, others say by lifting the gain in the headphones in no way lifts the input gain, just the monitoring. Please can you clarify. Thanks, Peter.

[Zyvenhaal]

For your roadmap, please bring a 32bit version of the Zoom H3-VR and an H6 version.
Since I started recording my samples in 32bit, the processing in RX10 has become much easier and the sound for my customers better and more flexible.
So a "ready-to-run" Ambisonic recorder in 32bit would be great!

[focuspulling]

I appreciate that Zoom here has set out to give a quick summary, but it's really dangerous to declare that "clipping is impossible, " as if some kind of universal insurance policy. Many if not most users are unaware that clipping frequently happens at the microphone level, no matter what happens further down the chain at the 32-bit float recorder. Here's a great example that hits them close to home: one of Zoom's few other 32-bit float products, the F2, clips pretty easily when the lavalier included with the F2 is at the normal location below one's neck, but, say, someone sings at full volume. The maximum SPL of the lavalier simply can't handle it. The 32-bit float recorder faithfully captures the unusable clipping.

[MrGogo]

I noticed many reviewers said the wave magnifier did not effect recording level only headphone volume but it does according to this video. Good to know.

[jndominica]

Can the device actually record more than 140 dB of dynamic range? Conventional wisdom says that is impossible. The best converters cap out at 120 dB. Has that changed? A custom 16-bit floating point format could be used as a means of compression to extend the recording time.

[AllThingsFilm]

Can the Zoom F3 record three tracks simultaneously with different settings?

[lorenzo]

What are you guys doing about the high-frequency noise bursts on the ZOOM F6 when recording in 192kHz 24-bit and/or 32-bit?

[mennodv]

It would make the F3 complete to have an attachable (stereo ) mic like we can buy for the H5

[IndieFilmmaker]

*Another video editor that can handle 32 bit float files is Magix Vegas Pro 18/19.

[Cinnovations]

This is unintentionally deceptive. Many mics still just clip, bottlenecking 32bit, so not having gain is bad for wanting a loud sound close-up. Please tell me I’m missing something, because I feel like I am.

[TomKaszuba]

When Zoom puts out a 32 bit hand held recorder then THAT will be a game changer.

[DavidGonzalez-cpmn]

Make an H1n with 32-Bit Float capability and you will have my money.