Zoom H2essential Levels Up With Features Pulled Straight From User Feedback

If you’re a current or future owner of the Zoom H2essential, then congrats, you got a solid multi-mic 32-bit float handy recorder in your pocket and should be set to handle just about any audio recording situation. While not specifically a product just for filmmakers or video professionals, the Zoom H2essential is a nice option for audio for video needs, and this update should help that cause quite a bit.

Zoom has announced a new firmware update that is set to add three new features, which the company shares come directly from user feedback. The features will include input gain adjustments, AI noise reduction, and MP3 recording. Here’s everything you need to know.

Zoom H2essential Firmware Update

Announced as firmware version 2.0 for the Zoom H2essential, this update follows previous firmware updates released by the company for the H1essential, H4essential, and H6essential audio recorders.

This update, as shared above, comes directly from user feedback and is here solely to add these three new features. Here’s what is new to the Zoom H2essential with this firmware update.

• Input Gain Adjustment Function: Adjusting levels during recording significantly reduces the need for audio editing in post-production.
• AI Noise Reduction Function: By learning and reducing ambient environmental noise, it achieves quiet, clear recordings as if captured in a soundproof studio.
• MP3 Recording / MP3 Export Function: Enables recording in a compressed format that minimizes file size, making sharing recorded files even more convenient.

The goal of these new features is to help the Zoom H2essential continue to evolve and serve a wide range of users, including musicians, podcasters, and, most importantly, filmmakers and video content professionals. To download the update, you can find more info on the company's website here.

The Zoom H2essential

If you’re curious about the Zoom H2essential, and perhaps someone who was on the fence about getting one yourself in the past, then this update might move that needle a bit. If you’d like to find out more about this audio recording option, here are the full specs and purchase options.

• Music, Sound Effects, Speech & Streaming
• Onboard 3-Microphone Array
• Stereo, Mono, and Surround Recording
• 32-Bit Float Recording at up to 96 kHz
• 3.5mm Mic/Line Input with Plug-In Power
• 3.5mm Line/Headphone Output
• Auto-Record and Pre-Record Functions
• Auto Gain, Limiter and Low-Cut Filter
• Supports SDXC Cards up to 2TB
• Powered by AA Batteries or USB-C