Zoom (company)

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legal form	Kabushiki kaisha (joint stock company)
ISIN	JP3411820008
founding	1983
Seat	Chiyoda , Tokyo , Japan
management	Masahiro Iijima
Branch	Audio recorder , digital sound engineering
Website	www.zoom.co.jp

KK Zoom ( Japanese 株式会社ズーム , Kabushiki kaisha Zūmu , Eng. Zoom Corporation ) is a Japanese manufacturer of audio equipment for musicians.

The company was founded in 1983 and is mainly known for its semi-professional mobile audio recorders beyond the musician sector. For this purpose, Zoom developed its own microphones for XY sterophony .

Zoom also produces effect pedals for guitars and electric basses , recording equipment and drum machines . The company developed its own integrated circuits and processors for their devices. Zoom sells its devices in different markets under different names: Zoom North America , Zoom UK Distribution Limited and in Germany through Sound Service GmbH .

Portable digital audio recorder Zoom H2 from 2010, for several hours of recording with a sampling frequency of up to 96 kHz at 24 bit resolution

The cheaper digital mobile audio recorders, such as the H2 , which was already available in 2007 for around 200 euros, or its successor, the H2n (2011), are characterized by good sound quality and easy handling.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b About Zoom , accessed September 17, 2015
↑ Memory card recorder: Small all-round recorder , test.de from December 18, 2007, accessed on September 17, 2015
↑ Zoom H2n , test.de of December 29, 2011, accessed on September 17, 2015

Web links

Commons : Zoom Corporation - Collection of Images

Company website (Japanese, English)
Zoom - Sound Service GmbH

[about-1] About Zoom , accessed September 17, 2015

[test.de1-2] Memory card recorder: Small all-round recorder , test.de from December 18, 2007, accessed on September 17, 2015

[3] Zoom H2n , test.de of December 29, 2011, accessed on September 17, 2015