A portable recording device and a 2-channel USB interface in one palm-sized unit, the H4n Pro Handy Recorder from Zoom features a stereo X/Y microphone capable of handling 140 dB SPL, as well as two low-noise preamps with locking combination XLR / 1/4 inputs, multiple recording modes on-board effects, a built-in metronome a chromatic tuner, and more. As such it's suitable not only for film-audio capture podcasting and field interviews, but for the creation and editing of multitracked audio.