Phil,

Using the Zoom H2n as a computur audio interface you should be able to record your sax playing in Audacity, RealBand or Band-in-a-Box. While both RealBand and Audacity have the advantage of recording multiple audio tracks and Band-in-a-Box can record only a single audio track, Band-in-a-Box is likely the easiest solution for you to start with.

The computer has to identify the Zoom as an interface BEFORE BiaB can use it. Most people try to always use the same USB port so "Found new hardware" doesn't pop up so often.

Once the computer recognizes the Zoom as your audio interface, start BiaB and go to audio settings and choose Zoom or Asio as your audio driver for both audio input and audio output. Your computer will send the BiaB sound to the Zoom headphone jack and the Zoom audio to the Audio track in BiaB. It doesn't happen too much but don't be surprised if you have to set the BiaB audio settings, close BiaB and then start BiaB before the Zoom audio settings take hold.

Now you're almost ready to record. If you have BiaB 2014 or 2015 the audio mixer track is hidden. Click on the mixer's audio button and the audio track becomes visible.

Hit the audio record button and record a few bars then stop. Playback, set your level and have fun.

By the way, if you haven't recorded sax before a good starting microphone location is about 12 to 15" in front of the sax at a height of halfway between the bell and mouthpiece.

You can use Audacity or RealBand and gain the capability to record multiple tracks but getting you up and running on either of them is beyond the scope of one post. This gets you started recording and we can visit Audacity and RealBand in another post.

Jim Fogle - 2025 BiaB (Build 1128) RB (Build 5) - Ultra+ PAK
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