How to Use Your Zoom H6 as the Audio Interface to a Mevo
Sometimes, the lack of documentation on websites is frustrating and requires much trial and error before you get something working correctly. One of my clients is the largest data center in the Midwest, and they lead the country in certifications. While we push content occasionally, I want to expand their capabilities so they can provide more value to prospects and customers through other mediums.
Live-streaming explanations on new regulations, interviews with industry professionals, or providing compliance or security advice from time to time could be quite valuable. So, I helped them build a studio for recording podcasts, videos, and live-streaming.
They have a huge boardroom, so I sectioned off a region and secured it with audio curtains to cut down on the echoing. I decided to go with a semi-portable setup of a Mevo live-streaming camera, a Zoom H6 recorder, and wireless Shure lavalier microphones. This means I could set up countless areas to record—from the board table to the sitting area and everything in between.
Of course, once I got all of the equipment in, I ran into issues. The Zoom H6 and Shure system work flawlessly, but I had a heck of a time trying to figure out how to use the Zoom H6 as the audio interface to the Mevo.
Zoom H6 and Mevo Boost
One note on this is that you absolutely want to use the Mevo Boost, which includes the ability to connect via network for streaming and USB for audio and has both power and an extended battery. I tested the system a dozen different ways, trying to glean some information from Mevo’s limited documentation, which shows the Zoom H4n and not the H6, which has substantial differences.
It was far less complex than I’d imagined:
- Connect the Zoom H6 to the Mevo Boost via USB. Note: This will NOT power the Zoom H6 (Boo!) so you have to utilize batteries.
- Turn on the Mevo and then the Zoom H6.
- On the Zoom H6, you must navigate through the menu system and set it as an audio interface for multi-track recording for PC/Mac using battery power.
Here are the screens in order (don’t pay attention to the highlighted menu item, I pulled these shots from the Zoom H6 manual).
Audio Interface
Use Your Zoom H6 as an audio interface.
Select Multi Track
Select Multi Track so that you can use all of your microphone inputs.
Battery Power
IMPORTANT: Select PC/Mac using battery power.
Mevo USB Input
Now, you can see USB as an audio input on the Mevo! Just tap to connect, and you’ll be ready to go.
As a side note, the Zoom H4n documentation states that the audio output should be 44kHz instead of 48kHz. However, when using the Zoom H6 as a USB audio interface, I couldn’t modify the output frequency.
