anyone using separate voice recorders?

Deezil said:
I tried it and it was a hassle. I am a grease monkey and not a techy guy that can spend all night getting this and that timed up correctly. Having a 1.5 year old running around the house doesn't afford me much time to fiddle around on the laptop. One thing I am good at is taking stuff apart..

My Solution was to just tear apart my "Gifted" sj4000 and clip the condenser mic from the board. Solder 2 leads on the back of the circuit board and add a Mic jack. This allows me to run a external mic with pretty decent quality. There has to be some pics of the Ion air taken apart showing mic location. They can all be taken off the board and have a mic jack soldered onto it. People do it to the 808 cams and the Mobius cams and they come out great.

This guy did it to a Contour hd that is similar I would presume?
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I know the guy and he's still using the same hatd wired set up
 
I use an Olympus VN-702PC Voice Recorder with a Audio-Technica ATR-3350 Lavalier Omnidirectional Condenser Microphone. It works great!
 
I've got a GoPro Here HD (the original) and it doesn't have an external mic input either. Instead of screwing with the camera to get a external mic, I just use my phone with an external mic plugged in. My current vids are crappy sounding because I am using a hacked up set of headphones, but the tests I've done with a better lapel mic have gotten better results than what I believe the camera is capable of.

(watch my viddy's, look up Mustache Assault Cycle on youtube)

Because of that, I would rather take the extra 5 seconds (literally all it takes in Sony Vegas) to sync the audio to get better quality.

In order to use my phone (iPhone 5s) I needed to get an adapter and use a stereo mic, otherwise I get crap. I'm not sure why so many people get all spun up about the difficulty of syncing audio... It's easy.

As soon as I have more disposable income, I'm probably going to get an actual digital recorder to lay down my audio tracks and reduce the risk of losing audio because my phone is usually tapped out on memory.
 
I have done some videos (not online yet) with using an external audio recorder. The sound it great and you have some good control options. Syncing the audio to the video can be a pain. What I do like though, is that I can record myself with no cables and also turn away from the camera while I talk and the sound is still good, no fade away. Also works good to hit record, velco to the dash of the bike and get external ambient sounds. I like having the flexability. This all came about because when my gopro died and I picked up the Garmin Virb, and I could not get any microphone setup to work with the USB on it. I've since resolved this.
 
C&C said:
I love having a separate recorder as the sound is great but it can be a pain sometimes, sync using your horn.
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Now that is a great idea! I was just clapping my hands or doing a count down with my fingers. Good stuff, thanks!
 
worntread said:
Now that is a great idea! I was just clapping my hands or doing a count down with my fingers. Good stuff, thanks!
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I wave my hand in front to sync up the video with the audio.

I'm using an Olympus VN713-PC (Which cost about £20 from Ebay, used but in top condition) with an Olympus ME-15 microphone in the helmet.

I just put the audio and video together in the edit, and turn down the volume from the camera's audio track, as the voice recorder also picks up a nice amount of engine noise :)
 
I dont have the money to buy all the gear for vlogging so I bought a mid range cam and I use my cellphone to record voice and audio. using headphones that have the mic built in I get good audio without much wind noise. you dont have to spend a lot of many to get started. maybe in the future i will get the pro gear but for right now I am happy with what i have.
 
Sorry to Necro this thread, but I loved the tutorial and I will be trying this on my camera. It is quite similar so it should be in the same ballpark.
 
SwissMotard said:
How does that work, as you need a sound cue to line up the audio of the recorder with the audio of the camera, no?
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I use my fingers in front of the camera to count down 3...2....1....<fist> whilst counting down on the voice recorder. Then just sync the two using that.

In the final edit, I turn down the volume from the camera's audio track, as the voice recorder also picks up a nice amount of engine noise.
 
I always knock on my tank 3 times. It gives a distinct visual and audible queue, even though I just line up the sound peaks anyways.
 
T'Biker said:
I'm using an Olympus VN713-PC (Which cost about £20 from Ebay, used but in top condition) with an Olympus ME-15 microphone in the helmet.
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How well would this work with no mic for just ambient? Have you ever tried it?
 
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