Hope you have a strong drink for this one... I am so lost and frustrated right now...
So to give you an idea where this started. I began vlogging with a GoPro Hero 7 Black. I use the 3.5mm adapter and my first lavalier mic was a sony stereo mic. I had lots of popping noises in my recordings, I did research and apparently the issue is that it is a stereo mic, and not omni directional.
My next step was to buy a high quality omni directional mic. I opted for a sennheiser. This mic produced amazing quality. Fast forward about a week or two. I suddenly was having issues where the mic was cutting out. I felt the problem was that it has a mini 3.5mm panel connector, as it is meant for a sennheiser wireless pack. I was assuming the connector was coming out of the 3.5mm adapter, as it barely stuck in there. Also when turning my head, the connector bumps my shoulder, so I thought it was just getting knocked loose.
After this disappointment and some lost footage, I bought a purple panda. The panda is a great mic, but the quality of the sennheiser is just a lot better, and I was getting an occasional pop from the purple panda, but nothing like the sony.
I then realized the sennheiser would actually plug into the purple panda adapter (yes you have to use an adapter with the purple panda for it to work with the 3.5mm adapter)
So i tried plugging in the sennheiser with the purple panda adapter, which had a more firm mount into the 3.5mm gopro adapter.
This is where stuff gets all kinds of crazy.
The gopro hero 7 originally worked with the pruple panda adapter and the sennheiser into the gopro 3.5mm adapter. THEN IT DIDNT.
I went through all the trouble shooting I could to try and identify where the problem lies. I tried the sony again, the purple panda again.. and the sennheiser again. The sennheiser almost never works with the hero 7 now. With or without the purple panda adapter. Every 10 tests or so without the purple panda adapter, the sennheiser would work.
For shits and giggles, I tried the sennheiser with and without the purple panda with my GoPro MAX, and what do you know, works every time, either way.
This really threw me for a loop. How can the sennheiser mic > purple panda adapter > 3.5mm gorpo adapter > max work every time? And not ever or only very rarely with the hero 7? I figured it must be the hero 7.. but the sony and purple panda mics work every time with it. I'm frustrated because I want to use the Senneheiser mic with the hero 7 on my chin mount, so I can get the ND filter motion footage with the hero 7, and the best quality.. Does anyone have any clue what the issue could be? Why the sennheiser works with the max flawlessly but doesnt ever work with the Hero 7? and why the other mics work flawlessly with the hero 7?.. I did a factory reset, checked firmware, the whole shebang... No results.
HELP ME
So to give you an idea where this started. I began vlogging with a GoPro Hero 7 Black. I use the 3.5mm adapter and my first lavalier mic was a sony stereo mic. I had lots of popping noises in my recordings, I did research and apparently the issue is that it is a stereo mic, and not omni directional.
My next step was to buy a high quality omni directional mic. I opted for a sennheiser. This mic produced amazing quality. Fast forward about a week or two. I suddenly was having issues where the mic was cutting out. I felt the problem was that it has a mini 3.5mm panel connector, as it is meant for a sennheiser wireless pack. I was assuming the connector was coming out of the 3.5mm adapter, as it barely stuck in there. Also when turning my head, the connector bumps my shoulder, so I thought it was just getting knocked loose.
After this disappointment and some lost footage, I bought a purple panda. The panda is a great mic, but the quality of the sennheiser is just a lot better, and I was getting an occasional pop from the purple panda, but nothing like the sony.
I then realized the sennheiser would actually plug into the purple panda adapter (yes you have to use an adapter with the purple panda for it to work with the 3.5mm adapter)
So i tried plugging in the sennheiser with the purple panda adapter, which had a more firm mount into the 3.5mm gopro adapter.
This is where stuff gets all kinds of crazy.
The gopro hero 7 originally worked with the pruple panda adapter and the sennheiser into the gopro 3.5mm adapter. THEN IT DIDNT.
I went through all the trouble shooting I could to try and identify where the problem lies. I tried the sony again, the purple panda again.. and the sennheiser again. The sennheiser almost never works with the hero 7 now. With or without the purple panda adapter. Every 10 tests or so without the purple panda adapter, the sennheiser would work.
For shits and giggles, I tried the sennheiser with and without the purple panda with my GoPro MAX, and what do you know, works every time, either way.
This really threw me for a loop. How can the sennheiser mic > purple panda adapter > 3.5mm gorpo adapter > max work every time? And not ever or only very rarely with the hero 7? I figured it must be the hero 7.. but the sony and purple panda mics work every time with it. I'm frustrated because I want to use the Senneheiser mic with the hero 7 on my chin mount, so I can get the ND filter motion footage with the hero 7, and the best quality.. Does anyone have any clue what the issue could be? Why the sennheiser works with the max flawlessly but doesnt ever work with the Hero 7? and why the other mics work flawlessly with the hero 7?.. I did a factory reset, checked firmware, the whole shebang... No results.
HELP ME
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