Cheap And Easy Way To Record Sound From Your Intercom

[CaptainCranky]

Hi all!
For some time people have asked how I do this, and it's not easy to explain in type so I thought I would do a quick vlog on it.
You can include your intercom conversations in your vlogs with this method without spending a fortune or being a dab hand with a soldering iron!!
This is also handy in so many ways - even doing a multi-camera dual vlog (with sound on each camera) this can be helpful when editing in that you can use footage from any camera and still hear all the voices.

I hope this will help people who would like to add their intercom sound on group rides /dual vlogs etc.
I did ask permission from Dan to make sure i wasn't doing the wrong thing by posting a vid in here, he gave me the nod (thanks Dan).
Cheers!

 

[dandoolittle]

Downside to the gopro sena packs is the bulkness!

Quite obvious after watching your video, which is annoying

 

[sjbali]

this works like a charm!

 

[SwissMotard]

Thanks, I'll be doing similar but with a different splitter to get one mic on the left channel and the other on the right channel so I can split out the audio afterwards.

 

[sjbali]

i actually soldered my own cable.. same thing but i had problems with cracking noise from the splitter at the beginning

 

[CaptainCranky]

Thanks, I'll be doing similar but with a different splitter to get one mic on the left channel and the other on the right channel so I can split out the audio afterwards.

That's a good idea for having the ability to mix the 2 sounds. Can you then mix them back in mono, or stereo where you can choose the panning positions? Otherwise you'd have one sound on left, other sound on right - a few people do that and it annoys me lol

 

[sjbali]

@CaptainCranky me too, shadeetree does it and at the beginning i didn't notices it since i only used one side of the headphone, took me a while lol

 

[SwissMotard]

That's a good idea for having the ability to mix the 2 sounds. Can you then mix them back in mono, or stereo where you can choose the panning positions? Otherwise you'd have one sound on left, other sound on right - a few people do that and it annoys me lol

You split the stereo track into separate mono tracks so everyone's voice comes out of both speakers.

The advantage is you can mix the levels or mute the lady friend if she keeps talking over you

 

[CaptainCranky]

You split the stereo track into separate mono tracks so everyone's voice comes out of both speakers.

The advantage is you can mix the levels or mute the lady friend if she keeps talking over you

Nice one, yeah I understand and it's a cool solution

 

[CaptainCranky]

@CaptainCranky me too, shadeetree does it and at the beginning i didn't notices it since i only used one side of the headphone, took me a while lol

OK so no-one's going to admit Shadetree annoys them, right?

 

[sjbali]

OK so no-one's going to admit Shadetree annoys them, right?

lol