Drift HD - Audio Question

[Nikojin]

Hey, all-

Just wondering if there's a way to disable the internal mic. I have the external mic plugged in and it sounds great! But the internal still records and pics up excess wind noise and other background crap. It used to record wind whistle on top of all that, but putting tape over it fixed that.

 

[Chuckles85]

Do you have the new mini drift hd or the old stealth? Are you also using the lowest sensitivity setting for the mic settings?

 

[Nikojin]

It's the new mini Drift HD. Mic sensitivity is set to level 1. I think it goes down to as low as 0, but I don't want it to affect the external I have wedged inside my helmet; it's perfect the way it is! I guess I was just hoping that by plugging in the external, it would disable the internal.

Seems like that would be an easy fix with a firmware update. I guess I'll just have to keep it under 35 mph (~55 kph) when I vlog, lol.

 

[Chuckles85]

Do you know if it saves the audio as two separate files or under 2 separate channels? Maybe messaging crackn81 on what he does may help, I believe he has the new drift aswell and may offer you an answer.

 

[Trinith]

I guess I was just hoping that by plugging in the external, it would disable the internal.

It should have. You should get ahold of customer support and talk to them about it. I've never heard of a Drift not disengaging the onboard mic when the external is plugged in. Sounds like there's something defective in there.

 

[kryten]

Is the mic a stereo mic. I had a Philips lavalier mic that was mono and that happened with it. In my editing software I had to disable the audio channel from the built in mic and duplicate the audio from the lavalier mic.

 

[Nikojin]

Do you know if it saves the audio as two separate files or under 2 separate channels? Maybe messaging crackn81 on what he does may help

I know for a fact that it saves as one file, but not sure about different audio channels. I use WMM (the crappy non-Live version). I'll poke around some more to see what I can do. If I'm still stumped I'll pester him with a PM.

Is the mic a stereo mic. I had a Philips lavalier mic that was mono and that happened with it. In my editing software I had to disable the audio channel from the built in mic and duplicate the audio from the lavalier mic.

Not sure, actually. It's Drift's. Until I find a permanent solution, I'll give this a shot.

It should have. You should get ahold of customer support and talk to them about it. I've never heard of a Drift not disengaging the onboard mic when the external is plugged in. Sounds like there's something defective in there.

That's not what I wanted to hear, lol. I'll try contacting them and hope for the best. Thanks all for your insight and suggestions. You guys are great!

 

[Nikojin]

Haha!

I went to their site and noticed there have been a few firmware updates, one of which was mic related. I updated my firmware, and all seems to have been fixed. Thanks again!