First Attempt First Major Fail

[lupin]

Well managed to get the courage up to just chat away why riding today.

However I obviously didn't do enough testing with the audio and just have a muffled mess.

Basically it seems the footage is completely unusable at this stage. Going to try some audio fixers on it but don't like my luck.

So I need to play with the mic positioning it seems, inside the cheek pad is no good. Could also be the settings on the camera as well.

So back on the horse so to speak.

 

[Lurch]

With Drift you need to turn the mic sensitivity down or it's distorted. No idea with other brands, but see if there's a mic level. You can at least test the mic indoors and play it back on the computer.

 

[lupin]

Yes mic sesnstivity was set to high. Will try it on med and low and see how much difference it makes. It picked up the bike fine though.

 

[SwissMotard]

It's the most annoying thing about the drift. The GoPro auto levels nicely.

 

[tyty]

uuggggggg mics

 

[lupin]

Here is the best I could make it

Vid is set to hidden so let me know if you can't see it.

 

[Clint Love]

So I need to play with the mic positioning it seems, inside the cheek pad is no good. Could also be the settings on the camera as well.

Inside the cheek pad was the first mistake I made. Put the mic in some acoustic foam or a sponge and velcro it to where it sits just askew from your mouth. I have the finger from a rubber glove and some dead cat material over mine, but I record a lot at highway speed.

Then turn the sensitivity on the camera down to one bar. You should be good to go.

If you're editing in Vegas, experiment with some compression and use the graphic eq to isolate the frequencies of your voice, too. It makes up a bit for the leveling that the drift camera doesn't do.

 

[SighBored]

Still gotta work on that mic audio.

 

[MotoJedeye]

Been there done that!

 

[Mr fish]

It all trial and error if the mic fails which mine does every now and again (cheap) then footage to music can sometimes salvage the vid ..

 

[BlackMamba]

Inside the cheek pad was the first mistake I made. Put the mic in some acoustic foam or a sponge and velcro it to where it sits just askew from your mouth. I have the finger from a rubber glove and some dead cat material over mine, but I record a lot at highway speed.

Then turn the sensitivity on the camera down to one bar. You should be good to go.

If you're editing in Vegas, experiment with some compression and use the graphic eq to isolate the frequencies of your voice, too. It makes up a bit for the leveling that the drift camera doesn't do.

acoustic foam is the way forward or dence packing foam

 

[Clint Love]

acoustic foam is the way forward or dence packing foam

Yeah, totally! I have some left from when I was doing an open back conversion on my guitar amp. Works better than those piddly little windscreens that come with the mic.

 

[lupin]

Been having a bit of a play and its better than it was. Still not happy with it though. Stupid thing is fine when testing it then is terrible when on the bike.

Wondering if the ghost actually has auto gain and its picking up the sound of the bike before my voice.

Will wrap it in some foam and try it in the chin next.

 

[Lurch]

No audio magic on Drifts that im aware of.

What bike do you have? And does it have a large touring screen?

 

[Clint Love]

Another issue could be the Mic. Recently I bought a more expensive Mic and ended up going back to the cheapo because the Mic went absolutely bug shit at le least wind noise.

 

[lupin]

No audio magic on Drifts that im aware of.

What bike do you have? And does it have a large touring screen?

Nope its a naked. Wasn't too bad for wind noise at speed.

Another issue could be the Mic. Recently I bought a more expensive Mic and ended up going back to the cheapo because the Mic went absolutely bug shit at le least wind noise.

Its the drift external mic.

Really think its all about placement at the moment.

 

[RealRider]

It isn't the drift.

My audio uses a cheap $20 no-name brand mic and sounds great due to placement and a foam screen.

Some people put the mic in a little pocket of gym short then the foam screen and then wrap in some fur to almost erase the wind noise.

 

[O8ride]

You have to make yourself a dead cat. £2 for fake fur and get the sewing needle out. 5minutes later, put it on the mic and you're good to go

 

[Lurch]

O8ride.com/deadcats

Cheque in the post O8?

 

[O8ride]

O8ride.com/deadcats

Cheque in the post O8?

Cheap sewing machine and I'd knock them out for £3