Less Than $100 Mic/camera Setup

[justintime]

Hey guys, thought I might as well post my first video while I am at it. Below is a mobius camera setup with a cheap $15 microphone and a buck in windscreen material. I just record with my smartphone using the 4 conductor jack. It needs additional foam, but what do you guys think?

 

[GHOSTNINJA]

Audio sounds much better than I expected.

 

[Semper]

I think the audio for the price is really good nice job and liked your video well done bud very impressed !

 

[CaptainCranky]

Nice job - sounds good! Great idea to get people up and running at low cost.
One local issue - we never close our vents here in Australia but positioning your mic off to the side, even slightly under the cheek pad, means you can have the vents open without the wind sound.
I posted a similar video in this section yesterday about how to get sound from intercom onto the camera for inexpensive dual vlogging. I think it's great to provide cheap and effective solutions for people who want to motovlog, as it can be expensive getting started

 

[Spinnaker]

positioning your mic off to the side, even slightly under the cheek pad, means you can have the vents open without the wind sound.

That's exactly how I setup my Drift Ghost mic and there is very little wind noise

 

[RoninK6]

Great trick... sound pretty good ! I only see two things :...
1. The microphone is so close to your mouth, I hear clipping in the recording . Like everyone else mentioned, position it off to the side... not just to open the vent but to position the microphone a little further from your mouth, to prevent clipping .
2. (...and this is minor ) Not all helmets are made the same .

...but still, pretty good ^_^ ! Cheap mics are the way I go ~.....

 

[wolfxandxcrow]

i thought of doing something similar when i got my first setup. but then i found the ion air pro on sale on amazon for pretty cheap. i got a cheap mic and spliced it in to the circuit board of the camera. worked pretty well, i thought. it stayed under $100 (barely) and i thought the video quality was pretty good.

 

[Spinnaker]

i thought the video quality was pretty good.

Do you have a sample of your video?

 

[wolfxandxcrow]

Do you have a sample of your video?

Everything on my channel. I did adjust the audio eq a little to even it out, but the video is original. Link should be in my signature below