Mic Help.

JW Gortney

JW Gortney

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I'm new to the motovlogging world. I've been riding for a long time and it is one of my favorite things to do. I spend a lot more time on two wheels than four. I've tried several different things to try and make my speech audible with no success. Currently it is wrapped in Poly-Fill (used for stuffing pillows) and tucked inside my cheek pad opposite from the exaust side. My bike is extremely loud so the exaust peaks on the mic and makes my voice so distorted that you can't make out what i'm saying. Any advice will be greatly appreciated. I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone. It's cool to meet like minded people with common interests.
 
JW Gortney said:
Right now I'm using a Gitup Git1 camera. It was the best cam on a budget I have found that supports an external mic.
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I have the same camera, and i have the original gitup external mic and the sound is pretty decent, may be the issue is your helmet, is fullface? if not probably that is the reason you´re capturing too much ambient noise instead your voice, i have a vid in my YT channel where i make a review of that camera and i explain how i have both camera and mic mounted on my helmet, but it is in spanish (´cause im from mexico tho), if you have any doubt i can help you joyfully

ps sorry for the bad english :(
 
I've read several articles that cover wind noise. I don't have wind noise. The mic is literally inside my cheek pad. Its my bike that makes it peak. When the bike isn't running or is at an idle you can hear me speaking. Although its a bit muddy.
 
Looks like you'll have to look at ways to reduce the amount of noise the bike makes from getting into your helmet, or reduce the amount of noise your bike makes. Do you have removable baffles you could put in the pipes? or could you re-pack them?
 
When you have a loud bike you just have to speak louder than normal.

I actually speak quite loudly in my vlogs then drop the level in post.

Depending on what editing program you use it may have the ability to simply drop the volume of select frequencies and help with the problem.
 
But if the mic peaks out, then the audio file is not usable. You'll only record noise and reducing the volume of noise, results just in quieter noise. If the bike is too loud, a less sensitive mic is needed, preferably with directional pickup.
 
Theodor said:
But if the mic peaks out, then the audio file is not usable. You'll only record noise and reducing the volume of noise, results just in quieter noise. If the bike is too loud, a less sensitive mic is needed, preferably with directional pickup.
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Reducing gain afterwards might help but not ideal.
It's generally better if it's a little quiet and you increase the gain later!
Audacity is a useful tool sometimes to pick out what you want, also if you have Premiere or similar Vocal Enhancer works wonders.
Another option would be aim to record only bike noise and do some voice over later, avoids rambling and other odd noises - sniffs/coughs etc
 
Audacity is a great tool for reducing noise, like wire noises, buzzing etc. You can record the noise, in a quiet environment, create a noise profile and then reduce noise from desired audio file, with that noise profile. I have used that a lot, because my bluetooth mic creates unpleasant hum.
On the other hand, I tried recording engine sound with couple of microphones. Less sensitive ones were great, picked up sound, that after some volume adjusting was pleasant to listen. Sensitive mic however recorded nothing besides noise. Regardless how I set the gain in the recording device, or in post. So if the mic picks up too much, then you have no use of it what so ever, regardless of what audio software you use.
 
I have tried to reduce the volume in editing also. Theodor is correct. It only makes quieter noise. Ill just have to find a less sensitive microphone. So far Davinci Resolve Studio is the best editing software I have found.
 
HippoDrone said:
Looks like you'll have to look at ways to reduce the amount of noise the bike makes from getting into your helmet, or reduce the amount of noise your bike makes. Do you have removable baffles you could put in the pipes? or could you re-pack them?
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I don't have baffles. They are straight pipes. I do think that making a barrier of some kind d between the bike noise and mic will help.
 
Update: I have cut some memory foam and placed the mic inside the foam then wrapped it in a finger from a latex glove. It helped but did not correct it. You can understand speech at idle, but when I accelerate all you hear is exaust and distortion. maybe more wrapping. If anyone knows of a mic that may be less sensitive and on the cheap side please feel free to share.
 
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