Mic Placement

so the scarf helps eliminate the wind coming up from under the helmet in that way? I'll look into getting one I think.
 
Best method for eliminating wind noise is to cut out a piece of open cell foam like you'll find in camera gear, cut a slot and stick the camera in it, then stuff all of that into a balloon or finger from a thin rubber glove. Tie it off and then stick THAT in your cheek pad foam. OR, you can go super cheap and just use a Neweer mic from Amazon for about $5. They have mediocre audio quality, but seriously reduced gain. I put a pair of them in my cheek pad foam up by my temples to try out binaural audio (pointless in a helmet) and they sounded okay.

Look up
Big Tuna Danger

If you want an idea of what the Neweer mics sound like.
 
natesvlogs said:
I'm facing the same problem and want to fix it before i do my very first Vlog. i have tried kitchen sponge in front just off side, mice behind left cheek pad and now inside it but still not happy. I got a stereo mic and it picks up really well so may just need to place it somewhere else even more so out the wind. and static. but want my voice to come through clear enough as its got enough bass in it as it is.
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I wouldn't be happy with Mice in my helmet either!! ;)
 
natesvlogs said:
yeh i've tried a slit in a kitchen sponge in front but might need to try the glove over it etc.
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The foam seems to act as a gain reducer while the rubber prevents the wind from flowing into the microphone creating that constant hissing noise. The upside is that you still get a good exhaust/engine noise sound if your bike is uncorked.
Splitting Traffic Safely is a good example of this setup. Sony AS100V with a Sony ECM-CS10 microphone.
 
kuhlka said:
The foam seems to act as a gain reducer while the rubber prevents the wind from flowing into the microphone creating that constant hissing noise. The upside is that you still get a good exhaust/engine noise sound if your bike is uncorked.
Splitting Traffic Safely is a good example of this setup. Sony AS100V with a Sony ECM-CS10 microphone.
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so any thing rubber glove then? might head over to the shops at lunch get some and give it a shot.
 
Animotox said:
i use a lapel mic, it was like $6 for 3 and it works extremely well. I have the wiring behind the cheek pad and the mic in front by my mouth. my helmet has two holes in front to let wind in by my mouth, the mic fits very well in there. I just posted my first vid, if you want check out the quality yourself and i can link you to the mic which has a wind screen. otherwise just place it somewhere you have little wind flow.
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Yep. Concur.
 
myles said:
i use a neck scarf as seen in my picture to reduce wind noise and i have to say it really does do the job well, i just suff it below the helmet so the wind cant get in as easy, seems to do the job.
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That sounds like a neat trick. Will def try it.
 
Every gopro user of the hero 3 and up has found this problem. You need to make sure you are using a real gopro adapter (or one with the right resistor to trip off the built in mic) and then I use a really cheap short boom mic tucked into the cheek pad and poking out in front of my mouth.

I will post some of my vids here soon and you can see the quality is great even at speed.
 
Sorry for the delay guys, but I did figure out what was going on. Obviously the gopro needs the gopro adaptor to support an external mic. I had bought what I thought was a gopro adaptor from an ebay seller but it turned out to essentially be the same thing but not the gopro brand. You NEED a gopro mic adaptor to support a mic, even if there is a comparable product out there the camera wont sense it and will use it's own internal mics. So either all gopro or nothing lol thanks for the input thought guys
 
Not quite true, you need a mic adapter with the right resistor in it but very few of the third party ones do.

Having said that, for things like this I would definitely recommend getting the official adapter.
 
I to have this Mic "Olympus ME-52W" and I have come to the conclusion that it is just too damn efficient. I have tried every type of wind reducing technique on the internet but still get loads of wind noise and every helmet placement possible. When I have it right in front of my mouth I get crystal clear audio of me speaking even at 90 mph... so much so that generally I need to turn the audio down on the player. But when I am not talking it picks up everything else...mainly wind when I am moving. I did a test and just sat, not moving, in a motor way garage next to the road. I recorded some footage whilst not talking and I could hear everything, car engines, lorries sounded really load, people talking at the petrol pumps ect... this mic was picking it all up.
I have come to the conclusion that I actually need a less efficient mic that does not have such a large capture range on it. In terms of noise cancelling I found the sponge wrapped in a balloon to be the best, better than just faux fur dead cat. My mic just pics up to much....:mad: if I get a less efficient mic but still have it close to mouth then hopefully it wont pick up everything else this side of the moon...properly done up with dead cat of course. This is my theory so will up date with info when I have tested.
 
I think the Mic itself is really good.... but not for Motovlogging because it just picks up everything and trying to dampen its capabilities when riding a bike is asking too much of any deadcat. Never thought I would complain about something being too good..:confused:
 
I have the sony ECM CS3, i simply put it in the crack of the pads of the inside of my helmet to the height of my eye. Away from the cracks of wind in my helmet. I dont usually get ALOT of wind noise, but when i do, its probably 80+mph
 
biker1968 said:
I to have this Mic "Olympus ME-52W" and I have come to the conclusion that it is just too damn efficient. I have tried every type of wind reducing technique on the internet but still get loads of wind noise and every helmet placement possible. When I have it right in front of my mouth I get crystal clear audio of me speaking even at 90 mph... so much so that generally I need to turn the audio down on the player. But when I am not talking it picks up everything else...mainly wind when I am moving. I did a test and just sat, not moving, in a motor way garage next to the road. I recorded some footage whilst not talking and I could hear everything, car engines, lorries sounded really load, people talking at the petrol pumps ect... this mic was picking it all up.
I have come to the conclusion that I actually need a less efficient mic that does not have such a large capture range on it. In terms of noise cancelling I found the sponge wrapped in a balloon to be the best, better than just faux fur dead cat. My mic just pics up to much....:mad: if I get a less efficient mic but still have it close to mouth then hopefully it wont pick up everything else this side of the moon...properly done up with dead cat of course. This is my theory so will up date with info when I have tested.
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I tried that one before the Sony ECM CS3. The Olympus did okay once I wrapped it in foam and stuck it in the finger of a glove, but otherwise it did the same as you're describing with it was just tucked into my cheekpad. I think it's intended for handheld recording devices in lecture halls. It seems to be a truly omnidirectional mic.
 
Have you tried editing the audio in your video editor, or split the audio and use a sound editor to clean up the unwanted sound a bit?
 
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