Microphone Wind/engine noise

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janx101 said:
ok .. full face helmet .. just to check ... like a road helmet?.. or one of those newer motorcross style jobs with a visor
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it may not matter .. and i have not looked close at the chin bar of these style ones... but i know on my old dirtbike helmet that required goggles... the chin bar was extended somewhat and would let extra ambient noise in ..

even though you have a 125 dirtbike .. and they are noisier than some roadbikes... unless you have a significant air/noise gap in the helmet jaw/chin area id be surprised that enough engine noise found its way in to drown out your voice ...

strong airflow over the mic with a visor slightly open would be worse usually..

you want the stem of the mic held behind the cheekpad... the little foam head , or just the bare mic end sticking out like a nipple (ha ha i said nipple!! :D ) from the joint between cheekpad and edge of helmet .. these little basic microphones pick up pretty well , but will pick up the loudest local noise kinda thing...

so if your voice is muffled away by a thick cheek pad... but the shell of the helmet is making enough of a collector/resonator for the exhaust noise.. then thats what you going to get!....

you got any short test vids with the problem setup that you can give us a demo of the problem?
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ok cool .. normal full face road helmet ... that pic shows .. the mic position linky-pic seems to be broke though
 
thats the new position yeah? .. if it is then it should be ok .. :)

from your desc i cant see it being the old position... but that placement 'may' also collect some road noise... smooth surface backing it will reflect outside ambient noise to some degree ..

that location is more accurately 'the chin bar' .. the 'cheek piece' would be tucked up beside your left face/cheekbone area .. protruding from the helmet padding :cool:
 
[quote="janx101, post: 46323, member: 1689]thats the new position yeah? .. if it is then it should be ok .. :)

from your desc i cant see it being the old position... but that placement 'may' also collect some road noise... smooth surface backing it will reflect outside ambient noise to some degree ..

that location is more accurately 'the chin bar' .. the 'cheek piece' would be tucked up beside your left face/cheekbone area .. protruding from the helmet padding :cool:[/quote]
Yeah I'll go out today for a test :) hope It works if not ill try putting it where u put it
 
janx101 said:
thats the new position yeah? .. if it is then it should be ok .. :)

from your desc i cant see it being the old position... but that placement 'may' also collect some road noise... smooth surface backing it will reflect outside ambient noise to some degree ..

that location is more accurately 'the chin bar' .. the 'cheek piece' would be tucked up beside your left face/cheekbone area .. protruding from the helmet padding :cool:
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Hey I think I found my sweet spot I may have finally beat this problem
 
:) .. good job that man!! .. sweet isnt it when the tinkering works and you get clean sound! :)
 
In your mount pic, your helmet doesnt have a chin guard thingie.. can't remember the name. Try get one of those as it really does help with noise interference aswell. (chin curtain i think its called)
 
itsatruestory said:
In your mount pic, your helmet doesnt have a chin guard thingie.. can't remember the name. Try get one of those as it really does help with noise interference aswell. (chin curtain i think its called)
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Im buying a new helmet and I actually think It has ond which is good :D
 
Yep... Chin curtain is good for lessening wind noise ...

Makes a slight issue though... with my voice at least ... It caused more 'hoom foom moofle' type fuzzing to the talking while I had the mic mounted either in cheek piece or up under the edge of the chin bar just above the curtain ...

But yeah overall the curtain is good ... See if you can get spare curtains too.... It's annoying as crap when they start to split on the edge near your neck
 
janx101 said:
Yep... Chin curtain is good for lessening wind noise ...

Makes a slight issue though... with my voice at least ... It caused more 'hoom foom moofle' type fuzzing to the talking while I had the mic mounted either in cheek piece or up under the edge of the chin bar just above the curtain ...

But yeah overall the curtain is good ... See if you can get spare curtains too.... It's annoying as crap when they start to split on the edge near your neck
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Will do man thanks for the help
 
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