More Than One Mic Drift.

[thunderous71]

Anyone set their camera up to use more than one mic at the same time?

Using a splitter...

As I have two mics one is great for atmospherics but rubbish for voice and the other great for voice but rubbish for atmospherics.
Just wondered if any one has tried using two at once?

 

[thunderous71]

Should work.
Check if the mic input is stereo or mono to get the right splitter type.

I believe the Drift is Mono?

 

[SwissMotard]

I can confirm the drift mic is mono.

You need a stereo to dual-mono adapter so you can separate out the channels rather than a simple splitter.

 

[thunderous71]

I can confirm the drift mic is mono.

You need a stereo to dual-mono adapter so you can separate out the channels rather than a simple splitter.

Surly the channels will be combined on the drift as at that point they will be back to mono. Im gonna try it as an experiment just want to get the right adapter first tho!

So a mono male with two female inputs? That is the idea.

 

[SwissMotard]

No that's the wrong adapter.

The drift records in stereo but the official drift mic is mono.

It's important to have each mic going to a separate channel (hence stereo to dual-mono) so that you can separate out the audio sources, and a loud sound in one source doesn't impact the other.

You want it so that mono mic 1 goes to the left stereo channel and mono mic 2 goes to the right stereo channel. Then in editing you can adjust the balance of each mic separately and even remove one completely if the situation requires it.

 

[Lurch]

Speak to @CaptainCranky - he's done it before, think he had a video out about this time last year on it as he has one for voice and one nearer the back for "ambience". Wouldn't perchance be something you're up to, add a little Zorst in to the mix? Would it?!

 

[thunderous71]

Speak to @CaptainCranky - he's done it before, think he had a video out about this time last year on it as he has one for voice and one nearer the back for "ambience". Wouldn't perchance be something you're up to, add a little Zorst in to the mix? Would it?!

That's exactly what I'm up to.

 

[Lurch]

He has this for intercom audio: link

Can't find the one where he had the mic in a rucksack.

 

[SwissMotard]

Ah, so the Drift input IS stereo?!?!?!

Well then yes, what SwissMotard said...

Thunderous, the picture in your first post is correct then.
2 mono inputs (female) to stereo output (male)

Yeah the mic is mono but the camera accepts stereo. I don't know if this is for all models though.

 

[thunderous71]

Seems to be the way to do it.

 

[Lurch]

If you do end up with left and right, you can always tweak that in Premier.

 

[thunderous71]

Yeah the mic is mono but the camera accepts stereo. I don't know if this is for all models though.

Are you sure it records in stereo? As the adapter lead is mono also that is supplied with the drift as standard?

 

[Lurch]

Now I think about it, I'm 99% certain it's a mono camera after a conversation with Drift over my whine on my HD Ghost.

 

[thunderous71]

Now I think about it, I'm 99% certain it's a mono camera after a conversation with Drift over my whine on my HD Ghost.

I've emailed em... would be nice if it was stereo as you say one track for each mic would be so cool!

 

[SwissMotard]

I've emailed em... would be nice if it was stereo as you say one track for each mic would be so cool!

It's what I used to do on the GoPro before I got lazy.

 

[thunderous71]

Well here is a test....

 

[thunderous71]

Drift also got back to me to confirm the Ghost does indeed have a Mono input for the mic.

 

[Lurch]

Sounds much better, even in the iPhone speakers!

 

[thunderous71]

Sounds much better, even in the iPhone speakers!

Still tweaking it but it will do for now. Need a better mic for the rear.

 

[SalvageSV]

This is a cool idea. I hadn't considered it. When I wired my GoPro adapter I kept it stereo, even though my mic is dual mono. I might look into something similar. Thanks for sharing!

Any issues with volume drop or noise due to auto gain control?