I got a $30 audio recorder from amazon and threw it inside a dead cat. Gonna pocket it and hope I get the levels good for some dope audio. First time ever.
Man!!! how have i not come across this before!! great tips... as a motovlogger myself, I know how bloody hard it is to get the sound right! I am still struggling. Thanks for the tips mate!
best motovlogging channel going, love to see more of your post/editing, been messing around with the LUT packs---easy and dramatic improvement in the look of GoPro footage! Well done, as always
I use a Purple Panda inside my helmet. I have a Gopro Hero 7 Black. I change the Gopro protune setting for mic to "wind." This is fine for me. I get great voice quality with little wind sound and for me the sound of the motorcycle is fine. I reduce my breathing sounds in post production using premier pro's Dynamic affect. This is best for me, I am not a pro though, but I am happy with it.
Great video with valuable tips, I'm looking for a wireless microphone to use in the helmet that pairs via bluetooth with the go pro 11 but apparently it doesn't exist... I can't believe that at the current technological level of the 21st century, motorcyclists have to ride with a bunch of wires and all sorts of kludges, just to get external audio on the go pro... Sacant by the manufacturer, which for commercial convenience prefers to sell expensive and monstrous adapters, harming the user experience, than allowing a microphone or wireless headset pair via bluetooth, which I believe would technically be possible, unless I'm mistaken...
the section from 6:04 onwards was very insightful. especially going the extra mile to test what sounds best depending on where you had the mic sitting. great vid man
Awesome tip.i have the hero session ,so i dont have a mic plug but instead i used something better and something that we all have,smartphone.i placed them as you are at my jacket and its sound miles better!!!👌
I got myself a camera + audio setup for 180 euros: gopro hero white 7 for 110 (second hand), the parts for helmet setup for around 20, zoom h1 for 20 (secondhand), deadcat for zoom h1a for 12, sdcards 128g + 32 gb for 16. Honestly all I need since il be making pure sound type videos only! :) would recommend people to look into second hand, so much value to be found!
Great explanation.. I usually plug my zoom h2n directly to gopro mic adapter and then to gopro camera which have ulanzi door so no sync needed.. the settings I use is XY, gain 5, mp3 320kbps , lo cut On does the job
@@musclefox223 it's Genuine GoPro 3.5mm Mic Adapter and it's compatible with gopro 5 and up I think Or you can record separately ( video and sound ) and sync together in post
Thanks heaps - struggling with getting the exhaust audio without it clipping. Running a DJI action 4 with the DJI mic 2 - put -12 DB in the menu and chucked the mic in a tail back with lots of padding ,still get the cracks (very loud pipes). Will try more padding and putting it inside a jacket pocket.
Great info, I bought the zoom H1N recorder and Rhoed mic, works a treat. You do some good vids, great editing, straight to the point no nonsense, informative stuff, nice work.
Thank you so much after 2 days frustrating testing, I finally got rid of the wind noise thanks to your video. Hiding the Mic somewhere wind does not hit it. THANK YOU
Great vid Rob, thanks for this. I've been a m-vlogger for some years but one of the main things that stops me proliffically uploading content to the Tube of You is the poor quality I previously got from both audio and video. Fast forward to 2022 and I'm now rocking a more up-to-date GPH9, but as tech has advanced I'm now running audio from my helmet intercom into the media mod of the GP, I'm still not happy with the limited control over the audio from the GP, so I'm now looking at ditching the spoken audio into the GP and maybe, as you have done, just run ambient bike/wind audio into the GP, and recording both MY audio as well as that from my intercom into an external handheld such as the H1n or similar. I had been looking at the Zoom Podtrak P4 as it also doubles as a Podcast interface (which is something else I'm looking at delving into) but it is bulky for the bike and the inputs are XLR.
Great video. Now I am planning get H5. My current setup is Zoom H1 and lav mic, which cost a bit less than H5. Clipping the lav mic on belt, right above my butt. This location can reduce most of the wind noise, but the sound from H5 is so much better !
@@haisanjafri My recorder is H1, it's is an older model. It picks up wind noise easily after 60 km/hr. This might be attributed to the configuration of my bike, CB1100 which doesn't provide a wind-proof place to mount the recorder. Most common place to mount H1 is the storage space under the backseat, but my CB's storage space is at the middle of the bike and it's too far from the pipe. That's the reason I put an external lav mic. The H1N has new features like, 3 lv. of low cut and limiter, some says they work well as wind noise cancelling features. I got several idea from other good sound quality channel, using H5 or H6 with dynamic microphone mounting between mudguard and wheel. This is what I'm planning to do as soon I saved enough money, a big amount of money.
Really amazing quality audio . This video make me decide to buy zoom h1n recorder + lavalier mic boya by-m1 + deadcat mic. While editing process, i do playing audio files only from zoom and its very amazing sound. 😍 Thank you for sharing information
for my guys on a budget or just starting and have bought a gopro and can't shell out more for portable recorder, even zoom h1n, just buy a fifine usb mic, and attach it to your android phone via usb c otg cable. it will work almost similar to a high quality portable condenser mic. if your usb mic has gain settings, it's even better.
I have always just stuffed my iPhone in the boot of my bike and used voice memo’s to record exhaust sound, it’s worked amazing and sound quality has been great, but I was looking for a more reliable option as when I’d get a call or message you can hear it vibrate in the audio😅 Killa video, definitely helped out
As usual some good tips, I think I may try my tascam in the rear pocket section of my riding jacket, although I don’t have some sweet sounding pipes at least it will resemble the sound without the wind noise. Just out of interest did you do some sort of media course or is it all self taught. I am in construction and flicking old so trying to teach myself 😂 Ian Back on Two Wheels
I started using the standard media mod mic with my GoPro 12. Not that good. I have a Zalman mic somewhere, I think I’ll test it inside of my jacket. Nice tip.
therefore the best solution to have cleaner audio is to use a zoom and then an external voice recorder, insert it in the backpack as you showed in the video.. for someone who doesn't like to talk but just wants to make videos where you can only hear the environment and motion it is the solution best do you confirm? because at first I thought about the rode lavalier go microphone to put inside the helmet, but then I remembered that if he had to speak "alone lol" or stupid example: sneezing, it would be heard in the final audio, so the best solution is the zoom inserted inside the bag, also because recorded zoom audio is superior to the rode microphone
Awesome work, fella. With the GoPro, I have a Hero 7 Black. I assume the mic goes into the adapter block, which then goes into the side of the GoPro. It’s finding a mount that can hold the block rather than it dangling down.
Great video and timing…now all I need to do is go for a ride and get some sweet, sweet audio 🤗 also love your backpack trick - I’ve tried using some gopro/camera mounts to my bike and am finding the zoom gets a weird rattle noise through the frame at high revs so I’m definitely gonna try your backpack/beanie trick 🤗…one question tho…how do you get your gain levels set whilst it’s in your backpack (does it muffle sound much?)
Yea it’s best to cushion it otherwise you’re gunna get rattles, or vibrations throughout the audio. It muffles sound a bit. In post is where all the magic happens. The first time I try my zoom in a new spot I always have the headphones attached and give the throttle a crack. This gives me a basic idea. Then throw an EQ on it in post boosting highs and mids. Blending my helmet mic comes in handy for definition too
Definitely very helpful, one of the best Moto Audio tips videos. Excuse my ignorance, but what about capturing clear sound from your voice - How are you managing that once you have the ambience audio nailed down?
Hi, Would you be kind and get the BMW R1250RT 2021 engine recorded? My bike sound strange when climbing road mountains especially when changing 1,2 and third gears. If the sound is the same I would like to send this recording to BMW engineering dept. for review and comments. I tried with standard microphone but results is very poor
I am having such a hard time with wind noise! I got the Homen wireless dealy a while back (RIP after flying out of my unclosed pocket on the highway) and tried a million different positions with nothing really working. The cost of entry, for a laymen like myself, starts to get pretty steep pretty quickly, especially since the DJI 4 has no built in audio jack (H5 is currently $250USD).
I have struggled with this... GoPro Hero 9 and 10 black were overheating and random lockups, totally unreliable... The DJI Action 3 was great for video, but the audio with external mics was horrible, the only way to get good audio was with the DJI wireless mic setup, but it was clunky and lots of pieces, and its not waterproof and got fried in a rain storm. Am now on the Insta 360 One RS 4K with a Road 2 LAV... and on that, you can reduce the gain to -18dB but it still gets a bit of clipping, and that's with TWO wind socks on the mic... I recently got the Zoom H1N and that does give me fine control of the audio gain, but it has to sit in my pocket and sometimes it shuts off. I just can't seem to find the right combination of things, to get both excellent video, as well as good audio without having to jump through too many hoops... I feel like if GoPro could fix their overheating and stability issues, and add some ability to turn down the gain on external mics, that would do the trick...
Great video. How about using the DJI mic with osmo action 3 (my set up) one mic in the helmet and the other in the pocket? Need to try it. Very inspiring and neat video again.
How you managed to sync the Gopro audio with the Zoom perefctly if the Zoom records at 44hz and the Gopro at 48hz (or vise versa...I don't remember haha)? :)
How’s your audio quality when you talk when you keep your mic inside the riding jacket. Pretty evident from the video that we can get good exhaust audio but wanted to check if it also captures good audio of when we talk in VLOG.
I've got a Røde Wireless Go 2 setup that I'm going to experiment with. You've given me some good ideas on how it could work and how to bring the sound together in post...thanks!
1:36 this is the first time I saw it's not MT09 on your tank, it's actually MTOFLZ..! 😂 I always wondered why you had mT09 on the tank on a scrambler.!
Hi Rob, Thank you for making great insight video on audio recording🙏 Mate I just have a quick question regarding chin mount as I live in sydney and what I have heard is you are not allow to use chin mount for go pro and cops will give fine with some demerits point? Please help your fellow rider thanks mate
