For me gain 0 sounded the best since it nicely captured the ambient sound of your bike while keeping your voice still very clear. By the way, how did you mount you mic 2 inside your helmet?
Damn, with the gain set to -5 that sounds really really good. Love how the Mic 2 doesn’t require a receiver to be used with the action 4. Think I may go with this same setup for my POV driving videos…
A reviewer out of the UK put magnetic tape inside the front of his helmet and could put the Mic 2 on that to "attach" it. Don't know if it would work for you but it a relatively cheap solution... if it works.
Thanks for sharing. First test wasn't so good, second test sounded much better. Did you record internally to the mic and synced in post, or via bluetooth to the action 4?
I think it's a perfect sound 👍 But if I drive a long trip and take many short shots, the time between shots is long, do I have to reconnect the mic and the camera every time? That would be a pain in the butt. Am I right? Thanks for the video!
In my short time using it that has not been the case. Each time I start filming the camera and mic sink up very quickly without me doing anything. Pouring rain again so I'm stuck in the house on my day off.
After reading your comment I did a quick test. After bluetooth connection with A4 and Mic2 I started recording and stopped 30 seconds later. After 25 minutes I started recording again and no problems. Then I shut the camera completely off and after 15 minutes the mic shut off. You are correct. For long rides with a lot of gaps between recordings I would probably go with the DJI 3.5mm mic adapter and a lav mic. I've had great success with that setup and the wireless mic isn't always the best option.
Camera at 4K, 60FPS, Wide, Rock Steady, Normal color, 100-400 ISO, -0.3EV, 5600K, Mic 2 low pass filter off, Gain at -7. This is a link to my setup for mounting the mic inside my helmet ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jaTBN4Qr3tA.html Lately I use my second mounting option with the mic on the side of the chin bar instead of directly in front. Less Darth Vader breathing sounds when at the track.
Never tested that but it lasts far longer than 3 fully charged camera batteries for my Action 4. The night before I go to the track or just out for a dual sport ride I charge everything up. The mic and the wrist remote are not even a concern because I know I will use my camera batteries up long before them. I know I have gone through 6 fully charged camera batteries and the mic still had plenty of charge left. If you were to use the mic's 32 bit float feature then that could change but I don't know that.
Can you tell me your settings? How many frames are 24/25?shutter speed and other parameters are very interesting... Is noise reduction in the microphone/camera settings?
Camera video settings: wide, Rock Steady, 4K, 60fps, -0.7ev, iso 100-400, exsposer set to auto Mic settings: low pass filter off, gain at -5, no noise reduction only a dead cat.
Hi, I would like to use the DJI Mic 2 for motovlogging, but I have a question. Do I just pair the transmitter (mic) with my Insta360 X4, and that's it, or do I also need to connect the DJI receiver to the X4? I read that you get worse audio quality without the receiver. Also, with the transmitter inside the helmet, would it be better to connect a lavalier mic to it? Thanks
I don't have the Insta 360 so I don't know if the mic2 will pair up without the receiver. I use the mic2 inside my helmet without a lav mic and as you herd the audio was really good on my second test. I also don't use a receiver. Try the Insta 360 site and see if someone there can answer your question. By now you might even be able to find a youtube video about that.
@@MainJet158 Yeah, the DJI Mic 2 can be paired with the Insta360 X4, that's no problem. The thing is, as far as I know, it's better to use the receiver for higher-quality audio. Additionally, having a lavalier mic inside the helmet would greatly improve the audio. Anyway as you said your audio was pretty good without the receiver or lavalier, I agree. Thanks for finding that video :) Cheers!
Thank you for doing this, I have the exact same setup but haven't tested it yet due to snow here in Norway. I'm very happy with the results with the dead cat and lowered gain. FINALLY can we do a motovlog without the annoying cord and receiver.
Thank you for this test... I just order the action 4 and the Mic2 .... I use now the action 3 for few time ....but with this Mic2 thas great just Transmitter in the fullface no receiver on the cam.... that better setup. You r area are wowww very beautiful place 👍👍👍👍
incredible quality of sound and such a best wind reduction when use with a deadcat on it Greattttt. you are the first channel that review with action 4 cool mic 2 wow wow
Great video keep up the good work I have the Original Dji Mic but I might have to pick this one up just for the bluetooth feature alone for the connectivity to the Action 4...
Thank you and the Action 4 with the Mic 2 have worked great and today I went to the MX track and also used the wrist remote. Everything works great together. I did notice that if I leave the wrist remote on when I try to link the camera to my phone to review a video, they won't sink together until I turn the wrist remote off. Once I figured that out, no issues
@@MainJet158 U welcome and cool & the phone connection always seems like it’s thinking to much when u try to connect your phone to your camera but maybe a update will fix it I think their was a update that just came out to if u haven’t updated your camera to the latest firmware maybe that will fix the gps remote problem…
I'm using 24bit audio with noise cancellation off and the gain set at -5db. Since 95% of my riding is motocross or off road I would never put the mic under the seat do to the possibility of dirt, mud, or water getting into it. My goal has always been to limit engine noise because motocross bikes are loud and cause a lot of distortion. Finding a setup that gives me clear audio when I speak, reduce or eliminate wind noise, and eliminate the distortion from engine noise has been my challenge. I think I may have finally found the setup I'm looking for. A good motocross test will be next.
It's the new wireless DJI Mic 2. I have it set to 24 bit audio with a dead cat and the db at -5. The noise cancellation is off. There are no audio adjustments in post.
If the mic power is on and the camera power is completely off and I hit the camera record button there is a 15 to 30 second delay before the mic and camera sync up. During that delay the camera mic is active and then it will switch to the wireless mic. There will be a difference in the sound volume on the video when the camera starts on one mic and then switches to the other. I have my camera set to not power down for 30 minutes so if I hit the record button within that 30 minute period there isn't a delay.
I think you are asking if the camera battery life is shorter when using the bluetooth mic connection. I have not noticed a reduction in battery life but I have not done any long rides. I tend to change batteries when the current battery drops below half just to make sure I don't miss anything.
