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Helmet/Mask Voice Amp for any Costume (Star Wars Mandalorian Black Series Boba Fett Prototype mods)

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Custom voice microphone and sound amp for costume helmets/masks that do not come with Voice amplifiers already integrated.
I am modifying a Star Wars Mandalorian helmet - specifically the Black Series Boba Fett prototype armor helmet.
My Mic/Amp Purchase List:
1. amp
- 3W slimline solder version: amzn.to/3kVMhhr
- alt = 10W no-solder (screw & 3.5mm audio input) version: amzn.to/3l5GW79
2. mic with preamp (pre-amp):
- amzn.to/3mFNFFk
3. speakers
- 4Watt transducer/exciter: amzn.to/3YEatT7
- 2Watt simple plastic speaker: amzn.to/3YDbqv5
4. Resistor
- 4.7M Ohm resistor (since I didn't have one I got viable results from a 1M Ohm - but NOT as good as I did later with a 4.7M ohm resistor) - Bulk resistor pack that goes up to 4.7M Ohm: amzn.to/3ohRTUw
5. 1600 mAh 3.7v Lithium Polymer (LiPo) Battery
- amzn.to/3ZED7os
6. Lithium Polymer (LiPo) Battery Charger
- amzn.to/3YwCJXD
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@tdubb1249 11 месяцев назад

Was hoping to see you speak with it on. Awesome build!

@creative-stuff 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for the support. FYI - In my Din Djarin Mandalorian helmet amp install and repaint video, I do demo that helmet while wearing it. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yPGlVtBoNYg.htmlsi=va9YdTddQvxqHVDk Here is an associated video you may also find helpful: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PSVfieyVC2Q.htmlsi=bgBRU9v-Lzv4RPRs

@emilflognoid1532 Год назад

You got better microphone on your helmet, then you do on your camera!… Just teasing… Good job!

@creative-stuff Год назад

The irony of my video mic is that I've actually bought a lavalier mic that hooks to my phone (which I use as my camera). It works really well -- but I always forget to use it... Perhaps I should keep it visible so I don't overlook it in the future. Cheers.

@gomcse Год назад

This is fantastic! great video!

@creative-stuff Год назад

Thank you! Cheers!

@t.n.8122 Год назад

I want to do a Adrian Shepard Cosplay and your video helped me a lot thx 👌🔥

@creative-stuff 11 месяцев назад

Good to hear. Note that I do recommend using the 4.7 million ohm resistor instead of the 1 million ohm I used in the video- it cuts down even more on possible squealing when turning it up. Enjoy!

@ScarToon-Network Год назад

1:04 .... the amount of anger I just felt when I saw you are using a Maxx4466 mic and a gf1002 (pam8403) amp... you are literally doing exactly what I failed at last year... I am intrigued and must figure out how it's working for you

@ScarToon-Network Год назад

A resistor.... are you kidding me. I failed because I was missing a resistor. I went through all the trouble I'm currently going through trying to basically make a mic preamp from scratch because of a resistor.... I am so not happy with myself right now. I will definitely use this strategy and see where it takes me

@ScarToon-Network Год назад

4:42 wish I would have found that thing you read lol I'm on a heck of a ride watching this right now

@creative-stuff Год назад

Yea - crazy right! Why doesn't it work out of the box? Because the world is crazy and Murphy's Law is king....whatever can go wrong - will...or in this case - It's because all the manufactures just so happen to leave out one tiny bit - to drive you mad. This was needed on both amp boards I used. Way too many hours spent troubleshooting this and I discovered the solution on the final day when I was ready to give up and return everything.

@JuanEnriqueBernalLeal Год назад

I have a 2008 clone trooper helmet and all the electronics broke down, I might do this

@creative-stuff Год назад

Now that you mention it... I think I have a clone trooper helmet in the attic. I don't remember what kind of electronics it had. Based off your comment, I'm assuming it doesn't have a mic/amp/speaker combo eh? Hmm, I should pull it from my attic.

@ajimemes_ Год назад

Hello, just giving you a poke as requested to see how loud the helmet actually is. As long as it's loud enough that if you were at a busy convention center and someone 4 to 3 feet away from you could hear you fine, it'll work great for me. Also, how long does the battery last?

@creative-stuff Год назад

So I did a decibel check on it and it was at 66DB at arms length. So your results will be very depending on how close your speaker or speakers are to your microphone. So this was with my volume knob, turned down to avoid interference from those two speakers I use which were only maybe 4-5 inches away from the mic. So, If you get more distance from those speakers with your mic, then you can pull more decibels out of it. In comparison, according to decibel ratings, it’s roughly the decibel level of a normal conversation or a business office.

@creative-stuff Год назад

FYI I’m now opting to use a gutted personal amp for expediency reasons, and the inner circuitboard is not much larger than this set up and has a bunch more capabilities. I’d recommend checking out that video that I made on that. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-N8pYezaKldo.html

@draco5991rep Год назад

Much appreciated

@joeduenez2070 Год назад

Hello, this looks good. I know nothing of electronics but look forward to building one for my helmet. Is there a specific speaker wire gauge needed? Thanks

@creative-stuff Год назад

I basically tried to find gauge wire that was the same as what the speakers came with, but the lines on the speakers are short enough that I can’t see a label - thus I outsource this question to chat GPT and it has a more precise answer; here’s ChatGPT’s response: For a 3 W amplifier with a distance of only 6 inches to the speaker, you could use a very thin wire, such as 24 or 22 AWG, which would be sufficient for carrying the low power output over such a short distance. However, it's always a good idea to use a slightly thicker wire gauge to provide some margin of safety and to ensure that the wire can handle the power output without getting too hot. A 20 or 18 AWG wire would be a good choice for this setup, as they are still quite thin and flexible but can handle higher power levels and have lower resistance than thinner wires. The 18 AWG wire is thicker than the 20 AWG wire, so it will have slightly less resistance and provide better performance, but either one should work fine for a 3 W amplifier over a short distance of 6 inches.

@creative-stuff Год назад

FYI I’m now opting to use a gutted personal amp for expediency reasons, and the inner circuitboard is not much larger than this set up and has a bunch more capabilities like micro SD card integration, and second audio input option . It also includes its own speaker & microphone so much less work and more cost-effective solution with higher amplitude as well . I’d recommend checking out that video that I made on that. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-N8pYezaKldo.html

@maskassgaming5385 Год назад

nice helmet

@ajimemes_ Год назад

How loud is it over your normal speaking voice? And is there any feedback with the speakers in the front being so close to the mic?

@creative-stuff Год назад

1A: What I CAN say is that my wife says the sound is good and sound sufficient a few feet away from me. 1B: Not sure on the specific DB increase - which would better answer your question --> I'm now curious too. When I get back in town I'll test it with an external mic. NOTE: If you don't see an update to this reply by February - poke me again, cuz I don't get back until the end of the month and may forget. 🤔 2. Yes there can be feedback depending on your volume and mic placement. You can hear some in the video as I move the mic around. By the time I finalized my install - it all worked out fine - I just have a volume limit that I can go ~50% up or so before the feedback begins, then taper it down until it stops and leave it there. I'm happy with this build and think most folks would be. We'll know more specifics on the DB later. Cheers.

@ajimemes_ Год назад

@@creative-stuff thanks for the reply, I look forward to the results of your test. As long as it can make me be able to be heard just fine at conventions and stuff where there's a lot of people around me talking, without me having to yell, it'll be good

@cirespeedreviews Год назад

Would you ever sell this already soldered and ready to go? I don't know how to solder electronics

@rookscastle3951 4 месяца назад

Is there any way to add a little voice modulation to this? To make the voice deeper, more Boba-like? :)

@creative-stuff 4 месяца назад

I’d use an i9 or k9 voice changer. Here’s an i9 Mando video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JAcubO4GCyk.htmlsi=kUsAS5bcSg6l82Zx But if you want BOTH lower voice and Reverb and don’t mind the larger size - get the K9, it’s the only one modifying voice pitch and doing reverb at same time: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fq0E49NYM2s.htmlsi=YL8DVfkLGtoMZoc4

@brakisshuron 3 месяца назад

Could I use a simple USB battery pack? I already have one for my fans but I was thinking i could use second port for this

@creative-stuff 2 месяца назад

Possibly. I can’t remember the voltage window for this amplifier. Normally they’re not fixed to one specific voltage normally there is a voltage range - so you might be able to. I would just check on the specs of the amplifier to verify.

@brayancollado573 Год назад

Since the mic has a integrated amp did you try it by itself?

@creative-stuff Год назад

It has - correction - it CLAIMS to have a built-in "pre-amp" - and yes I did try it by itself - assuming I'd at least get something out of it but if I don't recall hearing even a peep. Seemed odd, and I thus wasn't sure if it would even work with the amp - but ta-da - magic. I don't understand why not. It's the similar mic type to what adafruit uses, but theirs has more soldering points. Next time I'm going to try the one they use. Cheers.

@Darksider42 Год назад

Great job 😊

@creative-stuff Год назад

Obrigado, Brasileiro! Interesting fact: Eu estou no Brasil para os feriados. Cheers!.... ahh or Saude!

@nmiller6 Год назад

Hey, so I'm trying to build one of these, and I noticed that the out peg stops the gnd and vcc pegs from coming through the amplifier board. Did you just bend that one or did it get moved in someway? This is my first project with this sort of thing so any help would be appreciated

@creative-stuff Год назад

So I used Male/Male Pin Header Connectors - 2 pins wide and soldered the 2 bottom pins into the bottom of the amp board (+ & - ) and the 2 top pins into mic (VCC & GND). The 2 bottom pins don't stick out very far of the top of the amp board - just a little shorter, but they do connect the mic and amp to each other (GND to - , & VCC to +). Then I soldered the power input cables directly to the top of the amp board + & - , which obscures the pins that were protruding, but does provide the power to both the amp and mic. NOTE: This was my way to test it out - I ended up spacing the devices out so the mic was in front of my mouth but the volume toggle was over near my ear. This reminds me - I never shot a video of my final install, so I might do that and share so you can see how I finalized my build.

@nmiller6 Год назад

@@creative-stuff That would be great! Thanks for all the help.

@aj.blosser Год назад

Where did you get the awesome 3d print file for the helmet interior?

@creative-stuff Год назад

Ha - all the credit goes to Hasbro/Disney - from whom I bought the helmet premade with the aforementioned interior. It is pretty nice.

@konior21 Год назад

It looks like the exciter (4 ohm) and speaker (8 ohm) are wired in parallel? No issues running a 2.6 ohm load on that tiny amp?

@creative-stuff Год назад

I didn’t seem to have any load issues, and it may have been because I was at a lower volume level. My main challenge with this was that my mic was pretty close to my speakers so as I would get a lot of feedback if I turn the volume up more than like a fifth of what it could do - so I had to keep the volume level low, although I still managed to pull a week 66 decibels out of it. Now I did also do this with a a 10 watt amp, which was the other one that I showed briefly in the video although I had similar challenge of getting too much squealing, interference when I raised the volume with the speakers that close. I did not measure the decibels coming off of that amp, however. They were off the cuff at the time it seemed comparable, so I didn’t worry about its greater capacity. I just worried about the smaller profile inside the mask. If I recall correctly, the link to those 10 W amps are also in the description. The plus side about those 10 W amps is that they don’t require soldering. Everything was screw in and the audio input was a 3.5 mm jack. Although I do think it had a downside where it required 12 V to run so it would require an a voltage booster to work with that 3.7 V Lipo battery.

@maxamis 6 дней назад

I am trying this exact setup and can get audio to play but its very quite. Any tips?

@creative-stuff 5 дней назад

Hmm. If it’s quiet it implies that the preamp is working, because if it wasn’t you shouldn’t hear anything coming out. Perhaps your amp isn’t working correctly? But if you’re able to go from no sound to a faint sound via the the amp volume knob … then maybe your preamp is either not working or turned down too low. On the back of the preamp there is a small screw that does volume control but I believe it’s opposite direction of what you’d expect - I believe it is counter clockwise to get louder. Try that. Find a good balance- default assumption is that it’s best to max it out however I know some folks prefer to have it as low as possible- insisting that the louder preamp signal results in feedback issues. So try out all the options for what’s right for you. Ensure everything has a solid solder connection. So if you cannot get things working or have too much feedback- You can also try out a prebuilt mic preamp combo that is a No hassle prebuilt with better sound and far less feedback - it has a 3.5mm output connector so you’ll either have to chop it off or put a 3.5mm input connector on the amp board. This is actually my new go to mic/preamp combo: amzn.to/4dBb28A - they sell it new for $12 or used like new for $3.99.

@maxamis 5 дней назад

@@creative-stuff Thanks for that, I wasnt aware of the pre-amp having a screw that could control it. Ill see if that changes the results!

@rc6115 Год назад

Would you sell one of those? I need it for my Din Djarin costume

@creative-stuff Год назад

Possibly . If I do you’d be paying mostly for my time. I’m out of town til almost the end of the month. I can build another one then. Hit me up again if I don’t follow up by early Feb.

@icaro7th Год назад

nice stuff@@creative-stuff care to sell me one of these too?

@creative-stuff Год назад

@Thefailcycle Год назад

@@creative-stuff would you also be interested in selling one of these? I need it for my jango fett helmet

@Dioblox1 Год назад

Would this also work in an EVA foam helmet?

@GothGF-ArcaneBunny Год назад

i mean the speaker uses the helmet as the vibrating surface so as long as it has enough surface area it should work, probably sounds a bit different tho

@creative-stuff Год назад

For sure. Although I'd recommend using only speakers rather than using an exciter, since I am unsure if the exciter would get good speaker-like vibrations from the foam.