External mic recommendations

Kinja'd!!! "Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow" (chriskf)
09/29/2015 at 22:05 • Filed to: None

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I need your audio recording help, Oppo!

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Track day this weekend, and I’d like to start capturing better audio with my Hero3 Black edition. What should I buy, and where should I mount it?


DISCUSSION (5)


Kinja'd!!! scoob > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow
09/29/2015 at 22:08

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I don’t know what to buy, but I’m pretty sure near the exhaust is a good place for audio.


Kinja'd!!! Santiago of Escuderia Boricua > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow
09/29/2015 at 22:17

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FR-S gets decent audio from inside the cabin thanks to all the resonators


Kinja'd!!! Justin Hughes > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow
09/29/2015 at 23:06

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Here’s what I got . And here’s how it works:

GoPro is mounted to the tow hook in the front bumper with a handlebar mount. I taped the mic to the front bumper support behind the bumper itself. It’s protected from wind noise, close enough to the engine to get vroom-vroom sounds, but not so close that it gets overloaded. (It’s still a little bit too loud but not bad.) It also picks up sound from the tires, too.

This particular mic costs only a couple of dollars more than the $20 adapter you need to plug most mics into a Go-Pro, which is the main reason I went for it. I need to keep experimenting, but I’m getting better. Cabin audio inside my helmet, and audio from inside the spare tire well in the trunk, was too loud and caused clipping.


Kinja'd!!! Anon > Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow
09/29/2015 at 23:56

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http://www.amazon.com/Zoom-Handy-Por…

The zoom h1 is only $100 and does a great job for me!


Kinja'd!!! Chris_K_F drives an FR-Slow > Justin Hughes
09/30/2015 at 09:07

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Nice! This is probably the way I’m gonna go for now.