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strych9 · 09-18-2013, 04:16 PM

I recently purchased a GoPro Hero3 Black Edition, mainly for recording my auto sports. It came with a full acrylic case as well as a "skeleton" case, to allow more sound to get to the internal microphones.

I shot some video and the sound was dismal. It was muffled and had bad windnoise. No-go.

I bought an Olympus ME-51S stereo mic, and the short adapter cable for the GoPro. I also had to buy the "super skeleton" acrylic case that allowed for the cable connection.

I wasn't fond of using the 3' extension for the mic, and there was no good way to secure the mic without it. I wanted to be able to have everything secured to the camera, plug 'n' play.

I modified the straight cable into a loop, used a Dremel to notch the connectors, then epoxied the connectors together to form a solid, single piece for my mic attachment. It worked great, and when I added some homemade wind screens to the mics, most windnoise is gone. Success!

Ignore the crude windscreens. This was a prototype, and will be replaced with real windscreens.

Here is the video I shot with my modded mic setup. Listen to the video through a high-quality headphones, or a good sound system. It sounds like you are standing behind the car, in stereo! The camera is suction-cup mounted to my Camaro on the bumper.

Enjoy.

CamaroSkooter · 09-18-2013, 04:20 PM

I've been trying to find a solid solution for the wind noise problem

redirish · 09-18-2013, 04:52 PM

Music to my ears! Be cool if you did a drive by as well!

strych9 · 09-18-2013, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by redirish

Music to my ears! Be cool if you did a drive by as well!

Thanks! I do plan to put together a full compilation video that will have all the proper elements soon!

strych9 · 09-18-2013, 07:13 PM

Mic pics added.

Sent from my DROID RAZR HD using Tapatalk 2

Jims73z · 09-18-2013, 07:30 PM

Wow.

jmontalvo · 09-20-2013, 11:44 AM

I'm subscribing for future reference. Btw, your car sounds awesome!

strych9 · 09-20-2013, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by jmontalvo

I'm subscribing for future reference. Btw, your car sounds awesome!

Thanks! I will edit my post to show the part numbers for all of the pieces I used for the setup.

jksynergy · 09-20-2013, 12:16 PM

WOW!! So much better than the regular mic on the Go Pro. You hit the magic spot there for perfect sound. Nice job and nice little run.

dixonk · 09-20-2013, 01:11 PM

I never thought of trying that. I have all the parts you have but I was running a cable into the trunk. I figured keeping the mic outside would be very noisy. Doesn't appear to be the case.

dixonk · 09-20-2013, 01:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by strych9

I recently purchased a GoPro Hero3 Black Edition, mainly for recording my auto sports. It came with a full acrylic case as well as a "skeleton" case, to allow more sound to get to the internal microphones.

I shot some video and the sound was dismal. It was muffled and had bad windnoise. No-go.

I bought an Olympus ME-51S stereo mic, and the short adapter cable for the GoPro. I also had to buy the "super skeleton" acrylic case that allowed for the cable connection.

I wasn't fond of using the 3' extension for the mic, and there was no good way to secure the mic without it. I wanted to be able to have everything secured to the camera, plug 'n' play.

I modified the straight cable into a loop, used a Dremel to notch the connectors, then epoxied the connectors together to form a solid, single piece for my mic attachment. It worked great, and when I added some homemade wind screens to the mics, most windnoise is gone. Success!

Ignore the crude windscreens. This was a prototype, and will be replaced with real windscreens.

Here is the video I shot with my modded mic setup. Listen to the video through a high-quality headphones, or a good sound system. It sounds like you are standing behind the car, in stereo! The camera is suction-cup mounted to my Camaro on the bumper.

Enjoy.

Have you tried it facing forward for wind noise?

strych9 · 09-20-2013, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by dixonk

Have you tried it facing forward for wind noise?

I plan to play with it a little more this weekend. I'll share my results from mounting the camera in different places on the car and gauge direct wind contact.

ROD_SS · 09-20-2013, 01:19 PM

subscribed

dixonk · 09-20-2013, 01:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by strych9

I plan to play with it a little more this weekend. I'll share my results from mounting the camera in different places on the car and gauge direct wind contact.

I would love to be able to roof mount it without having to tape a cable on my roof going into the trunk.

Where are you getting the mic screens?

09-18-2013, 04:16 PM	#1
strych9 I'll be back... Drives: Subaru, HD Road Glide Special Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Omaha, NE Posts: 3,036 View My Garage	GoPro Mic Hack - Hear the Full-Throttle Difference! I recently purchased a GoPro Hero3 Black Edition, mainly for recording my auto sports. It came with a full acrylic case as well as a "skeleton" case, to allow more sound to get to the internal microphones. I shot some video and the sound was dismal. It was muffled and had bad windnoise. No-go. I bought an Olympus ME-51S stereo mic, and the short adapter cable for the GoPro. I also had to buy the "super skeleton" acrylic case that allowed for the cable connection. I wasn't fond of using the 3' extension for the mic, and there was no good way to secure the mic without it. I wanted to be able to have everything secured to the camera, plug 'n' play. I modified the straight cable into a loop, used a Dremel to notch the connectors, then epoxied the connectors together to form a solid, single piece for my mic attachment. It worked great, and when I added some homemade wind screens to the mics, most windnoise is gone. Success! Ignore the crude windscreens. This was a prototype, and will be replaced with real windscreens. Here is the video I shot with my modded mic setup. Listen to the video through a high-quality headphones, or a good sound system. It sounds like you are standing behind the car, in stereo! The camera is suction-cup mounted to my Camaro on the bumper. Enjoy. __________________ Bye bye, Bumblebee! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Build Journal My Garage GoPro Mic Hack Last edited by strych9; 09-18-2013 at 07:12 PM.

09-18-2013, 04:20 PM	#2
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09-18-2013, 07:13 PM	#5
strych9 I'll be back... Drives: Subaru, HD Road Glide Special Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Omaha, NE Posts: 3,036 View My Garage	Mic pics added. Sent from my DROID RAZR HD using Tapatalk 2 __________________ Bye bye, Bumblebee! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Build Journal My Garage GoPro Mic Hack

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09-20-2013, 01:11 PM	#10
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