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Tourist
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
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Audio issues for external cam set up
First time poster...so here goes.
I'm running a SONY DCR-TRV-340. The 'external' or 'helmet' cam is by www.jonescam.tv The 480EX Pro. It's about 3-times the size of a lipstick case. The 'mic' they sent was a lapel type mic. Using the a/v in-out mini-plug from the Sony, I plug the yellow composite RCA and use the Red for audio(per Jones). Both require battery power, which is supplied. Switch the camera to VCR and voi-la! You've got vid and....ugh! some very distorted sound. I'm recording moving automobile on race-track. The sound of wind noise, motor, and most notably the exhaust, just pounds the lapel mic into submission. Without getting into cumbersome mixers, I'm wondering if it's a line level problem in the mic vs. Sony issue. I've brought mixers into the equation with directional and condensor mics to no avail. I can limit the distortion by operating the mic channel to just at 1, and the mixer output to barely one as well, but what's the point? A mixer that is almost turned off...? Furthermore, I really can't have a mixer sized piece of gear in the car. The tracks I race on won't allow it. It's got to be small and secure to the car. Just trying achieve some semblence of decent audio. There's GOT to be an easier (and cheaper) way. This is pretty much the same idea/set-up that NASCAR, Formula One, and a host of other 'Race' types use that I watch on SpeedTV, but without distortion. Any and all input/ideas are welcome. Mark in sunny Florida |
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Warden
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Clearwater, FL
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Where is the lapel mic mounted?
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Tourist
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
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I've tried numerous locations. Always inside the car, but in the
back, behind the seat, on the floorboard. The distortion is not so much as if you had the volume too loud to cause it, but rather that serious 'break-up' distortion. |
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Regular Crew
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Palmerston North New Zealand
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If the problem is overloading of the mic, I wonder if a dynamic mic might fair better with loud noises(such as a V8 doing 6500rpm :) ).
You might have to insulate from the car body using soft foam so its not in 'direct' contact with the car body and locate it away from any air flow sources. |
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Wrangler
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Vallejo, California
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Having driven a race car a few times, the problem is, well, you are in a race car. No way around that.
A lavaliere microphone unless it is a dynamic unit, just cannot cope with the noise and vibration. If you could borrow something like a Shure SM58 or similar dynamic microphone, get a fuzzy windscreen around it and mount it in a shock mount, you might get some acceptable sound. The double shock mount (the microphone capsule is internally shock mounted will probably take care of the vibration issue. The only problem with the microphone might be if you stop suddenly, it may continue on and they are fairly heavy. Which might point you towards a dynamic lavaliere like a Shure Model 11.
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