Ive been experimenting for i while now and i think ive cracked it! I found a material that is used for lining curtains(drapes),its for thermal properties but it has a slight fluffy texture, after a bit of cutting and (crap) sewing ive ended up with a loose fitting "jacket" for the camera and it seems to do the trick. The texture seems to quieten down the wind noise and also it attatches to velcro, if it is too tight a fit the wind noise returns, so the trick is to make it loose fitting, sticky velcro strips help stop it flapping around as well. Ive put a video on the web site "4x track at uk bike park" so you can hear the difference, you can still hear the conversation (and my wheezing!). I will be competing in the Megavalanche DH race in France in early july and i will be using the camera for the race and qualifing ,so we should be able to see if it truly works at faster speeds then. In the mean time i will be perfecting the design and will let you all know it when its finalised and i will share the pattern when im happy with it :)
Keep the info coming. The wind noise is blocking the beautiful sound of my dirt bike on my videos and would love a fix.
I've placed a piece of electrical tape over the microphone hole and it helped a lot. Still quite a bit of noise at higher speeds on my dirtbike, but nothing compared to the original.
Cheers,
I made a little scoop to cover the hole and tried it out today but no luck. I’ve got a race tomorrow and I’ll try your electrical tape trick.
Let me know what you think. I'm thinking of putting another piece on, to reduce it even more. Since I use it mostly for my dirtbike riding, I don't really care if I don't hear the voices well. I'm not a big fan of the solution someone else posted here of a "eye ball" scoop shield.
See topic -Wind Noise- listed further down the list of -Tips and Tricks- topics.
I think that because the mic is so sensitive & the fact that it is built into the unit, there may be some resonating sound coming from the unit itself like a tuning fork. You may notice this when you go to turn the unit off, you can hear scratching noises of your hand on the VHOLDR.
I just dub some music & keep the action going on the video,
I took a bic pen cap, cut in half, then used black silicon to hold it on and shield the mic. It works pretty well and still looks sweet.
^ That's a good idea. I'll have to try that.
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