Tugboater Posted April 15, 2014 Report Share Posted April 15, 2014 A nice digger I took when I was out with Dingbat and a few others at The Beast this winter. https://vimeo.com/m/91918502 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunSurfer Posted April 16, 2014 Report Share Posted April 16, 2014 <iframe src="//player.vimeo.com/video/27327309" webkitallowfullscreen="" mozallowfullscreen="" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" width="500"></iframe> Glad to see you were OK. Not often we see & hear raw action cam video. The roar from the standard mike at almost any speed is usually quite unpleasant. I modified my Contour to have an external mike mono socket (cheap lavalier mike from budget electronics store) which I mount on the back of my helmet with a dead cat wind shield. The video demonstrates the sound I got as a result. To my ears it's not far from what I actually hear as I ride, right down to the scuffed turn of the snowboarder I pass and the snow guns roaring away. Some of the later Contours actually have an external mike socket fitted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tugboater Posted April 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2014 Do you have any pics or a how to link? That seems like an interesting mod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunSurfer Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 (edited) <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/4FlbI3eoMPI" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="420"></iframe> <iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/6r-35GF40Bo" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560"></iframe> This is as good as any of the instructional videos out there. These how to and result videos are from the same guy. To install my external 3.5mm socket I cut & rejoined the wires rather than soldering to the circuit board. Used some bathroom sealant to seal the exit hole at the end to make it more weather proof. The real trick is finding a place for external mike that is out of the direct head on airflow or any other seriously turbulent airflow. The bike vid above comments on YouTube say that he mounted his mike at the back of the bike under the rear seat. Edited April 17, 2014 by SunSurfer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tugboater Posted April 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 Thanks, now I have a new project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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