Help with GoPro Hero 3 Black Microphone with Helmet

[EdDarack]

Thank you very much in advance to anyone who can provide help. A friend is a UH-60 pilot, deployed in support of OEF. He has a GoPro Hero 3 Black, and asked me a question about microphone placement / sensitivity. He is very busy, so I'm doing some research for him. I know very little of the GoPro, but was hoping someone on this forum may have used that specific model (Hero 3 Black) mounted to a helmet. Here is the question he sent to me:

what is the best way to incorporate audio into my gopro vids.

I am concerned about the mic sensitivity of lapel mics as they are designed to be placed

approx. 10-12 inches from the sound source. Keep in mind, my mic will be less than an

inch from the sound source which is the earcup speaker inside my helmet - I plan to put the

mic inside my earcup resting at the bottom of the earcup after I have donned the helmet. Is

there a way to "dial" down the sensitivity of a mic so close to a source? Hero 3 Black (not the newest Hero 3+)

Again, thanks to anyone who has information on this!

Ed

[DESmole]

Tell him to forget the Mic idea. Go to mypilotstore.com they sell splitters that hook your gopro into your ICS and records all radio transmissions. That's what I use in 60's and it works great.

 

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