what up guys so in today's video we're gonna do a video comparison of three different microphones
that you can use while moto vlogging. the first one is gonna be just a cheap generic no name brand
eight dollar amazon special. second one is going to be the very popular purple panda
microphone that's what i'm using right now. a lot of model vloggers including chase on two wheels
that have recommended this in the past and we'll see how it does my first time using it today.
and then i'll be comparing to a audio technica atr 3350 now i gotta say i've already tested the cheap
one and i've already tested the audio technica so this is my first time testing the purple panda.
let's start with the cheap one. the cheap one at slow speeds was just fine.
here's a sample of the cheap eight dollar no name brand amazon special microphone at city speeds.
what up guys adrian from youmotorcycle and today's video we're gonna be talking about
dyno tuning versus auto tuning your motorcycle and which one is better. so as you can tell,
decent, you know, no immediate complaints for me, i'm not an audiophile not a super techy person but
to me that's that's fine. the problem is when you take the cheap one on the highway this is what
ends up happening: mustang and i'm probably forgetting a couple other ones, oh sergeant
something just hit me in the leg that is terrifying because i have my camera
equipment and my cell phone. okay i don't know what it was but my camera's still here...
okay let's compare that to the audio technica. audio technica at slow speeds sounds like this:
okay so now we're on the audio technica microphone we're leaving the observatory and this microphone
theoretically it's the better microphone. again sounds okay but there's something there's
something missing there and i didn't figure it out what it was until i heard it on the highway:
all right now we're doing a hundred let's see if i can get up to 120. this van's going too
slow i don't have the space. the audio technica is very good at blocking out background noises,
wind noise, other trucks whatever you got on the road with you, however it also blocks out the
exhaust sound of your motorcycle, so when you rev it up, you don't really capture that in the audio
technica. what i'm hoping for is the purple panda will be somewhere in between so let's let's review
purple panda at low speeds. well right now we're doing about city speeds we're only
doing about 50 kilometers an hour maybe like 30 something miles per hour and let me know in the
comments how the purple panda sounds. is there any popping, any hissing, any excessive wind noise?
i should also mention i'm on a 650cc single so that's the motorcycle i'm on and the test helmet
is a arai profile. so this is not some cheap plastic shell hjc with minimum insulation this
is a like full on fiberglass hand made in japan shell good quality helmet, so any noise i believe
should be more associated with the mic than with a poor quality helmet. and lastly let's talk
about this purple panda at highway speed, so i'll throw back the audio from a little bit earlier:
so right around this speed is when the cheap helmet started crackling out like crazy
i have no idea how the purple panda is going to do
it's my first time taking it on the highway with it actually recording.
had a little problem last time. so yeah what do you guys think? what do you guys - what an idiot
i messed up my corner there. what do you guys think? what do you guys like or dislike or prefer?
now i'll give you my take on all three. i'll start with the amazon one:
bang for your buck if you're only going to be doing city speeds or you want something
for off-road riding where you're not going to be going very fast,
a cheap no-name $10 lavalier is probably going to be good enough for you to be
totally honest. but the minute you start going on highway speeds i have lost at least a good
hour of footage that i won't use because the audio is so bad that i don't want to i don't
want to burden you guys with that bad audio. i feel like i'd be doing you a disservice.
and ultimately i make these videos to try and help motorcyclists out i don't really
make them for myself so i want the audio to be good enough that you guys don't hate me
next up the audio technica. honestly for some people this might be your
go-to mic. it's great at blocking out background noise. it's great at
you know you don't have to worry about a lot of wind if a loud truck passes by,
the sound of your exhaust, maybe you don't like a motorcycle sound for whatever reason. that's
going to be great you're going to appreciate that, you're going to enjoy that silence.
the audio technica for that reason for me was out. another reason you guys might want to be
you know i don't want to say avoid the audio technica but just something to consider,
the audio technica uses its own battery and it has its own on and off switch.
so i have possibly made the mistake in the past of not turning it to on
and everything you just recorded has no audio. i have also made the mistake of leaving it on and
then when i was recording the next day guess what? the battery died because the battery had been on
since the night before and who knows how many hours before that. so i'm not knocking it,
it's different so it's something to consider. and as for the purple panda well maybe i'll just flip
over to myself in the garage and give you my final thoughts after reviewing this footage. all right
so after watching that man the grass is always greener because i'm watching it and i'm thinking
i like the purple panda but i wish it was a little bit less noisy but the audio technica is
definitely quieter but it's almost too quiet, i'm missing the exhaust pipe, i'm missing the
wind i'm missing that really immersive experience of what motorcycle riding is realistically like,
so maybe the purple panda is a little bit more true? or maybe we like the quieter more
quality sound of the audio technica? let me know in the comments what should i use because i'm sort
of stumped on this. right now i'm leaning towards the purple panda and the reason for that is what i
already mentioned there's no on off switch i can goof up, there's no battery that can goof up on
me, the second reason is it comes with adapters so i can use it not only with the dslr my gopro,
i can use it with older generation gopros i can also use it with my
cell phones, so if i need to vlog on the go i like that i have that option.
those are things that the audio technica does not come with but the purple panda does. so
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