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[docc]

Good technical advice.

I would trade what I had to do today for wind noise . . .

[audiomick]

4 minutes ago, docc said:

 

I would trade what I had to do today for wind noise . . .

and what did you have to do today?

[docc]

7 minutes ago, audiomick said:

and what did you have to do today?

Let's just say that "wind noise" would have been a welcome improvement.  

That said, I would love to get some riding video/audio using your expert tips. Thanks for sharing those with us! 

[Pressureangle]

I know a number of YouTubers use two separate devices for moto video; obviously the cameras, but they put a sound recorder under the tail section, or wherever the sound is best. Then they honk the horn so they have a point to synchronize, and add the exhaust sound over the video, sometimes with a voiceover if the camera sound is ugly. 

[audiomick]

On 4/19/2025 at 2:45 PM, Pressureangle said:

... two separate devices for moto video; ... the cameras,... a sound recorder...

...honk the horn so they have a point to synchronize,

Sound and Video has always been, and still is, seperately recorded in film production.

I'm pretty sure everyone here would have seen at least a photo of one of these at some point

 

Filmtechniker 15:05, 24. Aug. 2008 (CEST) (Transferred by Heubergen/Originally uploaded by Filmtechniker), Copyrighted free use, via Wikimedia Commons

It's purpose is exactly what "some people" achieve by honking the horn. Hold it in front of the camera (film cameras don't record sound) and bang the top bit together to make a short, sharp, distinct sound.

Obviously a clapper board is not absolutely necessary, assuming you don't need the blackboard on the front to note take number, date, whatever. You can use two bits of wood, clap, bang two hedgehogs together, anything that makes a short and distinct sound and clearly shows the "moment of impact" on camera.

Then, "all you have to do" is line up the sound with the picture in post-production.

 

PS: I would use some variation of the clapper board even when using a camera that records sound. Experience shows that it is much, much easier to find a spot in an audio track if you have pictures to give you visual cues where you are up to in the recording.

For instance: start the audio recorder, count seconds up to starting the camera, get sorted and clap in front of the camera. Find the pictures of the clap, look at the elapsed time, and you know where to look for the sound of the clap in the separate audio recording.

Edited April 22 by audiomick