i can use the gopro audio if it's coming from the tascam recorder (using the mics and preamp on the tascam). the audio has hiss and minor high pitched noise, but the audio quality is decent enough where i can just EQ the 16kHz down a little bit and use it. it's the cleanest i can get using the gopro's audio tracks.

if i want to use cleaner audio, i would use the mp3 file recorded on the Tascam and use my LogicAudio software (or garageband can do the same) and trim the audio where you want to use for the vid clips. there' no timecode so i have to manually sync it using audio references such as turn signal click or engine rpm, or if you want, snap your fingers or clap to aid in your manual syncing. you can move the audio track left/right with your curser in iMovie to time it just right.

for the audio source i just place the tascam in the cupholder area. i chose this location because it is closest to my listening plane inside the cabin. i can also talk normally while driving and my voice is recorded very audibly as if i had a lapel mic. this is where the cupholder mount comes in handy. :tup:

i can pickup plenty of nice exhaust audio and in-cabin audio including music playing off my Z's stereo. the music clarity is to the point it almost sounds like i added it in post-production. :)

btw, im using an older tascam model called D7. it was like $250 or something a yr or so ago.


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I just ordered two new Pilot Super Sports (rear) from my good buddy Hunter at The Tire Rack.

Ew, why would you buy Michelin POS'es?

True, they are junk tires. :icon17: I love abuse -- just ask my second and third ex-wives.

Ok, I think I'm getting it. I'll look into the Tascam, or a Zoom and re-read your experimentation posts :tup:

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Greeeeeeeeeeeetings! Just worked out. No Z time for me but its warm and the oil cooler plate is off and the oil was very happy yesterday at 190+ :)

Kenchan....this is the GTI you were looking for - the droids can run along now :)

hunter? alex x294 is the man! :icon17: hahaha. congrats on your new rears. :tup: dat dont sound right. :rofl2:


yah, there's ones with a built-in speaker which would be very handy to use for finding the track you want to use with your video clips. :tup: if i was to rebuy i would look at something like that.

here's a list of major brand/popular recorders available. :)

Portable Recorders | Sweetwater.com

nice! :tup: yah, i think im going to decide between a GTI or a Mazdaspeed3 from the looks of it right now. will probably have one by late Fall for sure.

i dont want to drive my G in the snow again. :ugh2: she did very well with snow tires but the fact that there are soooooooo many idiots out there driving around in pos all -season tires in snow/ice. just makes me feel like a sitting duck in the middle of the pond with 100 hunters pointing their rifles at me. :ugh2:

mr.gale- if you have an iphone maybe this might work too...

TASCAM iM2 | Sweetwater.com

Im sure you will be pleased with either choice.

Winter can be nerve racking with people ignoring COMMON sense when it comes to getting around. Once you have your new all around ride no worries at all!!

Ken, I've been looking at hatches, too. Few things to remember.

1. Don't test drive a Golf R. It's too expensive and will ruin you on GTI's :roflpuke2:

2. Fiord is coming out with the Focus ST this summer. Interesting option to check out imo

3. I heard a rumor that the MS3 is getting changes for the 2013 model. Don't know what yet.

Super advice. There are so many great machines out there. I had the Abarth before the GTI. What a great car. GTI super fun. Man you could have full fleet of hot hatches and not be happy with just 1!

You're quick! I was going to ask you what you think of the Zoom H1 H1 | ZOOM it looks like it would work nicely on the top of my 7D as well, maybe too low end to do what we are after with the GoPro?

Ooooh... That looks interesting! I do have an iPhone, and it is always with me in the car....

yah, i want to have the hatch as winter beater + local store beater... :p

:icon18: hahaha. yah, great advice, thanks. oh yah, the ST... im not a ford guy at all and i have this partially crazy oldman ford-freak neighbor a coupld doors down so i dont want to get it and have him get all wierd on my driveway... :ugh2:

i am also tuning-in to the changes mazda brings to the 3. i think im going to kick myself getting the ugly MS3 after seeing the more normal-looking next gen car. :icon17: so i dont want to rush buying a hatch yet.

and at the end of the day if someone is willing to give me a super deal on a xB, i might take that.

zoom makes decent budget products and i think it will do fine with the gopro's. zoom uses cheap chrystals where it can't keep a constant time like the tascams, yamaha's, sony's. ive read about people using their recorders and having sync issues for long documentaries, etc. if it's short clips composed of many short takes, the zoom will do just fine.

i use tascam as that's wat ive been using the last 25+ yrs with success.

Good info. I always thought Tascam and Zoom were equal. Apparently not. I'll do more checking on the links you provided before I pull the trigger.

Off topic, but I saw this at a client site yesterday. It was much lower at first but I spazzed when I was trying to get my Droid into camera mode.

Cool, the Blue Angels were just in town last weekend. I didn't get pix, but they were awesome to watch.

tascam is more pro-audio. zoom is for amatures and semi-pro at best.

but these recorders are all pretty cheaply made so it's really in the chip and software they use. :D

cool! :tup:

speaking of beaters and hatches, i saw this quality study... not sure how credible but if you want to be like sailfree and like to see data... :icon17: VW, MINI, FIAT appears to be a hit-or-miss.

Key car quality study ranks software bugs as most common complaint, knocks Ford again | Motoramic - Yahoo! Autos

lol@ smart

Industry avg: 102 problems per 100 cars.

I guess a problem is everything from engine failure to a rip in the floor mat, but this still seems effed up to me.

BTW... Lexus is on top because of how many people purchase them and then die before they have a chance to bring it back to the dealership for a problem. :icon17:

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Nice shot for a cell phone! Cool :tup:

*cricket chirp*

I bet a lot of the complaints for Ford are from girls wondering why their phones won't sync with Sync. :icon17:

Top-quality mid-size sporty car... oh yeah :excited: :happydance:

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That is a big risk when you introduce new technologies that might require a little tech savvy to operate. If someone can't get their phone synced up or can't figure out how to tell Sync to play Call Me Maybe then BAM you get a ding against you for a problem. :icon17:

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The correct way to play Call Me Maybe, by the way, is to say, "Play 'Steve's Primary Playlist'."

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hey there, pint! :tup:

that song make my head spin :ugh2: i have top10 playing in my garage to keep up with the times... like gumballs they taste pretty good at first but then...:icon14:

:roflpuke2: I KNEW it

I think we need an off topic topic of the day. I'm all for some throwback photos or something. Who's in? My Wednesday is dragging ***.

lol I used to have a security guard friend at my last job. One day when I was leaving, I was really exhausted. He asked me, "Did you get that newest strain of Asian Flu?" I said, "wut?" He said, "You know, Dragon Azz"

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this new bigwig of ours was trying to shake the kenchan to change my ways. he tried and tried and tried pounding harsh verbage and fists on the table and i told him NO and :gtfo2:

he realized how scary and stubbon the kenchan can be. there is no way in hell some j-arse born and raised there can push a j-arse that might've been born there, might look like one of them, but grew up here to move out of the way. i dont give a shitt who the f- he is. his way of thinking is too weak and wrong.