What did you do with your Z today IV

kenchan · 06-20-2012, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by GaleForce

So if you record from the Tascam and the GoPro, do you just use the GoPro audio to sync the Tascam audio? Also can you run the Tascam in the cabin and an external mic placed near the exhaust?

I can take video and pictures no problem, the whole audio recording and syncing thing has me

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.

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.

GaleForce · 06-20-2012, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

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.

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.

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

DLSTR · 06-20-2012, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by happytheman

Hey there Fire, Pint, Onzedge, Alcheng, Alchemy, GurneyEagle , Galeforce, JARblue, LunaZ, Kenchan, DLSTR, Spohn and M4A1Mustang...

All you folks keep this thread fresh and fun! Thanks for that!

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

kenchan · 06-20-2012, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by DLSTR

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

nice!

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.

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.

DLSTR · 06-20-2012, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

nice!

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.

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.

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!!

shadoquad · 06-20-2012, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by kenchan

nice!

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.

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.

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

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.

DLSTR · 06-20-2012, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by shadoquad

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

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!

m4a1mustang · 06-20-2012, 10:16 AM

Out of rep for today. I owe a few of you guys (and gal) my oozing blistery rep.

Pintsize725 · 06-20-2012, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

Out of rep for today. I owe a few of you guys (and gal) my oozing blistery rep.

Can't be worse than Shado's.

m4a1mustang · 06-20-2012, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Pintsize725

Can't be worse than Shado's.

onzedge · 06-20-2012, 10:22 AM

Here's a quote for the day:

"Love is grand, but divorce is a hundred grand"

shadoquad · 06-20-2012, 10:38 AM

A quote for you, Mr. Onzedge

"I once went to Las Vegas in a $30,000 Lincoln...

and came home in a $250,000 bus."

onzedge · 06-20-2012, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by shadoquad

A quote for you, Mr. Onzedge

"I once went to Las Vegas in a $30,000 Lincoln...

and came home in a $250,000 bus."

Good one.

alcheng · 06-20-2012, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by shadoquad

A quote for you, Mr. Onzedge

"I once went to Las Vegas in a $30,000 Lincoln...

and came home in a $250,000 bus."

Man… you're not talking about those $250,000 bus driven by the federal government, right??

shadoquad · 06-20-2012, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by alcheng

Man… you're not talking about those $250,000 bus driven by the federal government, right??

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