Deity D4 Duo: Major Flaw to Almost Perfect Mic

[@cameraconspiracies]

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[@DavisIllusion]

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[@cameraconspiracies]

@@DavisIllusion Yes, I believe it works. You've never tried it? Not sure why you keep posting this all over my site lol.

[@flyerbluedog]

​@@cameraconspiracies I started paying more attention to your comment section and I understand now, I think, the need for the Orgonite Pyramid and your other crystals. Not so much on this channel though, more on the other one. You have my sympathies friend, and might I suggest you hang a picture of Our Lady of Vladimir in plain sight in your living-room. Read the story attached to this famous Icon of the Virgin, you’ll understand.

[@DavisIllusion]

@@cameraconspiracies you don't need to touch a hot plate to know it's hot. You believe it despite the wealth of evidence to the contrary. I've watched people I care about throw hard earned savings at products like this which ended up doing nothing. And I watch people.who admit to not having much money and buying one at your advice in your comments section. That's why I leave the comments.

[@ReflexVE]

@@DavisIllusion He's also been repeating COVID and George Floyd conspiracy theories. It's unfortunate, I found him funny until I realized he's dangerous and possibly racist. At least now I know why he never wears a mask in his videos.

[@OneOrbit]

“Boom it from the back” - You put that on a t-shirt and I’ll buy it in a heartbeat

[@ive595]

Just had a thought, as it records separate tracks for front and rear, you could record both then reject what you don’t want in post that way you don’t have to keep switching it.

[@Hangs4Fun]

"Baby got back, and I'm gonna explore back there", lmao

[@legacyfitness7469]

Rear mic sounds great... proximity is everything...

[@uchujinfilms8173]

Around 3:15 Is your desktop pic Guru Padmasambhava?

[@mrDJKdnb]

In Davinci to detach the audio, select the clip and check link to unlink it. Then if you separate to stereo you will have the two lanes, set both to mono and you can then mix the audio much more easily as each has their own channel. If you cant be bothered with that I'm currently working on training squirrels to do video editing tasks called Macro Squirrels™, hopefully when i work out hot to stop them running away after each task I will be able to offer them to market.

[@paulcaskey]

There's always been an odd familiar feel to this channel that I couldn't put my finger on. Listening to the dead cat cartoon sound, it finally clicked. Remember the part of the Twilight Zone movie where the kid could control reality? I always wondered what became of him. Turns out he walks the streets of Toronto.

[@TexCynRVLife]

Subbed! I've been researching the heck out of this mic. You put the best slant on it with my kind of humor. Well done! ✔

[@christinasmith9032]

Sounds better from the back! I like your tour around the stream, showcasing Ontario wildlife. This will be nice to watch in the winter

[@OneOrbit]

We need more Kasey the nature explorer content. Please give us more

[@MikeMena]

Did you try putting the rode micro wind muff on it? Or, I wonder in these MOVO wind muffs I got would work on it... I think I'm gonna order it. Just cuz NO BATTERIES. And... maybe I'll connect a lav people I'm interviewing since they never talk at the mic and turn all over the place like weird ass bobble heads.

[@lutzcosta]

Have your wind protectors arrived? Are good? do you have a link?

[@TonyBabarino]

Oh!!! Something new: “ghost of yourself talking to yourself “! Yes! Add this to 1) boardroom, 2) slow-mo ending....now +3) Ghost talking to yourself. Genius! Again!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@CAMTechChris]

All I want is the perfect microphone! I pre-ordered the D4 Duo from B&H back in mid June. Still back ordered!

[@krillansavillan]

Awesome review! I'd love to see a studio review between your videomicro and the tascam

[@mycastlelife6469]

I really like the Deity D4 Duo Mic sound. Great job bro! Keep up the entertaining videos. Be safe and God bless~

[@thedude8697]

Try the Nikon Z6 with 16-50 APS-C lens for vlogging. You will have ibis and optical stabilization. There's a test on KZbin it seems stable.

[@kittparker4161]

You can use both the front shotgun and plug a lav into the mic at the same time with the Deity. I'm pretty sure Jeven Dovey said something like that in his video. That way you could have good audio for you but also catch the stuff people say as they walk by. But I suppose you could do the same with the Rode and a splitter cable. Also does the dead cat from the Rode fit the Deity?

[@scrow9]

OK I'm keeping a list now of all the double entendres in this one video: 1) Before you go "explore back there" remember to get consent and allow for prep time! 2) "When I felt inside, it's lumpy, not straight" haha Yep, that's the way it is! 3) It's better from behind - feel free to comment below with any that I missed!

[@RJPhotographics]

Does the 'boinnngg' noise count?

[@EmoEmu]

Kinda funny that it sounds better from the back because you're closer than when filming yourself.

[@scottezell222]

Casey, if you are using Premiere, have you tried going to the audio tab and clicking “clean up noisy dialogue”? That will kill so much of the traffic noise in my experience. (I see after continuing that you are using Resolve. If you have access to Premiere, give it a go).

[@cameraconspiracies]

I don't use premiere anymore.

[@robmcd]

I think I like this channel so much because I don’t know if the white noise was intentional or unintentional and that’s where the magic is. Nobody knows.

[@siontheodorus1501]

I think you need to remount the lav so it points upwards, if you're going to use it

[@flyerbluedog]

The Deity is perfect for outside (better than the Røde). Too echoey inside though. Perhaps if you soundproofed the living-room? I’d try sticking a few packing foams on the walls and start testing. Could be the subject of a new tutorial?

[@wildwoodtop]

Dude! if you switch the back mic to off I'm assuming you would get left and right channel combined through the front mic. and vice versa if you switch the front Mic to off. The only time you would have separate left and right channel is when you have both Mics activated Or when you have a mic plugged into the external Jack?

[@baza210]

Kasey you should look into how shotgun mics work, it would help you to understand the performance differences you might encounter. Basically the slits on the side are where the background sound comes in, which then gets cancelled out from the subject's sound coming in the front. The distance from each slit to the end of the shotgun mic (where the capsule is) corresponds to a frequency that gets cut out, so the longer the shotgun mic the more effective it is at cancelling out frequencies. Low frequency things like truck engines have wavelengths way too long to be cut by the shotgun mic's interference tube, so they won't be much help.

[@cameraconspiracies]

Thanks for sharing. I was mainly interested because the wind muff didn't seem to help very much, and I was wondering if those slits were exposed, but even when they were fully covered I got wind noise.

[@baza210]

@@cameraconspiracies Well the problem with wind-noise on a shotgun mic is that even if you cover up the mic capsule itself with a windshield, any other exposed part of the mic housing - or possibly even the mount and the camera itself - can conduct the low frequency rumble through to the capsule and get picked up. I believe that is part of the reason there are "blimp" style shotgun mic covers.

[@danekilstrup]

Actually impressed by the transition from front to rear and thought it sounded quite good. You are a master MacGyver, I’m sure a wind muff fix will be child’s play for you and you’ll be using the hell out of that mic. Thanks for the test, I think I just might have to check your link and pick one of those up.

[@ive595]

Serious answer time, I’m impressed! I’m getting one no question. Sounds better than the Rode.

[@pbit652]

review so raw and real companies won't send products for him to review

[@Fell_Wanderer]

Dude, I got into the Tardis and went back in time to watch your historical video. Deity have changed the design of their dead cat and are much better at wind noise reduction so I bought one.

[@jamescunningham126]

Holy shit, the finger measurement jokes had me rollin. Got a sub for that for sure, keep it up.

[@drycin]

Been thinking of that mic, but lab is best for individual voice, and Rode is better even without reverse mic. Gahhhhhh. What to get!?

[@WoWarlocksftw]

7:56 "I thought I would go out with a bang " your just lucky no big foot hunters were out there...that could be, going out with a bang...be careful man, big foot hunters can be loco..unless they are just trying to get a photo, then they are crazy.

[@ouslander1]

Wrap a removable zip tie around the wind protector to close the gap. Am I Fired?

[@alaneddy4575]

What about a mini back capsule that clicks onto the Rode Micro? Rode would have a built in audience for that.

[@someoneunknown1714]

Hello, Your videos are hilarious so I subbed! But I wanted to know if u just do this all for fun or you feel like this about all cams?

[@Bakin]

Try installing the Rodemicro backwards so the mic is facing you which should make it function similar to the Deity mic

[@Filmingwithacarp]

That's what I do! Sometimes though you switch to get a random vlog shot and don't have time to unscrew flip and rescrew though.

[@DiscoverThailand]

Better tell us what the secret mic was 😉

[@cameraconspiracies]

Soon :)

[@DiscoverThailand]

@@cameraconspiracies can't wait! Keep up the great content 👍🏻

[@SoilandMargaritas]

If it sounds better from the back maybe I ought to turn it around 😂😂 this will be my first mic, so... wish me luck!

[@OrhCeh]

dude i have a serious question. does your wind muff come with a tag that says "deity" ? I got one myself and they cover the whole thing! it looks a lil different from yours

[@cameraconspiracies]

Yes, 2 wind muffs both from Deity. You don't have the same mic if you got one muff that covers everything.

[@OrhCeh]

@@cameraconspiracies ah lemme rephrase. I have two muffs but they fit pretty snug with not much of a gap between the two!

[@OrhCeh]

Actually, it looks like they've sent you two rear muffs by mistake? Lol

[@cameraconspiracies]

@@OrhCeh They fit to the end, but they still don't protect from wind noise. I had a hard time getting it to the end, because the inside of the front wind muff it's very uneven. Not smooth like the Rode videomicro wind muff. I managed to get it on their though.

[@aumhren3480]

07:54 - we are so lucky that horror monster tree didn't instantly kill you with its lethal deceitful beautiful green leaves, dude. praise the forest god, o lord. lol, thx for sharing, have fun, aum, s love nia.

[@getdavo1]

So what's that on your wrist?

[@coachMiguelfishing]

Heard a lot of hissing in the beginning 26sec kinda disappointed since I already ordered this mic

[@FreshMindTheBand]

Yea we’ve used it and had some issues with hiss as well. Any luck for you?

[@FuriousCommunist]

And what about to use this micro with a smartphone?

[@TheKelvala]

I believe the technical term for the "lumpiness" inside is ribbed.

[@RichardsWorld]

That mic would probably give a very strong stereo effect if you pointed the mic sideways.

[@TexpatOTG]

I use the Tascam DR10's with lav for most of my audio. It's so much better than using camera audio or camera with a shotgun on top. I have two of the Tascam so I can do with interviews or vlog with my wife ... works great. I have rigged up a 2 mic version of the Duo .. but never used it.

[@ProjectRefinedLife]

You had me rolling 😂 Thank you for the review.

[@aengusmacnaughton1375]

Try the Rode dead cat on the Deity front mic? Or wrap the front mic in a real dead cat?

[@Blizky]

The problem with the videomicro is that you can turn it around easily but when you're behind the camera you're way closer than when vloggin, so ideally the back mic should have a lower sensitivity.

[@WOODY-and-BUZZ]

I wish I could explore back their Mr. Camera Conspiracy Sir.

[@salmanul_fares]

Any way to record both the lav and shotgun as seperate channels? That would solve both issues right? No need to boom it from the back lol

[@aengusmacnaughton1375]

Beercan on the tree -- well-known Canadian Bigfoot trap!!!!

[@NigelAquascaping]

Which mic on a budget do you recommend for KZbin studio scrubs? Rode micro as a shotgun mic on a stand out of frame or a lav mic?

[@DanielFrerix]

A Masterpiece. Always!!!

[@perigee1275]

Your home audio is fine. Yes, the lav mic works great.

[@GaryJahman]

Dude, I've watched your videos while you were still in Thailand eating only fruit and you were vlogging with the little Sony camera and that sounded really good

[@PackingLess]

3:03 its got two puff balls, lost it 🤣

[@HoggetBlanker]

If you find yourself switching between two-way and one-way sound capture, couldn't you just leave it on two-way and mute or lower the channel you don't need when you turn the camera around? Is there any advantage for the one-way capture other than not having to edit the unused direction?

[@HoggetBlanker]

It just occurred to me that you could fade from one channel to the other with the L-R balance if you treat the sound as a stereo track. With headphones or speakers you would hear it fade between left and right as you edit but if you export in mono it should transition nicely from one to the other without too much hassle.

[@thegodnasr]

Will the dual mono mode work on an iPhone 13 with the TRRS to lightning cable or adapter?

[@searchmedude]

Your a real funny guy, I like that! I've got one of those looser cameras as well, you know it ends with.... H5

[@sang3Eta]

If you want audio from 360 degrees you could use an omni-directional mic. You could also use 2x Rode Video Micros with a left/right audio splitter... or just use one Rode and turn it around on the hotshoe!

[@mrheng562]

Sounds similar to the Sairen T-Mic Vlog Microphone. The back sounds better than the front when switched to dual mode. But, when just only on front mode, it sounds louder and better. I'll be doing my own tests with the Deity because I bough one, and Sairen sent me their "version 2 firmware" of the T-Mic. We'll see how it goes when I get the Deity D4 Duo. Hey, maybe have it on dual mode but flip the mic backward. That way, when you're recording your face, the back mic is being used and it would sound better. And, when flipped to the opposite side, the front mic will be closer to your face and sound louder. :)

[@LonStar3000]

Use the new mic from behind! A lot more interesting view!

[@randomAlex2]

"it's better from behind" "it's a pain in the ass"

[@daweil94]

Imho this is one of your best videos ever. Please go exploring the ancient canadian jungle and ruins more! Btw Rear-facing sound of the Deity is awesome, I think the Lav-mic has a little too much emphasis on the lower frequencies (no it does not make you sound more manly).

[@aengusmacnaughton1375]

Lav has more low end and body, but is missing the crisper high end of the Diety and Rode....

[@aengusmacnaughton1375]

Diety? Sigh -- Deity! :-)

[@CanuckQuest]

How entertaining! Cheers

[@DerAusreiter]

"Looks pretty dirty, but in a beautiful way." That's were I subscribed.

[@willcrespo24]

Deity D4 Duo shotgun mic seems to work pretty nice.

[@thebentzenable]

Audio is everything 😁

[@AskIveSolar]

"Boom it from the back baby." Ha 13:44

[@pobutscrackerbox]

AV Lifesavers has a (relatively) tiny passive XLR mic mixer that I think would be great IF there was a mini-plug only version with NO XLR inputs. I messaged him about this. It would let you keep your lav mic and mix a forward-facing cardioid mic without needing power (and with level knobs to fade one or the other mic out with just your thumb).

[@colin-4794]

The Deity is clearer for me. (than the lav that is)

[@Kargaka]

You should make mouse pad videos. I see you have good taste for that subject!

[@Timov]

Lav mic seems superior, but why it has to always be covered with half a beaver (or is it badger? Hell if I know animals)? Why can't people just use a discrete piece of foam.

[@Derek.Iverson]

Wind. Foam is only suitable for indoor use.

[@derickjamesjohnson704]

I know this is not helpful, but if you were in the states, I would build you all natural acoustic panels...

[@JohnDrummondPhoto]

6:55 - Japanese beetle! Invasive & destructive. KILL IT... oh but it's kinda pretty so you'll live. For now. As for the mics: the Deity back mic is a nice feature but overall it's very hissy, which is clear in the studio. Lav mic is so much better. Have you tried the Røde Wireless Go? I'm pleased with mine. P.S. that's a milkweed seed pod at 10:04. When it opens, the seeds will spread via the wind like dandelion seeds.

[@cameraconspiracies]

To be fair that's Fuji's hissing problem. Lav mic was on the Tascam, and the shotgun mic was too far away to sound good. Too bad because it would be very simple and easy.

[@alaneddy4575]

You could wear the lav mic anyway just in case and use this on camera.

[@tahatuna-dev]

4:35 my first encounter with a vajayjay

[@jakobankerhansen]

Anyone with a cable/adapter solution for use together with smartphones ? I know that "TRS to TRRS" adapters exists, but I am told that these won't work, since smartphones only use a mono microphone signal. What is necessary is some kind of "audio interface" built into an adapter, that samples the analog stereo signal and transfers it to the smartphone through USB/lightning. Kan anyone think of such a solution ?

[@PeterCombs]

Sorry the Audio quality of the D4 DUO is crap..just got one, am sending it back. Sounds cheap...tin can cheap.

[@aengusmacnaughton1375]

Deity rear mic sounds very good for narration. Too bad you cannot find any really raucous and loud squirrels or ducks to test out using both "halves" of the Deity mic!!!! :-)

[@jkhollywood]

I'm sorry, the back is for exit only.

[@NishitDave]

With a hat tip to jesuis baizuo, best nature documentary ever: "you are a dickhead, nature". Also a great t-shirt slogan.

[@wazzedon]

Lol when he says it’s better from behind

[@Sam-mc2dk]

The deity mic humms

[@SteveWB]

Mic was great in the field just like the wobbles on that xt4...lol

[@JC-fj7oo]

That stone guy looks like me trying to get out of bed in the morning.

[@JosephWilsonProductions]

It's a pain in the arse but it's better behind..... lol ..... I felt like I was watching my own videos when you were hiking.. lol..... I tried to order a Rode wireless go but everyone is sold out waiting for stock... Sucks!

[@robertphares]

@10:00 you totally start channeling @ZeFrank1 True Facts. 🤙🏻

[@alaneddy4575]

This isn't the first one of these. Ulanzi did it first. I think Rode needs to do a version to get it right. Dude you can use two Rode Micros and a special cable that puts one on each channel (see Jevan Dovey). It works great.

[@oneonlyxram]

Should have watched this before I had 3 hours of content with wind noise haha.

[@chriskuroda5144]

Canadian stone henge! That was an awesome walk. Not sure i like the Deity though. I'm a Rode fan boy...;/

[@WealthyHealthyPro]

"Boom it from the back, baby" --Camera Conspiracies

[@jamesrichardson4741]

ITS A DOUBLE ENDED GERBAL !

[@LuisCruz-yg6rs]

The fun starts around 2:05M

[@VloggingOdisha]

hey i bought a fdr x 3000 :D

[@jatsajatsa]

Am liking the new backgrounds. Teenage instagrammer leaning mirror 👸🏼features heavily but it’s kinda pleasing...👍

[@fepethepenguin8287]

Is that a squirrel. Ehhh ayehhhhh