Get intercom audio in your videos! How to.

Getting intercom audio on your helmet action cam makes your riding videos much more entertaining to watch.
In this video I show how to achieve this with any action camera and any intercom system.
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[@stubbornoldman]

As usual when it comes from you Robert, a simple but somewhat genius solution to the sound problem. Thanks!

[@dutchup353]

I've been looking for a descent sollution to capture my intercom audio for a while now. Thank you for sharing this👌🏻

[@coolbananaboy5075]

Excellent video - so well explained in an efficient way.

[@leandroibaceta5952]

This video has everything that I wanted to know, and with a really good explanation, thank you so much!

[@NomadSweden]

Thanks 🙏

[@ianjames3078]

Very useful, thanks a lot for this 👍

[@oldbootsontour]

Hello Robert and thank you so much for your good explanation off the solution off hearing the other voice. In our last video riding with our granddaughters, I have one microphone at the speaker and use the Sena with side tone on. It worked, but hearing yourself talking is not an option. So this winter it will be time to puzzle all the wires in the helmet. Good job 👍🏻

[@hansverhoeven5156]

Thanks for the great instruction Robert

[@alainmaurice1271]

Thank you very much. Very well explained. I will try it.

[@ashley_neal]

Glad I came here for this. Perfect answer to my own questions. Thanks!

[@NomadSweden]

Glad to help 👍🏻

[@stepheneldridge6998]

Nice informative video Robert...good solution 👌. I made myself unpopular with an auto electrician friend by asking him to shorten the skinny microphone cable...so fiddly to do but less clutter inside my helmet. Cheers, Steve

[@KKRIDER]

Nice thanks for explaining it I was searching this for so many times

[@andrewonmyway8184]

Pretty cool tip Robert. Thanks for sharing.

[@Boudi-xy9by]

Yes I noticed all the Swedish talking with your driving buddies and was already wondering how the heck does that work. And as always the simpeler the better. Your a genius, and thanks for explaining it … and more for puzzling it out. Great channel 👍

[@NomadSweden]

Thanks 🙏

[@Phullbrick]

Excellent thank you for the tips

[@WheelieGoodTV]

Brilliant video. Thanks for the knowledge.🙏👌

[@Outtrigger82]

Very nice Vid. Thank u so much !☺

[@milemarkermike7234]

Somehow I tripped upon this same idea when I was trying to set up my communication. Full wrap around helmets easy enough. The helmet that is either open face or opens up I came up with another idea. I came up with a gamer headset and unplugged the mike/extension from the headset and plugged in with a series of adapters from my y adapter inside the helmet. So you have three mics. The one that came with your sena and the one for your mic that goes over your earpiece. And the other mic to record your voice to your gopro. I routed it in the same recess most helmets give for the installation of your communication mic. Then I used epoxy to keep the gamer mic extension in place. So I could have my mike in front of my face. Not all Mics are the same. I had the cheap mic like you had and it had more of the natural sound coming in from my other riders. I thought going the best Amazon had to offer and the voice coming in sounded a little tine. So cheaper mic is better. Thanks mile marker mike

[@SuperSkinny]

100/100 video! Thanks for sharing!

[@NomadSweden]

Cheers

[@nk_ktm_adv]

Perfect 👍.Thank You👌

[@magnusb6311]

Great advices. If you dont want to have all those adapters and all that cable you can just buy the plugs, some shrink hose, cut the cables and solder it instead. There is a company near you in the town Skövde called Svebry that has all those things. Located near the road at the edge of town heading for Tibro and Karlsborg. Now, you may also consider to buy some ferrite cores and wrap some laps of your cable around it. This can help to prevent some unwanted noises from example your engine, spark plugs, electrical regulators and so on. Cheers from North Carolina PS. It would be great if you can show how to both have a mic plugged in and have the camera on charge at the same time.

[@sarasyrankothrankoth9444]

wow ..good .. its very usual for group riding ..thanks for videos

[@J8zzy]

Thank you for this video. I soldered stereo mic to my helmet so that on left channel is my intercom mic and on right channel is my pole mic. I used one pole mic left from Cardo for me and other Sena velcro mic near intercom speaker. Now it is easy to edit those mic levels from left to right. And also make those more mono and center if I like. Both mics are taking motorcycle sounds so the motorcycle sound is some kind of stereo sound in the middle. I'm using Insta360 X3 with 0dB or -6dB settings and it works fine. Still waiting to make videos with it. Back to summer tyres and waiting for ride again... I also made 3.5mm male +female extension cord if I use the camera on my handlebar RAM mount rather than on chin mount. I prefer the handle bar camera setting with X3. It is better for 360 video and X3 is so big for the chin. Tack så mycket och hälsningar från Finland.🇫🇮✌️ - KIITOS.

[@NomadSweden]

Wow sounds like a great setup. Soldering those small cables is not easy. Hope it works well for you. Cheers

[@perhennung]

Excellent. thanks 🙏

[@Braapncamp]

Bra och informativ Rob, detta gör ju verkligen mycket för känslan när ni är ute och kör tillsammans att vi får vara med i kommunikationen. Inte lika kul att höra en dude bara som mest svär 👀😂

[@DannydoesADV]

Najs! Nu ska jag bara skaffa mig en berättarröst :) Snyggt Robert!

[@cannondale866]

Great vid. Finally a realy good explanation "how to..."

[@twowheeledtravellers]

Thank you! I have so much to learn😝

[@NomadSweden]

You live and learn. So you have much life left. :)

[@twowheeledtravellers]

@@NomadSweden I have ti speed up now!😅

[@Sazertsavashtiq]

Thanks!

[@octaviodiokno4667]

awesome, watching here in Austria

[@erolsekeroglu581]

this video might get the award of useful video for motorcyle world.

[@NomadSweden]

Haha thank you

[@verticalhorizon786]

Valuable Information.

[@samhill3496]

Thanks Robert. It's an fing blast getting to listen in. Much like my old compadre's going down the trail. Of course I have to read the subtitles faster than a French porn film to keep up. "I must say" we just need 4 big cups of high test coffee before we ride so we can talk as fast as Noraly. Very informative vid. That's the 1st time I have seen it explained in an understandable format and display. No head up the ass explanations. Now I know how. Thanks as I had questioned you on how to do this before. Now if we can get the heads up on the fast tent setups and jumping on the bike flying by our buddy All Things Tenere will be happy. Snowball derby coming soon. All fun. When you see dark clouds on the horizon you better take that wire infested helmet off. You're straight at a lightning strike head on.

[@NomadSweden]

Haha thanks for fun comments.

[@transylvanianrider]

The only helmet in the world with 3 microphones inside :))) If uour intercom has a 3.5mm jack you could use the intercom mike with a splitter for both, Gopro and comunication. Best regards from Romania !

[@NomadSweden]

Thanks. I dont have 3,5mm on the intercom, but the audio form the intercom is actually not as good. It takes away everything except the voice, which is good for intercom but on the video I want engine sounds etc also.

[@McPappan]

Smart! Många sladdar blir det!! Ps, snygg tröja! 🙂

[@svpolarexpress]

Good video and instructions! Just FYI: TRS means Tip, Ring, Sleeve, meaning that the TRS has one ring and the TRRS (Tip, Ring, Ring, Sleeve) has two rings. Tip, ring(s) and sleeve always refer to the conductive metal bits of the plug, so don't count the plastic insulators because that makes it confusing 🙂

[@NomadSweden]

Ah thanks for the tip. People make me smarter every day :)

[@hwnngbo]

This way might be thte best way to get audio while you riding. I saw other videos connect through sena but their sounds weren't natural as it yours. They only have voice with studio level sound. It's good quality but It doesn't feel like I'm in their mood. In my opinion, Little bit of wind and ambient sound mixes well with voice is the best. that's the point people feel comfort.

[@NomadSweden]

True, connecting to Sena give you voice and nothings else. Perfect for intercom but wierd for video with ambient sounds

[@1couple4bikes]

I am annoyed with myself for not thinking about this solution! This summer we tried an iPhone headset connected to my partners iPhone and having just the mic part on the cheekpad. Using voice recorder on her phone to capture her audio then trying to sync to my GoPro video in post. Sound was awful and was just too messy to be useful. Going to get another purple panda mic and the splitter then try your way. Thanks for the video.

[@burakkilci7882]

u r king

[@avaryxadv]

Great guide, yet again. Thanks for the detail! One question for you - have you had any issues with the Media Mod in inclement (rainy/snowy) weather? I've heard from some it's not very waterproof and can fail you in rain.

[@NomadSweden]

Thanks. Well it's not waterproof as in "submerge in water" but I have ridden it in heavy rain and it never failed or glitched so far.

[@avaryxadv]

@@NomadSweden okay that’s good to know. I’ve wanted to switch to using it for a while but was concerned after what I’d read. Thanks for confirming your success with it!

[@TGSadventure]

Viva NOMAD SWEDEN !👍🙂

[@NomadSweden]

🙏

[@orsolyapusztainekiss9832]

Thank you for sharing it. It is easily understandable. I'm thinking about whether it will work a dual head microphone and with a trs trss adapter (the dual head microphone instead the 2 individual microphones and the y cable)?

[@NomadSweden]

It could work, haven't tried. Let us know :)

[@theswedishbikerguy]

how did it go? =)

[@ShaftDrive]

So many links on the arm of the go pro I’m surprised it isn’t shaky or come loose under vibration

[@NomadSweden]

Nope it’s very tough. Like one piece

[@mw3683]

I've been thinking of doing this with a breakout cable instead of a splitter. The mics would be recorded as left and right but can ofcourse be set to mono in post. I was hoping to be able to control the mic volumes individually in post. Have you ever felt like uneven volume was a problem though? I might be overthinking it

[@NomadSweden]

The only problem has been that an individual rider in the group has been louder than the otherd and thats harder to solve 😊

[@XaviFabregasMotovlog]

But the splitter mix the audio or sends every mic to one of the stereo channels? and then in edition have you to do somthing with it?

[@NomadSweden]

It mixes both mics so no extra work in editing

[@skyridercommendor6303]

Very usefull video ! Thanks alot. Idea use solder an put TRP jacks on insted using a spiltcable. Even better would be if GoPro made it posible to connect blueT.. via com ;-) Lets all write to GoPro hihi

[@NomadSweden]

Thanks! I'm just a terrible solder :) BT would be practical but then we have the battery problem (as we don't have enough batteries to charge or risk exhausting) 😊

[@AJCoReTV]

I could use this method wirelessly using DJI mic 2! Will need to use 1 dji mic along with the splitter adapters to have both lavs going into the wireless dji mic inside helmet… & wireless record in single track directly into the Insta 360 x4! Thx for the idea (or use both dji mic units & record into separate tracks - without adapters!)

[@NomadSweden]

Cheers! Yes wireless is nice, but not sure if they connect quick enough because I use quickstart, turning the camera off between every shot. Have to try.

[@bajabest123]

Muy buena información, solo no entiendo cuando no hablan inglés, pero muy buenos videos👍

[@phasit.t]

Hi i'm from thailand,First clip i saw use suggestion use trrs and trs for record voice at mount and record voice (friend or etc from spaker) at ear after that you converter trrs to trs as cable again.so if i use trs and trs first not converter , it's ok? and i'll trial as your suggestion in this videos and feedback to you again, in another way i'll use trs and trs first to insert with cable as mediamod and feedback to you in soon thank you for your suggestion :D

[@Pytte]

I always drive with in ears, so I would need to loop my in ears into the equation then :) but sounds doable..

[@NomadSweden]

Yes thats a challenge 😊

[@siradisirotalar]

Hi, What's the brand and model of your white helmet?

[@NomadSweden]

Klim Krios Pro

[@rjgagan]

Hello, I'm unable to find any solution with my DJI action 4 camera with this setup. Earlier I had a GoPro. Dji action cameras have type C ports.

[@NomadSweden]

All you need is an adapter for 3,5 mm mic. It’s even on the dji website

[@NordicAdvRider]

With Cardo PT Edge you can record the voice without need of an external mic.

[@NomadSweden]

Indeed. Just one bad thing is that intercom is so good at isolating everything so you hear only voice. Great for talking but in video I like to hear angine and surrounding more

[@NordicAdvRider]

@@NomadSweden Yes I agree 👍

[@DerTobiist]

So I rebuild your setup with exactly the same komponents, and it works fine BUT just up to around 80 KpH then it seems the Mic‘s max out and some nasty Crackling start. I try all the settings on the GoPro (wind settings) but nothing helps. Then I try to close the Mic openings with tape in addition to the dead Cat that is also on but still Crackling noises. Any suggestions for me? Greetings from Germany Tobi

[@NomadSweden]

The only thing increasing with speed is wind so it should be a wind problem. I too get worse sound in higheer speeds but not crackling. Try more wind protection.

[@DerTobiist]

@@NomadSweden oh thank you for your fast reply. Hm then I try a little bit more about Windprotection I hope it will work sometime like your setup. Many greetings and a great start into 2023 Tobi

[@oldbootsontour]

I have another question, if you have a microphone with 2 rings, do you still need an adapter? I think my mic has only one ring 😮

[@NomadSweden]

No if mic has 2 or 1 ring you dont need the adapter 👍🏻

[@oldbootsontour]

Thank you so much. 👍🏻

[@gladeamatoren7106]

Jag kör bara med en mic precis bredvid högtalaren på intercomen. Funkar finfint, man hör både mig och kompisarna utan problem på våra videos🙂(Dji Osmo)

[@Roger_Gustafsson]

Gjorde samma. Det räcker bra tycker jag. 👍

[@Greggspies]

What intercom do you use pls

[@NomadSweden]

Sena 50R

[@PatchedBandit]

How the hell do you not get peaking audio with no levels adjustment?! 😮 I have my dji mic system set for -9db for the helmet audio to not get all that cracking and popping from the wind 🫣

[@NomadSweden]

Not sure 😊 the voice mic needs to be wind shielded though. But other than that i dud nothing special. Still at high speeds the audio is noisy

[@PatchedBandit]

@@NomadSweden cool. Also the ”hotness” of the lav used affects this of course. I like to have clean audio at 100kmh which is not easy. Im gonna make a video of my setup at some point too I think.

[@NomadSweden]

Do it! I would watch 😊

[@long_vacation_tour]

🙏🙏🙏

[@NERATAS]

👍👍👍

[@mattdrat3087]

Flott! Har du en affiliate link til mediamod også?

[@NomadSweden]

Ah tack. Lade till länken nu

[@JohnSmith-uy7sv]

@@NomadSweden where?

[@NomadSweden]

@@JohnSmith-uy7sv I added all links to the products I use in the video description

[@hansverhoeven5156]

What helmet do you use?

[@NomadSweden]

Klim Krios Pro

[@FriesyRider]

Don't you have problems with noise from the wind when you're riding? I tried so many microphone positions and cushions around it but couldn't solve it till now

[@NomadSweden]

Check our travel videos and decide. High speeds are noisy for sure but overall i think audio is good

[@FriesyRider]

@@NomadSweden my noise trouble starts at 40-45 km/h already. Since my video about my gloves I don't do live voice anymore. You can skip the first 0:50 min and listen to it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/anjSkIR6p7Zod68

[@NomadSweden]

Where in the helmet do you have the mic? I have mine under the cheek pad on the left side. And there is no direct air coming to it. Your sounds like it is hit by air. Perhaps from under the helmet or a vent?

[@FriesyRider]

@@NomadSweden After some worse trials I sticked it into the cheek pad. It's literally hidden "IN" it. So this was my best result already. Think I need to put it behind my head to silence it :-)

[@NomadSweden]

@@FriesyRider :) Well in this case it must be the helmet that is letting the air in too much for the mic. That's the only difference from my setup I think.

[@JohnSmith-uy7sv]

Your so funny. 🤣 Such a personality. Now, can you do a video version for a stupid american!! 🙄 I always ride by myself so I have never ever had an intercom. I don't understand them and don't know if they connect automatically to someone else riding by you. Yes, my 94 honda goldwing 1500 interstate has the plugin for 2 passenger intercom but that is for the bike I guess. I have no mic for it. Unless I take my cat for a ride in his basket, I don't need an intercom. My Drift camera works great with the external mic and I buried my cable under my helmet cushions too, just like yours. Again, my videos are just for me or a few friends on facebook. But this is my fake name. But yes, I am a chained animal. 😁 So happy you did this. I have always wondered how it was done with the intercom that I know nothing about. When you come here to do the TAT you can help me then.🤣 Sorry for the long speech. duh. 😞

[@NomadSweden]

hehe thanks. Well this is aimed to answer the questions I got and not everyone ride with intercom and dare record what the others say. I have to cut a few things in edit :) Great that you have a Gold Wing. They are great offroaders :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/e37VqZiblMuUsNE

[@JohnSmith-uy7sv]

@@NomadSweden 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Yes,.... KAboom. Game over. Thanks for the link. 🙂

[@JohnSmith-uy7sv]

@@NomadSweden That was so funny. But... those are the tiny light weight 1200 or less goldwings. Mine is 1500. much bigger and heavier. Yes, people would think I was very crazy to do that....even here in cowtown okeechobee florida. Thanks again. 🤣🤣😁😁

[@JohnSmith-uy7sv]

@@NomadSweden can you recommend an intercom that I can use to answer my dumb phone flip phone? Not a smart phone. Or if I meet up with other riders, which has never happened in my life. 😞 I just need one to answer my cell phone so I don't have to stop or make calls. Thanks Robert. 🙂

[@NomadSweden]

@@JohnSmith-uy7sv I am not very experienced with a lot of intercoms. For you to answer calls your dumb phone needs at least bluetooth to get you covered. If you have that, most Intercoms would work. On the intercom market there are mainly two brands. Sena and Cardo. If I had to recommend one it would be Sena 30K. It's a few years old but my friends who have it never has problems (like I do) and it's cheaper than the newest models. All the best!

[@goatman86]

4:26 just about here I decided I don't need intercom audio that much XD

[@NomadSweden]

:) a birds nest

[@Wizna]

Nice and easy solution. However.. why not to connect intercom output (if it has 3,5mm jack) directly to Gopro input? Intercom output you could also split into two - one for the speakers and other to Gopro input. That way there is no mic taped onto speaker. But hey.. it works so why to mess around :)

[@NomadSweden]

Indeed, it's just that I never had intercom with 3,5mm. I saw one from Sena which had it, but when connecting 3,4mm to it all audio went through the 3,5mm and the helmet speakers were shut off.

[@royarnab22]

@@NomadSweden sena comes with 3.5 mm mic too. It's in the box and it works in tandem with the speakers. So you can split the 3.5mm source in two and connect go pro.

[@NomadSweden]

@@royarnab22 perhaps some models do (not mine) but I don’t like the audio from sena direct to cam. It takes away every sound exept speech so it sounds strange and no engine. Its good for talking but not video.

[@royarnab22]

@@NomadSweden A valid point. BTW your Turkeye video was awesome. And I'm tempted to visit now although it's a lot of work since I'm from India. I've friend in Sweden though and he's inviting again and again :D

[@PureEvolution]

I used to use this but found a way better way of doing it without the need for all those cables

[@NomadSweden]

Care to share?

[@PureEvolution]

@@NomadSweden well it's not finished yet but if you take a look at my last video you will see the little thing I have made and hope to create to sell for everyone to use as if your like me having all those cables was awful

[@MateuszWozniak-ql4zy]

Or just simply buy double microphone with TRS?

[@worldender1235]

I did this and it records my intercom but wont pick up my voice

[@NomadSweden]

Use two microphones and make sure they both pick up sound to the video before you mount it in the helmet.

[@creativeleodaily]

I am struggling with Mic Glitch, ruining my videos... recently I spent 3 hours recording video and boom whole Audio is ruined

[@NomadSweden]

Sucks

[@BaconsBrokenBits]

Easiest way possible...use the Sena 10C EVO....

[@NomadSweden]

Easiest indeed. But I think the audio is better this way since it also gets engine sound etc. I think the 10C EVO shuts everything out. It's a good thing for intercom, but for video you hear nothing but voices which makes it a bit weird to listen to.

[@dilkashshaikh6418]

What is your intercom name?

[@NomadSweden]

Sena

[@RIDEandPEWPEW]

electronic slave 😀😀😀😀😀

[@NomadSweden]

Meaning?

[@RIDEandPEWPEW]

@@NomadSweden I need to enjoy the trip more, I know what I'm talking about, so I'm always dealing with filming on a drone, cameras, if I have enough space on the card, if I've run out of battery, where I'll charge all my devices in the evening, etc... it's become me electronic slave.

[@NomadSweden]

Ok. I am the only one in my group making the videos, and I like it. That's why I do it. It's a hobby and not a burden to me.

[@JohnSmith-uy7sv]

@@NomadSweden It is quite obvious that it is your love. But when you ride single.....then there is no need for intercom. 🙂 thanks again.