i just bought dji mic mini for my osmo action 5 pro yesterday, and i'm about to make my first motovlog with this setup this weekend 😁. thanks for sharing such a great information in this video 🔥🔥🔥🔥
I started motovloging mid 2018. Used one GoPro Hero 7 Black. In 2021 I decided to get a 2nd Hero 7 Black, then in 2022 I got three Hero 8 blacks. The Hero 8 Blacks were a mistake. All three were unreliable, freezing, turning off, cycling on and off after ony owning them for one year. Now only one Gopro still works and that is the Hero 7 I initially bought; but, that too now has issues. So, this month I Plan getting an osmo action 5 and that mini mike you just demonstrated. Great Video.
I'm going to run my gopro's until they die... cuz action cameras are expensive, yo, and I usually run 3 or 4 on our ride videos, not to mention the media mod, mic and cardo setup already. It's an investment! But this definitely looks like something I'll migrate to as my gopro's age out, and I definitely like the longer battery life of the dji's.
Fantastic tutorial, especially how to mount it in the helmet. I'm thinking of going this way as well. One question: would you use the second mic and attach it closer to your exhaust to capture some motorcycle sounds?
Great content; very informative. I think I like the low background cancellation best. The “high” setting made your voice seem “thinner” and back ground noise was more “tinny” like you were inside a metal tank. You said it best in a nutshell-doesn’t sound natural.
I happily moved away from a Hero 9 to an Osmo Action 5 and the Mic Minis. In my channel you have a gain test of the Minis. I put the Mic Mini in the same place and method as you. I think the best sound is with Low Noise Cancelation and probably a -10 Gain. I love this Mics, cheers
Something between low and high would be nice. The unnatural sounds on the high setting weren't horrible, the low setting was better in that regard for sure.
Thank You Rodney for the video, I actually have the mini mic and action 5 in my Amazon cart but was looking at video's not sure if to try the mini or the Mic2 I have a Osmos 4 but would like to upgrade. Great timing on the Video. The high sounded best to me, but low was acceptable too.
Thank you. Seriously thank you. It would never have occurred to me to put the magnet under the tape. I have the mini and the 5 ( just purchased) and you solved it! What is diff between gaffer tape and duct tape or painter tape (the blue stuff)
Im not sure the blue tape will be enough to hold it. the gafers tape will be easier to remove than the duct tape. the gafers tape wont leave behind any. sticky glue when you remove it, but its more expensive than duct tape. Id use duct tape if thats all you have. Thanks for watching
Happy new year Rod! Another new gear video, always super helpful. I recently bought the same mic mini solo. There's a lot of disturbance when the mic is just connected via bluetooth than if you use a receiver directly connected to the camera (like when using the DJI mic 1 setup). I haven't had a chance to use the bluetooth set up while riding, but I noticed it while trying to test film. I am also using it with an insta360 instead of a DJI camera. I wonder if that matters. I cannot access the settings without having a receiver. Thanks for your input.
Hi Pam, thanks for watching! Yes people are saying that the bluetooth works best with dji gear, id suspect the audio isn't great because its insta360. Hope we cross paths sometime soon!
Thanks for the video, noted the auto power off of the mic, it has also an auto power on or do you have to turn on the mic every time you start recording?
LlHi, just for recording clean exhaust sound, what settings to be applied? Because the exhaust sound is getting heavily clipped with -12 gain, no noise cancellation, low cut on and clipping on. The mic Mini was placed just 15cm away from exhaust. The mic is used with Osmo 5 pro
Is the bike sound as well from the DJI mic or from the cam? Can you have two audio sources? Cam and mic? And how fast does the mic connect if you hit the fast capture button from the off state?
you can use two mics to record different sounds together. all the sounds in this video are all from the mic mini. camera sound would have high wind noise bec ause of no wind sock. the mic takes a second to boot up more than the camera.
How fast does it record when you switch on the Action 5? When using the DJI Mic with the Action 4, it always takes about 10 seconds before recording audio, I also have random issue of the Mic not recording at all
it should only take a second longer with the audio over the camera start up. If its not recording for you I think its the auto shut of when not being used, and you can adjust that setting.
ever since switching from gopro hero 11 (with media mod) to dji action 4 with mic adapter and gain set to around -10 I still feel like im struggling with good audio. I love the reliability of dji but the audio of a gorpo with a media mod just seems to do a better job. I need help :( Maybe I should also set my gain level to -12 to see if that makes a difference. Or buy this mic mini
Who is running the DJI mic mini for moto vlogging and what do you think about it?
i just bought dji mic mini for my osmo action 5 pro yesterday, and i'm about to make my first motovlog with this setup this weekend 😁. thanks for sharing such a great information in this video 🔥🔥🔥🔥
@@MobMoto I'm running the mic 2 it's too big, I'm getting the mini
I just updated my gear for this year and I went for the same setup. So easy to set up and high quality results!
I started motovloging mid 2018. Used one GoPro Hero 7 Black. In 2021 I decided to get a 2nd Hero 7 Black, then in 2022 I got three Hero 8 blacks. The Hero 8 Blacks were a mistake. All three were unreliable, freezing, turning off, cycling on and off after ony owning them for one year. Now only one Gopro still works and that is the Hero 7 I initially bought; but, that too now has issues. So, this month I Plan getting an osmo action 5 and that mini mike you just demonstrated. Great Video.
Get the Action 4 and save money ! The 4 have a better quality image even though its the previous version
for the price you can get 2 action 4
I'm going to run my gopro's until they die... cuz action cameras are expensive, yo, and I usually run 3 or 4 on our ride videos, not to mention the media mod, mic and cardo setup already. It's an investment! But this definitely looks like something I'll migrate to as my gopro's age out, and I definitely like the longer battery life of the dji's.
Thanks for sharing this info.
Thanks for watching
Both ordered: Osmo Action 4 & MIC Mini 👏🍻
Hi Rodney! Cool little product. I have the larger ones and they were like $300 several years ago. That little mini is affordable and way cool!!
I like the bigger ones too! Thanks Bob, hope all is well!
Gain at -20 is my best setting!!!
Great review, you beat me on the review ✌️
Fantastic tutorial, especially how to mount it in the helmet. I'm thinking of going this way as well. One question: would you use the second mic and attach it closer to your exhaust to capture some motorcycle sounds?
Definitely getting one for my 2025 season
Thank you for the info man . This is something I did not know. Love your vlogs cheers.
Thanks for watching
Going the DJI route next! Been on the go pro hero 8 black since it came out!
Great content; very informative. I think I like the low background cancellation best. The “high” setting made your voice seem “thinner” and back ground noise was more “tinny” like you were inside a metal tank. You said it best in a nutshell-doesn’t sound natural.
I happily moved away from a Hero 9 to an Osmo Action 5 and the Mic Minis. In my channel you have a gain test of the Minis. I put the Mic Mini in the same place and method as you. I think the best sound is with Low Noise Cancelation and probably a -10 Gain. I love this Mics, cheers
Something between low and high would be nice. The unnatural sounds on the high setting weren't horrible, the low setting was better in that regard for sure.
Thank You Rodney for the video, I actually have the mini mic and action 5 in my Amazon cart but was looking at video's not sure if to try the mini or the Mic2 I have a Osmos 4 but would like to upgrade. Great timing on the Video. The high sounded best to me, but low was acceptable too.
Thank you. Seriously thank you. It would never have occurred to me to put the magnet under the tape. I have the mini and the 5 ( just purchased) and you solved it! What is diff between gaffer tape and duct tape or painter tape (the blue stuff)
Im not sure the blue tape will be enough to hold it. the gafers tape will be easier to remove than the duct tape. the gafers tape wont leave behind any. sticky glue when you remove it, but its more expensive than duct tape. Id use duct tape if thats all you have.
Thanks for watching
@ many thanks!
Happy new year Rod! Another new gear video, always super helpful.
I recently bought the same mic mini solo. There's a lot of disturbance when the mic is just connected via bluetooth than if you use a receiver directly connected to the camera (like when using the DJI mic 1 setup). I haven't had a chance to use the bluetooth set up while riding, but I noticed it while trying to test film. I am also using it with an insta360 instead of a DJI camera. I wonder if that matters. I cannot access the settings without having a receiver. Thanks for your input.
Hi Pam, thanks for watching! Yes people are saying that the bluetooth works best with dji gear, id suspect the audio isn't great because its insta360. Hope we cross paths sometime soon!
Thank you for the info!
Thank you for tape tips
I like the middle one... -12 low. The last one with everything on max makes it sound a little tin-can-ish imho. But, could have just been the clips.
I agree its kind of unnatural
I feel like it sounded better in low noise cancelation
That's because it did ;-)
Thanks for the video, noted the auto power off of the mic, it has also an auto power on or do you have to turn on the mic every time you start recording?
I like all kinds of microphones. Probably have more than you.. not even playing. Good job!
LlHi, just for recording clean exhaust sound, what settings to be applied? Because the exhaust sound is getting heavily clipped with -12 gain, no noise cancellation, low cut on and clipping on. The mic Mini was placed just 15cm away from exhaust. The mic is used with Osmo 5 pro
It’s too close to the exhaust
Have you done any editing to the audio?
just balancing the levels but nothing else
@ awesome! Thanks!
Is the bike sound as well from the DJI mic or from the cam? Can you have two audio sources? Cam and mic? And how fast does the mic connect if you hit the fast capture button from the off state?
you can use two mics to record different sounds together. all the sounds in this video are all from the mic mini. camera sound would have high wind noise bec ause of no wind sock. the mic takes a second to boot up more than the camera.
@ thank you 🙏
How fast does it record when you switch on the Action 5? When using the DJI Mic with the Action 4, it always takes about 10 seconds before recording audio, I also have random issue of the Mic not recording at all
it should only take a second longer with the audio over the camera start up. If its not recording for you I think its the auto shut of when not being used, and you can adjust that setting.
ever since switching from gopro hero 11 (with media mod) to dji action 4 with mic adapter and gain set to around -10 I still feel like im struggling with good audio. I love the reliability of dji but the audio of a gorpo with a media mod just seems to do a better job. I need help :( Maybe I should also set my gain level to -12 to see if that makes a difference. Or buy this mic mini
gopro has a clipping llimiter so it never clips, but the dji does need the gains turned down to prevent clipping.