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Rode Videomic, modded with women's hair elastics
Rode Videomic default bands suck
Try women's hair elastics instead
The default ones than come with the Rode Videomic to suspend the mic like a "shock mount" on the base. For the longest time I thought the grinding/rubbing noise in my videos were coming from me just handling my camera poorly, or perhaps something on my shoulder brace is rubbing... but then after spending a good 15 minutes tapping, testing, trialing various positions, i narrowed in on these bands. I tried doubling it up and making it firmer. The noise reduced but occasionally still had annoying low rumbling noise in my audio.
I ended up ripping them out and using Lucy's hair elastics. Triple wound it around the anchors. The mic still is able to bounce around to still function as a shock mount, whilst eliminating that intrusive rubbing noise from the audio.
After googling this, I found a few others had this issue and Rode issued free replacement bands. Apparently there was a bad batch of bands that were recalled.
Some people used cooking oil to get rid of the sound... naa, not a good solution for me. Lady's hair bands suffice.
www.dvinfo.net/forum/all-things-audio/117930-rode-videomi...
Rode Videomic, modded with women's hair elastics
Rode Videomic default bands suck
Try women's hair elastics instead
The default ones than come with the Rode Videomic to suspend the mic like a "shock mount" on the base. For the longest time I thought the grinding/rubbing noise in my videos were coming from me just handling my camera poorly, or perhaps something on my shoulder brace is rubbing... but then after spending a good 15 minutes tapping, testing, trialing various positions, i narrowed in on these bands. I tried doubling it up and making it firmer. The noise reduced but occasionally still had annoying low rumbling noise in my audio.
I ended up ripping them out and using Lucy's hair elastics. Triple wound it around the anchors. The mic still is able to bounce around to still function as a shock mount, whilst eliminating that intrusive rubbing noise from the audio.
After googling this, I found a few others had this issue and Rode issued free replacement bands. Apparently there was a bad batch of bands that were recalled.
Some people used cooking oil to get rid of the sound... naa, not a good solution for me. Lady's hair bands suffice.
www.dvinfo.net/forum/all-things-audio/117930-rode-videomi...