Capturing the sound of a car best....

[tegwin]

I have been playing around with a suction cup mounted bullet camera in various locations on my cars and have some awsome footage...However there is no sound...

So my question..

Where does the "best" sound come from on a car....sould I be miking up the exhaust on a rig a couple of feet from the exhaust?, or perhaps stick a mike in the intake....how do the pros do it?

(I could add the sound of a ferrari over the top, but its not quite the same!)

Edited by tegwin on Friday 1st August 14:11

[anonymous-user]

Might be worth asking the guy who posted this youtube vid. It's still one of my favourites (sound-wise). In fact, I think his setup is mentioned in the comments somewhere.

[Mikeyboy]

Tegwin,
can I ask what set up you use? I'm struggling to find a camera that you can hook a bullet cam up to. I know model numbers of ones that are supposed to have it but its pretty difficult to actually find one on sale.
Do you even use a vid camera?

[Moose.]

Depends on where your engine makes the nicest sound. If you've got an engine with nice, loud induction noise then stick the mic in the passenger footwell. If it's your exhaust that sounds best, put the mic in the boot.

Where ever you put it, make sure it's out of the wind. Also, if you've got a very loud car, not too close to the sound source otherwise it'll distort to buggery.