Uploaded April 2016 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Convert the mini USB on a GoPro Hero 3, 3+, 4 into a microphone input! ► All the gear is linked below*.
It's hard to say if you'd even want to put an external microphone into GoPro but if you do, now you can!
I'm quite surprised that you can do this by converting a 3.5mm microphone lead to USB. I don't know if this is something special about the mini USB input on the GoPro but it really makes me wonder what other cameras this might work on! Stay tuned;)
In this case I used the **AspenMics mono lavalier microphone.
It's important to note that AspenMics says this adapter is for use specifically with the GoPro Hero 3, 3+ and 4. Other GoPro models have not been tested and may not work.
In the GoPro you don't get any control over the audio levels, it's all auto gain and the lav mic ran pretty hot, peaking somewhere between -6db to -3db. I normalized the audio to -16LUFS. No other processing was applied and you can hear the noise floor is relatively low.
This was lit only with natural daylight coming through the windows. I color graded the footage in Adobe Premiere Pro CC using the Lumtri presets which seem to have been upgraded perhaps since the addition of Adobe Speedgrade. The results are fantastic, easy color grading and I was really surprised how good the shots with the Tokina lens (wide angle, talking head that wasn't GoPro) took to the color grading. Looked even better than the b-roll footage shot on Canon L glass (talking head at the end of the video where I talk about the results of this mic. adapter).
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**GEAR USED TO MAKE THIS VIDEO**
• GoPro Hero3+ (Silver Edition) podhelp.me/gph3plusSEBH
• AspenMics GoPro Audio Adapter podhelp.me/AspenMicsGoProUSBadapt
• AspenMics Mono lav mic. podhelp.me/AspenMicsMonoLav
• Canon 60D DSLR Camera podhelp.me/C60DbodyAmazon
• Canon 24-105mm lens for b-roll and final talking head shots ("the results") podhelp.me/canon24-105f4IS
• Tokina 11-16mm Canon mount, APS-C podhelp.me/tokina11-16CanonAPSCBH
• Transcend SD card 32GB Class 10 UHS1 podhelp.me/trans32uhs145zon
*all links should be considered affiliate links. I encourage you to shop around for the best prices at the time you are viewing this. You can read my ethics statement via thepodcastersstudio.com/ethics. Thanks!
**disclaimer: this adapter was given to me by AspenMics after I requested to test it out. I don't have to send it back but I didn't have to make a video about it or saying anything about it either. I made this video to let you hear how it works and I get no credit (money) for linking to this specific product.
Convert the mini USB on a GoPro Hero 3, 3+, 4 into a microphone input! ► All the gear is linked below*.
It's hard to say if you'd even want to put an external microphone into GoPro but if you do, now you can!
I'm quite surprised that you can do this by converting a 3.5mm microphone lead to USB. I don't know if this is something special about the mini USB input on the GoPro but it really makes me wonder what other cameras this might work on! Stay tuned;)
In this case I used the **AspenMics mono lavalier microphone.
It's important to note that AspenMics says this adapter is for use specifically with the GoPro Hero 3, 3+ and 4. Other GoPro models have not been tested and may not work.
In the GoPro you don't get any control over the audio levels, it's all auto gain and the lav mic ran pretty hot, peaking somewhere between -6db to -3db. I normalized the audio to -16LUFS. No other processing was applied and you can hear the noise floor is relatively low.
This was lit only with natural daylight coming through the windows. I color graded the footage in Adobe Premiere Pro CC using the Lumtri presets which seem to have been upgraded perhaps since the addition of Adobe Speedgrade. The results are fantastic, easy color grading and I was really surprised how good the shots with the Tokina lens (wide angle, talking head that wasn't GoPro) took to the color grading. Looked even better than the b-roll footage shot on Canon L glass (talking head at the end of the video where I talk about the results of this mic. adapter).
Join The Podcasters' Studio: thepodcastersstudio.com/join
See more Boring Test Video at: BoringTestVideo.com
► Subscribe youtube.com/thepodcasterssstudio
► TWITTER: twitter.com/podcasthelper
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**GEAR USED TO MAKE THIS VIDEO**
• GoPro Hero3+ (Silver Edition) podhelp.me/gph3plusSEBH
• AspenMics GoPro Audio Adapter podhelp.me/AspenMicsGoProUSBadapt
• AspenMics Mono lav mic. podhelp.me/AspenMicsMonoLav
• Canon 60D DSLR Camera podhelp.me/C60DbodyAmazon
• Canon 24-105mm lens for b-roll and final talking head shots ("the results") podhelp.me/canon24-105f4IS
• Tokina 11-16mm Canon mount, APS-C podhelp.me/tokina11-16CanonAPSCBH
• Transcend SD card 32GB Class 10 UHS1 podhelp.me/trans32uhs145zon
*all links should be considered affiliate links. I encourage you to shop around for the best prices at the time you are viewing this. You can read my ethics statement via thepodcastersstudio.com/ethics. Thanks!
**disclaimer: this adapter was given to me by AspenMics after I requested to test it out. I don't have to send it back but I didn't have to make a video about it or saying anything about it either. I made this video to let you hear how it works and I get no credit (money) for linking to this specific product.
