Hi! I'm gonna make a presentation thread in the new members-subforum, but first I'd like to ask if anyone has ever modded the hovi mic tips to actually work as microphones? I'm probably gonna invest in a helmet first. I find myself quite handy with tools, and have rudimentary electronics skills + friends who can help, so I wanted to try to make a reasonably functioning. In canon the hovi mic tips are functioning speakers? I figured I'd do like others and have a chest mounted speaker pack, which can be combined with a battery pack to power the phantom power on a condenser mic in one of the hovi tips.
e.g.------ and power it with a rolls pb224, ---- This would then be connected to an preamp with earpiece. Either a cheap xlr preamp with 1/4" or 1/8" output or construct a circuit myself, simple preamps are easy.
Mounted inside the belt. Also figured I'd add some fans inside the helmet with a potentiometer for fan speed.