How To Monitor Audio in FiLMiC PRO (w/external mic + headphones)

In this video we take a look at how to monitor audio in Filmic Pro while using an external mic & headphones. It's not as easy as you might think! :)

UPDATE: See pinned comment on working with the RODE & Deity mics and the wireless headphones. Did some more testing and eventually got it to work.

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[iphoneographers]

UPDATE: Thanks to a few of your comments and some more testing I WAS able to get the RODE VideoMicro to work with the wireless headphones. Cool! What I did this time was connect the Rode mic FIRST, then open Filmic Pro - and THEN turn on the Bluetooth headphones. In this particular order. The other mics with the built-in Lightning connector you can just connect and go - and leave the Bluetooth headphones on all the time. But with the Lightning to 3.5mm adapter it seems you have to go in this order. So it's a bit of a finicky setup, but so far it does work (with the Deity mic as well). Will be testing more devices as well as some wireless mics too. Thanks! -BC

[JewellDWilliams]

GREAT Video. I don't know if anyone already commented about using the Air Pods and the 3.5mm Lightning adapter with Filmic Pro. I did try this setup and it works well right off the bat. I did not go through any extra steps. Also, the external microphone's I used were cheap mics I have used with my DSLR. Thanks for all your great tips.

[EmceeGraffiti]

Another awesome video. Very informative. Consistently one of my favorite channels.

[natefish]

Thank you for making this video. I tried the lightning to 3.5mm adapter with my wireless mic, the Saramonic Blink500, and it worked great. Definitely think it’s about connecting the mic first.

[exceleganzalinedance]

This is when you appreciate a 3.5mm audio input on your phone. There are many phones that still have them and are still waterproof.

Let's hope the phone and phone gimbal makers, and also Filmic Pro, will work together when designing their products. They sometimes seem to live in a vacuum. We have to go through so much also to mount a mike, get the phone charged by the gimbal, configure the software, etc.

[jamesfaivre]

Thanks. same mic, tried recording drums, sounded horrible... now i know to set Audio *in Filmic. Oy.

[shaneeegan]

I have found a workaround to this issue I believe. I use MoRec app(IOS and Android) to record and monitor the audio whilst using my camera or other app. MoRec boosts the audio and I simply add it back in durning the edit. it may not be a simple fix, but a double clap to fix the audio start point will work every time in FCP and Reaper is my DAW so that's even better. I couldn't justify spending lots on dongles and cables for education purposes, but this way, most children will be matching audio at some point in I-Movie or FCP or Premiere. Hope this helps. Shane, Tipperary, Ireland

[samuelpatchett]

Great tips and follow up discussion. Thanks Blake!

[GCKoerner]

Is that my old buddy Paul Goebel in your short?

[BenjaminGib]

Whoa, I def need to try the splitter.

[JMPDev]

Did you end up fixing it with a TRS->TRRS adapter? Most lightning->headphone adapters use TRRS pinning, and requires an extra adapter for mics that are TRS only.

[JoeMurphysGuitarlessons]

Good video, I have always found filmic to be a pain in the ass, so buggy it’s untrue. It seems after every update, there is another problem for me to fix. The latest one is when switching off automatic gain correction, I have no audio, any advice on how to get around this ? The only reason I use this app is because it has a remote facility.

[jansundoy]

Thank you, that was very helpful. I`m was just fickeling aroand this problems. The splitter is maby my answer :)

[JMPDev]

You should absolutely make an update video to this specifically to include the Rode AI-micro since it has the option to live hardware monitor through it. It also auto-detects TRS and TRRS plugs so should “just work”™ for any mic with a 3.5mm jack.

[MitchRKicks]

I’m interested in the mv88 but the problem is after I do a shot I wanna see how it sounds before I move on to the next. What are the easiest options. having a set of earphone connected via Bluetooth? For playback?

[DuvaleM]

Hello Blake! Regarding other mics that may work besides those you mentioned — I used a RODE Smartlav + on my 10XR and my Bluetooth headphones ( Bose 700) and I heard the audio just fine.

[thinkfreetelevision]

I'm having no problem monitoring audio with my bluetooth earbuds from my Deity mic with the apple lightning adapter and Rode red cable.

[kilianonline]

Thanks for these tips! Say, what does the *FE[number]m* top left of the Filmic Pro interface stand for?

[Hbende]

I solved it, and the order is not essential! The phone thinks you plugged in a microphone AND a headphone. Just switch your sound output to the Bluetooth headphone, and it will work.
On iOS, go to the control center, tap on the blue ”radio tower, ” and select your headphones.

[the_creative]

Hey great video!
Thanks for the info!

I’m using my Rode VideoMic as a wireless mic using my iPhone 11 and filmic pro app. My problem is whenever I switch to Bluetooth to monitor audio via my ear pod or headphones, filmic pro switches to 16 kHz and I want it at 48 kHz but it won’t give me the option to change it. Can you suggestion what I can do? Thanks

Also, for a typical dialogue scene in short films, and I know situations make a difference but I’m still in a fog about what to set my gain levels. My mic had a manual one on the back of it. As a general rule, should I set it below 7 or 8 for outdoor scenes? Thanks again.