Sony FX3 / A7SIII / A7IV + Rode Wireless Go II Buzzing Noise Issue & Solutions

In this video I break down 3 solutions to get rid of that buzzing noise that you get from using the Sony Fx3 and Rode Wireless Go II. Feel free to let me know if you have any questions!

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[marcelohm]

For anyone interested: I‘ve been in contact with the Rode Support over this. (I‘m using the First Gen though)
Here‘s what the Support said:

- Update Firmware through App (not an option on first Gen)

- Check if internal recording also has interference noise (seems to be a well working solution for 2nd Gen users)

- enable Airplane Mode on Camera (did not do anything for me)

- Use long cable to get receiver away from camera (also did nothing for me)

- Set the input Db on the receiver to the max.
This actually worked really well for me. I get a lot of noise on the 2 lower input settings and as soon as I go to max levels the noise almost entirely goes away.

I combined this solution with 2 clip on filters on my receiver to camera cable and it seems like this killed 99, 9% of the noise.

Hope this might help someone!

[CharlotteISvideo]

Dude! Bought the noise filters and new 3.5mm cables and changed the audio settings and this worked! Thanks for this video.

[YoungBlaze]

i really appreciate you for posting this because i sent back like 4 rode's wireless thinking it was them, and was told my a7siii was the issue, im going to try this, i thought it was just mine that was doing this!

[RayRoberts]

Hey Victor! This randomly came up on my reccomended and I thought "hey, I know that guy!". Earned yourself a new subscriber!

[Benagins]

We have this same issue for our FX3’s. It’s only squealing when we listen to the internal camera audio, whereas once we use the rode wireless go ii’s 32 bit float imported via rode central the squeal completely goes away. I believe the issue is a frequency broadcasted by the camera being intercepted by the 3.5mm wire to the rode. It’s an unbalanced wire which can be interfered with by electrical current. XLR is balanced and is the reason why people sometimes go that direction. Our fix at six and twenty films has been to either unplug the wireless go from the camera completely, and multicam in post and line up the 32 bit float to the scratch audio from the camera using waveforms, or to keep the rode plugged in to the camera and just use the squealing version and waveform it to the internal 32 bit float the same way we would with the scratch audio.

We came across this video looking for exactly what you just talked about and with your fixes + what we’ve worked on i’d say the best way to alleviate the problem is to just multicam using waveform to the 32 bit internal audio. No squealing and you get a lot more editing options in post. Thanks for sharing this and I want to see more of what you have to post!

[stellasun]

Why I just saw this video! It works!!! Thank you so much!!!! I used solution #2 with my SonyA3sIII

[sabrinataryar]

I have Sony A7iii and I’m exactly having these issues so thanks for the video. I’m gonna try these methods

[mikegobig]

Well-done video! Thank you for your work on this. I have both the Rode Wireless Go and Comica wireless mics, and both have been buzzing on the A7sIII. It seems to me the real issue is a weakness in the actual Sony mic jack. I've used the microphones on other Sony cameras with no issues. So I'll go for the noise filters.

[benondatop]

This was a really awesome video that helped me solve a huge problem. Thank you for doing this! GREAT work!

[g_lantos]

I wish I would have seen your video 6months earlier... it would have saved so much hustle... I have the same issue with my fx3 and the DJI mic 1st version... tried it with 4 different cables, but still heard the low frequency buzzing/static noise... at one point my dji mic even picked up some radio station and I legit heard a channel talking about politics, I was like is this even real? like how? but this clips are everything... DJI customer support answer was that newer cameras like the FX3 is more sensitive for low frequencies or tried to change the cable...

[MrMichaelrichards]

You seem like a really nice guy. Thanks heaps for the help mate. Keep at it.

[edwnsoto]

wow I am planning to buy the same setup, bookmark this, Thanks a lot

[Kampfbomba]

Thank you so, so much! I was so unhappy with this Noise from my Wireless go! Now it's pretty much gone...

[AlljPro]

For me the other solution is changing cables…
In your tests I actually liked how much clean the the top handle made the wireless go…

[josemoreno]

Thanks for a very thoughtful video! Definitely helped.

[ThisBytesForYou]

I'm having the same issue with the ZV-1, I saw another creator mention buying a longer cable, so I am trying that, I should have the cable today to test

[billbuckleytutorials]

Great video . I have exactly the same issue using the wirelss DJI mic with the Sony A7S3 ( buzzing) . No help from Sony. I agree with some of the other comments I can use the mics and same cable on the Sony A7iii and the sony A6500 and no buzzing . So it seems to prove the issue is with the donyaudio socket. Saw another guys video that said that DJI recommended changing their cable out. So going to do that and add the noise filters !

[RoccoRichardson]

Thanks for making this video! The cable grounding cover was a good solution and actually works. This is def. a problem on Rodes end with the WG mics. I have the Filmmakers Wirless mic and it does have this issue at all. I haven't had a chance to try DJI mics yet to see if they have the same issue and that would call out Sony.

[structuremedia]

Thank you, same issues here, ordering now!

[AbbaokGaming]

Thank you. Option 1 reduced the noise alot on my Wireless GO II + Sony Alpha 6400. But now I cant speak so loud using the microphones because I dont want my recording to clip. 😑