Recording next to a concrete truck is rough on audio. Distance, a windshield mic, and Detail's new on-device enhancement can all pull the clip back from unusable.
Recording in front of a concrete truck is not ideal. Wind, engine noise, and general chaos are all working against you. But bad audio conditions are rarely a reason to abandon a shot, and there are a few practical things you can do to make the best of the situation.
The simplest fix costs nothing: move. The further you get from the noise source, the less it competes with your voice. It sounds obvious, but it works. Even if you're still technically in frame with the truck behind you, putting more physical distance between yourself and the source makes a real difference to what the microphone picks up.
Wind is its own problem, and distance alone won't solve it. A microphone with a windshield helps significantly, and getting the mic closer to your mouth means your voice is louder relative to everything else — which effectively pushes the background noise further down in the mix. A quieter location, of course, is always the cleanest solution.
"If the microphone is close to your mouth, this will sound a little bit better for sure."
No external mic? That's where software comes in. Detail has had audio enhancement for a while, but there's a new version of it that runs entirely on-device. It's near-instant, your audio never leaves your phone, and it handles the kind of background noise that would otherwise make a clip unusable.
Your audio never leaves the device.
You just press enhance, and Detail handles the rest. It's a pro feature — it takes some processing power — but for anyone shooting in unpredictable environments, it's the kind of thing that turns a salvageable clip into a usable one.
The best audio setup is still a quiet room and a good mic. But when you're stuck on a noisy street and the shot matters, these tools close the gap considerably.
