I actually have a bunch of audio I recorded on this for a friends film, in a bunch of environments (inside, outside, different rooms). Still have that level of noise though.
The condesending thing mostly comes from you using my words in quotation marks rather than using your own. I tried to keep my post in a rather casual tone which you seemed to react to somewhat. If you honestly weren't trying to be condesending I apologize, but it just came off that way.
If you...
While I appreciate the help and info, I didn't much appreciate the condescending tone of your second paragraph. It's not as though I thought I was getting the highest quality equipment, but on minimum wage a couple hundred dollars a piece is pretty expensive.
Anyway, if you have any other tips...
And I assume you haven't had any issues? I'm really not sure what the problem is, could it be in my settings? Here's a link to a video where the guy tries a bunch of mics out and has no problems, leading me to believe it might be a defective unit.
https://vimeo.com/29206731
I'm having trouble with this device. Using internal and external audio (Rode NTG-2) I get a terrible amount of noise and I'm afraid I might have a defective unit. I'll upload some examples below to show you what kind of problems I've been having, but please - if anyone knows a way to fix this...