AirPods Mic Quality

Hi!

I recently bought a pair of AirPods Pro (2nd Generation) to use them as a microphone for video making. I use Filmic Pro to record, which has the option to use bluetooth headphones to capture audio. The problem is that the audio quality captured by the AirPods is really bad.

I've read many posts from people complaining about the quality of the AirPods microphones, but after a series of tests I realized that the problem is not the microphones, but a sort of always-on noise cancellation that filters the audio and makes it a lot worse. This noise cancellation has nothing to do with the normal noise cancellation options easily accessible from the settings. In fact, both activating or deactivating the noise cancellation or the transparency mode from the AirPods settings or from the control center does not change anything. It's like a sort of secret voice-filter of the headphones which is always active.

This is demonstrated by the fact that as soon as I open Filmic Pro for a few moments I hear the audio captured from the headphones unprocessed, and it is much better. After a few seconds you hear the background noise reduction filter activating and the audio deteriorates. Of course it's not Filmic Pro's problem because the problem occurs with any other app.

Does anyone know if there is a way to have control of this headphones feature, in order to turn on or turn off this annoying voice filter? Because it's really a pity, since it's a software problem that could therefore be solved with a tap.

A thousand thanks!