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ccpetersen · Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 6:26 pm Post subject: Rode podcaster

I read through the gear discussions and saw this mic mentioned a few times. Has anybody here used one long enough to form a good/bad opinion of it? We'd be using it with a female voice mostly, male occasionally.

thx.

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P.s. I remember seeing someone mention somewhere here that their wife uses it on the road, but darned if I couldn't find that thread again. sorry for duplication...
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Lance Blair · M&M Joined: 03 Jun 2007 Posts: 2279 Location: Atlanta

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That's a nice dynamic usb mic solution. The best I've heard so far (not that I've heard too many).

Speaking of dynamic mics, I just replaced my Sennheiser MD421 mkII with the Heil PR40. I use dynamics for remote recording on the road or occasionally at a client's place and for VOGs and other public situations. I've also done a few podcast intros lately and the Heil PR40 puts my voice in that world in a very flattering way. EV and Shure dynamics are nice too but the Heil suits my voice better. There's no right mic for every voice (okay, maybe there are a few). Wink

Also, for things that I know are going to end up at low resolution only, a high quality dynamic can work out better than a high quality condenser. I emphasize "can" because that obviously isn't always the case.
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ccpetersen · Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 9:05 am Post subject:

Lance,

Useful comments, thanks!

Yes, there may be some "road" work for the "rode" and wondered how good this is... I see it's available through Amazon at deep discounts; wondering if I should try that or make Sweetwater happy... Wink

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ccpetersen · Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 9:22 am Post subject:

Just a followup -- I went up to Guitar Center near where I live and they had one of these babies on display. They let me take it out and handle it. Before I could stop myself, I said to the guy (who was probably 25 and had more earrings and piercings than I own), "This thing feels like a dildo!"

Didn't THAT raise a few eyebrows.... Wink

Nice mic though and looks like it could stand up to travel, too.

Our studio has Sennheisers which are not so road-worthy, but that's okay. They don't need to travel...
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