RØDE NT-USB Versatile Studio-quality Condenser USB Microphone with Pop Filter and Tripod for Streaming, Gaming, Podcasting, Music Production, Vocal and Instrument Recording

I needed a good mic for my voice overs and podcasts, I had been choosing between Blue-Yeti and Rode-NT. Rode's mic has a pop-filter in the box which is a big plus for me, because although I could order a delivery for Blue-Yeti to my country, but no pop-filter seller gave me that option so I would had to buy a pop-filter locally somewhere. The main problem for me was that Rode-NT is more expensive, it didn't fit into my budget, but then I decided to wait for awhile and just in a few days Amazon put it on 30 pounds sale and that was the perfect time for my purchase. I've used [...] to watch over the price on the mic and it sent me an email when the price dropped, very helpful.The delivery was outstanding, it was rocket-speed! In less than a week I got the package right to my house, thanks to UPS so very much, they are the best! Now that I have used the mic, I can say that the only weak point about it is the tripod - it feels fragile and it's very low, I have to move my head down to be close to the mic or place it on some additional stand, Blue-Yeti has a much better one. Seems like Rode didn't give that tripod enough love, maybe because they think everyone should be using a professional mic stand or a boom arm. Also, a mute button on the mic would have been a very useful feature, Blue-Yeti has it. Other than that, the mic is great, my voice sounds incredibly better compared to my cheap mic I used before, also from all of the comparisons I've seen on youtube, NT-USB does sound a bit better than Blue-Yeti. When I was watching review videos on youtube about these mics, very often I heard warnings that because these are condenser mics they record all of the background noise, so I was a bit nervous if the quality would be OK in my room where I have absolutely nothing for sound-proofing, also my PC is quite loud. If you are concerned about that too, I can tell you clearly that my previous cheap microphone although it was Dynamic not Condenser, it had enormously bigger amount of noise. Yes, you have to be quite in your room, you have to close the windows and preferably you have to be home alone for your recordings, but you would do that even with a dynamic mic too. Set your Rode NT-USB on about 20% level in the system settings and it's ready to go. Ok, I hope these tips will be useful for you guys, good luck to you and happy recordings! Thank you Amazon, UPS and Rode! Much Love! <3 <3 <3

As you would expect from Rode, the product is well made and of robust construction. It looks and feels high quality. The mic is perfect for home recording, easy to set up on Mac, and I'm sure the same is will be true with PC platforms. It's a good all round solution for those wishing to make home recordings of instruments, vocals and more, and is perfect for online video conferencing, giving good audio quality. The long cable allows the mic to be set up placed in the room to give optimum sound quality. I've used it for live recording of acoustic and electric guitars, and vocals. Results have been very impressive (quality of my playing excepted!!). My only slight quibble is that, although the stand is very sturdy, it would be better if it fold flat legs to make it easy to transport. Other than that, a good buy for the money!

Love this microphone. The build quality is excellent. Sound quality which can me made even better with and add on sound card for your PC. However it sounds excellent on the generic sound card. One issue I found on installation. I have an add on 6 x USB 3.0 PCI-E card, and when I plugged the microphone into that it was being seen by Windows 10 as an audio output device and not an input device. I cured this by plugging it into the main mother board USB 2.0 socket and restarted the system. I don't think that USB 2.0 is an issue for this microphone as it works a treat. Looks great too.

After looking at the accumulative cost of getting an XLR mic + interface etc, I decided to just get this USB mic after seeing the recommendations on YouTube, and I'm definitely happy with the result. Physically, everything is well constructed and feel solid and of high quality. I was a bit miffed by the excessively large packaging it came in though. Pretty sure it could be cut by 1/3 to a half with some sensible packaging design. The foam packing definitely kept the mic safe at an overkill level. I'm no audiophile so I can only say, I can notice the differences in sound quality vs my £30 desk mic. That said it could be a result of me spending a bit more time to set it up correctly software side, with reduced gain at the OS level. It's definitely better at reducing the noise level, again - perhaps due to my altered gain settings. That said it definitely still picks up my mouse and keyboard sounds, which isn't really that big of a problem for me. I also think it's more sensitive to the S's than my old mic, but this could be a direct result of having to be physically closer to the mic due to the reduced gain. At least the bundled pop filter works a charm with the Pah sounds! I was surprised by how useful the zero latency monitoring is, with access to the desktop audio at the same time. This allows me to hear myself clearly whilst playing games at the same time, without the short delay that I get from OBS, making it super hard to continue speaking. The downside is this is pre-mixed monitoring, so I can't hear my compressor, limiter and EQ at work. To be fair, as someone who's just starting out with streaming, I don't think it's a deal breaker. Any hardware solution would probably cost as much minus the mic - so it ends up being a nice bonus for me. One criticism I have is its compatibility with the PSM1 shock mount - which I'd expected full compatibility with. The pop filter's attachment to the base of the mic is at an angle, which means it can't go on the shock mount without turning the mic at an angle. Even after that, the filter ends up being pressed against one of the shock mount's supports, which could introduce scratches if I accidentally move / twist the filter. The bigger problem is that the shock mount limits access to the monitoring dials, where the dials are blocked by the shock mount's metal. If the filter was symmetrically attached and goes further out from the mic - it would solve this problem entirely. I suspect the same issue would occur with any shock mounts of similar designs, so the limitation is more strictly to the mic's design. Sadly I don't see any obvious fixes besides elongating the entire microphone to raise the dials. I've not used the table stand that came with the mic, which is a comparatively cheap bit of plastic against the quality metal of the mic. It seems silly that the stand took up as much room in the box as the mic, when I've got much better constructed fold-able metal ones from my cheap mic. All in all I'm very happy with my purchase as someone just starting out with streaming, and can't afford all the bells and whistles of XLR mics.

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Ich nutze das RØDE NT-USB Mikrofon bereits seit 2022 regelmäßig und bin bis heute sehr zufrieden. Es kommt bei mir für Sprachaufnahmen, Online-Meetings und zum Vertonen selbst geschnittener Videos zum Einsatz. Die Klangqualität ist klar, natürlich und frei von störendem Rauschen. Auch nach dieser langen Nutzung hat sich daran nichts geändert. Die Einrichtung ist unkompliziert: per USB anschließen, und das Mikrofon ist sofort einsatzbereit. Der integrierte Popfilter funktioniert zuverlässig und reduziert Zischlaute deutlich. Das mitgelieferte Tischstativ ist stabil, und ansonsten lässt sich das Mikro auch schnell an anderen Halterungen montieren. Das Metallgehäuse ist robust und zeigt nach über zwei Jahren kaum Gebrauchsspuren. Besonders praktisch ist die Kopfhörerbuchse mit Lautstärkeregler, mit der man Aufnahmen in Echtzeit kontrollieren kann. Fazit: Ein langlebiges, hochwertig verarbeitetes Mikrofon mit sehr gutem Klang und vielseitiger Einsatzmöglichkeit. Auch nach längerer Zeit im Gebrauch bleibt es absolut zuverlässig.

La calidad de sonido es muy profesional, lo mejor que he escuchado nunca en micrófonos USB (mejor que un Blue Yeti, por ejemplo). Se enchufa por USB y listo, ideal para los que necesitamos viajar y tener una calidad excepcional donde sea. Dejo una prueba de sonido cortita, sin editar en absoluto, para que apreciéis el potencial de este micrófono: [...]

Rode es garantía de buen sonido, el costo del micrófono no es "barato" pero vale cada centavo de lo que estás pagando. Si bien el stand no es de aluminio, se siente sólido, pero el micrófono es otra cosa, tiene solidez, peso, materiales de primera calidad, potencia, definición y muy buen alcance, no necesitas pegarte más allá de 15 cm para captar con excelente potencia y claridad. Además si a eso le sumas su app de Rode para configuración y le metes postproducción al OBS con Izotope 9, tendrás algo bastante profesional y decente. 10 de 10 para el tio Rode!