![]() Unrivalled connectivity, with dual USB-C interfaces for connecting two computers or mobile devices, studio-grade Neutrik® combo inputs for connecting microphones and instruments, plus Wi-Fi, Ethernet and more.Advanced Bluetooth® connectivity with wide-band speech for ultra-high-quality phone call integration and audio streaming, wireless monitoring, and more.Endlessly customisable, with nine individually assignable channels, on-board granular editing, fully programmable SMART pads and more allowing you to design your perfect setup.Groundbreaking SMART pads for triggering sounds, voice effects, MIDI commands and mixer actions – eight banks of eight pads for 64 unique actions.Powerful on-board effects, including reverb, echo, robot, pitch shifting and more unlock unlimited creative possibilities.Studio-quality APHEX® audio processing for superior sound quality and unmatched flexibility in any recording application High-performance quad-core audio engine delivers significantly more processing power than any other content creation console.Ultra-low-noise, high-gain Revolution Preamps™ deliver world-class audio quality with stunning clarity and transparency.The ultimate audio solution for content creators, including podcasters, livestreamers, musicians, and more.It is about managing the advantages and disadvantages, or better it is about setting up goals while minimizing unwanted side effects. Like with a lot of things in life, everything comes with drawbacks, and so it is with microphones. You should definitely make sure to use a dedicated preamp with it or a clean signal boosting in-between amp instead of only your i nterface‘s preamps. You will need about 50-56db of gain to drive the mic for spoken dialog, depending on how loud you are and how close you want to get. It does not require as much as a Shure 7B, yet it is not far off either. Like other known broadcasting microphones, the Rode Procaster is a gain hungry beast. That said, you might want to get a dedicated preamp, a FetHead, or a CloudLifter to reach enough pre-amplification and eventually get a good signal to noise ratio. Driving the Procasterīeing a dynamic microphone, it is to be expected to use more gain to drive the microphone. ![]() Tapering off the bass frequencies comes in handy when being up close! While I like some of my condenser mics a bit better in sound, they are more transparent than the procaster they also tend to get very “boomy” when being super close, which you have to do when you want rich sound while eliminating as much background noise and reverb from the room. Even though the procaster is a large-diaphragm mic, it takes up much less of your view (also, because a shock mount is not needed). ![]() I have to say, I personally like front addressed microphones at my desk for the voice-over work I do or when doing Skype interviews. In normal circumstances, you do not need an additional shock mount, so, get it close! ![]() This microphone wants to be worked hard! By that, I mean, you want to get close to it. This pickup and rejection pattern combined with the sensitivity characteristics of being a dynamic microphone makes the procaster ideal to use in broadcast scenarios, which are usually not noise-free like a vocal booth would be. Being a front addressed microphone, it picks up all sounds from the front and rejects almost all sound signals coming from the backside (except some high frequencies over 4kHz). This setup is a classic configuration for voice microphones not only in live situations but also in a studio environment. The Rode Procaster is configured to have a cardioid polar pattern. These EQ characteristics are very targeted for voice and might take away some tweaks for you to do in post. While it tapers down to the lows, it also has a little bit of a bump around 200Hy and even a boost in the high frequencies around 5-10kHz. And comparing it to my other mics, it does not get muffled in the lows when using it super close up. However, this most likely has been done to counteract the increased bass response when leveraging the proximity effect. It is to note that it tapers down in the lows and then cuts off at the 75Hy mark. The Rode Procaster’s frequency response ranges from 75Hz – 18kHz.
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