- In this video, we're talking about the RODE Wireless Go.
I've been using these since they launched them
and all of the audio you're gonna hear
is from the RODE Wireless Go.
So I'm gonna go through 10 reasons
why you would get the system and also 10 creative uses
so that you can capture better audio.
All right, guys, let's get into it.
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Number one, they're super easy to use.
When you pull them out, you power them on,
you plug them into your camera,
the only thing that you have to change is the volume
that's being sent to your camera.
And you get three options zero,
negative 12, and negative 24.
So you basically get a low, medium and high setting.
Number two.
There are no adjustments needed for the RF signal
so you never have to worry about what frequency you're on.
All you need to do is make sure that they're linked
and you're always gonna get clean audio
as long as you have a clear line of sight
between the transmitter and the receiver.
Number three, they're tiny and they will fit on any camera.
So whether you're shooting on, say, a GoPro,
or you have a larger setup, you can basically use these
with any style of camera.
Number four, they are super cheap.
They're only $200.
Now some of you might be thinking,
well, there are some knockoffs on the market.
These are the Sokani
and these are RODE Go knockoffs.
They're essentially the exact same thing and they're $100.
So why would you pay $200 to get the RODE version?
Well, these are garbage.
I've actually been using these.
I've been testing them out.
I wanna do a video comparing the two,
talking about cheaper options,
and everything that I've been shooting with these
just hasn't sounded that good.
And I've had a lot of RF issues with them.
And you have to like change channels.
They're a pain to work with.
So ditch these.
Stick with the RODE Go's.
$200, they're cheap.
Number five, they have an internal battery
that has seven hours of battery life.
Now what I've done when I'm shooting my YouTube videos
is I turn these both on and I leave them on
because it would really suck if you forgot to turn one
of these on and then you didn't have the audio.
Seven hours gets you plenty of recording time
but if I'm planning to shoot longer,
then I just bring a second set or I bring a battery backup
so I can keep charging it.
Number six, the wireless pack has an integrated microphone
so you don't actually have to use a lavalier mic.
This makes it easier so that you have options
to either just use the pack as a standalone
or plug in a wireless lavalier mic or any other sort
of microphone that you wanna plug in
to this wireless transmitter.
Number seven, they come in black or white editions,
and also RODE has made a ton of accessories
to go along with it, so the system can be used
in a bunch of different situations.
Number eight, it has a clear LCD screen with only the things
that you need to see on that LCD screen.
So you have your battery life.
You have your audio meters.
You have your output volume.
You have your wireless signal.
And then you have your brightness,
whether it's bright or dimmer.
Number nine, you can use multiple units at the same time.
On their website, they say up to eight.
I've used two simultaneously.
One downside is though you can't use one transmitter
to multiple receivers.
It's only one transmitter per one receiver.
And number 10, they can cover a long distance
for their size.
When I'm out hiking, I'm able to walk pretty far away
from the camera and still get super clean audio.
Now you do have to remember,
if you put something in-between you and the receiver,
you might not get a clean signal.
So line of sight is super important,
especially when you're getting further away
from the receiver.
These work great.
I'm a big fan of the RODE Wireless system
and I wanna go through some creative uses
on how you can get better audio using the system.
The first one is placement.
For me, I'm always wearing a backpack when I'm out hiking
or I'm out doing something outside of the studio.
So what I do is I put the transmitter just right here
in my pocket on the backpack.
I don't have to worry about a lavelier mic,
I just put it right here.
Sometimes I'll take the little fuzzy, put it on top,
depending on how much air is moving around me.
So no matter if I'm close to camera or further away,
I'm gonna be able to capture good audio.
Now if you still wanna use a shotgun microphone,
you can pair this with something like the Deity D4 DUO.
The D4 DUO has an input on the side
and allows you to split the signal between left
and right channels, so you have two mono channels.
One of them would be the Wireless Go
and one of them would be the shotgun mic.
You can also do this with a simple Y-cable.
You can go get one on Amazon,
and what it does is just splits the signal.
Now this is great because then you have the option
to use wireless, get away from the camera,
but also get clean recording with a shotgun mic
on top of the camera.
If you're someone who's gonna be doing
more interview-style content,
maybe instead of using a shotgun mic,
you use two of these with a Y-cable into the camera,
or use like a small mixer on top of the camera.
And then you could have the interviewer and the interviewee
both getting clean audio using wireless packs.
They're super small and lightweight.
They work well so you can bring them
in a lot of different situations.
So one use that I haven't seen anyone talk
about is pairing this wireless system
with something like a TASCAM DR-10.
So what this is is a little audio recorder.
It just records straight to this.
You have a Micro SD Card in here.
So what you can do is have your microphone,
you'd have to be using a lavalier mic,
go into the TASCAM,
and then out of the TASCAM, either using the headphone jack
or if you have the European version,
they actually have an out on top of it.
That can go to your RODE
and then the RODE sends to the camera.
Then the reason that you'd put the TASCAM
between your microphone and the RODE,
is that now you always have a backup recording.
So if you're shooting something where you can't go
and re-shoot it, you wanna make sure
you get it right the first time.
So this saves you in those situations
where this might not be working the best.
So if you're in an area with high frequencies,
there's a lot of different things going on,
and you're just not getting clean audio,
or you have to move around
and your subject decides to like walk off.
The beauty of this is that you're always recording here
so you're always gonna have clean audio.
Now I left this here on the table
just because I'm talking about this product right here.
Now you can also use this as a boom mic,
so I have my boom mic up here.
And instead of having the cable run from my microphone
down over to the camera,
I could just put the RODE Wireless pack up here
with the microphone input into the wireless pack.
And then I could send the signal over there
and not have to deal with cables.
So recently, I've been letting my wife just use this
for her Zoom calls because she wants to have better audio
and so this is a great way to just have clean audio.
Be able to get yourself away from the computer a little bit
and it sounds great.
Now a lot of my friends are fitness professionals
and I work in the fitness industry outside
of this YouTube channel.
I have a production company.
And lot of them have been asking me
how do you do better livestreams,
especially with everything going on?
So I've been setting them all up with this wireless system
and an over-the-ear mic.
Because they do fitness, they need to be constantly moving.
They're doing, you know, this.
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So by using these wireless packs and over-the-ear mic,
it's a simple solution to get super clean audio
because in fitness, when you're following along
with a workout, you're more focused on the audio track.
You're listening for cues,
rather than just watching the screen.
So audio is one of the most important things
when it comes to creating fitness content.
So this also works great for voiceover.
Obviously, I'm here, we're doing this as this setup.
You could use this for voiceover work.
Now make sure you use the little wind fuzzy here
so you don't get any like pops.
But this is a great solution
if you don't wanna carry extra gear.
So like when I'm traveling, maybe I'm doing something
where I want to do more voiceover work,
well, I could use this, find an area
that doesn't have a lot of reverb,
and then I can produce good sounding voiceovers.
One cool creative thing that you can do with this
is take a mix and then send it to your camera.
So if you're using multiple microphones,
say you have three people mic'd up,
well, if somebody's mixing onto an audio recorder,
you could send that mix to your camera,
then you could potentially use the audio
that's coming straight into camera
and you don't have to deal with syncing later.
You don't have to deal with mixing all those tracks.
Now one of the ways that I've used these is syncing
for multi-cam shoots.
Being able to get clean audio
that's from my microphone up here or this microphone here,
and getting that into each camera allows you
to click one button and then all of the sudden,
boom, it's synced up, versus when you're using camera audio,
it's not always the easiest,
especially if cameras are further away
and you can't hear as well what's going on
with the main audio track.
Now you can only do one transmitter to one receiver
but what you can do is have your main audio source going
into your main camera and then out of the headphone jack,
add a RODE Wireless Go, it's goes into the next camera,
and do the same thing.
Out the headphone jack, go to the next camera.
And you can set up the same audio track on all the cameras
by using these little wireless packs.
Now it's super easy to sync.
Now a lot of times when I'm doing a production by myself,
I have to monitor my sound.
I have to put on headphones.
Now what you can do with these is just add some tape
or a cold shoe mount onto the outside of your headphone.
It's obviously a set of headphones that has an input
and then what you can use this for is wireless monitoring
of your audio.
So for me, when I'm on my shoots
where I have multiple cameras,
I might man two or three cameras myself,
having them on sliders and different things like that.
And what I'll do is use the RODE Wireless Go
on my headphones so I could always be listening
to the sound and then not have to worry
about cables running into the camera.
I could just freely go wherever I need to on set.
Now the last creative use is put it on top of your camera
and you can use it for vlogging.
It's gonna sound a little bit better than your camera audio,
but you do have to remember this is omni-directional,
so it's not the same as a shotgun mic.
Okay, so now I'm outside.
It's definitely bright out here.
But I have the microphone directly on top of the camera.
It's just with a little piece of tape.
I just wanted to give you a quick idea
of what it sounds like.
It's pretty quiet back here.
And there's a little bit of sounds in the distance
but this is just essentially with the microphone directly
on top of camera, an arm stretch away.
So this is what it sounds like
and you know, here's, I'm making some loud walking noises.
So you can just tell it's more omni-directional,
like you're gonna hear more than if you used a shotgun mic
but it still could work pretty well,
especially if your tradeoff is just using camera audio.
So if you're in situations that aren't super loud,
this method may work.
I would play around with it and see if it works for you.
There's been situations
where I'll just bring this system out with me
when I'm out shooting and I'll either set this up
on the camera or I'll set it on something
in the environment, because I know
if I'm within like an arm's stretch away from it,
I'm gonna get clean audio.
It just depends on what's around me.
These wireless packs are great.
I'm gonna bring them on all my shoots
and use them to capture my audio.
And guys, if you wanna learn
how you can capture better audio in your YouTube videos,
I highly suggest checking out this video right here.
I'll see you over there.