G'day Gary for Simple Audio Tips. If you'd like to have a closer look at the
RODE NT-USB microphone
then stick around and I'll show you what you get in the box
it's great features, how to set it up and start recording
Opening the box I'm really impressed by the way the mic is packed.
you know what it's like when you open up a new Apple product
RODE have worked hard to give you that same feeling
without leaving you wondering just how much of the
purchase price went into the packaging
These are all the items that you get
included in that is a pouch to store your mic in
along with the silica-gel packet and there's a good reason for that
it is to keep the microphone dry. Because of the way they are constructed
a condenser mics performance will suffer badly when exposed to condensation
Out of the box you have all you need to start recording to a PC or Mac and
that's the beauty of this micophone
If your choice is an iPad
you'll need a genuine USB camera adapter to get that USB import
the microphone can be used on the supplied table stand
or can be removed with the ring mount holder and fitted to a boom stand.
This is how it comes out of the box. The ring mount is already mounted on the bottom of the microphone
as well as the pop filter or the screen
Before we go any further I'll just remove this so you can see how this all goes together.
That's the ring mount separated
see the pop filter is separated as well Both the front and the back are very similar
but the gold dot on the front indicates the front of the microphone it must always face forward.
On the side of the microphone you've got two controls.
Both of these controls do not in any way change the microphones gain.
That is set inside the microphone at manufacture.
You've got I little 3.5 millimeter jack to connect your headphones
Now let's mount the whole mic together.
The wind screen goes on the base first
Then the ring mount gets mounted on the bottom
It is a really robust ring mount so it's not a problem to put it all together
Wind him all up. This is the way the microphone needs to be setup
The windscreen is located directly in front of the mic
The ring mount gets placed directly facing the back
so once that's in position tighten up
the nut on the bottom then you can
get the supplied base and screw it into
the mount on the bottom
Now the base has different length legs
There is a short leg which needs to be at the back and two long legs
that need to be in front. And there you have it. The microphone is ready to use
Now to connect the microphone
plug the USB lead that has the square end
into the bottom of the microphone. Just be sure that you line up
the plug correctly because it will only go in one way.
the other end of the USB cable connects
to your recording device. I'm going to use an iPad
so I'll use the adapter. Connect the lead
to the iPad. Once you've got the application open- which in this case
is going to be "Garage Band" for myself
go into the input settings and make sure you switch off
the automatic gain control then adjust the level, the manual level
of the audio input so that it meets your requirements
You need to make sure that your speaking at the correct distance from
the microphone
and that you don't allow the microphone to distort.
so near that that's all set up, ready to go I can start recording.
To give you a better idea of how these controls work on the side of the microphone
I've run a feed straight to my camera so
the cameras audio will be directly monitoring what you hear in the headphones
I've got my headphones connected to the camera so I can
hear the same thing. I've pre-recorded a track on
"Garage Band". and I'll play that as a backing track as if you were doing a multi-track recording.
and you're listening to that recording and you're laying down another track
so I will just start that playing
you can hear mix between my voice and the backing track
the top control can vary the level the backing track relative to the
level at the microphone turning it to the left I get more of the microphone
turning it to the right I get more of the backing track.
And it gets to the point where you are not able to hear me.
so this way you can get a nice balance between the backing track
and what your monitoring from your own recording
the bottom level is an overall volume control
you can turn that down, or you can turn that up
depending on the level you want in the headphones
the RODE NT-USB is a great package that provides great audio
with simplicity of set up. I'm going to leave some links in the description below
so you can check those out later on
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