Need some help with the rode podcaster mixer. Hope someone has a solution!
I bought the Rode RODECaster Pro mixer a few months ago so i could record more than one microphone for interviews (i was previously using a Maono usb mic which was great).
I bought two Rode PodMics to go with the mixer. Immediately after setting it all up, i noticed the recordings sounded harsher on ‘S’ sounds. I played around with the settings, and made sure the ‘Rode PodMic’ was selected in the settings. But couldn’t fix it.
This week i bought the new Shure MV7. Which has both USB and XLR outputs. I tested it first through the Rode RODECaster mixer. Slightly different sound to the PodMic - but not massive. So i thought i’d test it via USB directly into my computer.
The USB recording is MUCH better - whereas the recording through the mixer still had the sharp ‘S’ sounds.
So i’m definitely going something wrong with the RODECaster Mixer. These are the settings under ‘audio processing’:
Compresser: On
High-pass Filter: On
De-esser: On
Noise Gate: On
APHEX
Aural Exciter: One
Big Bottom: On
Processing: On
Anyone experienced this before? What am i doing wrong?
So what happens when you turn OFF ALL of the RODEcaster ‘audio processing’ ? If that fixes the problem then you could turn the adjustments back ON one at at time to find out why.
I remember this. This is the mixer you can use to manage and integrate a phone call. That right there would be worth the price if it worked well.
From the instructions, they expect the XLR connections to work really well and the only way you would know that is turn off all the processing, filters, effects, and corrections. See: Jademan.
When you get it “flat,” record a short voice test with the digital USB service and record it again through the analog mixer connection.