On this episode I tlak all about the Podmic USB. I just recieved one and I take it on a test drive.

I also talk about Rode’s new Rode wireless go gen 3.

Welcome to Podcast Answers, the show where I help you start and grow your podcast, answering

any podcasting questions along the way. That's right. Today, we are doing it again. We are

answering podcasting questions and talking all about new things, podcasting and all sorts of

new things. So without further ado, here we go. So what's new today? Well, I have a couple

things we're talking about today. And the first one is going to be just the fact that I got

a new Rode wireless mic. Actually, this whole show is going to be about Rode actually. So

the first thing is I got the PodMic USB and we'll be talking a little bit about that as

well as the new Rode Wireless Go Gen 3. So if stick around, if either of those topics

excite you, we're first going to be talking about the Wireless Go Gen 3. Rode just came

out with their new version of their Wireless Go. So if you've seen it, it is the wireless

pack where you you have it, a receiver you can put on your camera. You can it comes with two

transmitters. So you can do video. I like to use it a lot when I'm doing my walking podcasts

where I walk around and I talk because it's nice because it has onboard recording for us.

I don't need to record into my camera, but it allows me to to do that recording into the Rode

Wireless Go. And so I have the Wireless Pro though, which has 32 bit on board recording, 32 bit float

onboard recording as well as it has time sync and a bunch of other different things like that.

So Rode came out with a new version of that. That's the Wireless Go and that's Gen 3. And the cool thing

about it, I guess one of the most, I guess they've leveled up the they've added the 32 bit on board,

32 bit float onboard recording now. So essentially, if you're not familiar with that, the 32 bit on board,

recording 32 bit float onboard recording allows you to essentially have have you just turn it on and

it's recording, right? But the 32 bit float allows you to if it's levels are low, you can bring levels

up without introducing a whole lot of noise. And if it's too loud and it peaks, you can actually bring

that down and it's not going to clip in your editing. So that really helps as far as gain and making sure

that you're getting levels 100% right. However, what the other thing that they have done on board is

they've also made it lots of different colors. So in the past, it's just been the general black

color that you get with that. And now they've made a whole host, you can go white, blue, orange, darker blue,

green, purple, green, darker green, orange, brighter orange, pink, lavender, white, gray,

all sorts of different colors. And so it's cool because if you want to just stand out a little bit

different, personally, me, I like the colors. But again, I'm trying to kind of hide my pack when I'm

doing it. So I don't necessarily want a bright color on there. But that's one of the things that you can do

now. And again, this is now becoming closer to the wireless pro meaning or the because now that it has

the 32 bit on board float. So again, it's just handy. It's nice if you're going to be doing any video

recordings, because that allows you to take that out and record with it and not have too much issue as

far as when you bring that back in. And with a 32 bit float allows you to go ahead and edit easily.

Now, one of the other things, man, this podcast is actually going to be a whole lot about road

today and in the future, because I also bought a road wireless interview pro, which is the handheld

mic in their wireless system. I'm actually receiving that tomorrow. So you will probably get that on the

next episode of podcast answers. However, with the holidays coming in here, it may not be till actually

after the first of the year that we get another podcast answers in because I'm going to be doing some

traveling and be out and about. So I will not have access to be recording. However, one of the things

that we are going to talk about this week is my new road pod mic USB. So if you're watching the video,

I'm actually using it now. And the reason I decided to get this mic is because a couple different fold.

I already like road. I like roads products. I have a road caster pro I have the road wireless go the road

interview pro I like road and I like their products. But it one of the things that I do like a right

So what I decided to get this for was the fact that it's not only a USB mic, but it also is

XLR. So it's the dual feature. So right now I'm actually talking in it. And I have it hooked to my road

caster pro via the XLR.

So what does that mean for you?

Well, that means that that you can use it in an interface like this if I'm at home. The reason I got it though

is because I want to have it when I travel.

So before when I travel, I would take a XLR USB interface like the Scarlett 2i2.

I would plug it into my laptop

And do podcast recording right on that

I didn't really want to handle all of that things anymore

I don't have a road caster duo

If I had a road caster duo, I probably would take that because that's nice and small

You can do all the sound pads and everything on it, but I don't have one of those

And so I was wanting to get something that I could take with me

That would be USB and XLR so I could use it while i'm at home when i'm in the studio

But then also when I was on the go, I wanted to be able to have the

road caster

I'm sorry the road caster, but the pod mic

With me and just plug it in via usb

And so the nice thing about it is if you're used to road and the way that they handle

the whole

um dsp the digital signal processing

You can set those things on the mic itself

So if you plug it in via usb and you open up road central

You can set the noise gate the compression

The big bottom the oral exciter all of those things that you

normally

Do when you're talking with road

You can set those and then those settings stay in your mic

And so if you plug them into another computer those settings still exist

So that's why I wanted to get one because it has those things like a noise gate on it

And so if you're in a noisy environment, you can turn the noise gate on and it

And it helps you get a better signal

now

one of the things

That I like about it too is it has

A headphone jack right on it. So you can monitor your headphones. You can monitor your mic

in zero latency coming right off of that as well as your computer so you can use that

and you can

Have have headphones on and

It's just like you're in the recording studio

So i'm going to do a couple different tests. Like I said, you're using the usb or I mean i'm using the xlr right now

I'm going to pause the recording and we're going to go over to the

We're going to go over to the usb

All right, and now you are hearing me through the road

And there's too many road names the road pod mic usb

and this one is

Using usb and I have the dsp on it

Which means I have the noise gate the

big bottom the oral exciter and the

uh

What was oh the compression on it?

So this is this is what it sounds like

And so it's it's really not that bad. It's really actually pretty good for

What it's doing and

um

All of the things that you're

hearing

on it

Are from

from that and so

Really, it's a good mic to have with you

When you're traveling because again, it's it's small

It's easy to port to pack

And then you also get a ginormous usb cable with it

To take with you and it's usbc

Which is nice because I know that the

sure

mv7

Has a

Micro usb on it. I don't like that

so

This one is nice usbc take it with you. It's easy to go

So that's that's that so i'm going to go ahead and switch back now

Over to using it via xlr

And again what i i'm just really enjoying the the flexibility with having it as a

usb mic because I can take it with me to

On trips and it's really easy because you just need the mic maybe a mic stand

I mean, I don't think I'd try and handle this it does okay

um

I mean again, I have the processing on right now. I can turn all the processing off

So this is processing off on that mic as you can hear. It's a little bit more

uh, I'd say flat

On it and there are is some handling noise

On it, so I wouldn't want to try and use it without

without

um

a some sort of stand on it

Because you wouldn't hear all the handling noise

The nice thing is it does come with this this screen on it

so if you're used to the

this windscreen

so if you're used to the

the original

pod mic

It came did not come with a screen and this one's a nice

Windscreen it fits on it keeps the look

You could have put other windscreens on it and it probably would have done the job

However, this one is nice because it does allows you to

it allows you to have a

good

windscreen

that also

Keeps the aesthetic of the mic

So if you've seen it

It has the stripes on it

And it just kind of keeps the aesthetic of the mic

And so if you're watching right now on

On youtube or whatever you see the

The mic you see the the way it looks and

I like that and so again, this is going to be my mic that i'm going to be doing

My recordings with

At home and on the road because I can take the mic without having to worry about it, you know, because it is

A usb mic and so it'll it will allow me to to do that

um

Yeah, so that's that's the way that's one of the things that I really like about it

So that's those are the

The positives on it and it does a pretty good job. You can't use it both at once

You can't have the usb plugged in as well as the xlr. It takes the the usb

Um, we'll shut the xlr off or I think that's the way it works

And so you can't use both at once so you do need to know that but it does allow you to to have it plugged in

All right guys, well

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Get your podcast started. You can do it for relatively cheap. This microphone is not that much

It's just around 200 and it's well that's

A little more expensive than some people want to spend on a mic

It does a great job and it allows you to do it without all the other hardware

You can just plug this mic right into your computer

Get going right today and have no issue starting your podcast

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