Comments on: Rode Rodecaster Pro Review | The Ultimate All-In-One Podcasting Device

By: chris dymale

chris dymale — Fri, 07 Feb 2020 15:09:17 +0000

Bought the Rodecaster pro to use with facebook live using my phone … We can hear eachother talk and the music, but none of that seems to get to facebook… how am i to connect my phone to hear the audio/ music from the Rodecaster?
Is there a setting I am missing?
getting very frustrating…

By: Ché

Ché — Sat, 28 Dec 2019 23:02:42 +0000

Hi,

I’ve been trying to find out for months if a DJ Controller can be connected to it?

I record music radio shows podcast and this would be perfect to replace all the other equipment.

Thank You

By: Dino

Dino — Thu, 14 Nov 2019 00:59:38 +0000

Hi there, nice article! Where are samplers stored? It seems this device has its own internal memory but it doesn’t say anything about that…. What is its size? As they Rode guy explain, you can save your samplers from your PC to this device but he never mentions if you need a SD card….

By: Matthew Boudreau

Matthew Boudreau — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 14:31:21 +0000

In reply to David Berman. The Rodecaster records WAV natively, as do most recorders. You could use it with an Mp3 recording app on your computer or your phone. I can see from a consumer perspective how it seems like WAV files are anachronistic. But WAV, AIFF and other uncompressed formats are alive, well and improving into the realm of 32-bit and 192000 Hz recording with no loss of data or quality. Mp3 format is destructive and loses audio information every time it is resaved as an Mp3, leading to digital artifacts and data loss. In studio environments, we tend to use WAV and only convert mp3 for the final product to ensure maximum quality of the end product.

By: David Berman

David Berman — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 00:49:29 +0000

I’m plunging into podcasting and have a serious interest in the Rodecaster Pro. But it is a non-starter for me until Rode enables mp3 files, not just WAV files. I would think this would be a relatively simple thing to add, and I don’t want to go through the process of converting Rodecater Pro’s WAV files to mp3. In general, especially for the spoken word, WAV files are “so yesterday.”

By: Lindsay Harris Friel

Lindsay Harris Friel — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 15:14:39 +0000

In reply to SweetBaby.

You want something with a battery option. Have a look at the Zoom options in this article: https://www.thepodcasthost.com/equipment/the-perfect-podcast-setup/

By: SweetBaby

SweetBaby — Thu, 17 Oct 2019 16:56:35 +0000

Can this system be used without being plugged but instead by battery or is there a way to make it even more portable lets say I wanted to go to the beach?

By: Bill Hibbler

Bill Hibbler — Wed, 16 Oct 2019 20:24:23 +0000

I’ve had my Rodecater for about two months and love it. It may cost $600 but, for me, it replaced a $350 Mackie mixer, two $75 Short Stop cough switches, a $900 digital hybrid for bringing in phone calls and two $900 Aphex 230 effects units, an ipad for effects and clips, not to mention lots of extra cables. The Rode includes all the effects the Aphex 230 provides, except a parametric EQ and it does so for all four mic inputs. In my previous rig, I needed one Aphex unit per mic. Now it doesn’t not give me the precise control I got with the 230, everything in the Rodecaster is simply on or off but to have everything in one extremely portable unit was too much too resist. Not to mention having mix minus setup for each channel without complicated patching between channels. I love it! If I could add one thing it would be more tone controls than simply a button to select low, medium or high voice.

By: Bill Hibbler

Bill Hibbler — Wed, 16 Oct 2019 20:15:12 +0000

“Hi Colin, does the Rodecaster cut the studio monitors when mics are live? A lot of people in the industry seem to recommend mixers that don’t do this. I like the Allen & Heath’s XB-10 because it takes care of this (-:”

It doesn’t cut the monitors automatically but there’s a volume knob for that next to the four individual headphone monitor volume knobs.

By: Craig

Craig — Wed, 16 Oct 2019 15:06:41 +0000

Looks like I might have to bite the bullet for this bit of kit (he says with a sheepish glance at his long-suffering wife!) simply because I’m struggling to bring in a Skype guest with 2 local co-hosts to a Zoom H6. I also own a Scarlett interface, so any advice before I fork out the cash would be welcome!