Monitor your audio through the built-in headphone jack.Īnother first for me was the Rode Podcaster Web site.
This is the only microphone Iive every tested that included its own headphone jack. It includes a headphone jack and volume out control on the side of the mic body. If you want to monitor your audio input directly from the microphone, you can do that, too. Odds are that most people were born with better physical coordination than I was, so you probably wonit have to worry about bouncing your face off the Podcaster while recording - but that wouldnit have happened if I didnit have to get so close to the mic. If you listen closely, you can hear where I accidentally bumped my glasses against the mic while turning my head.
I first used the Podcaster during the Decemedition of AWR. I also had to keep the mic a bit closer to my face than I was comfortable with while recording. When Ricky Spero and I started testing this mic during the Apple Weekly Report podcast, I had to max out the sound input level in the Sound Preference Pane.
Thatis not a problem with the Podcaster, but instead just the nature of dynamic microphones.ĭespite the great audio quality, I did have some issues getting enough gain out of the Podcaster. The audio quality is really good, but you can tell when someone pulls away or gets to close to the mic. Since the Podcaster is a dynamic mic, it is designed to pic up sound that is directly in front of it. You will need your own mic stand, and be sure to balance it because the Podcaster is a fairly heavy microphone.