This can come in handy for helping prevent those annoying pops and plosives in your audio. That aside, the Rode Podcaster has an internal pop filter built in. The Rode Podcaster falls into the former category.Ī simple way to sum up a typical Dynamic mic, is that they can be slightly less nuanced, as a trade-off for being more forgiving of sub-optimal recording conditions.
Generally, microphone manufacturers build Dynamic or Condenser mics. That’s all you really need to know here, but if you did want a deeper dive into mic polar patterns, then fill your boots! Build of the Rode Podcaster This makes it an optimal design for recording one person, or one source. It focuses on sound directly in front of it, whilst isolating sounds coming from the sides and back. The Rode Podcaster has a Cardioid polar pattern. This can mean there’s less margin for error. Putting the confusingly similar names aside for now, the big attraction of USB mics is in their simplicity. The Podcaster, however, you can plug into your computer directly. To run the Procaster, you need additional equipment (such as a mixer or digital recorder).
Essentially, it’s a mirror version of the Rode Procaster, which is an XLR model. But a run-through of the Rode Podcaster is long overdue. It’s been a while since we reviewed one, because I always get their names mixed up. We’ve got more Rodes than the Roman Empire here at The Podcast Host HQ.