RODE X Streamer X Audio Features Review

In this episode we take a detailed look at the highlights of the audio features available on RODE X’s Streamer X, and compare the quality of the Streamer X’s mic preamps to the preamps of two other popular podcast/livestream mixers. Then we recommend some recording tips and tricks that will help you make the most of these preamps’ high-quality sound.

Copyright 2023, Curtis Judd

#RODE #StreamerX #Preamp

Index
00:00 Summary
00:10 Intro + signal chain
00:52 Preamp quality
01:40 Testing self-noise
03:50 Other considerations
05:33 Inbuilt processing
06:10 RODE Unify app
06:24 Brief mention of video capabilities
06:56 UI overview
08:13 Headphone amplifier
09:44 More on Unify + OBS
10:20 My Take
11:20 Please buy my courses

[petermcginty]

Thanks Curtis, great video. When I started live streaming during COVID, there was hardly any great just for podcasters. Now, there is so much.

I am very happy with my set-up but if I was starting out today, it would be with this unit. Very simple, yet more than enough for a start-up. 🎉

[tractorboy]

Thanks for another impeccably presented and useful review. Always a pleasure to be kept up-to-date on the audio-visual world at large.

[KevinLe]

Great review, Curtis! I can always count on you to do a really in-depth review of products like this. One thing i found about the Streamer X is that if your camera has HDMI delay (panasonic cameras, specifically) your audio/video won't sync up. I've reached out to Rode about this and suggested adding a delay in Rode Central or Unify. Hopefully they do it. Otherwise, a solution i found was using something like Loopback or Ground Control where you can apply delay in frames, which is a great workaround

[LotharRadscheid]

THX Curtis, again as allways great review about the Rode streamer, dude you are so good in explaining

[insanejughead]

That's a handy device!

Thanks for the video, Curtis!

[koolpep]

I have the streamer x for work meetings, my work PC is pretty locked down so I can’t run the rode software. What I can do though is set it up including all effects on my private PC and then use it driverless on my work PC. Pretty cool. Everything works including using my mirrorless camera as webcam with good sound, all fully in sync. I have no real complaints - but as usual with Rode, the product will get better over time with firmware and software updates. Not ideal but good to know. By the way, you don’t need to use unify to set u0 the device, you can do a lot with rode central. Some of the mixer and sub mixer functions though are not available then but pretty much everything else.

[GaryStockton]

That's a great product overview Curtis. Sounds like a great piece of hardware with a fantastic software app.

[ShaneTS]

All the info I need is within the first second of the vid, but I’ll still watch to hear it all laid out!

[dream-bits]

Fantastic review as usual. Thank you so much sir.

[JoeMustang]

I don't need one, but I enjoyed watching the excellent review, and learning that such devices are available if the need arises. I use a Tascam 102i and a separate capture card for Zoom calls now, no YouTube live streams or OBS sessions...yet.

[chradon.]

9:20 Is the delay system wide or just the microphone monitoring i.e. there is delay on the real-time monitoring of the microphone, but not on other audio sources such as the PC?
Confused since you said headphone amplifier and not the monitoring, so wondering if it is all audio or just the mic monitoring

[nexttvc]

hi, what mount is it? you had on your table where you mount your microphone?

[KYOTWO]

Awesome indepth review! Thank you so much! 🙏🙏

[乾淨核能]

Another insightful video as always !! Thank you!

[LuminairPrime]

The headphone amp should NOT be noticeably noisy on any device over $100. That is a solved problem, and there is no excuse on a $400 device. I hope Rode does a hardware revision to fix it.
Excellent work as always by C.JUDD!

[MichaelBabich]

Great review. Thanks. It's strange that reviewers don't compare it to Yamaha ZG01, a similar but better and cheaper streaming audio/video mixer. Everybody act as if Rode made the first device of its kind while Yamaha sells it for some time already.

[chradon.]

Does the Duo or Pro 2 have the same static in the headphone amplifier
I prefer low impedence IEMs

[mahavakyas]

excellent video. I have a quick question - if we have the Schiit Audio Amp & DAC combo, can we still use the StreamerX to route the mic through so that I can livestream with the sound coming through the amp/dac but mic connected to the StreamerX instead of the Schiit Audio gear? How would that work?

[BingKimpo]

Hi Curtis! I’m thinking of getting the Streamer X to upgrade my Zoom Podtrak P4, for my interview show on radio/Facebook. Can I also input audio from my phone to the Streamer X for phone interviews?

[jameshillmanfilms]

Great review! Any chance you are familiar with the Roland UVC-02 and how it might compare?