Rode NT-USB Microphone Review

Find out what I like, what I dislike, and whether I would recommend the Rode NT-USB Studio Microphone for purchase.

Disclaimer: I purchased the Rode NT-USB microphone with my own money.

Let me know if you have any comments or questions and I'll be happy to respond.

[sentimentaloldme]

Good review. I've been using this microphone for almost 4 years. I would highly recommend it for singing vocals or singing to backing tracks. The mic. is very sturdy as I've let it fall by mistake on two occasions. I've noticed that when connecting to Windows 10 the audio levels have to be set pretty high. This did not happen on previous versions of windows. Like all u.s.b. microphones the post editing after recording can really make it sound way better...This microphone can be used as an external mic. for your phone. All you need is a little O.T.G. cable & a free app. called Open Camera. You will notice immediately the improvement v your phone internal mic. I also have a Blue Snowball which does not work with my phone. Hope the above may be of benefit to some folks out there.

[jaakkoleistevuo]

For those who are wondering about phone compatibility, I found this works well with my Samsung a52s 5g. I was worried that the power output of the phone could be too low, but there's no issue. May be different for some phones tho.

[BertieinSweden]

Thank you for the review. I like it that you used the microphone stand provided in the package, so that I could see how it would look like in front of the computer.

[ConcreteAdvisory]

I prefere the Rode to the Blue Yeti from all the reviews I’ve seen, but the blue yeti has the possibility to have stereo sound, to make interviews, etc. Not only a cardioid sound. That’s why I’m hesitating a lot

[CCApologetics]

Excellent video man! Love your realness and hearing (and seeing) the audio challenges you faced also, glad it's not just me! :)

[ZoomOut-BiggerPictures]

Thanks, we bought this one, thanks for a full-circle review. // The earlier ones of Kevin are ( to us ) almost better than the later ones: less decoration comes very good, and just text, info, and to the essence ( as we think) - much more natural and pure content

[MRPtech]

Thanks for review. I'm buying it now.

[Masterskaya_Istoriy]

Excellent microphone. Clear deep voice 👍 working with windows 7 after couple seconds

[lathanmckinney]

Anyone else catch how he perfectly timed the ending of the video to when his kid started cying? You've got that fatherly duty timed like clockwork.

[petenicolay]

Thank you Kevin, super helpful review

[dsha]

I'm surprised you have a list comparing the SM7B to this rode. One is xlr mic, one is usb.

[birdmanrising]

Watched this video to get a good idea of the microphone for podcasting and streaming, this really helped my decision. I'll probably get a boom swivel mount and a shock mount too.

Good review, thanks man.

[marcingosiewski]

Bought Rode NT-USB. Did not work correctly from the beginning. Connecting to PC ok, but not working or working very poorly, loosing connection. It turned out that the supplied USB cable (very long 6m) is the cause of the problems. I have measured the cable charactereistics (I have oscilloscope etc.) and it does not comply to USB specifications. Not even fully compliant with USB 1.1.Full Speed (12mbit/s). Shame for company with such reputation to include such poor cables. Bought another USB cable and it works.

[graybill]

How sensitive is it? I am worried about it picking up my ceiling fan and whatnot.

[EmadApple]

How about white noise? Do you need to remove air noise in editing?

[andreas_triant]

Would you recommend this mic for better zoom calls or sth closer to earbuds instead?

[zro_dfects]

What's the best arm for this mic that you would recommend, mainly one that is actually suited to it perfectly without sticky taping the mic to the arm lol

[Neon]

im kinda confused with these mics.... Im searching for a new mic, something clear and nice, not too expencive. But im not sure when buying do you need some aditional system for the mic? Or you just plug the usb in the pc and thats all?

[kojowallace]

Great video, was wondering what boon mic I needed

[allhailalona]

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