Rode VideoMic GO II - Pro Tips for Best Results

The Rode VideoMic GO II can sound great if you take advantage of the USB output - even if you want to record the audio in your camera!

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● All audio in video was normalized to -16 LUFS with a -2dB limiter applied
● No processing was applied to any of the audio in this video (no EQ, no compression, no noise reduction)
● In-camera samples recorded via 3.5mm into Sony A7IV, 16-bit WAV
● USB samples recorded with Audacity, 24-bit WAV

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[Carl-Camera]

Holy moly the USB-C mode sounds awesome when boomed just out of frame 🖼️

[rohitagni]

I'm so glad I came by your video before buying the Rode VM GO II. You're awesome man !

[FlywithMagnar]

This is exacly I needed to get better sound from my mic! Thank you!

[JohnSnow]

This was the video I needed, it changes the whole mic... 😂 I was wondering why my audio was so weird for like a year 😤

[Carl-Camera]

This is such a cool video, I would never have thought of using USB-C to power the internal processing while recording via ‘monitoring’ on the 3.5mm jack

[MrSurvivalTv_CS]

Dude, this tip with the 3.5 jack from the mic to the camera and the USB-C to USB-C cable from the smartphone to the microphone gives my Go 2 better audio. Thanks!

[KwameWarner-veqi]

Excellent video! The 3.5mm direct-to-camera USB-C hack is gold!

[michaelpineda]

This might be a dumb question, but what if you use a USB-C to TRS dongle to connect the V Mic Go II directly to camera? Would that improve quality and give you 24-bit audio?

[johnklus]

Even just by lowing the gain on the camera and boosting it in post helped tremendously. I'm using it for some vlogging stuff too and with the gain being higher on the camera it just didn't sound good. Great tips!

[NewAgeNorseman]

Thank you very much. Have been going through videos and found the Rode mics and determined the GO II is the best for me. The information here helped me a great deal to understand the capabilities of this mic. The versatility on this mic is awesome! Your video is very professional to me! Thanks again.

[lifeonsafari]

So how to make better quality when out in the field?

[kamerynvandehey]

Okay I have a question. So I have this mic, and I film around the car scene car have lots of car revving. But my question is, with my niche and audience people want to hear the revving. And even when I ride in someone’s car. What settings do I need to have it set to so the revving doesn’t clip the audio? And second, when I’m riding in someone’s car and want to reduce the wind noise, what setting should it be set too for that?

[gcprost]

I think that you should include information on the camera you recorded directly from the Go ii. I think it is possible that the problem is not with the TRRS connection but with the camera preamps. I use two GH5s, one GH5 ii, and one GH6. I had a Rode VideoMic NTG and a GO ii. I could not hear a significant difference between the mics. When my NTG quit I did not hesitate to replace it with a Go ii.

[eswag]

This is super clutch. This mic is damn good

[antonius]

Hi, can i also just connect a power bank to the mic USBC for better 3.5mm audio

[kamerynvandehey]

Okay so if I use the USBC to Lightning adapter for my iPhone, will I still get then24-bit rate sound quality?

[StefanoMaddalena]

Hi, how do you actually record the audio? I mean, what software and setting do you use to capture the audio you are using in this video?

[hengdavid]

Wow.. 🎉 thats helpful, however i wonder how that usb-c from the mic connect to camera 3.5mm. Whats adapter? 🙏

[jaysonblando]

Could I connect the USB-C to my camera without the 3.5mm cable and it still work? I'm saying that I would not use the 3.5mm jack input and output and just use the USC-C cable for both.

[RoamwithRach]

Can I use two of these mics in tandem? If so, how would I do that? Thanks for your video!