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At $249, the Rode VideoMic NTG is priced higher than many USB microphones we review, but low for a pro mic. It combines the design and sonics of a Rode NTG shotgun mic with the compact, on-camera ...

Not for nothing has Rode's VideoMic GO become a popular favorite among bloggers, podcasters, and others looking for decent audio quality without a wild price tag. Compact, affordable, and flexible, it ...

Whenever someone asks “what’s the best microphone” the response is usually “well it depends what you’re recording.” Rode’s new VideoMic Go II, as the name suggests, wouldn’t be suitable for podcasting ...

Lately I’ve been looking for a microphone to improve the audio quality of my YouTube videos. I liked the design of the Wireless Go from Rode, and impressively, 24 hours after I bought it Rode released ...

Condenser microphones are the gold standard for streaming but most suffer from the same drawback: they pick up everything. If you’re in an untreated room, that’s a big problem. They also tend to made ...

Just last month, the audio experts over at RODE launched the NTG5, its most advanced shotgun mic to date. But while such large and powerful audio recording equipment always has a place in someone's ...

RODE fans, rejoice! The Australian company just announced the successor of its best-selling on-camera microphone, the VideoMic GO II, an ultra-lightweight shotgun microphone that’s packed with ...

Audio is crucial when shooting video with any camera, but DSLRs don’t always make it easy to get good sound. Rode has a new microphone, though, that mounts easily to the top of your camera and doesn’t ...

I've been a contributing editor for PCMag since 2011. Before that, I was PCMag's lead audio analyst from 2006 to 2011. Even though I'm a freelancer now, PCMag has been my home for well over a decade, ...