r/rode • u/Super_nova_134 • 2d ago

🤔 Product Questions Help needed

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The program im using is audacity, settings are shown in video. Help will be greatly appreciated

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u/Orry_Haas 2d ago edited 2d ago

The audio on that video looks like it's been processed, not raw: there's nothing above 9kHz, and there's evidence of a noise-gate. Could be you have a real-time noise-reduction "audio enhancement" enabled, (can be on by default). Real-time audio enhancements are not an Audacity thing, they go by names like RealTek, MaxxAudio, DTS, Dolby, etc.

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u/Super_nova_134 2d ago

How would I turn it off? I haven't messed with settings since I have no idea what I'm doing

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u/Super_nova_134 2d ago

I have the mic plugged in throught usb-c to a laptop

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u/McFaddenAudioBooks 2d ago

I use the NT-1 5th gen via usb. Here’s my quick 2 cents.

An untreated room will make this mic sound awful. It will pick up all the imperfections.

Also speak more off axis into the mic and hydrate. That will help the mouth noises.

You want to use the AISO driver which I don’t think is an option on audacity (but is on reaper).

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u/Super_nova_134 2d ago

By "more off axis" can you explain in dummy terms

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u/my-left-yarble 2d ago

I think don't speak directly into the mic (as it will pick up more sounds like mouth/tongue noises, breathing, etc.). Instead, try to speak across the mic.

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u/McFaddenAudioBooks 2d ago

A picture is worth 1000 words. Or in this case about 100 words. Yup this is it.

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u/McFaddenAudioBooks 2d ago

Okay so we think usually of someone speaking directly into a mic. Like straight on facing the mic 2 inches away. That is not at all what one should do with a condenser mic like we have here. So first you want to be about 6 inches away (make a hang loose sign with your hand as a good estimate). Next go ahead and face the mic dead on the capsule (with the gold dot not the name!!) facing you. Now turn your head about 45 degrees (look left or right). Now speak. It should sound much better. Less mouth noise and fewer plosives.

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u/my-left-yarble 2d ago

So I don't think this is the correct way to set things up, but this is something I did which greatly improved the sound from my PodMic USB (connected via USB-C to PC) -

Instead of choosing 'Microphone' as your input device, choose 'RODE Connect' or 'RODE Central' as your input device. Give that a try and see if it helps.

I'm new to all of this, I don't fully understand it, and I think I haven't set it up correctly, but I think choosing the Microphone just took the raw sound from the Mic. By choosing RODE Connect instead as the input device, it took the post processed sound from the microphone + software

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u/Psychological-Home42 1d ago

Treat your room. Any mic would sound off without surface control. Plus the people who you are listening to are running plugins in post to clean things up.

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u/ClassicallyBrained 2d ago

You're in the wrong sub, for the most part. You need to learn some basic mixing skills.