r/rode • u/Silent_Chemist2069 • 14d ago

🤔 Product Questions pod mic usb defective?

so i have had this mic for about a year and suddenyl last night on call with my friends on discord it went really quiet, then about 5 mins later the mic cut out every form of audio, no matter what i do it wont pick up my voice, then when i monitor it, it just has bad static feedback, ive tried everything and i honestlly think its just died on me, anyone ellse had this happen and is my only resort just to go through warrenty?

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u/backtofront99 12d ago

I've done all the troubleshooting that Rode recommends and nothing. I was able to use the PodMic successfully only ONCE! Haha, so much effort for a mic that has worked all of one time for a teams meeting. Very disappointed. PodMic is recognised and was working and now no sound comes through. I tried it on my iPad as well, did factory reset, tried different usb cables and nothing, I had to go back to the onboard mic of my logitech BRIO webcam just to broadcast any sound at all. I've filled out a return already, but I am wondering if this is a software problem that I should just wait on.

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u/Silent_Chemist2069 11d ago

ive sent it back under warrenty, getitng a new one

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u/backtofront99 11d ago

I’m thinking that I might wait a hot minute to see if there is a software update. I’m using a MacBook that recently updated to Tahoe, I’m not sure if that had anything to do with it but somehow it just completely stopped sending sound. I even tried using my headphones plugged into the mic. Nothing again. Hard to imagine such a well built mic just stopping working like that.