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Røde NT-USB microphone – great value for money
Saturday, July 1st, 2017 | Gadgets, Language, Linux, Tech-savvy | No Comments
Today I spend some MusicStore gift vouchers (thanks Rob & Tobi) buying a decent microphone. A Røde NT-USB.
Maybe for podcasting, maybe streaming, maybe recording of music.
First thing that came to my mind was reading a small story for my daughter. So I plugged in the mic – which was the first “challenge”. Sometimes “pro” audio devices only work with Mac and Windoze machines, but the Røde NT-USB just worked out of the box (Linux, Fedora 25). After that I launched Audacity, saw the rec level was a bit weak, maxed out the input using the audio settings and hit record. From my POV the result was awesome. So I just kept on reading the story, only using the Audacity compressor plug-in (default settings) afterwards. Then I added a small intro/outro acoustic guitar jingle. That’s it. No-frills recording with very nice results.
Thanks Røde, you made my day 🙂
Here is the result (a 96k cbr mono mp3 mixdown). Sorry, German only 🙂 Remember, this is a one take and I have no experience doing lectures – so don’t expect too much.
Eine Meerjungfrau im Schwimmbad (Maren von Klitzing)
Der Kater mit den goldenen Pfoten (Käthe Recheis)
Source: Märchen und Kindergeschichten
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