#Rode podcaster review pro

Each channel is highlighted green when live and red when muted, with levels being front-and-centre to avoid sound clipping. MIDI support also means you can reassign the sliders and control dials to specific functions within your recording software, which is a big plus if you’ve already learned the ins and outs of a specific app.īoot it up and the Rodecaster’s 5.5in touchscreen gives a great overview of your recording setup. It’s perhaps not as slick as an Elgato Stream Deck, which has tiny screens built into each of its buttons so you don’t have to memorise what each one does, but means you don’t need an extra bit of kit cluttering up your desk. A few taps of the touchscreen sets up MIDI triggers, which can be assigned in third-party apps like OBS to toggle between camera angles, activate transitions, or start and end broadcasts. It’s how they play nicely with MIDI commands that should raise an eyebrow for game streamers and vloggers. They can smoothly fade channels in and out, too. You get eight of ’em, with two buttons beneath letting you scroll through eight virtual banks of music beds, sound effects and pre-recorded tracks stored to the desk’s built-in memory. These used to just play on-demand sound clips, but are now totally customisable. This version’s new-found flexibility is all down to its SMART pads.

#Rode podcaster review pro

The first-gen Rodecaster Pro was all about podcasting.