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Exclusive Mic Month Special$50 in RODE Bucks Free!To celebrate May Microphone Month at Sweetwater, we've teamed up with RODE to make this special offer. From April 30 through May 31, 2012, purchase any RODE mic and get a $50 voucher good at the RODE online store! Just register your RODE mic online and you'll receive the voucher.
Limited-time Offer!18 Months Interest Free Financing from RODE!Here's your chance to pick up that coveted RODE mic! From now until December 31, 2012, use your Sweetwater Musician's All Access Platinum Card to purchase RODE products, and you'll pay NO INTEREST for 18 months! Minimum payments are required, and some restrictions apply. Click Here for full details.Rode VideoMicItem ID: VideoMicDirectional Condenser Shotgun Microphone 
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From Our Research Team:Shotgun Mic for High-Quality DV CamerasBy now, we all know that when the multi-award winning RODE company puts its mind to creating a mic, it's going to be solid, rugged, great sounding, and a lot less expensive than microphones that are sonically equivalent. The VideoMic represents RODE's genius for innovation in the field of designing microphones specifically for video applications.The RODE VideoMic is a professional grade shotgun microphone. Based on the latest 'Film industry' technology, the VideoMic is designed specifically for use with high-quality Digital Video Cameras. The VideoMic exhibits low noise and an unusually wide bandwidth for its size. It is ultra lightweight, yet rugged due to ABS construction. The VideoMic is powered by a standard 9 Volt battery and offers a Low Battery LED status indicator and a switchable high pass filter to reduce unwanted low frequency rumble. The VideoMic attaches to any Camcorder that has the standard hot-shoe fitting and utilizes a stereo mini jack for audio output. RODE VideoMic Features:
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Reviewsbased on 3 reviewsIf your audio is important to your video, this mic should be important to you!
by Robbie Ryan from McKinney, TX
I can't tell you how many semi-pro videos I've seen shot where the location audio is terrible. Many amateur filmmakers will go to great lengths to get amazing shots, as they should, and then the whole... read more [+] illusion is shattered by audio recorded in the little front mounted mics on the camera, usually the weaklest link in a consumer camcorder that falls somewhere under "Special effects." When I got the Rode VideoMic, it was extremely simple to integrate with its 1/8" plug. It's spring loaded, which I'm not sure what that's for, but I guess it means it won't make a sound when you're moving it around. The sound is very accurate, very "dead," if you will, and handles spoken word very well, both indoor and outdoor. While it won't take the place of your vocal mic in post, it will save you on location for its accuracy and quality. close [-]
September 15, 2008 Music Background: Film Composer/Director/Videomaker Rode VideoMic works great for capturing seminars.
by David Werner from Concorddia University in Seward, NE
At our university, we do quite a bit of recording in areas where we cannot get line in connections from the built in sound systems. This mic really imporved the quality of the captured audio from the ... read more [+]speakers as well as it cut down the noise from around of the camera. Works great.October 5, 2011 Music Background: Videographer Like everything about it except that the hot shoe placement does not leave much room to use the controls on top of the camera. I am using a Canon Vixia. close [-] A must for smaller cameras
by Alex_H from Knoxville, TN
Another great gem from RODE.October 21, 2010 Music Background: Film/TV production and post-production If you're shooting with any smaller camera that lacks XLR inputs, but has 1/8" mic in, this is the mic for you. Purchased for use with a Canon T2i, I have ... read more [+]found the VideoMic to be invaluable. The camera's pinhole mic is all but useless, and this gives me camera reference audio I can trust. HOWEVER, there are several things to know when purchasing a mic like this: 1) A mic located on the camera is not going to give you quality dialog recording. Period. This is an improvement for scratch/reference audio, but for usable dialog the mic must be removed from the camera and mounted to a pole. The on-camera mic can, however, capture some ambient sounds that are useful in the post mix when placed subtly underneath music/VO. 2) Cameras with non-defeatable AGC (like the T2i) can't record decent audio. These require a separate audio recording setup (double-system). 3) There is no substitute for a dedicated, skilled sound engineer on set who has a separate and dedicated sound recording system. Keeping those in mind, the VideoMic is still a worthy investment. The sound is clean and clear, and the built-in pads and bass roll-off are very handy. Suspended in a built-in shockmount helps reduce handling noise. On the down side, the bands that hold the shock suspension can break fairly easily. The mic comes with a pack of replacement bands, but depending on how rough you are on the mic they may not last long. Also, the mic requires a 9v battery. These are not the cheapest batteries per-unit, though the mic will run for a long time on one battery. In all, it's a great mic. Don't expect it to be your one and only audio solution, but as long as you know it's purpose and limitations, it will be a stellar performer. close [-] Also popular
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