RØDE PodMic USB Dynamic Broadcast Microphone with XLR and USB Connectivity for Podcasting, Streaming and Content Creation (Black)

Easy to use great quality even with the USBC connection. It's heavy to and build quality is superb.

This microphone has proven itself to be incredible, especially considering the mid-range budget! I've used it both via USB-C and via XLR using an interface (the Volt-1, for reference). It has lived up to expectations and is an incredible value. It doesn't come with a mic stand so you'll need an arm (Røde do one of their own which has worked great for me), but other than that it is perfect, well built and records clear as day.

Can hear some background noise but if your in a quiet room it’s fine when I got it the cable they gave didn’t work but I used another one

Excellent mic, does what it says on the tin, well made

Unable to test as faulty. Brilliant Amazon arranged full refund . Purchased Rode NT mini, wonderful.

Great product. I’m amazed at how much it has elevated my voice—more clarity and tone.

I upgraded to this from a Blue Yeti and I'm pleased I did. Also pleased I got it cheaper via the Amazon Marketplace! I wanted it so I can record YouTube videos - I play woodwind instruments and also talk about the music, so I wanted a mic that could handle both in a way that sounded good, for voice AND musical instruments, resulting in recordings which don't need much tweaking on my video editing software. I'd also done a lot of research on this mic and liked the way you seem to get as good a mic with USB-C as the XLR version. Out of the box on connecting to my Asus laptop with Windows 11, the result was...... NOTHING!!! I spent AGES googling for solutions and trawling through YouTube videos. In the end I discovered you have to disable a couple of Intel audio settings in the laptop setup! Then it worked. Just. So I googled software options. RODE produce at least 3, all of which I downloaded, but ended up opting for RODE Unify as not only can you tweak the settings on the mic (see misc YouTube videos) but you can record too. With the Blue Yeti I'd used Audacity, but the RODE PodMic USB recorded REALLY QUIETLY regardless of how many tweaks I did on Audacity, so I'm actually finding that the Unifty software does the job for me. I record using it and then export the file to my choice of folder which I then upload into my video editing software along with the visuals to make videos. I use PowerDirector, and was delighted to discover that the recordings required pretty much no tweaking to get the right sound. All I needed to do was to increase the volume on the track. I wanted a mic where I could talk, then play music, then talk, without having to tweak the voice and music separately. Once I'd got the settings right on Unify, after quite a bit of testing, it's all worked out really well. Both voice (talking) and woodwind instrument (alto baroque recorder) sound great. The mic also screws into an existing boom arm I have which is good, too. It doesn't come supplied with a stand. So to conclude: once you've worked out how to set it up, get it working and get the right settings for you, this is a really good mic. Straight out of the box and plugged into the Asus laptop with Windows 11, it DOES NOT WORK until you fiddle with the Intel settings and download RODE software like Unify.

An amazing microphone that comes with a pop filter and really easy to setup! With the correct settings, this is one of the best XLR/USB mic out there!