Receiving a free piece of software is always tempered with a feeling of ‘why is it free?’. But RØDE Connect definitely has value for the Podcaster, you just have to invest in some RØDE microphones to make it work – or do you? So you’re thinking of making a Podcast. That’s a great thing, especially now while the Pandemic still rages and you’re possibly still working from home without a creative outlet. Podcasts are also hugely popular and lucrative now, Audible are calling it ‘the renaissance of audio’. Look at Joe Rogan’s million dollar deal with Spotify, recently bumped by the trio of Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Sean Hayes who have had their Smartless podcast picked up by Amazon Music and Wondery, a Podcast network owned by Amazon. Podcasts are very easy to start, which is never the reason to start one of course. You just need an idea, a microphone and some software to record it on. Distribution is then just a matter of using a service like Anchor who will distribute you across popular services like Spotify and Apple Podcasts for free. But this isn’t a ‘how to make a Podcast’ article. It’s to introduce a new way of achieving it from audio company RØDE. You’ll know RØDE from their great range of microphones and one of the best desk mounted mic stands out there, the RØDE PSA 1. Røde Connect and a single NT-USB Mini microphone in a gaming set-up (image credit: RØDE) What is RØDE...
Published By: CineD - Thursday, 1 July, 2021