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This isn’t Rode’s first broadcast mic – the Broadcaster has that distinction. Alongside the tips is a Podcaster forum to hear and be heard – just log on and create a user name for yourself. Well-known voiceover man, Ken Sparkes, takes would-be podcasters by the hand, working through basic mic technique etc.
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It’s a very smart and impressive site (with some good advice on how to get you on your podcast feet. With that in mind, Rode has launched a whole new website dedicated to podcasting and the Podcaster.
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But my feeling is, my ‘wishes’ won’t be required the bulk of Podcaster sales will not be to AT readers, it’ll be the people who don’t know a cardioid from cardigan. I’m not meaning to sound cynical here, it is after all a canny move on the part of Rode, and I wish them well. Meanwhile, Harvey Norman floor staff will hardly be able to believe their luck – talk about an easy sell (“You wanna podcast? Well, here’s your mic”)! You know, and I know, that any mic is essentially appropriate for podcasting – so long as you have a preamp and a way of recording it – but Joe Punter as he wheels around in the electronics store uncertainly deliberating over a way to get his deepest thoughts ‘out-there’ will naturally be attracted to something labelled ‘Podcaster’. Yes, it’s for podcasting – and all the multifarious innovations and evils that the word entails. The Podcaster might not be the first USB mic on the market, but it’s the first to make its intentions so blatant. Anyone with a computer can now be a ‘podcaster’.