RØDE NT-USB MINI

No more rat race

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The fact that Rode’s NT-USB Mini microphone can also be read as the Rodent-USB Mini is a subject of some confusion at Stuff. They have to know there’s a mouse joke in the name, right? But what relationship do small mammals have to a well-built but compact 360-degree cardioid condenser microphone designed to act as a portable studio? Mice don’t have a bit-depth of 24-bits, a 3.5mm connection and USB-C output, nor do they have a 48kHz sample rate or a 20Hz to 20kHz frequency range. You can’t mount a rat on a microphone boom, use it to stream audio, and absolutely no rodent has a built-in pop filter. So while we can see the joke, we don’t understand the joke. It’s a good microphone, though.