Rode NT4 stereo microphone

Talkin bout the Rode NT4 stereo and NT2, NT3, medium price bracket for condensor mics. No eq or compression used, the input gain was lowered for the drum recording, no other mics were used on the drum kit or guitar.

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Music

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• NT4
• stereo
• microphone
• drum
• guitar
• recording
• pro
• tools
• dean
• wuksta
• studio

[Murnicor]

My simple question why dont u buy 2 mics and make a stereo couple your self ? :D

[naedsukram]

@Murnicor the main advantage of this mic is you get 2 for almost the price of one, also it is perfectly in phase relative to itself because of its fixed XY position

[TonedeafRob]

Hi there, I don't know exactly how much you know about this mic, but I have one and whenever I try to record my drums on it it comes out nothing like yours! I stick it overhead with a boom mike, but the sound is very, very, very quiet and there is quite a bit of hiss. Could it be something to do with the fact that I use a 5 pin to 3 pin converter before plugging it into my USB, because I don't have a direct 5 pin cable? I don't know :S if anyone has any answers

[naedsukram]

@TonedeafRob you get a lead which is 5 pin to 2 xlr connections with the mic, and u also get a 5 pin to 3.5mm mini jack (for ipod or video camera applications). Then you attach 2 normal xlr mic leads being left and right. I've found the mic to be very quiet with no hiss and very powerful, I actually have my pre amp turn almost off for drums. I personally think they should have added a 10db pad for loud signals. Email me privately if you need a pic or more info, Cheers Dean

[ironball84]

sounds great. i have used nt5's as overheads before, pretty much same mic right? fantastic drumming by the way...

[naedsukram]

Thanks, never used the NT5s but I assume they're very similar

[xeraphone]

wow... got to have that!

[dugaff]

Is it possible to make a lead thats sends both mic´s signal to one xlr, so I can get the full signal into one track ? (I know that it will be mono of course ;-)

[drummingface]

This mic does the trick! NT4 Wow!

[danhughart]

Excellent drumming!

[CoventGardenSinger]

Thanks so much for the demo Naedsukram.

I currently have a Sony MS907 which is great to to use with my Canon Cam. But the Nt4 sounds really good.

I do mainly vocals and acoustic guitar, I would love to hear how it picks up just vocals and guitar together.

There are a few demo's of the Rode NT3 on youtube.

Dave