Røde Microphones

Røde Microphones is an Australian manufacturer of professional microphones from Sydney. Logistic establishment and development facilities are located in Santa Barbara (USA), Seattle (USA) and Hong Kong. Røde Microphones grew out of Freedman Electronics, an Australian audio technology pioneer. The name Røde is like the English word pronounced road. Together with NT, the name of the first series of microphones, this results in rodent, what is called in German rodent.

History

RØDE Microphones evolved from the Freedman Group, which was founded in 1967 by Henry and Astrid Freedman. The two hiked in 1966 by Swedes to Australia. Freedman Electronics imported, installed and initially waited German speaker technology Dynacord. 1987 after the death of his father, Peter Freedman took on a big loan and began the productions own speakers, amplifiers and sound technical aids, which he acquired a good reputation.

In the early 1990s brought Alesis ADAT on the market, so it was suddenly possible with a small financial outlay to make professional-sounding recordings. Peter Freedman recognized the emerging need for low-cost studio microphones. First, he modified cheap microphones, which were produced in the 80's in China. With the NT1 and NT2 then he has developed two affordable large diaphragm microphones, which were great sales success. Røde microphones are manufactured in Australia. Here is invested in modern technology and automated production facilities in order to offer products at Far Eastern prices. Røde annually produces about 60,000 condenser microphones.

Products

Røde Microphones manufactures a wide range of microphones for recording, sound reinforcement, and film sound for other applications. These include großkapslige (1 " ) and kleinkapslige condenser microphones, dynamic microphones, directional microphones, among others.

Early in her career, Røde microphone concentrated on large-diaphragm studio microphones. The Model NT1 - A, which is manufactured in Australia since 1995, is one of the most successful large-diaphragm microphones on the market. Outstanding is the low self noise of the microphone. It is often referred to as a professional microphone for entry-level price. The NT1 -A also enjoys recognition for known studio engineers, such as Günter Pauler Acoustics by renowned label Stockfish Records. Another successful model is the M1, a dynamic supercardioid microphone stage. It was the first stage microphone from the production of Røde. From various specialized media, the M1 is touted due to its similar structure, characteristic and the price as a serious competitor of the Shure SM58. Together, all Røde microphones with XLR connector that pin for grounding is a bit longer than the other 2 pins. This is to ensure that the microphone is always grounded, and thus no loud clicking noises when unplugging the microphone arise. In addition to products for stage and studio use, presented Røde 2013 at NAMM with the IXY (see also XY stereo system ) and the smartLAV innovative microphones and accessories for mobile recordings via smartphones and tablets to. Another broad product box that served Røde are camera microphones. Well-known examples are the Røde VideoMic and VideoMic Pro Røde. The latter is a shotgun microphone that can be used among other things to DSLR cameras. The trade magazine Video Filming, calls this mke an equivalent alternative to the Sennheiser 400

Current situation

Røde Microphones sells its products today (as of 2013) worldwide. The company went public in 2013 a strategic alliance with the British Microphones Rycote a manufacturer. In terms of recording technique Røde has a firm footing on the American and European market. On the German market, the Røde microphones compete with those from Electro-Voice, Sennheiser, AKG and partially Neumann.