RODE NT1 5th Generation Hybrid USB/XLR Microphone Review
The original RODE NT1 is a classic. It’s a workhorse of high-quality audio, and you’ll find it in every setting from professional studios to home live-streaming setups. This week, RODE unveiled its successor, the NT1 5th Generation, a wholesale upgrade that manages to lower the price by $10 compared to the original while also adding features. Complete with dual XLR and USB connectivity, “unclippable” 32-bit float audio capture, built-in DSP for studio-grade FX, and the title for the “world’s quietest studio condenser microphone,” it comes to market at $259. It’s a solution ready to grow alongside you and is absolutely worth considering for your next upgrade.
Acoustic and Electrical Specifications
Digital Specifications
Mechanical Specifications
The RODE NT1 5th Generation (5G) is RODE’s most recent iteration of its most classic microphone. Originally released in 1991, the NT1 has become a staple of recording studios around the world. It’s gone through multiple rounds of updates since that time, but the 5G is perhaps its biggest evolution to date.
Like its forebears, the NT1 5G is a large diaphragm studio condenser microphone. In comparison to the crunchy dynamic microphones you’re most likely to hear on radio programs and podcasts, condenser microphones offer a wider frequency response and more natural sound, making them perfect for vocal and instrument capture. It’s also why they’re a popular choice among content creators.
In overall design and physicalities, the 5G is very similar to the fourth generation. It has a sturdy yet lightweight metal body with a tough woven grille to protect the 1-inch capsule inside. It’s a side-address microphone, so you’ll talk into the face of the grille and not the end, and it uses a
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