RØDE RØDECaster Pro II All-in-One Production Solution for Podcasting, Streaming, Music Production and Content Creation, Black
Dual USB Interfaces
Connect two computers or mobile devices simultaneously, unlocking huge potential for everything from remote podcasting to organising complex streaming setups.
High Quality Monitoring
Four high-powered headphone outputs and ¼ inch balanced line outputs for connecting speakers ensure crystal clear monitoring and playback.
XLR/TRS Inputs
The Neutrik combo inputs allow mic, line and instrument level devices to be connected for recording everything from a single microphone for podcasting or streaming to a complete band for a live studio session.
| Weight: | 2 kg |
| Dimensions: | 30.5 x 27 x 6 cm; 2 Kilograms |
| Model: | RCPII |
| Colour: | Black |
| Colour: | Black |
| Dimensions: | 30.5 x 27 x 6 cm; 2 Kilograms |
Incredible piece of equipment. Helps us easily produce a four person podcast and even solve the issue of remote interviewing somebody at the same time. UI is great too.
Tom Buck put out a video asking the question are cloudlifters and fetheads useless now it got my attention. I left a message on his channel and he responded and said I wouldn’t be disappointed with the sound quality of the Rodecaster II Pro. He was right!
This thing is awesome! I love the sound of my SM7B now, I recorded a couple voice overs / video and I didn’t have to apply the editing in adobe. (Parametric EQ & multiband compressor settings)
Yes this device isn’t cheap, nothing about it is. This is a really nice piece of equipment and I love it. They recently updated the firmware to include a routing tables to allow streamers and creators to tune our mixes however we want them. For example, while gaming I can have music coming over the Bluetooth line in, teamspeak audio on its own channel, specific gaming sounds on its own channel, YouTube on its own channel and my mic channel will only be sending my voice mixed with sound pads etc. this is really cool.
I’m not a professional audio engineer nor do I have years of experience with this type of equipment, I’m a noob learning as I go.
Improvements: my only complaint so fare is you can create a custom mic setting (which is awesome BTW) but you cannot reopen the setting to inspect/review the setting once you save it). This is a firmware oversight in my opinion that they will hopefully fix. The achieve functionality I mentioned above I plugged both USB channels into my computer. You may have to unplug something else like an external hard drive etc.
All in all this is a great device, I love how my mic sounds, and the less work I have to do in Adobe is epic! Hopefully in the future I’ll try streaming and will have mastered this device, second reason I wanted this this. Your mileage may vary, so fare with ride on Rodecaster Pro II has been a blast!
Ich hatte das erste Rodecaster schon und bin jetzt umgestiegen. Fr mich war die verbesserte Pre-amp und die Mglichkeit zwei USB-C Gerte (PCs) gleichzeitig anzustecken die grte Upgrade Entscheidung. Es ist kompakter und generell sehr gut durchdacht. Hier wurde wirklich auf das Feedback der Nutzer gehrt.
I like it is woking very well the way i whan it but is very expensive
Fabulous creative sound production tool. It can do the amazing work of a studio costing thousands.
The learning curve is easy and graceful.
I have used the original Rode Procaster was great but this next generation displays what fine engineering and design can do.
Als aller erstes ist es natrlich der Preis der sehr abschreckt also finde diesen auch sehr hoch angesetzt htte lieber einen Preis wie beim Vorgnger gesehen
Aber nicht desto trotz ist es eine sehr gutes Gert anfangs noch eine paar Probleme gehabt mit mix-minus aber dank dem neuen Update ist das alles behoben da ist rode sehr schnell hinterher htte gern noch eine implentation fr die smart Pads gesehen die es ermglicht hotkeys fr discord oder Programme ffnen zu lassen vielleicht kommt ja die auch noch in einem spteren Update
Tengo la Rodecaster Pro y la 2 me ha gustado mucho, aunque se ve que en algunas cosas, como la construccin de la misma, han bajado un poco el nivel. Entiendo que para conseguir una herramienta que no se fuese mucho ms de precio. Podra extenderme, pero ya hay suficientes vdeos por Internet para conocerla a fondo. No decepciona en absoluto. Lo nico que no entiendo es cmo una marca como esta no hace cajas ms robustas para que los paquetes lleguen bien sin golpes o abolladuras, como ha sido el caso, del micrfono Procaster, que vena tambi con su respectiva caja daada. Por suerte, la Rodecaster y el micrfono estaban intactos.
La entrega muy a tiempo, de hecho lleg antes. Tengo que agradecer a Amazon su atencin, pues compr la Rodecaster Pro un par de semanas antes de que saliera la 2. La devolv y me reembolsaron sin problema. A reserva de seguir explorndola y esperar nuevas actualizaciones del Firmware, la 2 es una maravilla. Obvio, hay comparaciones con la estructura de la primera, pero como todo, hay puntos bueno y otros no tanto.
gerlich; der Micro-SD-Slot ist bei mir ohne Funktion. 3 der untersttzten Karten (scandisk Ultra microSD UHS-1 64GB, und extreme 128 GB) werden nicht gelesen, keine Fehlermeldung, kein Hinweis, nix. Da knnte man in der Software nachbessern. brigens eine SSD ber USB-C konnte ebenso nicht Gelsen werden.
Den Strom ber einen USB-C zu liefern empfinde ich suboptimal, der wackelt schon ein wenig. Das hat Rode beim Rodecaster Pro I besser wesentlich gelst. Auch der EIN/AUS Tippschalter ist gewhnungsbedrftig. Da muss man schon mit Kraft drcken – auch das empfand ich beim RC pro I besser gelst.
Ansonsten hat das Gert einige Verbesserungen ggb. dem Vorgngermodell. Meiner Meinung nach ist der Preis zu hoch, aber gut… es ist wie es ist.
Ich bemhe mich nun um eine Ersatzlieferung des RC pro II.
Pros
1. Love being able to record without needing my PC
2. 4 headphone jack inputs
3. smaller size than the original
4. More Faders than my GO XLR (full size)
5. can be fully used with only a Good Portable battery
6. Being able to use an External HDD directly plugged in to the device
7. Being able to control OBS Scenes, allowing me to free up some of my Stream Deck
8. Finally love being able to save each Show presets,
CONS
1. The plastic feel
2. Audio Routing not being as good as I was hoping it would be after launch (I am glad that with Beta FW1.0.5, that it is here kind of)
3. accessories not being cheap (I mean 49.99 for a plastic cover) I ended up 3d Printing my own, but that cover should be no more than 29.99 to 35.99
4. not having the Vesa Arm at Launch (I know this last one is a nit-pick), I ended up buying a single monitor arm from here.
This is a great buy overall, not perfect yet, I would say this is a great buy if you are in the need for Audio Interface as of to Kind of a Stream Deck, Go XLR all in one.
A MUST BUY, IMO
Trs puissante quand on prend le temps de la configurer correctement. Bravo RODE !
Excellent all in one solution for podcasting / home studio. Sometimes causes weird buzz in speakers which resolves when readjusting faders; a minor flaw but annoying in the middle of live stream.
Nach dem RDE RDECaster Pro habe ich jetzt das RDE RDECaster Pro II und bin absolut begeistert. Mit meinem SM7B versteht es sich ausgezeichnet und endlich brauche ich keinen Cloudlifter mehr. Der Ton ist jetzt fr alle Streams perfekt.
Mic preamps are crystal clear with more than enough gain to push my SM7B over the top.
Headphone preamps are also incredibly good and clear, monitor outs are fantastic at line-level or volume controlled and as the previous – crystal clear.
Effects processing is excellent here with the essentials to fine-tune the sound you’re looking for – before post. Visual display of all effects processing helps you dial in everything easy.
Final mix effects like Compellor are excellent to help round out the mix with multiple speakers.
Delighted at the noise gate since it applies hysteresis AND you can control the depth (gain drop) of the gate which is ultra-important.
Compressor, high pass filter, de-esser, EQ and more are all represented and work exceptionally well and easy to setup.
Bluetooth works great.
The ability to both use the device as an I/O during live environments post-fader AND record directly to the SD card PRE-fader as multitrack is a HUUUUGE bonus for unity gain backups is a must for editing clips in post.
Smart pads are great, though I would like to see a “cough” feature added with momentary lock that’s easier to slam when you’re running solo in a stream since tapping the small mute button isn’t ideal when you need to quickly silence a sneeze.
Faders are excellent.
The ability to mix-minus so on stream everyone can hear the full output but in Discord or chat apps my bros and bro-ettes can only hear me.
Overall an absolutely EndGame device and with upcoming updates this will make streaming far more efficient with input table routing.
Absolute BEAST.
Rodecaster Pro 2 is better than Rodecaster Pro in every way, but there is one big issue: TRRS input for connecting to mobile phones is no longer there.
You have to use the extra USB port to connect it to your phone, which causes many issues. Here I explore the USB solutions first before diving into the problems.
Solution 1: If you are using an iPhone, you need to connect you phone with Rode MFI-certified USB C to Lightning cable (SC15 or SC19), which only transfers audio but doesn’t support charging your phone simultaneously. If you’re planning to use to your phone for long hours (like Clubhouse), it’s a big headache. If your phone has wireless charging capability (i.e iPhone 10/11/12/13), that needs to be attached to the back of your phone separately.
Solution 2: connect your iPhone to Rodecaster with Apple USB to Lightning adaptor (the one with USB A + Lightning on one end and Lightning on the other end), which allows you to charge your phone and use any USB A to USB C cable to transfer the audio to Rodecaster simultaneously.
Here is the BIG Problem in both cases: in both cases Rodecaster and USB adapter act as an external sound card and iPhone doesn’t route audio through them during cellular phone calls. (obviously an Apple restriction not Rode’s)
Solution: you’ve got to use Whatsapp or other applications to send audio through the rodecaster. But here is another BIGGER Problem: if you disconnect the lightning cable and connect it back, the sound will come out of the iPhone speakers and won’t go through rodecaster anymore (unless you hang up and call back again). This issue happens intermittently and not always on all applications. But for applications like Clubhouse, you’ve got to close the app and open it again to send the audio through Rodecaster.
The TRRS input on Rodecaster Pro (previous version) was amazing as it always sends the audio through rodecaster when used with Apple lightning to TRRS adapter (the old 3.5mm headphone adaptor you used to connect your headset to lightning port after Apple removed the 3.5 headset jack).
That 3.5 to lightning adaptor always works even during the normal cellular phone calls and even if you disconnect and connect the iPhone several times. With that the audio always goes through Rodecaster. Plus that allowed me to use Apple iPhone Dock/Stand, which charges the iPhone and has the TRRS (headset) port too. Belkin also has an adaptor wihtout needing the stand.
Some say you should use Bluetooth but the audio quality of the bluetooth is nothing comparable to direct USB and TRRS quality.
Removing TRRS is a big oversight and I hope Rode finds a way to add that back, perhaps as an add-on USB module!
Outil vraiment puissant qui rend possible la cration audio en live et qui permet de rduire considrablement la post production.
Je l’utilise pour mes pisodes de podcasts et mes missions en direct sur Twitch.
Quelques trucs amliorer (qui pourront l’tre dans de futures mises jour dur firmware) :
– La traduction franaise est mi franaise, mi espagnole. J’ai prfr basculer en anglais.
– L’interface audio de chat renvoie obligatoirement tous les sons de la table vers votre interlocuteur. Ce qui veut dire que si jouez avec quelqu’un sur Discord, il entendra les sons de votre jeu. Une configuration plus fine ce niveau serait ncessaire au niveau de la table. En attendant, il est possible de crer une interface audio virtuelle sur votre ordinateur (avec Loopback sur MacOS par exemple) pour seulement router le son de votre micro.
Malgr ces deux points, je suis content de mon achat qui va me simplifier mes processus de cration.
J’en profite aussi pour saluer la simplicit de configuration des micros et la mise en place de tous les effets qui vont avec (compresseur, noise gate, high pass filter, etc…). Le son est excellent en un clic, et il est galement possible d’affiner chaque effet pour les plus exigeants.
P.S : Je vais maintenant pouvoir rpondre aux appels tlphoniques pour le CPF avec une voix de robot.
Having a chat channel available over USBC has got rid of the TTRS cable previously needed. Also if you plug in a on other USBC cable you would then have 3!
The unit is smaller and there is a ton of customizability. All settings can be changed via the computer app.
Having a powerful processor means it can also handle power hungry effects LIVE, these effects can also be programmed into any smart pad. You are not limited to only one effect on one smart pad!
The amp is also a lot more powerful, I’m a quiet speaker and use the SM7B so I previously needed a lot of extra gain by using a cloudlifter. With the RCP2 I longer need the CL and there is maybe less noticeable hiss (though that could be down to the impressive SM7B processing present).
In the box was included 2 x 2 metre USBC cables.
Tom Buck kept me excited about this product and so far I am very impressed.
Mein erster Eindruck nach 2 Tagen im Test: Alles funktioniert wie es soll und ist sehr leicht einzurichten.
Mein Setup:
1x Kondensatormikrofon (Neumann TLM 103)
1x PC
1x Smartphone (Samsung S20 FE 5G)
2x Monitorbox (PreSonus)
Mit allem hat sich der Rodecaster Pro II auf anhieb verstanden 🙂
Stecker rein, los geht’s. Beim Mikrofon war nur noch kurz die spezifische Bauart anzugeben, fertig.
Es tut alles was es soll + die zuschaltbaren Effekte via Sound Pads machen richtig Laune.
Ach, und gut aussehen tut das Ganze obendrein auch noch. Eine extrem farbenfrohe Ergnzung zum sonstigen Setup.
Die Probleme des ersten Rezensenten sind bei mir brigens nicht aufgetreten, nach Verbindung mit dem W-LAN konnte ich direkt die neueste Firmware herunterladen und aufspielen.
Die schier grenzenlosen Einsatzmglichkeiten lassen mit Sicherheit so schnell keine Langeweile aufkommen.
This is really well built. Everything about it feels premium.
The initial setup was a breeze. The unit connected to my Wi-Fi network and added the latest firmware, then the setup wizard made getting up and running an absolute pleasure.
It’s not cheap, but it’s incredible value for money.
Receive mine 4 days ago and as a newbie I was amazed how quickly I was able to pic up the basics. Such a powerful piece of kit and will certainly help my workflow. I didn’t buy from Amazon, had it on pre-order from Wex.