Rode Nt1-A A Great Mic For The Price

The Rode NT1-A is a great choice for a vocal microphone for the price. It is a large diaphragm condenser mic and sounds great. The NT1-A competes with some of the better mics out there for a fraction of the cost. At under $250 it is a great buy.

When this microphone first came out I was skeptical about how it would perform. I had heard good things about it but mostly from the guys running home studios and didn’t really have the experience with higher quality pro audio gear. Yes I’m kind of a snob.

I got a chance to try the Rode NT1-A out on a female vocal and put it up with my AKG-414 and was pleasantly surprised. The sound is open and clear without some of the annoying high-end or that you find with some other mics in this price range.

Rode NT1_A Frequency Response

You can see the high-end boost and the slight drop at 50 Hz in the frequency response chart. These particular variations make this microphone useable with a variety of voices.

One of the reasons this microphone is less expensive is that it is a single pattern mic and has no internal pad or filters.

I recently used this mic on strings and some brass recordings and found that it sounds good on almost anything requiring a cardioid pattern mic. This is a great bonus that makes the Rode NT1-A an excellent value.

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If you are looking for a great sounding and versatile vocal mic that is not expensive and works well with other instruments I would definitely recommend the Rode NT1-A.