It brings clarity to the mid-range, helping vocals sit with confidence at the front of the mix, while the top end exudes a hint of air but stops well short of sounding gritty or harsh. Once set up in the studio, the new NT1 sounded surprisingly polished given its modest cost. The mic and shockmount also will be made available separately. It is also worthy of note that if you register your purchase Rode will extend the warranty to 10 years. A fabric microphone storage pouch completes the kit. Certainly this mount makes the new kit look a lot more sophisticated than the previous NT1A recording package, though in this new incarnation the XLR mic cable has been omitted so you'll need to source your own.
The swivel section also grips firmly when tightened with moderate hand pressure so, again, there's no drooping. This works in a similar way to that employed in the shockmount.īased on two spaced layers of fine metal mesh, the pop screen clips securely in just the right position relative to the mic, making it far more practical than gooseneck-type supports, which in my experience invariably tend to droop. The internal construction is very different from that used in most other microphones, in that the entire capsule/circuit-board assembly is fitted into a rigid plastic chassis that has a modified lyre suspension moulded into the top of it to support the capsule. A locking ring secures the mic to the mount so that it can be used upside down with safety, if required.
These lyres are clipped firmly into the robust plastic frame, so can't fall off or become misaligned in the way that some elastic suspensions tend to do, and in this design the swivel standmount is built into the frame along with a slot into which clips the equally impressive included pop filter. Rode have tweaked the Rycote formula slightly by using a smaller inner Lyre to act as a tensioner to hold each of the main lyres in their neutral position, to maximise their isolation efficiency. Rather than use an elastic 'band' suspension, as many shockmounts do, the Rycote lyre is essentially a sophisticated plastic spring that isolates the microphone from the surrounding frame extremely effectively. The lavishly designed SMR shockmount included in this kit is both visually impressive and very effective, due to Rode's licensing of Rycote's patented lyre suspension technology. There's no pad switch and no LF roll-off switch present, though most mic preamps have these. It has a quoted sensitivity of -29dB (☒dB) with reference to 1V/Pa, and can handle levels up to 132dB SPL without complaining.
The frequency range extends from 20Hz to 20kHz with no significant deviations. While many large-diaphragm capacitor mics have fairly dramatic presence peaks, the NT1 has only the barest hint of a broad hump centred at around 7kHz. The NT1 can operate from phantom power in the 24V to 48V range, and it has a one-inch, side-address cardioid-pattern capacitor capsule. It is clear that a lot of engineering development has gone into this microphone.īuilt in Rode's factory near Sydney, Australia, the mic came for review along with its shockmount, dust bag and pop screen, as part of the NT1 Complete Recording Kit, but is also available as part of a cheaper package that includes just the mic and a mic clip. Machined from aluminium, the nickel-plated body is coated in a layer of military-grade ceramic to provide a tough and attractive black finish. However, Rode are keen to point out that, other than the mesh basket, this is a completely new design throughout, with the capsule voicing drawing its inspiration from classic vintage studio mics. Now the NT1 name has been resurrected, though the brand-new transformerless mic to which it is attached bears more of a physical resemblance to the NT1A and, like that mic, it too uses innovative surface-mount electronics, combining a JFET impedance converter, IC bias control and bi-polar output circuitry to deliver an extremely low self-noise of 4.5dB EIN. Purchased many years ago, it is still earning its keep in my daughter's home studio, but in the Rode catalogue it was long ago superseded by the popular NT1A, which was both much quieter and somewhat brighter sounding. My first Rode microphone was the original, creamy-grey Rode NT1. Aussie mic makers Rode aim to bring the sound of classic vintage mics within reach of the home studio.
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