2 x Faulty Rode Videomic Pro | Can I FIX them? 

Nice job Mick. You always impress me with your attention to detail.

Audio on that new mic is GREAT!

These things have an AWFUL cable. Mine has the exact same problem. I will be fixing it according to your instructions. Thank you for this video

Great methodical fix. Thanks

Great fix as always, keep up the good work.

Didn't think the sound was off in the first place, but nice fixes as always 😁

you need to good pair of cable strippers by the looks of it. very easy to snip the core on small cables with a pair of side cutters.

Well done, two other devices saved from landfill. Although the issue with the mic insert appeared obvious, it may be worth switching off all potential interferers (lights, power supplies, phone etc) to see if the buzzing reduces or is eliminated. Not that would be practical in real-life but may prove a point. I'm sure you know but a very thin wall sleeve, pushed between the shield and the mic wires (before the shield is twisted) will help prevent the shield burning through the wires when soldered.

Brilliant fix well done mate 😊

Your original mic was surprising to see, because up until that point, I thought your audio sounded fine, and loved how it picked up the noises of you manipulating screws, cracking apart plastic shells. It really was remarkable. Curious if you switch to a better mic, if it will pick up all those secondary, unnecessary but rich sounds

Although the second mic had a small buzz in it. I couldn't hear it on the video. they both sounded great. Thanks for the video again.

The Rode mics are very directional and intended to be on camera pointing at whatever you are filming. They are really for outdoors, hence the long wind sock. For your desk setup you would likely get better audio from an omni-directional or a lavalier if you can cope with a mic clipped on to you. Your cobbled up mic sounded fine up to this point.

The capsule without the hum is clearer and carries a higher audio level than the one that hums. The hum is caused by a ground issue somewhere within the capsule area, as you made obvious when you touched the housing with your finger and the hum intensified. It was also obviously apparent that the ground connection was in place, as the capsule relies on it to pass its signal. It must be a failed filter circuit causing the issue. I did find it a little ironic that a number of those mics have recently sold on eBay for around half of what you paid for yours, and they were in working condition. Sod's law I guess...

Your absolutely brilliant my friend. Great video. Kind regards. Paul. 👍

Wonderful! Yes good audio

Nice Job !

Back in the days, I recall that messing with fine stranded stereo headphone wires with a 3.5 mm jack was a huge problem. There was always tiny wires going everywhere with no chance of collecting in a bundle for soldering .I would suspect that the cable for a 3.5 mm jacked mic would be just as bad to repair/solder. This Røde cable seems to be way easier to handle

I'm having trouble with my Videomic Pro too. Sometimes it works properly but sometimes the audio drops so bad, which means the sound becomes faint, obviously this means the mic has become unreliable. Sometimes the sound cuts out all together. The trouble is, I'm not very good at soldering, so it looks like I'll have to buy another one.

Brill and funny mate !! 😂 New camera and now a fix for a new mic - skills !! Keeping it simple 😉

Love your persistence. I might have been able to make a bodge job of the lead but doubt if I would have sorted the mic capsule out. I have to fix the mic on my Bat Detector some time. Might look for one of those Rode mics to go with my DSLR, they seem quite good. Actually lucky that you got 2 enabling you to swap the capsules over.

Great job there mate.

There is definitely hum that isn't coming from the Rode in your system somewhere. Eg 13:08 where it wasn't even plugged in but there's still hum - so it's more than the mic...

Think you're being a bit picky.Sounds great to me.Good work.

May be an impedance mismatch on the Rode mics. They are very quiet compared to your original lash up, which to my ex - sound engineers ears sounded better. IMO nothing wrong with the original audio, ignore the moaners 😉😎

I wonder why they would call a microphone Røde, it means red in Danish. But a fun little fix and now you can record it stereo with two microphones

Aren’t the Jack plugs stereo left , right and a common earth

You have spare part mic microphone rode right?

I'm sure Røde used to have a very generous policy on repairs. Might be worth asking them for a new mic capsule?

A super flex would have been to solder a female jack to the microphone so leads can be swapped on the fly

Shocked to see the mic you have been using all this time

Rode. Videomic. Pro. Buzzin. Repair

maybe the mic capsule or its casing isn't grounded properly?

never had a prob with ur audio before, hell, doc Emett---er Doc Andrew Armstrong uses (10 fer a quid mic modules) and has no probs , might be worth checking back on one of his vids fer a mic module that can b stuffed in place of.

At £35 a pop you are not being too fussy.

Røde. Red in plural. As in Many red roses. Mange røde roser. Norwegian name on absolutely not norwegian product. Red in singular is rød for reference.

... just started, i cannot keep me to NOT laugh!!! :)))))))) how they look... whew!!! :)))))))))))))))))) ok, movie finished... that buzz is because, somehow, the mic is not shielded anymore! did you remember, when you put fingers over that part where the mic resides? the buzz intesifies, and this is a very familiar buzz for me: i used my own fingers as a cheap signal generator for years! :) this means the shielding of the "hot" part of than microphone is gone, and he's picking up all the emi/electric/spikes noise around... also... 35 pounds for a broken mic, sir???? Rode&Schwartz, but anyway... is broken, yes? no way, i don't care if you call me "Scotty", it's way too costly! even i'm freckled enough to call me "Irish"! :P