NT1-A Studio Secrets 

Oh my God, I love Mitchell's song a lot!

From 15:24 until 18:14 is so (musically) amazing, that I absolutely forgot what I was looking after (NT1-A). What a masterpiece / rendition, wow! From the instructional point of view, the vid is really enlightening. Thanks a lot for it.

Thanks and congratulations on the microphone!

Her voice is heavenly

It is always a pleasure to listen to quality mic along with a brilliant voice like that of Camille!

Everyone on here is complaining about if the vocals are mixed. I would rather hear how it sounds mixed- in actual use- in a track.. because that's how you're gonna use it at the end of the day. Also they never claimed that's the mics natural sound- they're just showing us a video of tricks to use.

OMG! It's a young Mitchell Thompson from the Voice Australia 2012!!! Damn, His voice was already so good back then, no wonder everyone's hooked! Love his voice!

I’ve owned an NT1 since 1997, amazing piece of gear. Love this company

I have the NT-1A and recently bought the NT-2A. I use them all the time, I specifically bought the NT-2A for doing back ground vocals with multiple singers. These are must have in your Mic locker.

Wow, what an amazing gem of an old skool video. The black and white off camera cutaways are classic. These guys look as classic Aussie as it gets and I love how he drops Kovak's (spelling?) name, the owner of the studio. I never met him but heard a lot of good things about him being the man ten years ago when I studied audio engineering in Sydney.

This is the best microphone review I've ever seen which is reviewing in depth.

Great Vid,I Love Camile's Voice,plenty of expression and emotion. I just bought my NT1-A today and love it already. Cheers

Beautifully put together, thanks a whole lot.

loved her voice x

... Loved the result with this wonderful mic in my latest videos... !

back on here after a couple of years to listen to Camile again :-) Just a beautiful voice.

Just bought it today, i managed to record just a glimpse because i had to fix a few glitches with the sound interface, undust my old laptop, re install the windows, install some software etc etc... and after an entire day i heard a sound just like in real life, clear, natural. Im satisfied, good job guys even after 10 years.

Ha, I've recorded at this studio so many times. It's in Davidson. Love Herm Kovak, he's the man!

Just bought another NT1A , A superb mic. Camille - what a wonderful voice !

This man is totally passionate about the Rode NT1-A mic. He made me a believer. I plan to purchase one this week. Great tips as well. Thanks.

Great voice, Camille!

NT1A is a great microphone. I bought it yesterday and I'm pleased that it works perfectly. I use it through the Alesis IO2 sound that gives it a power of 48 V.

The songs were really good and also the tips. MUCH LOVE

Wonderful video with so much info! And 2 fantastic musicians. (Mitchell is amazing!)

I use the NT1-A for broadcast and voice-overs. Phenomenal microphone, and when you consider how much it costs, this is a true gem for the money.

I just have to say as a consumer, that rode mics comparing the price range and sound and build quality with other mics, those are the best and the most versatile an engineer could have.. Really pleased with vocals and instruments. So far I haven't been betrayed. Thanks RODE.

Excellent video and excellent product !!

Thank you Camile, nice voice!

Owning my NT1-A since 2010, looks and works like new, Rode products are truly reliable

Excellent video and demonstration! Thank you for doing this.

Precious work!

Ein großartiges Mikrophon auf dem Niveau NEUMANN (bis auf den Preis ;-) und dann noch die Garantieleistung. TOP. Für Gesang UND Gitarre bestens geeignet. Danke auch an Camille und ihre wunderbare Stimme. Thank you all and greetings from Germany.

Just got mine today, and i'm really looking forward to using it in my front room studio, it sounds great.👍

Mines is in the mail and should arrive tomorrow! can't wait!

Her voice is so beautiful 😍

Beautiful voice & singing! :D

I own the original NT1 which has served me well on countless recordings. A high quality preamp is also an important part of the equation. I highly recommend the NT!-A.

works and looks wonderful

Wooh ! That first song just love it !!!!

Fantastic singing and room treatment

With a voice like that you could sing into an old tabletop cassette recorder and it would sound great!

Thanks a lot for this video. I just bought my NT1-A microphone and I am very satisfied with it. It's just amazing! Also, Camille's voice is beautiful.

I love that microphone! 🙏

I've got BOTH! BOTH are very different mics imo! I bought the 420 a couple of years ago and maybe have ONLY used it a handful of times - MOSTLY b/c I'm so used to the NT1-A's sound and can get my sound where I want to faster with it! The 420 is a nice mic that, I'm sure, has/can get wonderful results (as I have when I've toyed with it a bit)! I just hooked my 420 back up today and am tweeking it to find the sound I want...it's work...but that's how it goes in music. Two mites Hymn

Wow Camille is amazing!!!

Thank you for demo-ing this mic before I will buy it soon. You helped me to decide that this is the mic I need. Beautiful singing by Camille, btw. :).

She has a lovely voice!

I am using this microphone as well, I can guarantee that it's absolutely amazing.

To record on your Macbook Pro, the NT1-A will need to be connected through an audio interface with an XLR input. Give your local pro audio or music store a call for help in selecting the right audio interface for you.

Great video! Thanks

Now the trick is to write great songs.

@Foreverwhatever69 - Congratulations on the new NT1-A! The NT1-A (as with almost all studio condenser microphones) requires a +48v phantom power source.The Lexicon Alpha unfortunately does not supply phantom power at all. Phantom power is usually supplied on most audio interfaces, although if you google 'phantom power supply' you should find plenty of external phantom power supplies that you will be able to use with the Lexicon Alpha. With that you should be up and running in no time at all!

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My first Rode mic was an NT1-A. I found it a touch sterile on vocals. It's great for micing up drums as an overhead or a metre in front of a kit aimed toward the snare. My next Rode mic was an M2. A great handheld stage condenser at a bargain price. I still have those mics and they get a lot of use. My main vocal recording mic is an NTK, it's unbeatable, and I have two Rode M3s which I use in conjunction with large diaphragm condensers as drum overheads to bring out the cymbals better.

Awesome. Thanks for the tips 👌

great video great mic

Great voice

Great video

a very cool voice... i like it !

Excellent example of this great microphone !

love the jacket!

np glad to help good luck!

There was a transom dot org microphone shootout I found last night with blind listening samples. I listened to over a dozen mic's and ended up picking 3 initially but then narrowing it down to 2. The first one I liked but later discarded in favor of the other 2 was the Neumann U-87. (remember this was a blind listening test) The second was an AKG C3000 which was an intimate microphone sound, but the one I picked ended up being an NT1a for having a smooth but warm frequency response, detail etc.

The NT1-A and NT2-A are both very different microphones. THe NT2-a has the added control features, with polar pattern switching, high pass filters and attenuation switching. This circuitry means that the NT2-A is a little more versatile in the studio, but also means that the NT2-A is not as quiet as the NT1-A. Check out the RØDE Soundbooth on our website, where you'll be able to compare the microphones and find which mic is best for you.

Just did some female vocal tracking with the NT2A, and the sibilance was a struggle to deal with in the mixing stage. Going back to do additional tracking, and I will be trying the singing in the side technique. She's looking at the lyrics with a lap top, and that's the other reason I'm going to be using the singing in the side technique.

Omg.. like Carly Simon and Stevie Nicks rolled into one.. superb voice! 😊

Thanks alot for this review!! based upon this video i SHALL INDEED PURCHASE THIS AND OR THE NT2!! THANKS AGAIN and her voice is GREAT!!

this video made me finalize my decision. i'm going to replace my perception 120 with this. awesome job, rode - superb sounding mic.

I have seen this already, this video was on DVD included in my NT1A package. :-))

Guys thank you for this great device! I find this great and my wife thinks it is just beatuful. Great device.

Thank alot !

man she s amazing and I cant to try out my NT1 !!

I love the lirics kinda old school 70’s and lovely voice

(cont) After that, for vocals at least - it's all about EQ, reverb and other plugins to taste (de-esser, light compression, chorus/double tracking the vocals etc.) Let's not forget that a quality mic preamp will do great things to your vocal (and other) recordings. Even the best mics don't sound great out of the box, it's all a combo of good recording technique, good acoustic space to record in, the signal path/preamps that before output, and effective mixing/production of the recording itself.

of course. condensers are often used for amps, although, a dynamic like the sm57 might be more common. it's just two different kind of sounds.

Great microphone.

I'm gonna buy this one tomorrow. I have the MobilePre 2nd Gen from M-AUDIO (Comes with Pro Tools SE). Hopefully it'll work perfectly!

Camille ... such an incredible f*cking voice! Marvelous!!

I agree. I have this one and when I record it does sound crystal clear, but then when I try to mix it on my DAW... Then the show begins: if I am too close, I have a lot of low frequencies I have to filter with the EQ, then I lose the "body"; if I am too far, I sound better but thin. No matter what I do, using the baritone range or a higher one. I tried in the middle and it works the closest, but again, after lots of processing on my DAW. But with all I think it's a very good mic. Test first.

hello please where i can find song whats singing mitchel cullen in vid thank you

very good, but I would like to know as well What Pre-Amp is that Tracking Through?? The voice is modificated? please answer.

What mic do you recommend for recording steel string acoustic guitar, finger style picking, strumming and melodic work ?

I can't tell if it's the differences in their voices or the way they EQed them, but when she was singing I could hear the main complaint that people have about this mic. It was a little to bright and the sibilance was just a bit much except when she was singing off axis. I didn't hear any of that when Mitchell was singing, so it could just be her. I love that off-axis trick. It works great for me when doing narration or audiobooks. I can get close without having trouble with sibilance, which is an issue for me. I'd like to study how Mitchell does his "S"es. With a word like "wasted" or "tasted" where you have an "s" and a "t" right after each other, I'd expect a lot more sibilance from the NT!a. I sure do love mine, and these tips are a great help. There's also the pencil in front of diaphragm trick. That works, too.

yes

Into a stage box in the live room. A mix is sent to an auxiliary output on the desk >>into a headphone amp>>then into the stage box and then into your headphones ; )

Nice video, love the nostalica myspace links, just after myspace lost all their uploads ever made. rip.

I really liked Camille's voice! it was so awesome! I would also like to know what preamp was used! was there hardware compression/eq used?

good quality

Cool video...

Excellent video. Thanks for the demo, I have the new version (black)... whats the difference? I notice this one sounds darker than my old one (gold).

i love the Rodent 1a

Hi. Your video impressed me as I am looking for a decent but not overly expensive condenser microphone and stumble upon NT1-A. I am planning to get one for my hobby. I know all condenser mics need phantom power, and thus I am guessing it needs a mixer. Other than that, in order for me to record it on my computer, do I need any other equipments? FYI, My laptop does have audio, mic and line-in port. Does the 10 years warranty covers for those who bought overseas? TQ

Hello. Thanks for the video. I own and daily use an NTK ... for about 5 years now. Question: what PREAMP and AD/DA were used on this video. Thanks for any help.

hey! can you plug the microphone lead provided in the pack straight into an apple macbook pro? and then mix your track with the settings on garageband? please reply quick! :D

Thanx!

Camille sounds great! Is she still performing?

I like this video quite a lot. What was the preamp that was used with the mic??..

Hey, will this mic be able to go through my Line 6 POD UX1 directly in to my computer?

in my experience it's bad for recording acoustic guitar. it picks up a certain mud that you really have to work to filter out with effects. i can subtly hear it even in this video.

Is there a chance to get the Studio-Secrets DVD? I have bought this great mic, but the DVD was missing.