The 5th Generation RODE NT1 is here, and it's got some new tricks. 

Thanks so much for checking out the NT1 5th Generation Mike. Sounds incredible on your voice!

Happy to see another mic review from the Booth Junkie himself!

On quick note on clipping 32 FP if you do hear clipping in your DAW just turn down the audio file with clip gain (not the fader) but the actual file's level. In Pro Tools its called clip gain in Reaper its the Item Gain, in Logic it is the Gain in the inspector window and so in. This is the advantage of 32 bit floating point. But 32 bit FP will not help you if you clip the microphone's capsule (known as the analog stage before the converter) Cheers!

Old school Booth Junkie mic review. ❤ Thanks, Mike.

Hey Mike! You sound nice and warm, absolutely fantastic on the upgraded NT-1 mic. Thank you for this video!

This mic is amazing! Thanks for telling us about it.

It was really fulfilling experience to listen to Mike review Lewitt LCT 1040. Here comes another. You simply sound so charming with this mic. Now I can't wait for the review by Curtis and Bandrew.

I found your channel on a recommendation from YT, while searching for mic reviews. I am blowen away by just how much I have learned from just this one video. Incredibly knowledgeable, well thought out, and because of that, you just earned a new subscriber!! Great Job, Sir!! well done!!

So glad to see a New Mic review. I missed them so thank you.

The NT1 sounds great! Awesome review!

We're all booth junkies now! Thanks for taking the time to share this, sounds like a very impressive leap forward in mic technology from R0de.

Thanks, Mike. Especially appreciate the comparison with the NT1-A.

That Usb-c, 32bit float along with the price drop to 250 is absolutely huge for streamers, Cannot wait to get my hands on one and play with it!

Great video and, of course, great voice! I own my 1992 NT-1 for many many years and I never thought of changing it.

Glad to see Mr Mike review another Microphone as it has been a while.

Excellent presentation, thank you :)

And just like that Booth Junkie is back!

Darnit! I _just_ purchased the NT-USB a few months ago. Why, oh why did you take till today to post this. Why?! Just quipping. Thank you for this. I didn't know a 5th was coming out. From the audio in this YT video at least, it seems like they paid attention to the feedback given by many about the harsh sibilance with the previous version(s) - much cleaner. It did however, sound a _litlle_ muddy, but that could just be YT. 32bit float and XLR/USB - good stuff! Thank you again 👍

No fair!! I just got my NT1 last year after waiting so long to get it. 😩 Mike, amazing content as always!!

Thanks Mike for this info you just sold a Rode 5th Generation this Microphone is amazing just preordered one

I still love the Rode NT1A

Great video, love seeing Booth Junkie videos! Unfortunately the video cut off before your catch phrase of "Record something amazing!"

You’re a classic! Love your reviews.

Fantastic innovation. It’s great to see mic makers finding ways to make their products more useable to folks without a lot of equipment. Thanks for the video.

Compared to the NT1-A, the NT1 5th gen seems to have a bit less sibilance. Which is a good thing.

that is so useful for podcasters and streamers - even a decent travel setup for voice actors perhaps!

Hey Mike! Thanks for the info! I want this new NT1 and a RODECaster Pro II ... 🤔 although it really does not make since as I have a NT1 and the auto clipping would be taken care of with the newest RODECaster. DANG LOGIC!!!! I suppose I will have to pass on this mic this time unless there is something I am not getting... I am new to this... That being said YOU make it look REALLY COOL and DESIRABLE.

This is the video that convinced me to get the mic.

Great one!

Thanks! 😊

Thanks, Mike for all you've done over the years. I bit the bullet and bought this microphone through your link hopefully you will receive some well-deserved credit. Cheers...

If the 4dB self noise applies in usb mode, it really is an amazing evolution! Thanks for the content, Mike 🤘

I love my first generation NT1 from the mid 90s and have resisted "upgrading." It might be time.

Great review. To my ears, XLR sounds better, and NT1a sounds slightly cuppy compared to 5th gen. I suppose NT1 signature version is XLR only, right?

OMG :O As Rode NT1 Enjoyer - I hope this is also as good!

In the comparison between the 5th gen and the nt1a.... I literally couldn't even tell when they swapped back and forth. Sounded completely identical to me. lol

Can you get "live" sound (like for a video/Zoom call) using the USB connection, or does the 32-bit float output mean that the USB connection can only be used to record audio (which would then need to processed to other formats) in post?

This is definitively not the true Frequency Response but this mic is revolutionary

Great review. I have a question regarding the versatily offered by this USB-C connection: would you be able to plug it into an Android Smartphone, and would it be recognised and used as primary microphone by the camera app of that smartphone when recording videos?

As someone who used whatever mic the station had us use for 24 years, I think it is funny when I hear someone say, "Oh, it's ugly!" LOL I don't care what it looks like, I just want it to hear the best qualities of my pipes, diction, & velvet when needed! :) Mike you are AWESOME!

The Nt-1 5th generation is much smoother to the nt1a! Great video!

Hello! One question, today with a little more use, do you see a difference in sound quality between the USB and XLR modes? thank you!

you still need to be within the dynamic range of the mic but with the142db max that the capsule can withstand also the digital converters could also be an issue but they do not give the spec on it

Ah, I may have to indulge in this one. Least it’s not a NT1-A but each their own

So do you can connect the Rode nt1 to the Rode Ai 1 and monitoring this with zero latency with the dsp effects from rode nt1 as well?

I'd be interested if - because it doesn't clip - can you recover pops. Pops always clip and so can't really be recovered - with one of these can you normalise down the plosives so you don't have to worry about pop shields (I know it's a bit more work but it would be interesting to see if popping becomes a non-problem).

Also how's the low latency if you are plugging directly using the USB?

I sold my Rode NT1 5 years ago. It seems I've to get it back for these reasons - it's made by Rode, 32 bit float & USB C :)

If I can listen very very hard despite my hearing impairment (I wear hearing aids), I kind of thought the NT1 has a tiny bit more low end compared to the NT1a, but overall, I cannot hear that much of a difference! I looked at the prices at Sweetwater and I would say that the NT1-A is cheaper than the new 5th-gen microphone. I do not need the USB capability.

I already have 32bit audio interface. Should I pick Austrian Audio OC16 instead of the NT1 ?

Hey. The 32 bit Floating mode only with USB or with XLR too?

Glad I didn't get the Shure SM7B usb clone thing that shure made, the vx or whater. I think this mic is in a whole other league........the USB C thing is very cool.

Hmm. Excuse the possible ignorance of my question but here it goes. I have an apollo twin x interface. It doesn't record at 32bit. If I connect the mic via usb, will it record my vocals on my logic session at 32bit eventhough the session is set up to rec at 24bit?

love the sound of 5th Generation RODE NT1, but I would be using it in a untreated room- in that scenario would it be god awful? It would just be a personal use microphone, not a content creator. Other mics I was looking into were the podmic usb and the rode nt-usb. Any input you could give would be greatly appreciated.

I wonder if you got the same dynamic range in xlr with a zoom f3 32bit recorder

You don't have the all-black NT1 4th generation? It also has the 4dB noise floor. It is quite different from your NT1A.

Thinking about swapping out my SB7b for this microphone. SM7b has too high of a noise floor. I hear the white noise in my recordings. Do you know if this microphone has the same noise floor in both USB and XLR modes?

Nt1 4th is definitely more natural, for 5th generation rode company says it has the same character but 5th gen it is brighter imo. Also i see the rode changed 4th's frequency response. 4th Gen for me Thank you.

Great vid. Thanks. I have one in front of me.

Singing wise. Is it better than the new Rode NT USB+ ?

Woahh I'm so glad I didn't pull the trigger on the old NT1!

Does the 4dB self noise still applies when you're in usb mode?

Is it possible to make a follow up video, showing the software with its compressor etc, a liitle more? I wanted to buy a dbx 286s for my NT1-a, but now im thinking to switch directly to the 5th Generation RODE NT1.

How you would you use the USB functions of this mic...yet output to your speakers through your regular interface? How would you configure your studio monitor speaker set up at all just using this as a usb mic?

If I want to use USB and monitor that signal how big is the delay?

Sooo it has a 32-bit float 192khz interface built-in. Useful for people without an interface handy. I could see it being useful.. but.. if it's the same as the regular NT1 otherwise, I'll stick with what I've got. It's an interesting option but I think they should've called it the NT1USB or something like that.

Silver grille is a dealbreaker

I’d like to see how using a multiple mics in a usb setup will affect latency. Also, will using a single mic with built in effects create a latency issue?

if they can tune it darker but i still prefer dark mics I have a usb but switch back to xlr I don’t think my voice can handle the latency just too hard to talk live in game.

Why haven't we had floating point interfaces before now? It seems so obvious now we've got one.

Hello, I’m kinda new to audio and stuff, but isn’t 32 bit float basically just a compressor?? Or is it different.

For singing, screaming and whatnot, even 125dB SPL are easily enough headroom. But even the 4th Gen could handle 132dB SPL. So I guess that additional headroom falls under the category „nice to have.“

Post process reduction can not undo microphone's internal clipping and the distortion that follows it.

Is it me or there is no difference in sound quality? I Dont have any, I would def buy the new one for its versatility at home XLR when travel ✈️ USB

NT-1 5g sounds less bright than the NT1-A. Perhaps it's tonally closer to the older black NT-1?

Nice

I never knew there was a new NT1. Thanks for showing the frequency response graph as I couldn't find it searching for it, only ones for the older NT1-A and NT1. I have had mixed results before with NT1-A and NT1. With my voice, if certain high frequencies are boosted a bit much on a mic, that can be harsh on my voice but too flat and it can sound muffled. I found the NT1-A too bright and I couldn't EQ it to sound better on my voice and hated it. The 2014 NT1, I found the opposite, it was better but too flat and it sounded a bit muffled on my voice with no real clarity and couldn't add that with EQ. The new NT1 sounds better than the NT1-A in your test with more bass, based on listening through M-Audio BX5 monitor speakers going into a Creative Soundblaster AE-7 sound card at 32-bit 384Khz on my PC. I like how they managed to put both an XLR and USB opeions on it as you don't usually get that, its either one or the other. What is especially good to see is that it has 32-bit and 192khz as some recorders/USB mics don't go as high as 192Khz and it is the sampling rate I normally use when recording audio. I don't record audio directly into my PC anyway as it would pick up the fan noise (I don't have a laptop only a desktop with a bunch of fans in it). I am always amazed how low the self noise is on these. You don't event get a noise floor that low on many expensive mics. BTW, was the ending supposed to be cut off like that?

Why no comparison with the last gen NT1?

pfft not bad. lol Been running 32 bit 96 for a few years now when recording, ITS SOLID! I don't use usb though, Creative Soundblaster Ae-9. :D Direct audio and zero latency pffffffffft.

Is that the old booth?

Thanks for the demonstration. I was worried when I heard Rode's announcement that the internal preamp would degrade the quality of the mic even when using the XLR connector (compare the Shure MV7 and MV7X). Hopefully someone out there will test the fifth generation against the many variations of the NT1 and also the U87.

It does not have a direct monitor jack :(

Man I just bought a previous version of the NT1 😢

i got one 🥰

This is great. Anyone know if I can use this mic to record into an older Zoom H5 and then adjust the audio gain later in a desktop DAW on the recorded file and adjust 32-bit float?

Hello Mike, I used to have an NT1 which I had to sell to get an SM7B because I moved and my new room didn't have any furniture, so the off axys coloration (more like reverberation) was killing my recordings. I wonder if the new iteration improved anything on that regard. I current own an Earthworks Ethos, but I'm looking for a secondary mic to record my vocal and use the Ethos to record my acoustic instruments (or vice versa). Thank you!

I'm curious if you've ever considered making your own microphone? I've seen around RU-vid that you can make the equivalent of $600+ microphones for... about $100. And if you'd ever consider testing them

If I remember correctly, NT1-A is the 10th anniversary of NT1 (3rd generation), it sounds like the 5th generation is more attractive in this video!

Holy hell, it's affordable too..

New studio? Looks like you are back in the old wisper room

It looks like Rode has tuned this new mic to be brighter than the original NT-1.

The new NT1 sounds strange to me. Muffled, or just kind of cheap sounding? I'm listening from my phone... I'll have to listen again later on my headphones

Hard to say as setups headphones all different but the mic sounds a bit too clinical to my ears. After posting realised this still has the same capsule as previous versions so that makes sense.

There was a pretty noticeable difference in sound between XLR and USB. XLR had less low-end and sounded a touch more tinny. Does this consistently happen in your testing or maybe the RP2 had some processing on that you forgot to turn off?

I would like to say that the NT1 5th sounds better, but I can't. The NT1-A sounds more open, fresh and lively. I really wanted to convinced myself to buy the NT1 5th, but based on your samples I'm leaning towards the NT1-A

Kinda sounds like you accidentally had a high pass filter on in the xlr test

Hello! Has anyone tested if it works with an iPad?

It sounds too bright and thin to me on both USB and XLR. More like the NT1-A rather than the NT1 from 2013/14. I much prefer the 2013/2014 NT1.

The 5th gen sounds abit muffled compared to the nt1-a, why tho?

Hi Mike. Thanks for the review, but I'm a little disappointed that you didn't mention the latency of monitoring when using USB-C. I bought that microphone, which I don't know if it's worth the money, it sounds average, maybe even below average for my opinion, but maybe it's ok in that price range. In any case, you don't get any benefits with this USB-C and 32-bit FP option because there is no output for headphones, and nobody works today without monitoring (not even you in the first part of the video :-). I just thought it would be great when I'm on a trip, microphone + fanless notebook, no cables, no interface ... no mess :-(