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YO3IBW
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Rating: 5/5
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May 25, 2011 01:46
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Great Microphone
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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The new addition to my shack is the Rode Procaster Studio Dynamic Microphone. I'm using this directly plugged into the Kenwood TS850s and is just sounding great.
The settings on the radio are PROC no more than 5-10db on peaks compression, high boost button pushed and a deviation of ALC no more than 25% of the red bar. The filters combination that I'm using is 6khz on 8.83 and 2.7khz on 455, that will provide a 2.9Khz bandwidth.
I just love the proximity effect of the Dynamic. If you talk closer to the mike, you will have a nice low frequency boost and it will sound great.
If you see the frequency response graph on this mike between 100hz and 2.9Khz you will notice a few deb of gain on the bottom and on top, this will provide great audio without external processing.
73 de Dan YO3IBW
http://www.buz.ro
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DF2DD
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Rating: 3/5
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Jan 15, 2011 15:14
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There are better Microphones
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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yesterday the postman rang the door and delivered a parcel withe the rode procaster. i was very enthusiastik because of the good videos on youtube and the nice reviews here at eham. up to now i use a heil pr-781 and i thought that the procaster might be the better choice but it is NOT. combines with the pr-781 the procaster does not sound as goog as the heil. the 781 has a more balanced modulation on my ts-480. i would like to have my station upgraded but the procaster will not do the job. so i will stay with my 781.
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ON5AVM
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Rating: 5/5
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Jan 17, 2009 12:07
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Very good qualitiy
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Time owned: months
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Have this mike tested on a yaesu 1000MP Mark-V en i must say,it,s sounding very warm en natural.Not like some condensators of cheap qualitiy who,s sound is sometimes a bit too high en agressive.
Well build and good finish.Very good for a dynamic microphone.A real broadcast micro.Also very good on the IC-746.
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G7VKX
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Rating: 5/5
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Dec 3, 2008 07:17
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So far so good & built like a missile!
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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This is a 'first experiences' review of the Rode Procaster so I'll follow-up with a more detailed review in six months or so.
Obviously, being a dynamic mic it doesn't need a phantom power supply unlike the condenser type (which are really intended for studio use) so for me that's a real plus.
On taking the mic from the packaging, the first thing I noticed was the weight of this thing - it's a heavy beast & the materials & finish were of very high quality, therefore I presumed the interior would follow the same quality theme given the weight.
Ok so it looks & feels the part - how does it perform?
I ran it into the W2IHY EQplus & 8 Band EQ then finally into the TS-870S. Receiving stations commented that it sounded 'brighter' than my Heil Pro 40 (using the same EQ settings)
I then fed the mic's directly into the TS-870S & made comparisons - well, I was pleasantly surprised by the Procaster which seemed to give the audio a bit more 'life' than the Pro-40
Both mics are end-address microphones & both worked well at rejecting unwanted noise from other sources in the shack meaning the cardiod patterns were working as advertised, although I think the Pro-40 had the edge in this respect.
Maybe someone with a very wide receiver (like the TS-870S) may be able to hear the subtle differences between the two mic's but your average radio probably won't.
Given the price (I paid £120) & the ten year parts warranty (yes - you read that correctly, that's 10 years!!!) then it's worth considering as an alternative to the Pro-40 (about £180 & only a one year warranty)
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