Review on 🎙️ Enhance Your Audio with Rode VideoMic NTG On-Camera Shotgun Microphone by Leticia Wilhelmsen

Tl;dr: This is a Rode masterpiece, a marvel for anyone who is yet to make the switch to XLR spring mics but still wants a unit of amazing quality. , but there will be some features for special use cases (voice-over, streaming and podcasts) that would make it a jack of all trades gun mics. So here's the thing, this mic is a real workhorse, ready for most scenarios and use cases, from streaming to vlogging, interview recording to the point where you can use it live (with some caveats), this mic just fits A microphone that can do everything. Think about it carefully...erm, there are also a few things to consider if you don't have a lot of use cases. I mean if you don't do all those things but just a specific scenario like streaming there are better and cheaper options like ElGato Wave 3 or ATR 2100x just in case you have too much background noise. Why? can i recommend them? Simple, for streaming, voiceover, podcasts or most scenarios when the mic is inches from your mouth you run the risk of overloading the mic capsule and sounding like you're clipping even though it's clear that this is not the case. Even turning on the -20db mode prevents this, and if you're a person who tends to speak loudly or yell into the mic, I'm pretty sure you wouldn't want to startle your viewers without even one add dead cat and the foam that goes with it. will prevent this, although I remember it happening if the mic is less than 15cm from your mouth, so yes, a niche use case, but be aware that the mic has its USB-C to USB Microphone features sold, you can't turn off live feedback when you plug headphones into it, so it can be quite distracting. Another thing to note is that these Rode 3.5mm TRS/TRRS Gun mics tend to have a rich bass sound, however in the case of the NTG the signal is much cleaner and doesn't sound as dull as on the previous models condenser mics, it will still have too much bass, with a low mix of mids and highs, there are low pass filters, but for best results I recommend leaving the signal on standard and then creating an EQ that mainly does the Boosting high frequencies this way can produce a truly outstanding sound, but it does add a few post-processing steps and tweaks that you need to be aware of. The most notable negative is the battery, although I like the feature that lets it turn itself on and off automatically. When using it with a camera you have no way of controlling the battery life and it's either sheer luck or you have to charge it more than usual to ensure it turns on in the box. I only put it at 4 stars to eliminate the quirks you will have with this mic and the lack of a feature like clip protection on the Wave 3 making it the best mic ever or just behind the Sennheiser MKH would 416 Probably asking too much for $250 but I'm sure someone will one day, hopefully it's a Rode Videomic NTG mk2