Here is my reply to him.
Rode mic on off switch.
Always connect your mic s first before you turn on phantom power.
On off high pass filter switch the power hpf switch is located on the end of the mic body fi gure 8.
Live condenser vocal microphone.
I realized that in order to eliminate ambience sound noise i needed to get a shotgun mic so i buy rode videomic and with my canon 70d is the perfect combo for all my audio recording needs.
Instead you must activate phantom power via their control software.
Some audio interfaces don t have a hardware switch at all.
A locking on off switch located on the microphone s body provides the switching feature required by singers with self operated sound systems yet can be locked off when used in larger dedicated operator environments.
The regular rode m1 is my go to live mic for applications where i need a switch i e.
Rode m2 handheld supercardioid condenser microphone features.
10 year extended warranty when you register your microphone.
The videomic ntg also has a handy auto power feature.
See here for.
The only downside to this mic is it costs about a third more than the switchless m1 and only comes with a 10 year warranty regular m1 has a life time warranty.
Ergonomically designed heavy duty all metal body.
Hot plugging while p48 is already activated can harm your mics.
Connected you can switch the mic on.
As a general rule.
Powering the mic on off.
By default it will automatically power on when connected to a device or when the connected device turns on and power off when disconnected from a device or when the device turns off.
With rock solid build quality and a high power neodymium capsule the røde m1 s switchable live dynamic microphone is designed to provide the very best performance night.
Looper mic i use one of these.
If you connect a microphone to the mic terminal while the input terminal on off switch is set to off the camcorder will switch automatically from the built in microphone to the external microphone.
Press and hold for three seconds to manually turn the mic on off.
It reduces the low end frequencies that get.
That s the one that looks like a broken line.
Figure 8 the high pass filter hpf switch the high pass filter hpf is a low frequency cutoff setting which you can use to remove rumble or other low frequency noise while recording.
Also never put anything between your mic and your microphone input.
The sensitivity clarity and quietness of which has been a quantum leap in quality for me but to get that and the m3 makes me just about want to name my first child røde.
As for the switches on the mics one of them is called a roll off switch.