How to make the RODE VIDEO MIC PRO working with Scarlet/Epic

[brian hanson]

Just got it working, thanks again for the tip Peter

[Werner Jauch]

I tried a Radioshack adapter (part No 274-882), 1/8 Mono Male to 1/8 Stereo Female to connect the Rode VideoMic to Scarlet (Scarlet audio set to unbalanced). Sounds fine on headphones for scratch audio. Then for fun I plugged in an old $5 laptop mike for Skype, it too works but sounds IMG_2087.jpglike I'd expect for a $5 mike. This may however be a small and cheap option in some circumstances.

[Aaron Henderson]

Thanks, the RadioShack part number worked great.

[M.D. Hilton]

Yeah Peter, thanks for the tip. Like an idiot I bought this mic (as a scratch track, record my son type mic) just assuming it would work and was quite disappointed when I wasn't getting any levels. Did a quick search, found this thread and 10 minutes later the mic was working fine.

That being said people with beefy hands might want to have somebody with smaller hands to do this for them. The wires inside are very small and the toughest part of the operation for me was getting the incredibly small piece of electrical tape to wrap around the incredibly small wire (and I have pretty small hands.) I finally managed to do it and am happy to report I now have scratch track audio on my Scarlet.

[Peter Majtan]

Yeah Peter, thanks for the tip. Like an idiot I bought this mic (as a scratch track, record my son type mic) just assuming it would work and was quite disappointed when I wasn't getting any levels. Did a quick search, found this thread and 10 minutes later the mic was working fine.

That being said people with beefy hands might want to have somebody with smaller hands to do this for them. The wires inside are very small and the toughest part of the operation for me was getting the incredibly small piece of electrical tape to wrap around the incredibly small wire (and I have pretty small hands.) I finally managed to do it and am happy to report I now have scratch track audio on my Scarlet.

I'm glad it helped you. The RODE VIDEOMIC PRO is an excellent mic in its own right. Set your fan speed to 25% ~ 35% and the sound is more then just a scratch. It never hurts to have a higher quality scratch, just in case...

Peter

[Mark Kern]

So, has anyone hacked their regular Rode Video Mic with a similar mod? What is the wire you are cutting actually responsible for? That might help me figure out a similar mod for the regular Rode.

EDIT: Bought the radio shack adapter. Works great. Do I need to worry about phantom power shorting with this setup?

[J Taylor]

thanks peter, just saved my ass on a shoot. I'm curious what other options you've been looking at for scratch sound & scarlet/epic. I like my rode, but I'm not blown away by the sound quality...I use a sennheiser 416 with a zoom for my main track and compared to that the rode feels useless, except for scratch...for the size isn't there something smaller to be using for scratch? Just curious what your take on it is...thanks again

[Alexandre Arch]

Hi there,

I needed to find a quick solution for sound for a shooting tomorrow.
Only mic I had was my Rode video Mic pro but I didn't feel secure with cutting anything . Also I was not sure if it would still work with my DSLR
So I looked into some old boxes full of adapters.

I just put together my Rode to a - Y female mini jack to male RCA - and a -female RCA to mono mini jack- (see pictures) to my Scarlet and it works great!
Put tape around the connections. The sound is nice clear !

I'm sure its possible to get a small mono mini jack extension cord or a stereo and cut it in some ways.
also a Y mono mini jack like on the picture might work.

[Michael Gyori]

VERY IMPORTANT: Don't remove the back plate (to cut the wire) with the battery installed. Perhaps this was obvious, but I didn't even think about it. When the battery is installed, it puts pressure on the front plate and the two plastic notches on the top of the front plate got sheared off when I lossened the screw Peter talked about. Now the front plate is only held in place by the front screw. I have to use a twist tie to hold it in place. This makes my new Rode Video Mic look a little... ghetto.

I'm contacting Rode to see if I can get a new front plate with the two plastic notches on the top intact.

Just wanted to warn others about making the same mistake I did.

[Joachim Guanzon]

Here's what I used... $6 from radioshack (1/8" female stereo to 2m mono splitter or 'airplane adapter'):

http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...ductId=2103860


Works ok with the rode vidmic pro but I have to boost the levels up.

On the left is a sound professionals binaural mic:
http://www.soundprofessionals.com/cg.../item/MS-TFB-2

Works great for onboard 3D sound.