Using the Rodecaster Pro II for Live Events: Pros & Cons
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2025
- In this video, we show you everything you need to know about using the Rodecaster Pro II for live sound at an event.
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0:00 - Introduction
1:01 - Price & Specs
1:20 - Setup Rodecaster Pro II With Sound System
8:27 - Pros: Rodecaster Pro II & Live Sound
9:45 - Cons: Rodecaster Pro II & Live Sound
13:35 - Events To Use The Rodecaster Pro II For?
14:40 - Events To Avoid Using The Rodecaster Pro II For?
15:25 - Recommendation
15:54 - Final Thoughts
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Your videos are brilliant mate. Especially good for advanced newbies like myself. Cheers!!
I use mine for teaching live fitness classes every week. I can eq my mic and also duck the music slightly when I speak. It’s great !
07:04 you can just skip this complicated part and use a SC17 or SC19 cable from RODE. I've also seen people doing that with Rig2 and a lot of extra cables, but you can just buy this 20 $ cable and it's done. It works like a charm on my LIVE events.
Danke!
2 comments/ improvements:
1) Don’t set the monitor output to “fixed level” then you can use the knob as master fader (fixing one of your cons!)
2) Can’t we use the headphone outputs to run upto 4 monitors?! They will be a bit noisy but other than that
Thanks for that video. It was a huge leapfrog for me to be able to have the monitors work with the mic faders up.
Kettner Creative, Excellent video. Please do more videos like this.
really needed this for our karaoke nights
@kettnercreative
Thank you for this awesome video. I am a professional speaker and will be using my Rodecaster Duo and Wireless Go 2 mics for plugging into the house sound. So I appreciate you going through the settings. Thanks.
How about a Live Talk Show/ Podcast with three Lavalier Mics, and record audio, while utilizing 2 speakers for the audience? Thanks for the video !
have you found any info on this topic . i as well want to connect via usbc to the rode to allow a chat setting mix minus on usbc 1 or mix minus cancellation setting of their sound going back to zoom via usbc 2 . essentially i want to know if i can mix event iound to speakers, atem and zoom without feedback . a rodecaster interview pro in this scenario could be utilized and that would be awesome
Hi Jordan, fantastic content. Have found your videos very useful. Using the Rodecaster Pro II, is it possible to connect the output to the ATEM Extreme as well as the speakers? Could you do a video on this?
have you found any info on this . i as well want to connect via usbc to the rode to allow a chat setting mix minus on usbc 1 or mix minus cancellation setting of their sound going back to zoom via usbc 2 . essentially i want to know if i can mix event siound to speakers, atem and zoom
@@APECEpic no! Sadly not. We ended up going with the Zoom L-8
@@thecommsguy. mahalo . i have heard of the L3 not the L8 . maybe with its mix minus capabilities i will get that one . good luck with the L8 . aaron pareki might be doing a stream on the rodecaster pro 2 soon for your information
i want a digital one if it is indeed and option with zoom . in any case am hoping to get more info . wanted to bring in the rodecaster interview pro into the mix in this scenario
Thank you so much. As you are a sound engineer ,please let me know:
Can I ,as a pastor use Rode pro mic ,as hands free mic to address the congregation ;?
Will such mics be free from inerfearce from other signals for that use ,or is it good only for use with video camera etc.?
Akso ,can it's receiver be connected it to an amplifier without a mixer ? Is mixer essential to connect it to use as a public address system ?
have you found any info on this topic . i as well want to connect via usbc to the rode to allow a chat setting mix minus on usbc 1 or mix minus cancellation setting of their sound going back to zoom via usbc 2 . essentially i want to know if i can mix event iound to speakers, atem and zoom without feedback . a rodecaster interview pro in this scenario could be utilized and that would be awesome
Good evening, could you please tell me if it is possible to apply different equalizations to different outputs? For example, cutting low frequencies for the main monitors (for the audience) while having a different equalization for USB/USB2 (for the broadcast)?
Wonderful video. Is there any chance, you make a video, how to connect RCPII with Adobe Audition or any DAW, please?😀
Great video as always. I would like to use my Rodecaster Pro2 to video a live interview show. Plan is to have 3 wired lavs, a PA system for the live audience - and I also want to use the Rodecaster to record mic audio to synch later in video post production. Thoughts?
Would this work using Rode Wireless Microphones as in the Rode Wireless ME?
You used a powered speaker, what if the speaker/monitor is passive (no power)?
are there other threads going into more detail on this subject . it is an important one
Can the rodecaster connect to the house mixer like MG12XU?
My podcast cohost and I were asked to broadcast our high school girls basketball this afternoon via live stream and to commentate. Will do this court side at a table for us. No monitors, speakers, etc. could we use this for that purpose? Will run through OBS to Facebook.
You said here that you can't save scenes... but is saving shows not the same thing which is possible on the RCP II? Also, my second question is: how do you control the monitor/speaker output level on the unit. The faders are only for controlling input level so would it be the multi-function diall that does this?
Typically saving scenes on an audio mixer would also include saving the fader position, which you can't do. Yeah, you can use the rotary encoder to control the monitor/speaker level.
@@kettnercreative I connected the speaker cable into the input like you done here but there was no sound probably because I didn't know that the rotary dial was used to increase the volume level. So I then connected the speaker to the 🎧 one instead. This is a bad idea is it.... That's what my dad told me anyhow?
Hey! Thanks a ton for the video-it was super helpful! I'm looking to get this mixer, but I just want to make sure it’ll work for what I have in mind. I'm hoping to livestream on two Android phones at the same time (one for TH-cam and one for TikTok) using USB C connections. I noticed it has two USB ports-does that mean it can handle streaming to both phones at once?
Also, I’d like to use two mics at the same time and be able to pan the audio left and right while streaming on both phones. Is there a way to do panning with this setup? I’d really appreciate any advice you could give me. Thanks so much in advance!
1st comment, I like Videos wäre it goes about the rodecatser pro 2
Can I use it for a guitar and mics for a live event? Just don’t want to waste on extra mixer.
Can you use iPad or pc app or midi controller with rode caster pro II to add the faders and gain knobs
I need an advice for beginner. I have Rode audio mixer procast 2 and Shure SM 7B and 2 Adam monitors A7V and good conectors cables. But i don t know why when connect monitors not working microfon and make some noises
Question - Can you choose which channels are exported to the monitor out? So, say I wanted to have a microphone sending signal to my computer (not out of the speakers), but also have music playing on track 2 that WAS being output to the speakers. I know it's a weird ask, but I have a unique situation at work. Lol.
Yes you can do this, I do this for a live stream setup where music is being played in the room on a PA but mics are excluded and only sent to the stream
If i use the RCP2 for my podcast in my basement (studio)… can it be ok for a podcast in front of a live audience? ( restaurant, brewery, coffee shop etc…)
Great video. Could the streamer X be used? It does not have the monitor options the Rodecaster has?
I would NOT consider the Streamer X for live sound.
Thanks for this video. Very timely as I was just considering renting a RCP2 for a Halloween event with multiple music sources and mics. The auto ducking feature was of particular interest to me since I might not be able to man the mixer at all times and need to ensure the mic lines end up on top. I’ll probably stick with my Mackie analog mixer for the immediate need. Curious though what mixer you might recommend for auto ducking at live events.
Ugh. I had a section filmed about the ducking but I ended up cutting it when I realized how long the video is. But yes, that's another great reason to use the RCP2 for an event. Typically you need to spend 2-3k on a digital mixer to get a built in duck.
Thanks. Yeah $2K+ on a digital mixer isn't practical for me to buy but maybe rent if needed. Any specific models you can recommend with auto ducking that are fairly easy to use?
@@skyace888 I always recommend the QU-16 or TF1. I've done hundreds if not thousands of events with those consoles and they are the best value around.
@kettnercreative Nice thanks. I'll check those out. I was originally looking at the QSC TouchMix line since I have QSC speakers but the QU-16 seems pretty solid.
Hey Kettner I'm an owner of the Rodecaster Pro II, and have a question, don't know if you can help me. I'm noticing that the main outputs (L & R) are indeed both TRS balanced, and works well, but for the headphone outputs TRS cables wont work, I end up having to take out a little bit of the cable to make it work, shouldn't headphones be TRS? because of headphones being Stereo? and the 1/4 to 1/8 adapters from Rodecaster seem to be stereo as well, but this makes me very confused, I'm asking this because my main gig is being a livestream operator, and my main interface/mixer is the rodecaster pro ii, but most of the time I do need extra physical outputs and I want to use the proper cable for that, I have been using TS Cables, but I'm really curious why aren't TRS cables working specially if they are supposed to be Stereo Headphones outputs
@CurtisJudd has a quick video sorta on this subject . he says i think one side needs to be a balanced 1/4 y cable on one side from the rodecaster to a 1/8 unbalenced one
Thanks for this great video , but i tried to find solution for the feedback When i use my bose speaker with rode caster pro 2 , there is any way ?
I searched for feedback destroyer , is it work ?
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Don't use the feedback destroyer, start with the basics.
@@kettnercreativei tried with your steps but i need higher volume it’s not working 😔 ,
Random question but will the rodecaster duo be able to power the beyerdynamic dt 1990's ?
Yes, it can.