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Turn on the RØDECaster if it isn't already

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First step is to FORMAT the SD card that is in the RØDECaster.

  1. Click on the gear icon in the top left corner of the LCD screen on the RØDECaster.
  2. Click on Hardware
  3. Click on microSD Card
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Slide the switch to ERASE the SD Card

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Click YES to confirm erasing the SD Card

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Next set the sound input to the computer.
Go the the Apple in the upper right hand corner and choose >System Preferences

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Choose >Sound

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Go to the Input Tab
Choose the RØDECaster Pro Multichannel

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Go to the Output Tab and make sure it is set to RØDECaster Pro Stereo USB

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There are four microphones setup just put on the headphones for which microphones are you using

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Turn up the sliders on the board and talk into the mic you want to use Mics 1-4

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Have each guest and interviewer speak into the mics at the front of the mic not on the sides

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Set the levels watching the meters so you set a good level

Levels can go full green with a little into the yellow (just below mid way on the scale)

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You can adjust headphone volume with these knobs

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Next connect your cell phone to recored the phone conversation

You need to connect your cell phone that you are going to host the call.

This is the phone that will be either making or receiving the phone call from the interviewee.

On the Rodecaster press and hold the Bluetooth button shown here

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On the display screen you will get a dialog message asking you to pair the phone

Choose Yes

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This will put the console in Bluetooth Discoverable mode

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On an Android Phone press the

>Settings icon

>Choose Connected devices Bluetooth

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Choose Pair new device

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Choose RODECaster Pro

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Choose Pair

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The Bluetooth light on the RODECaster will be bright blue when the phone is connected

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Turn up the slider for the bluetooth input so we'll hear audio from the phones

Now call the phone guest or have them call you

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The phone when you are connected will have the RODECaster Icon and not the usual speaker icon

The interviewee that you are calling will be heard in the headphones now and will see levels on the board on

BlueTooth Input

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Double check the input levels from the BlueTooth input and adjust if necessary

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Click on the Green REC button to start recording to the SD card

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When recording the button will be RED

Conduct the narration, interview or podcast and when finished press REC button to stop recording

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To hear what you did press the Settings Icon

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Click on Podcasts

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You can click on the top left and right arrows to navigate through the podcasts and click on the green play button to play the selection
Click the Home Button to exit this menu.

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Once you have completed recording you can use the Podcast Transfer Mode to transfer the audio files to the computer.

Note that when the RØDECaster is in ‘Podcast Transfer Mode’ all other functionality is disabled.

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To get to the Podcast Transfer Mode click on the gear icon in the top left corner of the LCD screen on the RØDECaster Pro.

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Click on HARDWARE

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Click on microSD Card

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Flip the Podcast Transfer Mode switch to ON

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Confirm switching to Podcast Transfer Mode by clicking YES

Note: When the RØDECaster is in ‘Podcast Transfer Mode’ all other functionality is disabled.

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The RØDECaster will mount as a volume on the desktop

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The .Wav files are in the folder called PODCASTS
The .wav files are useful as is but if you want to extract only the stereo mix you need to continue to the next steps

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You can check the mix in quicktime player or VLC
On the mac computer.
Edit it if you need or use the file as is.

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To monitor the audio of the file you are going to have to turn up the computer input on the RØDECaster and that is the USB channel

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To

To change the effect or to see what is loaded on all of them open the RØDECaster Pro software

Go to the sounds tab and you can see what is loaded


All the squares will have a label

To add a different effect download the audio file or find it on our stock server and drag it over to the colored button


To get to our sound effects library

click on the icon in the dock

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Choose class_folders>Stock>Audio>Sound_FX

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The software will convert the file

Then you can name it and change the color if you want