Radio Room 4.140 - RODECaster how to add sound effects to the board

Turn on the RØDECaster if it isn't already

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

Slide the switch to ERASE the SD Card

Click YES to confirm erasing the SD Card

Next set the sound input to the computer.

Go the the Apple in the upper right hand corner and choose >System Preferences

Choose >Sound

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

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

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

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

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)

You can adjust headphone volume with these knobs

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

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

Choose Yes

On an Android Phone press the

>Settings icon

>Choose Connected devices Bluetooth

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

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

When recording the button will be RED

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

To hear what you did press the Settings Icon

Click on Podcasts

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.

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.

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.

Click on HARDWARE

Click on microSD Card

Flip the Podcast Transfer Mode switch to ON

Confirm switching to Podcast Transfer Mode by clicking YES

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

The RØDECaster will mount as a volume on the desktop

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

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.

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

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

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

The software will convert the file

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