I’d like to thank Nathan and the team at Wendy’s Broadcadst for all their help. They have been supplying me with custom cables, made to the highest standard over many year. The low profile connectors are hard to find, yet they normally ship the finished leads the day after ordering, often to studios or locations where I am filming and I’ve never had to ask for any adjustments or corrections; They are right first time, despite my requiring some unusual bespoke wiring. I’ve also benefited from real world advice about products and fault finding. Wendy’s Broadcast have made location sound far less stressful.
Rode M3 Microphone
The RØDE M3 is a highly versatile end-address condenser microphone, designed to be completely at home in the studio, on stage or on location. It is equally suitable as an instrument microphone for guitars, drums and percussion or even vocals.
Featuring a heavy duty metal body and internally shock mounted 1/2" condenser capsule mounted for end-address, the M3 can be powered either via P48 phantom power, or an internal 9V battery.
A -10dB and -20dB level attenuator (pad), selectable from inside the battery compartment, allows recording of loud sound sources, such as a guitar amplifier or snare drum. A high-pass filter selectable on the microphone power switch introduces a filter at 80Hz to reduce low frequency sounds and handling noise.
The RØDE M3 microphone is designed and made in Australia, and covered by RØDE Microphones' industry leading 10 year warranty.
Acoustic Principle | Pressure Gradient |
Active Electronics | JFET impedance converter with bipolar output buffer |
Capsule | 0.50" |
Address Type | End |
Frequency Range | 40Hz - 20kHz (selected HPF @80Hz) |
Output Impedance | 200Ω |
Maximum SPL | 142dBSPL |
Maximum Output Level | 9.2mV (@ 1kHz, 1% THD into 1KΩ load) |
Sensitivity | -40.0dB re 1 Volt/Pascal (6.30mV @ 94 dB SPL) +/- 2 dB @ 1kHz |
Equivalent Noise Level (A-weighted) | 21dBA |
Weight | 390.00g |
Dimensions | 225.00mmH x 33.00mmW x 33.00mmD |
Warranty | 1 year with free extension to 10 years following registration here |