Rode XCM-50

Be heard by your audience and teammates loud and clear with the XCM-50 professional condenser USB microphone. Optimised for gaming and streaming, it delivers highly detailed audio with all the features you need to sound your best and is a complete audio solution with the included UNIFY virtual mixing software.

The Microphone

The almost 7 cm long XCM-50 transmits even the finest nuances with its gold-coated 1/2" condenser capsule and can therefore also be used at a greater distance. However, the XCM-50 also has an internal pop filter that effectively prevents the typical interference noise when talking at close range. A special DSP chip is built into the microphone, which in conjunction with the "UNIFY" software allows the signal to be processed with a high-pass filter, noise gate, compressor and the legendary Aphex® Exciter or Big Bottom to edit. The result: a convincing professional speech sound, as known from radio stations or commercials - crystal clear, undistorted and optimally intelligible.

The XCM-50 has the Revolution® Built-in preamp that brings even quiet voices to a full, healthy level - noise-free, of course. The XCM-50 is a typical cardioid microphone, i.e. sound from the side and from behind is significantly dampened, the reception angle to the front is approx. 90°. The microphone can be pivoted precisely in its fork mount and thus perfectly aligned with the speaker. On the back are the 3.5 mm TRS headphone jack and the USB-C port. The XCM-50 has a really powerful headphone amplifier - so if you want, you can really crank it up; the volume is adjusted with the rotary control on the front.

The Software

The purchase of an XCM-50 entitles you to a free download of a lifetime license for UNIFY. The software was developed by RØDE in cooperation with professional gamers and streamers and offers a nicely tidy interface with practical drag&drop functionality. Here are the essential features of UNIFY:

- 10-channel virtual mixer
- Up to 4 USB microphones can be operated simultaneously on the computer
- another 6 channels for music, game, chat, system and pad sounds
- Channel assignment simply by drag and drop
- Fader, solo and mute buttons on each channel
- Compressor, Noise Gate and Aphex® signal processing
- 8 freely assignable, virtual SMART Pads, each with 8 banks for triggering music, sound FX, etc.
- Separate mixing possible for each output (game, headphones, chat, monitor).
- Native multitrack recording, editing and exporting
- high-resolution recordings in WAV format
- Export optionally as an MP3 file with 128, 192, 256 or 320 kbps
- Intuitive user interface
- Access to the control panel directly from UNIFY

The Accessories:

In addition to the table tripod, the XCM-50 comes with a USB-C to USB-C cable (3 m) and a high-quality 3.5 mm TRS headphone extension cable (3 m).