Rode M3 Reviews

very good mic. build quality is amazing. very sturdy and the sound quality is extremely good. Cant find a better mic in the price range....really punches above its range too.

Excellent Mic

This Rode M3 mic is unbelievably on the high edge considering the low price. It performs excellently in venues where feedback is a big challenge, like churches. The velvety tones coming out from it are incredible. I used it in combination with the Bose L1 portable PA system and Behringer Xenyx QX1202 USB mixer. This mic is a must serious musicians and/or sound engineers.

Good quality for the price

I needed a cheap condenser mic for vocal, drum overhead and room miking purposes for a home studio. The M3 proved to be a good choice, especially at its VERY reasonable price. The sound is excellent (clear and balanced) for its price range. It's also sturdy and well-made. The battery operability is a plus.

Great for vocal use

I'm an audio technician in my church and we recently bought six of Rode M3's. My main intention was to use it with choirs. However, it has not only proven as excellent mic for miking a choir but also for solo singers. It has low cut filter built in, but I never had to use it. However I do like to put windscreen foam on when giving it to solo singers, which comes with it.

One guy is even using it for beatboxing with great results.

Some singers prefer having a mic handheld. I haven't noticed any handling noise with M3.

In conclusion, I'm happy with our purchase, no regrets

Great Deal

The Mic is very well built,a little heavy but soild.I use the mic mainly for vocals,and have to say i was realy impressed with the quailty.Its for from clear, but for the price it doses a great job.Using a little skill damping the space, the results are very good.

I travel a lot with the mic, and it stands up to the wear and tear,of moving about.The battery the mic needs, lasts a long time.I have on occasion used it on acouistic instruments and found it excellent.

The only complaint i would have, is it is a little to long in design,put it comes with a wind shield do.I would have no trouble in recommending.

A must have mic for recording or live situation.

Our church sound department was in the process of upgrading our existing mic collection when we came across Rode M3. We saw Rode M3 being used at another church worship service and was amazed by the sound quality, available options and the heavy duty build quality it had. so we did some research and decided to buy not just one but five of them.

Our sound team is very satisfied with the over all experience that we get on daily basis with our Rode M3. we use them on vocals, piano and also as the main podium mic.

Sound is incredibly smooth and flat, on vocal needs very less eq and we leave the high-pass filter on so it applies filter at 80Hz to reduce low frequency sounds and any handling noise that may occur.

We use these to mic our grand piano and also as the main podium speakers microphone. we have had no feedback issues compared to aka c1000 that we have been using before.

We did replaced all our old battered up AKG c1000 with the Rode M3's and have to say its one of the best choices we have made. The price you pay for such an amazing mic like this is just plain bargain. If you are in the process of deciding which mic to by for your studio or live gig just give this mic a try, it'll be worth it.

overall mic

the Rode mics i bought a while back have proven a good and on some fronts even better microphone then the one well known microphone which it clearly imitates.

the sound is very warm and the pads are very usefull.

it can handle high volumes and runs on battery when not having phantom power available.

the batterytime is awesomes compaired to the mic it copies and the sound was overall about the same.

it might be a big microphone but the sound is also big.

it is a good value for money microphone for the person with a small wallet.

i recommend it highly

Can't fault this mic...

The Rode M3 is super versatile; performing well on pretty much any sound source. I've used it predominantly on acoustic guitar, and the results have been very good - even through lower priced preamps.

In short, a great condenser mic for the price - and one that I would definitely buy again if it were lost or broken.

Good multifunctional condenser mic

For its price, it's a decent sounding mic. The noise from it is minimal. I've used it for percussion (that seems to be the mic's perfect use), vocals and some strings, and the sound quality is very nice on all of the instruments. Although if recording vocals, pop filter is a must with this mic. The only downside is that, compared to other (more expensive) mics, this one is a little quieter. So, if the volume of the instrument or vocals is very low, you may want to consider getting a louder microphone.

All in all, a high quality multipurpose microphone, perfect for drums/percussion.

Nice Mic from Rode!

I use this Mic in the studio and i have to say: it's cheap but it's a good one. We use it as a overhead microphone and sometimes for several instruments like guitar oder brass instruments. The sound is very clear and low-noised.

a good investment ;-)

Rode M3

This Condenser microphone stood up to my expectations.

The overall weight of the microphone is brilliant. Its not too light or too heavy and has a nice tidy design.

I was looking for the best possible mic on a budget and I don't think I could have got better than this!

It captures the sounds that I wanted for recording Acoustic guitar which is the harmonics, finger picking, strumming and light drumming. I use this along with my guitars pre-amp to get an even clearer sound. I found that talking into the mic from one or two feet away is also good for capturing your voice.

I would definitely recommend this product to anyone.