Rode is at the moment launching the Rodecaster Video S, a smaller and cheaper model of its current all-in-one manufacturing console. The Rodecaster Video is focused at professionals and environments repeatedly producing multi-camera content material. The S, in the meantime, is aimed toward bed room streamers, video podcasters and different indie creators with extra modest manufacturing wants. Consequently, the main target right here is on trimming down pointless options to get the value to a extra cheap $500.
It’s simple to identify the variations by sight alone, because the {hardware} is smaller than its greater sibling. It’s acquired fewer enter and scene buttons, and is clad in plastic, rater than steel, because it most likely gained’t must be moved round so much. The variety of HDMI inputs/outputs drops from 4/2 on the unique to three/1 right here, and there’s just one multi-function USB-C port. Equally, there’s solely two headphone outputs right here, and also you’ll solely get 24GB inside storage fairly than the microSD-card slot discovered on the unique.
The Rodecaster Video S is accessible to pre-order at the moment, with models anticipated to ship throughout December, relying in your territory.
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