Rode Videomic NTG vs Deity D3 Pro Sound & Gain Comparison

A side by side outdoor sound test with the Rode VideoMic NTG and Deity D3 Pro, also taking a look at their lowest and highest gain levels.
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[@nexttvc]

Thank you. I was looking for this comparison and I go with RODE

[@ScottDumas]

Both solid choices :) Thanks for watching! :)

[@jonjoygaba]

Perfect. I was waiting for someone to provide this comparison! Thank you!

[@ScottDumas]

Awesome, thanks for watching! Let me know if you have any additional questions :)

[@switchunboxing]

VideoMic NTG gives me crackles at peaks, even at -20dB. Might just try Deity to see if it’s any better.

[@MelvinDlaCruz]

definitely I will go with the deity

[@ScottDumas]

Awesome :) Both great choices and I've been a happy user of the Deity for a while now :) I think you'll love it

[@usususdak1102]

Thank you for this comparison. really helpfull.

[@willgaines5269]

When you cranked the Rode, you weren't clipping on the mic but you definitely were in the camera. It was pretty bad.

[@Photomeike]

They pretty much sound the same. If anything I would give the edge to the Deity

[@ScottDumas]

The Deity definitely packs a punch for the price :)

[@hautehussey]

Almost. I still think the Rode is better. And the off axis rejection is much better, which alone is worth it for on top of camera use.

[@ScottDumas]

@@hautehussey In most cases for sure, unless you have more movement or multiple people :)

[@soundandstuff_leo]

Thank you for the video! For my ears Videomic ntg sounds better, but what's confusing me is that it doesn't have balanced output. I'm afraid that there might be some problems if you want to connect it to external recorder and use on a mic stand. Did you try to use Videomic ntg this way?

[@ScottDumas]

Thanks for watching! And I think you're exactly right... I actually don't have it on hand anymore to test, but the non-balanced output would easily cause problems in those situations. The deity would be more suited towards that type of use.

[@dylanj8676]

How do you like the VideoMic NTG compared to the Deity S-Mic 2S. I had the latter for about a week and the noise on mine was so high it was unusable. Deity didn't respond to my messages so I just sent it back.

[@FrancescoSignorini11]

The rode videomic ntg arrived to me yesterday and in my opinion it is really bad. In totally silent environments it suffers from a very high background noise

[@ScottDumas]

I'm really sorry to hear that. I didn't experience that to any noticeable degree, maybe it could be the combination of gain settings on the mic/camera? I did all real world tests not super careful quiet environment tests but I really didn't notice anything at all.

[@FrancescoSignorini11]

@@ScottDumas gain on mic is on 5, in camera 5

[@b47d16]

@@FrancescoSignorini11 just wondering what camera are you using?

[@FrancescoSignorini11]

@@b47d16 nikon z6

[@ScottDumas]

@@FrancescoSignorini11 It's hard to say without hearing it myself, but I'd say try turning the mic up more and the camera down lower. The mic may have a better pre-amp and 5 is only 1/3 of how high it can go, so you have more room to push it, avoiding noiser preamps in the camera itself.

[@jimnewberry]

Can the Deity be used as a computer mic via USB like the Rode?

[@ScottDumas]

Not via USB but you can connect it with the 3.5mm cable to work with computers.

[@Elmo6961]

Can these microphones be used for consoles?

[@nathannathan9137]

Have you ever experience RFI on both mic? Someone said the d3 pro have this problem. Thanks.

[@adsertheblade]

Dam, the Rhode sounds so much better. Sound is nicer, and interestingly, while it's louder, which normally fools the ear into thinking it's better, I still prefer the Rhode. Rejection is nicer too. Win!

[@BlackNomad1]

Why.. why would you go out of your way to say Rhode rather than Rode?

[@adsertheblade]

@@BlackNomad1 type-o

[@BlackNomad1]

@@adsertheblade you said it twice…

[@adsertheblade]

@@BlackNomad1 would you like me to apologise or am I allowed to go on with my life?

[@BlackNomad1]

@@adsertheblade up to you. Pick whichever Rhode you like 😉

[@iancraig]

Very close in sound but Rode has more gain and better rejection I think than the Deity.

[@ScottDumas]

Definitely more range in the gain adjustment on the Rode, and I was surprised how much more it rejected off axis noise. Could definitely be valuable :)

[@iancraig]

I quite like it actually. Thanks for a great video.

[@samxkaizen]

Hey awsm vdo ❤️. I needed a mic for a tech channel (talking head vdo) I have 3 choices Deity d3 - 120 usd Deity d3 pro -220 usd Rode ntg - 335 usd ( Prices in my country) Camera - sony a6400 with sigma 16mm Which mic should I go with ?

[@ScottDumas]

Hey, thanks so much :) If you're using it on camera and you'll be close, the D3 is an amazing value for the money. You could save and still get great results. The D3 pro and NTG just add on features which ARE nice (especially adjustable gain knobs, for example) but not totally necessary. Hope that helps :)

[@juanete69]

What about the videomic pro and videomic go? I prefer something with jack and also usb-c or microusb.

[@ScottDumas]

If you want the USB compatibility the VideoMic NTG if the best choice

[@Someone-og1yy]

Which one of these has the least white noise? Rode microvideo still has a loud white noise hiss on my 80d even with the audio set to "manual and the audio levels set to "low-ish on the recording levels inside the camera due to the cameras poor preamps.... does the ntg or deity d3 have the least "white noise" and which one is best on a boom mic stand?

[@ScottDumas]

I haven't noticed a noticeable difference between the two... it may be there but very slight I believe.

[@helloianzakharov]

Thanks for great informative video

[@ScottDumas]

Thanks for watching :)

[@AaronGTV]

Thank you for this. I was thinking of switching to the rode. but i think i might be better off staying with the deity for my uses B)>+

[@ScottDumas]

Glad it was helpful! The Rode does have its benefits but the Deity packs a lot of punch for the price :)

[@qvarfoto]

Awesome comparison, thanks Scott! I'm wondering though; what's the noise like in one compared to the other? I hear not-so-good things about the NTG... Cheers /Fred

[@ScottDumas]

Thanks so much! I'd say it's not bad enough that I ever noticed to be honest haha... although I never really listened closely for it either. I didn't really push it in my practical use anyway. I'll have to try and take a closer look at that to see if it's something worth mentioning.

[@qvarfoto]

@@ScottDumas Awesome, thank you! I just ordered the Rode. Keep it up man! :)

[@TheLostKuma]

I didn't realize you lived in Japan! we could have totally met up one day :( (lived there for 8 years though still visit regularly). what part do you live in?

[@ScottDumas]

Haha small world! Where were you located? I'm in Kochi myself... you'll have to hit me up if you come back again!

[@TheLostKuma]

@@ScottDumas Wow in Shikoku? That's really cool. I was always in Tokyo... bit lame but was stuck there for work. Still beats being outside Japan for sure - amazing city. Will definitely look you up if I'm ever in the area. Thank you!

[@ScottDumas]

@@TheLostKuma Yeah it has it's perks haha... nature and food is great, cheap etc... but I always geek out at how many stores and restaurants there are every time I go to tokyo and miss all the options when I come back to Kochi lol. Started playing ice hockey lately (after like 15 years!) and the closest shop that carries anything at all hockey related is about a 5 hour drive haha. Thankful for the internet ;)

[@simonrabeder1599]

Thanks, I made up my mind. Rode hands down! Much better interference tube design. Deity has strange off axis issues.

[@mackyuy8207]

off axis is a Feature also. advantage if move around with a steady position mic.. but rode is the best when he start speaking at the back..

[@lavernewhite8]

Rode Fan boy 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@simonrabeder1599]

@@lavernewhite8 well more of a schoeps fanboy really. but for cheap mics rode has been great for a while. and trust me, off axis colouring can become an issue. Especially indoors.

[@avishekghatak2176]

@@lavernewhite8 well the rode was better in pretty much everything in this comparison. (expect for battery life)

[@alvaroarturo1907]

Scott Hi! Do you think the Videomic NTG could work with recording piano + singing? Its just to record myself with my samsung s10 with the rode connected, and in a quiet room I mean that I would have the phone and the mic like less that 30 cm close to me . I'm pretty insecure about which option for this situation it's better.

[@ScottDumas]

Hi! I think as long as it's close like you said it should work pretty well, although I'm not sure how it would pick up the balance of piano and voice together. In any case it could easily be better than the phone's built in mic, but which others are you considering?

[@alvaroarturo1907]

@@ScottDumas thank you for the reply. Emm I've checked the sennheisser MKh 416 or 418s and both of them sound amazing! But they are completely out of my budget and also I would need an interface for the phantom power. So that's why I was considering the videomic NTG cause as I've seen it's easily connected to a smartphone or camera without any preamp or interface. This is just to record some videos for my Instagram but I did some tests with the built in mic of the S10 and it doesn't sound well. As I've seen in the NPR videos, they use the sennheiser mkh 418s to record voice and instrument and it sounds like in a studio but again it's so expensive!

[@ScottDumas]

@@alvaroarturo1907 In that case, I think the Rode would keep you very very happy :) As long as placement is good you'll get fantastic sound from it :)

[@alvaroarturo1907]

@@ScottDumas thank you for the help 🙃

[@VitorGuerraVideos]

Very helpfull!

[@ScottDumas]

Glad to hear it! :)

[@tammysypniewski1891]

Hmmm....to my ears it was too close to call.

[@ScottDumas]

They're definitely both good sounding mics :)

[@AndrewVanBeekOttawa]

Prefer the Rode thanks to the rejection ability, More echo is picked up by the Deity

[@ScottDumas]

For sure... a wider pickup could be useful in some situations too but the Rode will definitely block out more surrounding noise :)

[@kratkyproces6891]

Deity sounds way better .. NTG is muddy

[@StanleyKC]

Rode definitely better

[@nelsonpun]

they sound the same. save money and go deity imo

[@spxrgie5522]

I searched for an comparison of Deity V-Mic D3 Pro and Røde NTG. Just watched your video and now I feel even more dumb. What a pointless "comparison". It's like you just uploaded this video to get some content on your channel. You need to go more in depth, this title is clickbait.

[@ScottDumas]

It's a sound comparison. *A* sound comparison. Not an in depth review. I have other videos for both these mics as well, this was simply one in a series.

[@spxrgie5522]

@@ScottDumas I learnt nothing from your video, sorry.

[@jamskof]

@@ScottDumas thanks for this scott, i learned something, today i learned that spxrgie is a nugget.

[@FlipTheCatOfficial]

@@jamskof thanks Scott. I learned that “review” is actually not spelled as s-o-u-n-d-c-o-m-p-a-r-i-s-o-n