The first product for the SoundField By Røde family, the NT-SF1 combines SoundField Ambisonic recording technology with four of Røde’s all-new, ultra-quiet half-inch TF45C capsules in tetrahedral array, delivering transparent four channel A-format recordings – which can be transformed and manipulated in B-Format, courtesy of the soon-to-be-released SoundField by Røde plug-in.

‘When The Freedman Group acquired SoundField in late-2016, the aim was to continue producing the premier 360° audio capture loved by the professionals who bring us cinema sound and 7.1 broadcast,’ says Freedman Group CEO, Damien Wilson. ‘But, as is the Røde way, we have brought our manufacturing and design expertise to bear on this new family of microphones. The SoundField By Røde NT-SF1 is for creators for whom the ultra-high-end SoundField products are out of reach, and delivers results unmatched by all but the most expensive ambisonic microphones.’

Head of Røde’s New Product Development and former Director of New Product at SoundField for 16 years, Pieter Schillebeeckx, says this is the most exciting development in the technology in decades. ‘Delivering this kind of professional-use technology at a sub-USD$1000 price point is a world first in the Ambisonic world,’ he says. ‘It gives budding VR creators, immersive filmmakers and videogame world builders an accessible and high-quality way to dive into 360°-with-height audio capture.’

Due for immiment release, the SoundField By Røde NT-SF1 aims to ‘democratise one of the last bastions of high-end recording’ with precision, price and unbeatable after-sales service.

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