he Sydney-headquartered Rode brand has been hiding various ‘rats’ in its range since its first wild success in the NT1 condenser microphone back in the 1990s by Peter Freedman of Freedman Electronics. That model was purportedly originally called the Rodent-1, celebrating that its sales had risen as fast as a rat up a drainpipe. Rejigged as the Rode NT1, its various iterations became a studio favourite around the world, with the famous ‘gold dot’ mikes bringing fortune to the company started in Australia by Peter's parents Henry and Astrid, who had emigrated here
