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- #46 in Stage Powered Mixers
Product Description
Level up your gaming setup with BRIDGE CAST, the simple all-in-one solution serving crystal-clear audio and killer effects. In this video, you’ll learn about the secret weapons packed inside BRIDGE CAST that will help you hear game sound and broadcast audio clearly while in the heat of battle.
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Take online gaming sound to the next level with BRIDGE CAST, your all-in-one solution for premium livestream audio. This customizable desktop hub is packed with secret weapons to take out the competition, including dual sound mixes, vocal transformer effects, music playback, sound effects, and support for a broadcast-grade mic and headphones. In the heat of the battle, BRIDGE CAST ensures that your audio is always as epic as your gameplay.
Pierre
Reviewed in Canada on September 2, 2024
Je l'utilise sur mon PC, fonctionne bien et il est de bonne qualité.
M. Nakamura
Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2024
I've never been 100% happy with my GoXLR Mini, but despite its issues it was the simplest and best solution available for my needs. When it was announced that support was essentially ending, I figured it was time to pack my unit up and look for a longer term solution.I tried popular products like the RODECaster Duo, and ultimately I just regret not going straight for this. It's a perfect equivalent to the Mini, and with a couple upgrades to boot! It's simple to use, adds mic effects and a couple nice little novelties, has programmable channels, physical controls... it has everything I feel like I could need for streaming and simple audio solutions. I was a little worried about having to use dials instead of faders, but I haven't found myself missing them as much as I would have thought.My only real gripe with it is that you will definitely need to mess with the unit's bevvy of EQ options for your XLR microphone. It does not sound great out of the box, and for newbies the settings you need don't seem particularly well documented. Nowhere near a full-on dealbreaker, but just be ready to do some tinkering and research, and enjoy!
Joey
Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2024
This board was great and people who don't own a GOXLR this Is a great 200$ difference alternative. My only complaints and the reason for returning the item was I wasn't a fan of the noise compression settings. The GOXLR sound suppressing. Gate control. Noise threshold and gain. In my opinion were better. I think the audio control and game equalizer where amazing in there own ways. Personally may check this item as a viable replacement in the future if there mic settings in the software get tuned in the future for more fine tuning for the user.
Ty
Reviewed in Canada on February 9, 2024
This product has a lot of great features, a solid amount of inputs/outputs, different channels with corresponding knobs and buttons, easy to use software, seemingly solid build quality. This was looking to be a great option as a replacement for the GoXLR mini. So buying it with that in mind I connected it in the same way that the GoXLR works with a dual PC settup. Just to learn that Roland's unit has an aux input that just flat out doesn't work. When you attempt to plug anything into it a loud buzzing noise plays through your headphones. This can be fixed by turning the aux knob down to 0% (aka by muting the aux defeating the purpose of the I/o slot.)This is an issue that Roland is aware of but nothing has been done to resolve it. If you plan to buy this for one pc it will most likely do the job but if you're looking to use a dual PC settup I'd suggest either going with the GoXLR or potentially trying the Bridge cast X which just released.
PeanutButterRampaige on Twitch!
Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2024
My first introduction to the Roland Bridge Cast was at TwitchCon 2023 in Las Vegas. Once I saw what it could do, I knew I needed to have one.This has paired wonderfully with my AT2020 XLR microphone (however, you can specify whether you need it to crank out power or not for your mic). The ease of setup with the app on my desktop PC was so seamless. Once you've downloaded the app, there are just a few steps to get your PC on track with the various options that the Bridge Cast offers. I am able to set up my PC sounds, my game (which is a PS5), my chat (Discord) and my microphone.Being able to adjust these sounds on the fly is really helpful. Taking it a step further, you can also have two different setup - you can have your own personal sound in your headphones, or you can hear what your audience hears. This can be very helpful if you'd like to have music going for chat, but maybe you only want to hear your game in your headphones. This feature can really come in handy.There's also a lot of additional features to the Bridge Cast. For your microphone, there is a complete section on the app for fine tuning your sound, from noise suppression to gate, etc. Then there is the FUN stuff - microphone effects! There are five presets you can create to give your voice varied PITCH and FORMANT. The sky is really the limit. :DIf you are a streamer that plays varied games and want to adjust the EQ for each one, there are also five presets that you can adjust for your games to perfect the sound that you want! (The pre-made presets are all FPS, but you can adjust and rename to your heart's desire!) There is also a line out for external speakers and aux if you want a line in from your phone!Once you've gotten everything set up (I know it seems like a lot, but it's WORTH IT), the system really just waits for you to create whatever cleverness you can come up with... and DELIVERS IT. If you're an aesthetics person, the Bridge Cast knobs for each sound component (there are four knobs) can each be changed to a different RGB of your choice! You can also order custom faceplates to match!Finally, there are even more options (which I haven't had a chance to test because it requires a subscription) like more pre-built mic effects, and a library full of background music in varied styles/moods for you to play (and they're royalty free)! I'm more than pleased with my Roland BridgeCast and I hope this review helped you!
Chris
Reviewed in Canada on December 7, 2023
Powering a dynamic XLR mic, the Roland Bridgecast has everything you need. Setup was simple as plug and the software gives more options for customizing. You have the option to switch between personal and stream mix with a button press, as well as voice effects. The Bridgecast has different routing options so you can easily separate game, music, chat and system sounds. Build quality is solid and has a bit of heft to it.
Braden
Reviewed in Canada on October 29, 2023
The Roland Bridge Cast is an *almost* perfect audio interface/digital audio mixer.While I still give this device 5 stars, heres my ONE struggle I personally have with this device. The phones/headphones output gives a noticeable hiss with my IEMs, this is because the jack on the device is designed for gaming headsets/headphones with mics, which changes the 3.5mm connector at the end of the headset. If you're using a headset with a mic you will not be affected by this. My solution is using the Line Out which is a different type of 3.5mm output, and I get a clear signal, now while I never will use the Line Out for anything but my headphones this may be a turning point for you.This device is probably best price for an audio interface/digital audio mixer combo, the closest competitor I could find was the Fifine Audio Mixer, while it's a great price, it doesn't have nice preamps for high end mics. I use the Shure SM7B which is notoriously quiet and needs a lot of clean gain, and the Roland Bridge Cast has that while the cheap Fifine mixer does not.The customizable RGB on this is nice, you can also turn this off. The knobs are labeled on the bottom but in the software you can have them control any other sound such as music etc. I would prefer if they weren't labeled because I have changed mine but thats just a small visual gripe.The software is decent, I find a lot of the features in mic cleanup useless, the low cut isn't something I use, the noise suppression and gate are way to harsh and change the tone of the mic and the EQ section is mid at best. I dont really use this section so it doesnt bother me that its not that good.The set up for this is a little hard, it's definitely not just plug and play, but there are videos on youtube to show you how to set it up.I personally love this besides my small gripes, I have a single monitor set up and being able to control all my volumes individually without having to tab out is perfect! The fact that this also runs my mic, it streamlines my desk and keeps it clean. Now I dont have 2 separate interfaces for my mic and audio.
V
Reviewed in Canada on October 14, 2023
Worth every dollar.
Sullivan
Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2023
**UPDATE**So I've been using the bridge cast for a few months, and I have now bumped this product up to 5 stars. Roland did release the dedicated Mac usb update which allows you to map more audio sources to your dials like you could with your PC which has been amazing! You will still be limited by macOS's ability, or inability to do proper audio routing, but using an app like Rouge Amoeba's Loopback.Another complaint I had was in regard to EQ settings on profiles. While you cannot do exactly as I described in my original post, you can set different EQs, and set this to a desired dial, and then save that to a profile. I then realized you can set any of the mute buttons to swap between profiles, effectively giving you want I originally was hoping for. This does mean you have to forego having a mute button under one of your dials, but you can always swap profiles in the app itself.The other issue I was having was in regard to the mic dial, and not quite understanding how it worked. After tinkering around, I realized that in your audio settings, there are inputs for personal, and stream. I don't do any streaming on twitch/ youtube, but understood how the concept sub mixes worked. I guess I just didn't see the that the mic input had two different sources you could choose from (other inputs/ outputs do not), so that one was on me for not understanding.I can honestly say that this product is a vast improvement over the goxlr mini I had which I still do not miss to this day. I've tested many other xlr interfaces/ mixers at this point, and the rodecaster pro 2 still is the only thing that compares to the bridge cast (at over double the price), and for me, the only real thing that it has over the bridge cast at this point is the native ability to adjust bluetooth audio...but even that can be remedied on a PC by using a 3.5mm jack into the headphone jack, and into the line in on your pc.The small form factor, and sheer amount of control you get with this thing is bar-none. I highly recommend the bridge cast if you want an elegant audio solution for either mac, or pc.*Original Post*This thing is the most 4.5 star product, and is SO CLOSE to being 5 stars. I'll gladly update my review in the coming months if a few, minor nitpicks can get addressed.As it stands though, this is a great product, and an improvement over the GOXLR mini that I was previously using.This thing has so many great features, and does a lot of the things I wanted my goxlr mini to do, but couldn't. The extra dials are much appreciated, so I have more tactile control over all of my audio sources, the device itself is sleek, and modern, and while it doesn't have as robust a routing table as the goxlr, the software is pretty straight-forward, and allows for a good bit of customization. One of my favorite features is in regard to dealing with submixes, and adjusting audio input, and output for your personal mix, and your stream's mix. You can do this on the fly using the device itself; no need to open the software, and it's very intuitive.The dials all feel really nice, and the four main dials are ratcheted, so you get nice feedback with each turn. The other 5 dials are not ratcheted, but do have start, and stop points which I personally really appreciate. This combined with white markers on the dials allows you to easily tell your minimum, and maximum levels. I also appreciate being able to set, and easily swap to different mic effects, and EQ settings on the device itself with the small buttons at the top. I VASTLY prefer this to the giant pads on the goxlr, and other interfaces.This product really is great, and I would highly recommend people purchase this as it stands. As for the reasons I gave it 4 instead of 5 stars... well, a few small annoyances stop me, and I'll list them below.-The most minor complaint is that none of the dials click in to mute. There are dedicated mute buttons, but a click in dial would have been nicer for me personally, but this isn't a big deal at all-This thing will likely be a fingerprint monster, so be ready to clean it-This device is supported on Mac and Windows, however, the Mac integration is not quite where you want it to be. While you can still do some mixing, it is not as robust as it is in windows. I bought this mixer so that I could easily swap between my work macbook, and my personal pc, and for the most part it works, but I do wish there were more routing options available. The website for the product mentions a special driver update for Mac in April, so hopefully that will alleviate some of the issues I have using this on a Mac. I also know that Mac OS isn't the best when it comes to controlling audio (seriously, Apple? STILL no native routing table), so I'm hopeful that the April update alleviates things.-You can adjust the RGB of the 4 main dials, but not of the mute buttons (those are always white). This likely won't change as I'm assuming white LEDs were used instead of RGB LEDs for the mute buttons. Not a huge deal either, but I will say that even to address the RGB of the dials, you just get a straight line that you put a marker on to pick your color. A place to enter a hexcode would be appreciated.-The Mic dial....I'm not really sure what this does. You can set it to either control the volume of yourself (monitoring your own voice), or you can switch it to control the volume of....something else? I don't actually understand what this controls. I assumed at first it was the sensitivity/ volume of the mic, separate from the gain control (similar to how the goxlr works), but adjusting this doesn't seem to actually do anything. The output of your mic to the stream is controlled separately, so I really don't know what this is meant to do. It would be great if this could be mapped to controlling mic volume, or better yet, setting this to the gain level. Maybe I'm missing something here, and it controls some EQ setting or something, but even going through the user manual, I cannot figure this out-As I mentioned, there is a way to change EQ settings on the device itself, but for me, I set my EQ once, and never touch it again. I wish you could use this to switch profiles i.e. having one profile that I use if working in adobe premiere, and so I want the volume dials to correspond to different applications/ software, and then another profile that I use if I am streaming games. You can set up profiles in the software already, so a way to be able to switch to these on the device itself would be great, since you can do basically everything else already without having to open up the software.Those are the cons I have, and as I said, they are mostly minor, and likely will not, and honestly, should not dissuade you from buying this. In my journey to upgrade from the goxlr mini I was originally looking to upgrade either to the full-size goxlr, the rodecaster pro II, and the recently released Yamaha ZG-01. I didn't like the giant pads on the goxlr and the lack of customization you could do with them, the emphasis on voice changing which I do not use, the price seemed a bit high for what you were getting, and the company hasn't seen many updates since most of the team left to work on BEACN. The Rodecaster pro II is probably the best XLR interface/ mixer money can buy right now for streaming, and honestly would be perfect for all of my specific needs, but it is quite large, very expensive, and does more than I would likely ever need, so I couldn't justify it right now. I was very close to buying the Yamaha ZG-01, but days before I bought it, I came across this device, and it offered a bit more than what the Yamaha did for my use-case.The Roland Bridge Cast seems to be fairly new, and has not received a lot of coverage as of yet (I can't find any reviews for it). It definitely meets it's purpose, and more, and I'm super glad I made this purchase. I really hope it gains more traction/ followers/ coverage as it's a fantastic device, and seems to only be beaten by the rodecaster pro II when it comes to functionality. A device which costs over 2x as much. I look forward to future updates, and hope to revisit this review soon to bump it up to 5 stars, but even as it stands, it's a great product, and I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a clean, and easy way to mix, and route all of their audio, or looking to upgrade from a goxlr.
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