Rode Wireless ME TX Ultra-Compact Wireless Transmitter with SC18 USB-A to USB-C Cable for Older Computers

The Rode Wireless ME TX USB-A Bundle: Wireless Voice Into the Computer You Already Have

This bundle is built for the creator who records on an older laptop or desktop - the kind with full-size USB-A ports and no USB-C - and still wants broadcast-clean wireless voice without a receiver box, a tangle of wired lavs, or a port adapter. The Rode Wireless ME TX is the hero: a 1.1 oz (32 g) Series IV transmitter with a built-in omnidirectional condenser capsule that clips to a collar and disappears on camera. The included Rode SC18 is the 5-foot USB-A to USB-C cable that connects USB-C Rode gear to the USB-A port your machine actually has. Clip on, plug into the port that is already there, and record professional wireless audio in one purchase, with nothing left to source.

GainAssist Auto-Leveling Keeps Every Take Usable

The Wireless ME TX runs Rode's intelligent GainAssist, which monitors the input and adjusts gain in real time. When a subject leans into the capsule or raises their voice, GainAssist catches the level before it clips; when they drop to a whisper, it brings the signal back up to a usable level. For solo creators and one-person crews who cannot ride a fader mid-shot, this is the difference between an edit-ready take and a ruined one. The transmitter captures the subject through its own pre-polarized condenser capsule, so there is no separate wired lavalier to clip, conceal, and route - the mic is the transmitter.

Series IV Digital: 24-Bit Audio Over a 328 ft Encrypted Link

The ME TX transmits on Rode's Series IV 2.4 GHz digital platform with 128-bit encryption and a 328 ft (100 m) line-of-sight range, so the signal holds clean across a room, down a hallway, or on a busy street. Audio crosses the link at 24-bit/48 kHz broadcast resolution and arrives ready to edit. The transmitter auto-pairs on power-on with any Rode Series IV receiver, and it drops directly into the onboard wireless channel of a RodeCaster Duo or Pro II - no frequency menus, no manual sync.

The SC18 Cable Solves the Port Mismatch Older Machines Create

Plenty of working computers - studio desktops, hand-me-down laptops, conference-room machines - have USB-A ports and no USB-C. A USB-C Rode microphone or RodeCaster output cannot plug into them without the right cable. The Rode SC18 is a 5-foot Hi-Speed USB 2.0 certified cable, full-shielded from end to end so EMI from monitors, routers, and LED lights never bleeds into the audio. USB-C on the device end, USB-A on the host end, in a single clean run - no adapter stack, no dongle hunt.

For the Solo Creator on the Computer They Already Own

The first-timer gets a complete wireless voice setup that plugs into their existing laptop without buying a new machine or a port adapter. The upgrader replacing a wired lav or a flaky third-party cable gets a transmitter that auto-levels and a shielded cable that kills the hum they had been fighting. The comparison shopper sees a 1.1 oz Series IV transmitter, a 328 ft encrypted link, 24-bit audio, and a 5-foot certified USB-A cable - the exact pieces needed to record wireless audio on an older computer, sourced once. Clip on. Plug in. Record.