Rode XLR-ID Colour-Coded XLR Cable Identification Rings, Set of 8

Rode XLR-ID: End the Guesswork of Which Cable Is Which

The Rode XLR-ID is a set of eight colour-coded rings that snap onto the connectors of XLR cables to make them instantly identifiable. Anyone who has knelt behind a mixer trying to trace one black cable among a dozen identical black cables knows the problem these solve. Slip a coloured ring onto each plug and a tangle of look-alike cables becomes an organised, colour-coded system you can read at a glance.

How the Set Is Configured

The set contains eight rings -- two each in pink, green, orange, and blue -- which is enough to colour-code four cables at both ends, or to mark eight connectors however your setup demands. Two rings of a colour let you tag both ends of the same cable, so you can follow a line from the microphone all the way to the input without touching it. It is a simple, flexible system that scales to a small podcast rig or a busy live-and-studio patch.

Matched to the RODECaster Pro

The four ring colours are not arbitrary: they mirror the channel colours used on the RODECaster Pro. That means you can match each microphone's cable to its channel on the console -- pink cable to the pink channel, blue to blue -- and build a colour-coordinated signal chain from mic to mixer. When every cable's colour tells you its destination, setup is faster, teardown is cleaner, and a mid-show change is far less likely to end up in the wrong input.

A Universal Fit and Who It Is For

Although the colours are tuned to the RODECaster Pro, the rings fit virtually any standard 3-pin XLR connector, so they work across whatever microphones and cables you already own. They are ideal for podcasters and streamers running multiple mics, live sound engineers and houses of worship managing stage cabling, and studios that want a permanent, at-a-glance labelling system. For a small accessory, the XLR-ID delivers an outsized improvement in how quickly and confidently you can work.