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Blue Microphones Spark Digital: IPad Studio Mic To Debut At NAMM

January 09, 2012
Blue Microphones announced the Spark Digital iPad microphone.
Complete your mobile recording setup with the Blue Microphones Spark Digital -- a new USB / iPad microphone ideal for recording a range of sources, from vocals to drums to Podcasts and more. As the digital version of the original Spark, the Spark Digital runs at under $200.  

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official Blue Microphones Web site.

Blue Microphones Bottle Rocket Stage Two Bundle: Get Two Capsules

November 07, 2011
Blue Microphones released the Bottle Rocket Stage Two Bundle.
When you buy the Blue Microphones Bottle Rocket Stage Two Bundle, you'll not one, but two capsules. Blue Microphones is now offering a bonus capsule in addition to the included B8 capsule, hooray.  

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official Blue Microphones Web site.

Blue Microphones Reactor Mic Ships, Gets Sweet Reaction

August 19, 2011
Blue Microphones is shipping the Reactor multi-pattern, large diaphragm condenser microphone.
Selectable patterns, a swiveling capsule, and Blue's proprietary preamp circuit are just some of the features that make the new Blue Microphones Reactor stand out from others on the market. If you like what you see, you can head over to a Blue dealer to buy one, as the multi-pattern, large diaphragm condenser mic is now available.  

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official Blue Microphones Web site.

Blue Microphones Radius: Custom Mount For Big Mics

July 28, 2011
Blue Microphones introduced the Radius shockmount system designed to mount a Blue Microphones Yeti or Yeti Pro.
Cradle your massive Yeti or Yeti Pro mic in style with the Blue Microphones Radius shockmount, a custom-built cradle designed to let a big mic such as the Yeti sit upright on a mic stand or be mounted onto a boom stand.  

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official Blue Microphones Web site.

Blue Microphones Spark Condenser Microphone: A Gearwire Pro Review

March 01, 2011
Blue Microphones Spark Pro Review Gino Robair
Can a large-diaphragm condenser mic with a price tag this small really have a big studio sound? Gino Robair puts the Blue Spark under the microscope to see if this little guy is a big deal or small potatoes.  

Offsite Link: Visit the official Blue Microphones website for more information

Blue Microphones Yeti Pro: USB Mic Moves To The Majors At Winter NAMM 2011 (Video)

January 21, 2011
Blue Microphones Yeti Pro Skipper Wise WNAMM 2011
Being a USB mic is good work if you can get it, but being a USB mic that can get work in a studio environment is even better. That's why the Blue Yeti turned Pro at this past Winter NAMM 2011. Blue President Skipper Wise explains what makes the Blue Yeti Pro such  

Offsite Link: Visit the official Blue Microphones website for more information

Blue Microphones Spark: Low-Cost Condenser Mic Demo'd, True Value Assayed (Video)

January 19, 2011
Blue Spark Microphone Video Demo
Typically a blue spark means the start of a home-destroying electrical fire, but this Blue Spark means a low-cost, high-fidelity condenser microphone for the home or project studio.  

Offsite Link: Visit the official Blue Microphones website for more information

Blue Microphones Reactor In-Person: Skipper Wise Shows Off His Company's Newest At NAMM (Video)

January 13, 2011
Blue Mics Reactor WNAMM 2011
Skipper Wise gives Gearwire a close-up look at the new Blue Reactor, a budget-friendly, multi-pattern, solid-state condenser mic. The mic houses practical functionality inside a chassis that's from another era; just about the only thing this mic is missing is a live goldfish.  

Offsite Link: Visit the official Blue microphones website for more information

Blue Microphones Reactor: Budget-Minded, Radically Styled, Multi-Pattern Condenser Mic Introduced

January 12, 2011
Blue Microhpones Reactor Multi-Pattern Condenser Microhpone
The newest, radically-styled condenser mic from Blue is also the company's most affordable multi-pattern microphone. The Blue Microphones Reactor was introduced today with an expected Spring 2011 availability and a $499 US MSRP.  

Offsite Link: Visit the official Blue Microphones website for more information

Blue Microphones Yeti Pro: A USB / XLR Mic Combo

January 05, 2011
Blue Microphones announced the Yeti Pro, a USB microphone with 24-bit, 192 kHz digital recording with an analog XLR output.
Blue Microphones announced that the elusive Yeti is keeping higher company these days -- reinvented as the Yeti Pro, this new USB microphone offers many of its predecessor's features and adds to it 24-bit, 192 kHz resolution recording with an analog XLR output.  

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official Blue Microphones Web site.

Blue EnCore 300 Handheld Condenser Microphone: A Gearwire Pro Review

December 16, 2010
BLUE enCore 300 Pro Review
BLUE is well known for great-sounding studio microphones, but their new enCore mics are meant for the stage. While the 100 and 200 versions are standard dynamic mics, the enCore 300 has a condenser capsule for rich, warm vocals in a live setting. Gearwire's own Owen O'Malley gave this microphone the once-over-twice, and dishes all the dirt in this hands-on review.  

Offsite Link: Visit the official BLUE Microphones website for more information.

Blue Microphones Second-Generation Mikey Portable Recorder For IPod Now Shipping

November 30, 2010
Blue Microphones released the second-generation Mikey Portable Recorder for iPod and iPhone.
Blue Microphones' second-generation Mikey Portable Recorder, complete with a free Blue FiRe recording app, is now available for the iPod. This version of Mikey takes the best features of the original and adds improved circuitry, enhanced portable recording, and more.  

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official Blue Microphones Web site.

BLUE Spark Solid State Condenser Microphone Introduced

November 07, 2010
BLUE Spark Condenser Microphone
Announced during the 129th AES Show, the BLUE Spark is now the most affordable mic in the company's pantheon of professional condenser microphones, set to retail for $199 US.  

Offsite Link: Visit the official BLUE Microphones website for more information

Blue Microphones Spark: Fiery Recording Mic

October 19, 2010
Blue Microphones Spark is a cardioid, solid-state condenser microphone with discrete components, Focus control, and more.
Blue Microphones introduced its new Spark mic -- a cardioid, solid-state condenser microphone that combines professional features with a custom shockmount, pop filter, wooden case and more for $199.  

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official Blue Microphones Web site.

Blue Microphones Encore 100i Ships: Live Instrument Mic Now Performing Live

September 27, 2010
Blue Microphones Encore 100i instrument microphone capture live acoustic instruments and reduces off-axis noise.
It's new and it's Blue -- the Encore 100i dynamic instrument microphone is now shipping with many of the rugged, stage-ready qualities of the company's 100 dynamic mic, plus a wider, flatter frequency response and tighter polar pattern.  

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official Blue Microphones Web site.

Blue Microphones EnCORE 300: Live Mic For Live Sound

July 29, 2010
Blue Microphones EnCORE 300 is a new live condenser microphone featuring an open design, custom-tuned condenser capsule, and mor
Made for live performances, the Blue enCORE 300 condenser microphone will help land you scores of encores. The mic was designed to deliver vocal clarity with consistent tone and low noise, regardless of the cable length on stage or how the mic is held.  

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official Blue Microphones Web site.

Blue Microphones Blue Pro Drum Kit Kit: Not A Typo Typo

June 18, 2010
Blue Microphones Blue Pro Drum Kit Kit is a three-microphone kit including two Dragonfly mics and one Mouse mic.
Want to record drums like the professionals? Then use the three-mic technique to get the same full-bodied effect, with the Blue Pro Drum Kit Kit -- a mic kit featuring two Dragonfly mics, a Mouse mics, and their accompanying shockmounts.  

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official Blue Microphones Web site.

BLUE Microphones EnCore Series Live Mics: Product Packaging And Presentation Tips From Skipper Wise (Video)

June 11, 2010
BLUE Microphones enCore Series Live Mics Porduct Design
A sonic scepter as classy as the BLUE enCore 100 dynamic microphone deserves an equally classy chariot, and the box it travels in from the factory to the showroom is just about as sweet a ride as any workhorse dynamic can hope for. We speak with BLUE co-founder Skipper Wise about some of his design inspirations.  

Offsite Link: Visit the official BLUE Microphones website for more information

BLUE EnCore 200 Active Dynamic Live Microphone: A Gearwire Pro Review

June 03, 2010
BLUE enCore 200 Pro Review Eli Crews
Hearing the the BLUE enCore 200 Active Dynamic microphone was capable of "studio quality vocals in a live setting," bassist and recording engineer Eli Crews took a pair on tour with him, as well as to his New, Improved Recordings studio. Did this bold-looking hand-held live up to its company's bold claims?  

Offsite Link: Visit the official BLUE Microphones website for more information

Blue Encore 200 Active Dynamic Microphone: Interview With BLUE Mic Founders (Video)

May 28, 2010
BLUE enCORE 200 active dynamic mic skipper wise martins Saulespurens interview
Way back in August of '09, Owen got the chance to sit down with Skipper Wise And Martins Saulespurens of BLUE mic and pick pick their brains about the enCORE series. In the video they talk about the development of the active-dynamic circuit in the BLUE enCORE 200.  

Offsite Link: Visit the official BLUE Mics website for more information

Blue Microphone Yeti: A Gearwire Pro Review

April 29, 2010
Blue Microphone Yeti Pro Review Mark Nelson
The modest fellows at Blue Mics state that the Blue Yeti is the "the most advanced and versatile multi-pattern USB microphone available anywhere." Who better to put that claim to the test than a multi-instrumentalist and veteran studio session musician like Mark Nelson? That was a rhetorical question -- put your hands down.  

Offsite Link: Visit the official BLUE Microphones website for more information

BLUE EnCore 100 Reviewed By Producer / Engineer / Bassist Eli Crews

April 20, 2010
BLUE enCore 100 Pro Review Eli Crews
Time for another Gearwire Pro Review. This time 'round, Eli Crews -- bassist, engineer, and co-owner of New, Improved Recording in Oakland, CA -- puts the BLUE enCore 100 dynamic vocal mic through a stage and studio gauntlet.  

Offsite Link: Visit the official BLUE Microphones website for more information

Blue Encore 100 Dynamic Mic Shootout Continued: Amp Test (Video)

March 17, 2010
Blue Encore 100 vs Shure SM57
A while back we shot a shootout (?) between the new Blue Encore 100 and the Shure SM58. Now we pit the same Blue mic against the 58's brother-in-arms the SM57 in an amp-stack mic-off. This is gonna be crazier than The Wrestler and hopefully less than half as depressing.  

Offsite Link: Visit the official BLUE Microphones website for more information

Blue Microphones Yeti USB Condenser Mic: Captured And Released To Public

January 26, 2010
Blue Microphones Yeti USB microphone is THX Certified and features condenser capsules in a triple capsule array format.
The Blue Microphones Yeti desktop mic, the very first THX Certified microphone, features premium condenser capsules in a triple capsule array, four polar patterns, no latency, and USB connectivity.  

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official Blue Microphones Web site.

Blue Microphones New Mikey Portable Recorder For IPhone And IPod: Hi, It's Mikey Again

January 25, 2010
Blue Microphones second-generation Mikey Portable Recorder takes the best features of the original Mikey and adds improved circu
Blue Microphones' second-generation Mikey Portable Recorder will be available for Apple iPhones and iPods in just a few months.  

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official Blue Microphones Web site.

Blue Microphones Encore 100i: New Instrument Mic Added To Encore Series

January 16, 2010
Blue Microphones Encore 100i instrument microphone capture live acoustic instruments and reduces off-axis noise.
The Blue Encore 100i builds upon the rugged, stage-ready qualities of the 100 dynamic mic and adds a wider, flatter frequency response and tighter polar pattern.  

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official Blue Microphones Web site.

Blue Microphones Encore 300 Tries To Exit Stage, But Crowd Keeps Shouting, "Encore!"

January 14, 2010
Blue Microphones Encore 300 live stage vocal microphone features a custom-tuned condenser capsule mounted on a rubber suspension
Blue's new Encore 300 live stage vocal microphone uses premium components and a breathable design to deliver a sound that's as good onstage as it is in the studio.  

Offsite Link: For more information, visit the official Blue Microphones Web site.

Blue Encore 100 Dynamic Mic Shootout, 2010

January 05, 2010
Blue Encore 100 vs Shure SM58 vs Audix OM2
Many a mic has tried to topple the mighty SM58 from atop the $100 dynamic vocal mic pile, and the new Blue Encore 100 is next in the ring. Owen sings through both mics in this Gearwire Studio Shootout.  

Offsite Link: Visit the official BLUE Microphones website for more information

Propellerhead Record Journal, Part 2: Blue Encore 100 And Acoustic Upright Bass In Long Island

January 05, 2010
Propellerhead Record Journal, Part 2
From Philly to Long Island traveled GW's Owen O'Malley for this next installment of the Propellerhead Record recording journal. After tracking harp in a three-story brownstone, he sets up to get down some upright bass in a barn loft.  

Offsite Link: Visit Propellerhead's official website for more information

Blue Microphones Yeti Stereo USB Mic Touted By Its Maker As The Most Advanced Around

November 10, 2009
Blue Microhpones Yeti USB
Ape-like Himalayan cryptid, or triple-capsule, THX-certified, multi-pattern, stereo USB condenser microphone? Stop, you're both right: it's the new Blue Yeti.  

Offsite Link: Visit the official Blue Microphones website for more information
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