Microphones

Winter NAMM Show: MXL Microphones, the professional audio division of Marshall Electronics, announced the introduction of the MXL USB.007 stereo mic for direct to computer recording on a PC or Mac.
No special software or drivers are needed, just plug in to your portable or desktop computer, set your preferences and enjoy instant studio quality recordings.
The [...]

Combining a Sennheiser capsule with a broadcast-quality Flash recorder, the HHB FlashMic has become established as a portable recording device of choice for international broadcasters.
Now HHB has expanded the FlashMic range with the introduction of a new cardioid version – the FlashMic DRM85-C – to accompany the original, omni-directional FlashMic DRM85.
Both FlashMic models share the [...]

2007 Winter NAMM Show: Blue Microphones announced its newest addition to the Blue family of award winning microphones, the Woodpecker.
With the Woodpecker, Blue continues its style of introducing attractive vintage-styled microphones that look as good as they sound.
The Woodpecker was designed to provide the smooth, intimate sound associated with the most sought-after (and expensive) vintage [...]

2007 Winter NAMM Show: Blue balls are cheaper than ever, along with all the other unique microphones in Blue Microphone’s ball line.
Blue announced a new $99 price point on their popular Ball Series microphones: the Snowball, the 8-Ball, the Kickball, and the original Ball microphone.

2007 Winter NAMM Show: Behringer introduced their Podcastudio USB Bundle, a kit for professional podcasting, music production and digital home recording.
Features:

High-resolution 2 In / 2 Out USB audio interface with plug-and-play for Windows XP and Mac OS X operating systems
Studio-class 5-input 2-bus mixer with premium mic preamp and 2-band “British” EQ
Dynamic broadcast-style microphone with 2-stage [...]

2007 Winter NAMM Show: Alesis introduced their USB Mic Podcasting Kit.
According to the company, the USB Mic Podcasting Kit allows even the most inexperienced users to quickly record audio into the computer and have their podcast heard on the Internet. Just plug the USB microphone into your computer – the microphone is a plug-and-play device, [...]

sE Electronics is now shipping the USB2200a mic, which they announced back in January 2006 at the Winter NAMM show in California.
The USB2200a is a USB2 microphone based on the studio standard sE2200a capsule. It records CD quality audio (record path16 bit 48K, output 24 bit 48K) via USB directly to your DAW.
The mic has [...]

Synthax Audio AG has released the new RME Micstasy high-end preamp.
Micstasy features reference quality converters and combines a number of typical RME features with a number of groundbreaking innovations. With Micstasy, not only conventional analog microphone preamps and AD-converters are a thing of the past – a lot of applications will change. In short, Micstasy [...]

Behringer has announced Podcastudio FireWire, described as a complete podcast studio with FireWire interface.
The podcasting kit comes with a studio-grade FireWire audio interface which includes the Behringer Edition of Ableton Live Lite 4 music production software for PC and Mac computers. The package also includes an 8-input mixer, high-quality headphones and a studio microphone plus [...]

Red Microphones has introduced the Type A, a tube microphone based on a system of interchangeable capsules. To celebrate the release of this new mic, Red will be including a free R7 capsule ($650Value) to customers who purchase the mic by September 31, 2006.
The Type A vacuum tube microphone system is a high quality innovative [...]