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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.

 

Blue Microphones, a leading microphone technology vendor, has introduced two new Applets for their Snowball USB Microphone which add further flexibility to its dual-capsule design by giving users more control over the input gain.
The Snowball has been popular with computer musicians because it is a relativley inexpensive USB microphone.
“In addition to its dual capsule design, [...]

 

2006 NAMM Winter Show: Blue Microphones seems to be doing its best to make mundane things interesting, with the introduction of Ralph – the Wonder Mount, a new shock mount designed for many popular recording microphones.
Ralph was designed to be an effective and inexpensive alternative or replacement shock mount for any mic with a diameter [...]

 

AES Update: Blue Microphones has introduced the OmniMouse Microphone. Based on the unique and versatile design of the popular Mouse Microphone, the OmniMouse is a pressure-gradient condenser microphone featuring a rotating omni-directional capsule enclosed within a spherical grille. This is the same B4 capsule used in Blue’s Bottle microphone system. This recording tool combines the [...]

 

Blue Microphones is now shipping the Snowball USB Microphone. Designed for desktop recording applications such as podcasting, the Snowball mic’s universal driver and plug & play USB compatibility make recording into your laptop or DAW easy.
The mic’s dual-capsule design and three-position switch dial make it flexible to use for many applications.
The Snowball retails for $155 [...]

 

NAMM 2005 Show: Blue Microphones announces the first USB microphone designed for professional recording applications. Dubbed the Snowball, the mic is an extension of Blue’s popular line of spherical mics that includes the original Ball, the world’s first phantom-powered dynamic; the 8-Ball condenser mic; and the newly shipping Kickball, Blue’s new big bass dynamic.
Designed for [...]

 

NAMM 2005: Blue Microphones has introduced a USB microphone designed for professional recording applications. Dubbed the Snowball, the mic is an extension of Blue’s line of spherical mics that includes the original Ball, the world’s first phantom-powered dynamic; the 8-Ball condenser mic; and the newly shipping Kickball, Blue’s new big bass dynamic.
Designed for desktop recording [...]

 

NAMM Show: Blue Microphones introduced the red Kickball, a microphone in the Blue line of spherical mics that is tailored to suit low frequency applications such as kick drum and bass guitar.
The Kickball is the world’s second phantom-powered dynamic microphone, following in the footsteps of its cousin, the Ball. Designed to be punchy and detailed [...]

 

Blue Microphones has introduced Robbie, a Class-A discrete tube microphone and instrument preamplifier.
With no ICs and the highest-quality discrete components from input to output, Robbie is one of the quietest (-131 dB EIN @ 50ohms) and most detailed (THD 0.006%).
Robbie features audiophile-grade ultra low noise metal film resistors and polystyrene capacitors, and provides the user [...]