Blue Microphones
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Blue Microphones designs and produces microphone
s, recording tools, signal processors, and music accessories for audio professionals, musicians and consumers.
, and a Latvian recording engineer, Martins Saulespurens. The company's name is an acronym for Baltic Latvian Universal Electronics. The company is headquartered in Westlake
, California
, USA. Along with studio microphones, Blue has a line of consumer USB microphones, such as the Yeti, the first THX
certified microphone , Snowball, the Snowflake, and Mikey, the first High Definition microphone designed for use with Apple Inc.'s iPod
.
In 2008, Skipper and Martins sold Blue Microphones to Transom Capital, a private Equity firm from Southern California.
s, dynamic microphones and USB microphone
s.
The Bottle series, consisting of the Bottle, the Bottle Rocket Stage One and Bottle Rocket Stage Two, integrates Blue’s discrete class A circuitry and interchangeable capsules, Blue’s Bottle Caps.
The Application Specific Series contains its own proprietary capsule to capture specific sonic signatures. For example, the Mouse microphone is a low-frequency focused microphone that is designed to capture the lows of kick drums, bass amps and deep vocals. The Dragonfly is designed specifically to capture and thicken thin sounds from soprano vocals and instruments like drum overheads.
Microphone
A microphone is an acoustic-to-electric transducer or sensor that converts sound into an electrical signal. In 1877, Emile Berliner invented the first microphone used as a telephone voice transmitter...
s, recording tools, signal processors, and music accessories for audio professionals, musicians and consumers.
History
Blue Microphones was founded in 1995 by an American session musician, Skipper WiseSkipper Wise
Skipper Wise, is an American Singer/Songwriter/Musician and entrepreneur born in Los Angeles, California....
, and a Latvian recording engineer, Martins Saulespurens. The company's name is an acronym for Baltic Latvian Universal Electronics. The company is headquartered in Westlake
Westlake Village, California
Westlake Village is a planned community that straddles the Los Angeles and Ventura county line. The eastern portion is the incorporated city Westlake Village, located on the western edge of Los Angeles County, California. The city, located in the region known as the Conejo Valley, encompasses half...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, USA. Along with studio microphones, Blue has a line of consumer USB microphones, such as the Yeti, the first THX
THX
THX is a trade name of a high-fidelity audio/visual reproduction standard for movie theaters, screening rooms, home theaters, computer speakers, gaming consoles, and car audio systems. The current THX was created in 2001 when it spun off from Lucasfilm Ltd...
certified microphone , Snowball, the Snowflake, and Mikey, the first High Definition microphone designed for use with Apple Inc.'s iPod
IPod
iPod is a line of portable media players created and marketed by Apple Inc. The product line-up currently consists of the hard drive-based iPod Classic, the touchscreen iPod Touch, the compact iPod Nano, and the ultra-compact iPod Shuffle...
.
In 2008, Skipper and Martins sold Blue Microphones to Transom Capital, a private Equity firm from Southern California.
Microphones
Blue Microphones designs and manufactures condenser microphones, ribbon microphoneRibbon microphone
A ribbon microphone is a type of dynamic microphone that uses a thin aluminum, duraluminum or nanofilm ribbon placed between the poles of a magnet to generate voltages by electromagnetic induction...
s, dynamic microphones and USB microphone
Microphone
A microphone is an acoustic-to-electric transducer or sensor that converts sound into an electrical signal. In 1877, Emile Berliner invented the first microphone used as a telephone voice transmitter...
s.
Studio
Blue Microphones designs and creates a line of studio recording microphones that are separated into two series: the Bottle series and the Application series.The Bottle series, consisting of the Bottle, the Bottle Rocket Stage One and Bottle Rocket Stage Two, integrates Blue’s discrete class A circuitry and interchangeable capsules, Blue’s Bottle Caps.
The Application Specific Series contains its own proprietary capsule to capture specific sonic signatures. For example, the Mouse microphone is a low-frequency focused microphone that is designed to capture the lows of kick drums, bass amps and deep vocals. The Dragonfly is designed specifically to capture and thicken thin sounds from soprano vocals and instruments like drum overheads.
USB
Blue Microphones designs and creates professional-quality USB microphones, including the multi-pattern USB mic, the Yeti and Yeti Pro, the world’s first USB and XLR microphone combining 24 bit/192 kHz digital recording resolution—the highest digital resolution on the market—with analog XLR output.Awards
- Electronic MusicianElectronic MusicianElectronic Musician is a monthly magazine published by Penton Media featuring articles on synthesizers, music production and electronic musicians....
2000 Editor’s Choice Microphone of the Year - Blueberry condenser microphone - RetailVision 2009 Best Hardware peripheral - Mikey and Eyeball 2.0
- BeatWeek (formerly iProng) Best in Show 2009, 2010