Blue Microphones
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Blue Microphones is an audio production company that designs and produces microphones, recording tools, signal processors, and music accessories for audio professionals, musicians and consumers.
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| Founded | 1995 |
| Founder | Skipper Wise, Martins Saulespurens |
| Headquarters | Westlake Village, California, U.S. |
| Products | Consumer and professional microphones and recording tools |
| Website | http://www.bluemic.com |
History
Blue Microphones[1] was founded in 1995 by an American session musician, Skipper Wise, 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,[2] Snowball, the Snowflake, the Tiki 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.[3]
In 2013, The Riverside Company acquired Blue Microphones from Transom Capital. Intrepid Investment Bankers advised Blue Microphones in the transaction.[4]
Microphones
Blue Microphones designs and manufactures condenser microphones, ribbon microphones, dynamic microphones and USB microphones.
Studio
Blue Microphones designs and manufactures studio recording microphones. They have two series. The Bottle series, consisting of the Bottle, the Bottle Rocket Stage One and Bottle Rocket Stage Two, and the Application Specific series. The Application Specific Series contains its own proprietary capsule to capture specific sonic signatures.
USB
Blue Microphones designs and manufactures USB microphones, such as the Yeti and Spark Digital. The Spark Digital was the first studio-grade condenser microphone to combine USB and iOS connectivity.[5]
Awards
- Electronic Musician 2000 Editor’s Choice Microphone of the Year - Blueberry condenser microphone
- RetailVision 2009 Best Hardware peripheral - Mikey and Eyeball 2.0[6]
- BeatWeek (formerly iProng) Best in Show 2009, 2010[7]
See also
References
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