Blue Microphones

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.

Blue Microphones
Private
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
A Yeti USB microphone

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ Nathan Olivarez-Giles (2009-07-21). "Blue Microphones turns up the volume". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
  2. ↑ "Blue Microphones Yeti USB Mic". Reviews.CNET.com. 2009-12-16. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
  3. ↑ Music Inc Magazine (2009-10-20). "Transom Capital Acquires Blue Microphones". Music Inc Magazine. Retrieved 2011-05-11.
  4. ↑ http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/transom-capital-group-completes-sale-of-blue-microphones-216603951.html
  5. ↑ Lester, Ahren. "NAMM 2012: Blue Microphones unveils new Spark Digital mic". Audio Pro International. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
  6. ↑ "RetailVision Europe 2009". RetailVision. 2009-05-26. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
  7. ↑ "Best of Show CES: Blue Mikey 2". BeatWeek. 2009-01-09. Retrieved 2010-07-07.
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