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词条 Blue Microphones
释义

  1. History

  2. Products

     Studio 

  3. Awards

  4. See also

  5. References

  6. External links

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BLUE Microphones is an audio production company that designs and produces microphones, headphones, 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 Wise, and a Latvian recording engineer, Martins Saulespurens.{{r|la}} The company's name is an acronym for Baltic Latvian Universal Electronics. The company is headquartered in Westlake Village, California, United States.

Blue Microphones got its start building high-end studio microphones for the recording industry, making a name for itself as a niche player. But niche no more.

With a nudge from Apple Inc., the Westlake Village company built a low-cost microphone for use with music recording software. That mic, called the Snowball, has become a hit with aspiring pro musicians and dedicated hobbyists who make demo recordings on their laptops instead of shelling out $50 an hour or more for studio time.[1]

In 2008, Skipper and Martins sold BLUE Microphones to Transom Capital, a private Equity firm from Southern California.[2]

In 2013, The Riverside Company acquired BLUE Microphones from Transom Capital. Intrepid Investment Bankers advised BLUE Microphones in the transaction.[3]

In July 2018, Logitech announced plans to acquire Blue Microphones for US$117 million.[4]

Products

BLUE Microphones designs and manufactures condenser microphones, ribbon microphones, dynamic microphones, USB microphones, microphone preamplifiers, microphone accessories and headphones.

Studio

The company makes the Bottle Rocket Stage One, Bottle Rocket Stage Two and The Application Specific Series each with a proprietary sonic signature.

Awards

  • Electronic Musician 2000 Editor’s Choice Microphone of the Year - Blueberry condenser microphone
  • RetailVision 2009 Best Hardware peripheral - Mikey and Eyeball 2.0[5]
  • BeatWeek (formerly iProng) Best in Show 2009, 2010[6]

See also

  • C-Media - supplier of chips for USB microphones
  • List of microphone manufacturers

References

1. ^{{cite news |title=Blue Microphones turns up the volume|work=Los Angeles Times|date=July 21, 2009 |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jul/21/business/fi-blue-microphones21|accessdate=March 17, 2019}}
2. ^{{cite news |title=Transom Capital Acquires Blue Microphones|work=Music Inc Magazine|date=October 20, 2009 |url=http://www.musicincmag.com/News/2008/080410/080410_blue.html|accessdate=May 11, 2011}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/transom-capital-group-completes-sale-of-blue-microphones-216603951.html|title=Transom Capital Group Completes Sale of Blue Microphones|website=www.prnewswire.com}}
4. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.engadget.com/2018/07/30/blue-logitech-acquisition/|title=Blue Microphones sells to Logitech for $117 million|last=Lawler|first=Richard|date=July 30, 2018|work=Engadget|access-date=July 30, 2018|publisher=Oath Inc.}}
5. ^{{cite news |title=RetailVision Europe 2009 |publisher=RetailVision |date=May 26, 2009 |url=http://www.retailvisioneurope.com/page.cfm/Link=6/t=m/goSection=7 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100123174418/http://www.retailvisioneurope.com/page.cfm/Link=6/t=m/goSection=7 |dead-url=yes |archive-date=January 23, 2010 |accessdate=April 30, 2010 }}
6. ^{{cite news|title=Best of Show CES: Blue Mikey 2|publisher=BeatWeek|date=January 9, 2009|url=http://www.beatweek.com/iphone/ipodiphoneitunes/2582-best-of-show-ces-blue-microphones-mikey-2/|archive-url=https://archive.is/20110220012046/http://www.beatweek.com/iphone/ipodiphoneitunes/2582-best-of-show-ces-blue-microphones-mikey-2/|dead-url=yes|archive-date=February 20, 2011|accessdate=July 7, 2010}}

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External links

  • [https://www.bluedesigns.com/ BLUE Designs Website] BLUE Website
  • [https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/skipper-wise Interview with Skipper Wise] NAMM Oral History Library (2011)
  • [https://www.namm.org/library/oral-history/martin-saulespurens Interview with Martin Saulespurens] NAMM Oral History Library
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