Blue Microphones

[Newsguy]

Hi there. Any experience here with Blue Microphones? I am looking for the
model that best suits spoken word/public address announcing. I have
e-mailed Blue for their opinions, but have yet to receive a response.

If any of you have experience with these mics, please share.


Regards,
Darren

[Leoaw3]

> I am looking for the
>model that best suits spoken word/public address announcing. I have
>e-mailed Blue for their opinions, but have yet to receive a response.

Why does it have to be a BLUE microphone? For that application, if it were a
live venue, I'd be looking at the venerable SM58, and if it were recording, I'd
consider something like the Shure SM7B.

-lee-

[Scott Dorsey]

Newsguy > wrote:
>Hi there. Any experience here with Blue Microphones? I am looking for the
>model that best suits spoken word/public address announcing. I have
>e-mailed Blue for their opinions, but have yet to receive a response.

Blue makes some very fine microphones out there, each of which are basically
designed for a very different sound.

I don't think they have anything in the line designed for PA applications.
Most of their mikes don't have particularly tight patterns or very flat
response off-axis, specifically because that can be very useful in the
studio to get varying sounds out of one mike. That's bad news in a PA
application, though, where feedback rejection is paramount.

Why, out of curiosity, do you specifically want to buy from Blue? And what
sort of PA application do you have in mind? Podium miking? Up close or
far back? P-popper or not?
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

[Ty Ford]

In Article >, "Newsguy"
> wrote:
>Hi there. Any experience here with Blue Microphones? I am looking for the
>model that best suits spoken word/public address announcing. I have
>e-mailed Blue for their opinions, but have yet to receive a response.
>
>If any of you have experience with these mics, please share.
>
>
>Regards,
>Darren
>
>

Darren,

You are obviously new to the group. Please avail yourself of the info by
googling rec.audio.pro. Six weeks later, after you've finished consuming it
all, how 'bout a brief synopsis?


Regards,

Ty

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[Newsguy]

Thanks for the reply, Scott. I am not necessarily dedicated to purchasing a
Blue mic. I just found them on the web and found their products quite
interesting. Admittedly, it is probably more of a visual thing than
anything else. I know, not a very good reason to buy a particular mic!

Anyway, the mic would be used in a booth-type setting, pretty much isolated
from the speakers and other background noise. The booth we have is
suprisingly quiet considering it is at a motorsports event (car racing).

I also wanted to use the mic for on-hold-messaging (voiceover work). I was
kind of looking for the mic that would best serve my purpose all-around, if
that is even possible. Maybe the Blue is not the way to go. I currently
use an SM58 wired mic in the booth and a UHF Wireless Beta 58 when I move
around in the grandstands.

Darren


"Scott Dorsey" > wrote in message
...
> Newsguy > wrote:
> >Hi there. Any experience here with Blue Microphones? I am looking for
the
> >model that best suits spoken word/public address announcing. I have
> >e-mailed Blue for their opinions, but have yet to receive a response.
>
> Blue makes some very fine microphones out there, each of which are
basically
> designed for a very different sound.
>
> I don't think they have anything in the line designed for PA applications.
> Most of their mikes don't have particularly tight patterns or very flat
> response off-axis, specifically because that can be very useful in the
> studio to get varying sounds out of one mike. That's bad news in a PA
> application, though, where feedback rejection is paramount.
>
> Why, out of curiosity, do you specifically want to buy from Blue? And
what
> sort of PA application do you have in mind? Podium miking? Up close or
> far back? P-popper or not?
> --scott
> --
> "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

[LJM]

Try an EV RE20 or a A Shure SM7.

Jim M

Newsguy wrote:

> Hi there. Any experience here with Blue Microphones? I am looking for the
> model that best suits spoken word/public address announcing. I have
> e-mailed Blue for their opinions, but have yet to receive a response.
>
> If any of you have experience with these mics, please share.
>
>
> Regards,
> Darren
>
>

--
Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level then beat
you with experience.

[hank alrich]

Newsguy wrote:

> I also wanted to use the mic for on-hold-messaging (voiceover work). I was
> kind of looking for the mic that would best serve my purpose all-around, if
> that is even possible. Maybe the Blue is not the way to go.

But one of them might be, in the booth at least. They are all quite
different and you would definitely need to audition them to pin one down
for your purpose.

> I currently
> use an SM58 wired mic in the booth and a UHF Wireless Beta 58 when I move
> around in the grandstands.

I don't think a Blue is the mic for moving around in the stands, but I
could be wrong. I haven't tried them all.

--
ha

[Mike Rivers]

In article > writes:

> Anyway, the mic would be used in a booth-type setting, pretty much isolated
> from the speakers and other background noise. The booth we have is
> suprisingly quiet considering it is at a motorsports event (car racing).
>
> I also wanted to use the mic for on-hold-messaging (voiceover work).

Sounds like you'd do well with an EV RE-20. Blue does indeed make some
of the more interesting mics in the business (both visually and
sonically), but each one has a unique sound and none are really
general purpose vocal mics.



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[chetatkinsdiet]

Didn't someone make a "racing event" specific mic a few years back?
Maybe they still do...I just seem to remember a Sennheiser or AKG
possibly...heck, maybe a Beyer, mentioning auto racing specifically in
the applications section of the product info of this particular mic.
Probably a German mic...they do love their F1 over there. I'm sure it
was just a hyper cardiod with a very tight pattern. Who knows....
That might work for outside the booth, but I agree...in the booth,
just pick whatever works for you...SM7, RE20,
later,
m

[David Morton]

In article >,
(chetatkinsdiet) wrote:

> Didn't someone make a "racing event" specific mic a few years back?

Coles 4101 http://www.coleselectroacoustics.com/miccommentators.shtml

[Scott Dorsey]

Newsguy > wrote:
>Thanks for the reply, Scott. I am not necessarily dedicated to purchasing a
>Blue mic. I just found them on the web and found their products quite
>interesting. Admittedly, it is probably more of a visual thing than
>anything else. I know, not a very good reason to buy a particular mic!

Not at all. Go out and audition some mikes.

>Anyway, the mic would be used in a booth-type setting, pretty much isolated
>from the speakers and other background noise. The booth we have is
>suprisingly quiet considering it is at a motorsports event (car racing).

Okay, try all the usual voiceover mikes. Sennheiser 421, EV RE-20,
Shure SM-7.

If you really want BLUE stuff, try the Baby Bottle. Very forward voice
sound but not a very bright one. It's a great voiceover mike for a lot
of things.

The Neumann KMS105 is more expensive than any of these, but still has good
noise rejection and is VERY much brighter than any. That brightness is a
big problem on some voices, but really helps the clarity on others.

>I also wanted to use the mic for on-hold-messaging (voiceover work). I was
>kind of looking for the mic that would best serve my purpose all-around, if
>that is even possible. Maybe the Blue is not the way to go. I currently
>use an SM58 wired mic in the booth and a UHF Wireless Beta 58 when I move
>around in the grandstands.

You will find almost anything gives you more top end than the SM58, and
almost anything will also be easier to pop, requiring you to pull back.

The grandstands are a different issue altogether.... and in that case, you
might want the wide pattern on the SM58 in order to pick up more outside
sound and to get 2-person interviews.
--scott

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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."