Blue Microphones

Blue Spark Digital Review

Blue Spark Digital Review

Blue Microphone innovates...a lot.  Lately, they've been producing a new model every few months.  They've chose a great niche...mostly USB mics, although that's not all they do. At CES 2012, I visited their booth, and drooled over the Blue Spark Digital.  The mic promised to record right from iOS...

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Diminishing Returns

Diminishing Returns

When the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) was in Las Vegas in January, I made a B-Line for the Blue Microphones booth so I could drool. I wrote about that visit in this January blog: CES for VO's...then again in March: CourVO on Blue Blog.  I also met with the Blue mic reps at their VOICE2012...

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Mics From NAMM

Mics From NAMM

Voice Acting is apparently not big enough to prompt equipment makers to hold their own convention just for us (YET)...but NAMM comes close. NAMM originally stood for North American Music Merchants, but now it's an international show for manufacturers, affiliates, resellers, and other vendors in...

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3 New Blues at CES

3 New Blues at CES

After a refreshing 5 hours of sleep, I forced myself out of bed, and down to the Las Vegas Convention Center Tuesday morning for the Consumer Electronics Show. My main goal was the Blue Microphone booth, but go ahead....try....just try to keep your attention on only one thing when a tempting...

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Monday Musings,Tuesday Travels

Monday morning, I shared a webinar presentation with Bettye Zoller, hosted by VoiceOverXtra's John Florian. Bettye has more VO knowledge in her microphone carrying case than I'll ever be able to garner.  And there's very little waffling.  Bettye has a well-formed answer for most any topic.  Her...

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Audition by iPhone

This is an intriguing concept, absolutely do-able (in theory), and probably will be common in the future. I’m sure something similar could be done by Android, BlackBerry, or other smartphone, but follow the bouncing ball, while I explain how it could be done on the iPhone. First, you need a...

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