
It was a monster of a mic and the really good thing about it was the inclusion of a headphone jack that enabled me to hear myself talking through my headphones as well as the person I was talking to. I think I bought my first original Blue Yeti condenser mic about 10 years ago. The Yeti X mic has a multifunction dial on the front for adjusting levels, monitor volume, and the. It’s fair to say it has probably been responsible for launching quite a few music careers and has been incredibly popular due to its affordability, great sound, and cute design. Blue’s Snowball mic was probably one of the most widespread mics used by budding musicians recording demo tapes in their bedrooms. Blue was acquired in July 2018 by American Swiss peripheral company Logitech – or Logi as it seems to be known these days. The company’s name is short for Baltic Latvian Universal Electronics and it’s based in Westlake Village, California.


You simply plug the microphone into the USB port of a computer, and it will be recognized as an input device and you’re ready to start recording or making that important voice call.īlue was originally set up in 1995 by an American session musician, Skipper Wise, and a Latvian recording engineer, Martins Saulespurens. Fortunately, it’s not too hard to get professional-sounding voice recordings or calls on a PC or Mac, thanks to USB microphones like the Yeti X from Blue that I’m going to be reviewing here.

A really good microphone can pick up every emotion or nuance in a voice, and it can capture the timbre and pitch, lending a rich and warm presence that people will enjoy listening to.
