Blue Microphones Blueberry Reviews

4.3/5.0 based on 4 customer reviews

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Carson McClain

The Blue Blueberry is the perfect mic for modern recording. It cuts through the mix like no other mic and it can be used for multiple purposes. Today's pro engineers as well as home recording artists need a mic that will consistantly work well for different vocalists, instruments, and styles of music. That's why I suggest using the Blueberry.

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Semi-Popular Recording Artist
from Kansas City, MO
January 20, 2010 Music Background:
Recording Artist

Sonically Sweet

No exaggeration, this microphone is the best sounding option for my vocals. I have a very unique tenor voice so great mics have been difficult to come by. After comparing this mic with several other big name brands, paired up with the Robbie Mic Pre, this mic was the solution hands down.

Marc
from MA
November 29, 2009 Music Background:
Studio Engineer, Live Sound Engineer, Studio Tech.

Great for most things!

After using an Audix dynamic and a Sp C1 to record my voice for 2 years, I decided to step up to decent mic that suited my voice. And that's just what this is. I have a thicker huskier tenor voice and any mic showing signs of darkness or with an extended proximity effect makes my voice muffled and almost impossible to mix without tons of eq. The first time I recorded with this I was only 2 inches away, but that fake bass was gone and there was a nice presence to my voice that I have never heard before. The reason why I don't give it 5 stars is because I used it on a female belter with a very pronounced voice and it just made her sound tinny. So this mic is not for everything, but if you have a boomy instrument and you want to tame it, this may be the best option out there under 1k

Wil Key
from Denver, CO
October 27, 2007 Music Background:
Artsist, Producer

Don't Be Fooled By The Price!!

I used this microphone on recent CD project at a studio where we had access to well-known top microphones (Neumann, Gefell, Schoeps, AKG and AT, etc). This mic often won out over mics costing 3X to 5X as much. Very intimate and warm on vocals, brings out a sultry-jazzy sound especially on female alto voices. Great on hi-hats too. The BLUEBERRY holds its own against the big boy mics!!!

XFACTOR
from Bay Area / Phoenix Area
January 5, 2012 Music Background:
Rapper / Producer / Audio Engineer

GOOD MIC

I bought the blueberry back in 2009. The mic sounds good. At first I was blown away because I'd never had a mic like this, but after a while, being around other set ups, I began to dislike that "airyness" they talk about. I found myself wanting to perform subtractive EQ on my vocal mixes to get rid of it. The fluffy, airy presence in the high end detracts from the vocal clarity that I've come to desire. I never had EXCELLENT pre's in my chain (presonus firestudio, fast track, behringer fx, etc) so I guess I will never know how it really sounds when the best is brough out of it. I'm looking now for a TLM 103 or something with a more clear signal and not so much the airy color of the blueberry. She will be missed :(

inSync Review

Jonathan Parsons
5-30-2007

I recently had the privilege of reviewing this microphone on vocals and acoustic guitar. I was very impressed with the results. The signal chain, in my home studio, consisted of the Blueberry mic ---> Focusrite TrakMaster w/digital I/O card ---> S/PDIF into my audio interface. I own a few other condenser microphones, both tube and solid-state. However the Blueberry mic was beyond comparison with the other microphones in my arsenal.

I recorded the acoustic guitar about 6" to 8" away from the 12th fret area. It provided a very clean punchy tone, while the presence in the highs was absolutely perfect. I couldn't ask for a better sound on acoustic guitar. I also tried it out on some vocal tracks, with the mic about 6" away as well. All the words were intelligible and clearly defined. The guys at BLUE have dialed in the exact amount of presence to make the vocals stand out without having to touch the EQ. Clean, functional, and versatile.