Blue Hummingbird Small-Diaphragm Condenser Microphone with Rotating Head Now Shipping

Blue Microphone announced the availability of Hummingbird, the small-diaphragm condenser microphone with an adjustable pivoting head, which the company introduced at the 2015 NAMM Show. A versatile recording tool, Hummingbird uses a precisely tuned diaphragm, based on Blue’s B1 capsule, allowing ultra-fast transient response and high-SPL handling.

In celebration of Shure’s Unidyne microphone 75th anniversary of the world’s first single element unidirectional dynamic microphone and because the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) presented Shure with the prestigious Milestone Award for the Unidyne technology, the company released a new 5575LE Unidyne Limited Edition model.

The original Earthworks FlexMic Series with slim profile gooseneck and tips, available in different lengths are versatile microphone for podium, conference and presentation spaces. Now Earthworks has expanded the range with new FlexMic 40kHz High Definition models, which feature an extended frequency response from 50Hz to 40kHz.

The Neumann U47 fet is back! During the 137th AES convention in Los Angeles, Neumann announced the reissue of the legendary condenser microphone with cardioid characteristic as a “Collectors Edition U 47 fet”. The production of the reissues follow the original documents and schematics allowing for a wide dynamic range based on fet 80 circuit technology.

The hand-built AT5045 is the ultimate studio condenser instrument microphone and the latest addition to A-T’s flagship 50 Series. Introduced at the 137th AES Convention in Los Angeles, the new AT5045 is an hand-built large-diaphragm electret side-address condenser instrument microphone with a cardioid polar pattern.