BLUE Baby Bottle Studio Condenser Microphone with Case

Modeled after Blue's famous Bottle microphone, but at a much more palatable price, the Blue Baby Bottle takes the quality and style that Blue is known for and boils it down into one truly versatile large-diaphragm cardioid condenser.
"Versatile" means this Baby is a "do-it-all" microphone. Yes, the Baby Bottle delivers a killer up-front character that's fantastic on lead vocals. But thanks to its neutral, accurate top end, the Baby Bottle is also your secret weapon for miking up hard-to-capture instruments like violins, flutes, and even 12-string guitars. As you'd expect from a name like Blue, the Baby Bottle comes in a gorgeous wooden box with its own custom shock mount and pop filter.

Enhance the Vocal Midrange

Condenser mics with an overly-bright, hyped high end can make vocals and voiceover sound too strident -- and they can make violins and flutes sound downright harsh. Have you ever found yourself leaning on a de-esser to round the edge off a hissy vocal? Go for a more natural sound with the smoother, softer, slightly darker top end of the Baby Bottle condenser. Thanks to a gentle high-frequency roll-off that starts around 5-6 kHz, the Baby captures less air, allowing the midrange -- where the "real" sound of the source lives -- to come to the forefront. The Baby Bottle delivers an up-front, present sound that enhances the "meat" of vocals without hyping the highs.

This Baby Shines on Guitar Amps and More

Natural, neutral sound is the name of the game with the Baby Bottle microphone. If your source sounds nice in real life, then the Blue Baby Bottle can "bottle" that sound, taking a very accurate snapshot of midrange-heavy sources like electric guitar amps, strings, and saxophones. The Baby Bottle's detailed midrange makes it a great choice for miking up guitar cabinets: just angle the capsule toward the center of the cone to pick up more highs, or toward the edge of the speaker to capture more low end. Truly a "do-everything" microphone, the Baby Bottle is a useful tool for capturing the midrange intricacies of sources like acoustic bass, 12-string guitar, or delicate vocals. If you record a lot of different sources, you'll want to try this mic on all of them.

Blue's the Name, Transparent is the Game

The Baby Bottle may say "Blue," but its sound is transparent. From the gold-sputtered single-membrane large-diaphragm capsule, to the class A discrete electronics and transformerless output, Blue Microphones selected each and every part of this solid-state condenser microphone to deliver minimal coloration. In the real world, all this means you get a microphone with remarkably low self-noise and remarkably high output. If you find that the preamps on your audio interface get noticeably noisy as you crank them up, try this microphone on for size -- you'll love how the Baby Bottle's hot signal lets you capture a clean sound without driving your preamp gain as hard.

Features:

- Solid-state large-diaphragm condenser
- Fixed cardioid pickup pattern
- Detailed midrange and smooth, neutral top end
- Very accurate, uncolored sound with low self-noise
- 20 Hz - 20 kHz frequency response
- Discrete Class-A circuitry with transformerless output
- Excellent multi-purpose mic on vocals and midrange-heavy instruments
- Includes wooden box, custom shock mount, and pop filter

With its neutral, accurate top end and rich midrange presence, the Baby Bottle is truly a "go-to" microphone for vocals and guitar amps -- not to mention tough-to-record sources like violins, flutes and saxophone. And with its stunning Blue styling, this Baby looks like it costs twice as much as it does. Add some versatility to your mic collection with this remarkably accurate microphone. zZounds is an authorized dealer of BLUE products.

Acoustic Operating Principle: Pressure gradient

Directional pattern: Cardioid

Frequency Range: 20Hz - 20kHz

Sensitivity at 1kHz into 2.5 kohms: 33.5mV/Pa

Rated Impedance: 50 ohms

Rated Load Impedance: Not more than 5.5dB

Max. Output (1% THD) into 2.5 kohms: 12dBV - 3.1V

Max. SPL (0.5% THD) into 2.5 kohms: 133dB

Dynamic range (2.5 kohm load): 128dB

Supply Voltage (IEC 268-15): 48V phantom (35V min.)

Current Drain (Typical ai 48V): 1.8mA

Dimensions and Weight in Packaging

Shipping Weight: 4 lbs

Shipping Dimensions: 16 x 12 x 4 in

Product Description

The Blue Baby Bottle is a unique, affordable, discrete Class A condenser microphone featuring a gold-sputtered capsule with a cardioid pattern.
The Baby Bottle is ideal for recording vocals, percussion, or any acoustic instruments.

Each and every part of this solid-state, class A discrete condenser has been hand selected to insure nothing short of a stellar performance. In the tradition of our award-winning microphones, the Baby Bottle employs the styling, attention to detail, and hand-crafted quality for which BLUE has become famous. The Baby Bottle comes nestled inside a velvet pouch protected by a beautiful cherry wood box, and includes a custom shockmount and pop filter. The Baby requires 48V phantom power to operate.