Logitech Yeti Microphone is coming. Logitech is finally assimilating Blue Microphones with a new line of Yeti microphones under its own name. The two new Logitech G microphones use the well-known “Yeti” name but ditch the Blue Microphones branding.
There are two new Yeti microphones, and neither is made by Blue Microphones. The Yeti Orb and Yeti GX will be available later this month, and both are Logitech G products that signal the beginning of the end for Blue.
Blue Microphones was acquired by Logitech in 2018 for a huge amount of $117 million. Since then, it has been left relatively untouched by its parent company, with the occasional release of a special edition Yeti microphone or a compact microphone for broadcasters. But all this came to an abrupt end over the summer when Logitech took down the Blue website, deleting the sub-brand from its site and confirming that 'Blue' would henceforth refer solely to Logitech's audio technologies.
The first hardware to leave the Blue brand were new versions of Blue's most famous product, the Yeti.
The Logitech G Yeti GX is a “premium” gaming microphone (it has RGB lighting) and comes in the form of a pod with a built-in desk stand. Blue Yeti Nano with a sort of Logitech G vibe. It has a supercardioid pickup pattern to focus on your vocals and reduce background noise, Logitech says. It also uses what the company calls “Smart Volume Lock,” a tool that adjusts the gain to pick up your voice while limiting unwanted noise. My previous experience with desk-mounted microphones suggests that you be careful about knocking on your desk if you keep this thing in its included stand, but it does come with an adapter for a boom arm if you prefer.
The most interesting thing about this microphone, which will appeal to big hardware nerds like me, is the inclusion of a scroll wheel for the microphone's gain control, ripped off from one of Logitech's gaming mice. That sounds pretty good, fair play – maybe this unitary capitalism thing is good after all.
Yeti GX you $150 in the US or £149 in the UKIt will cost .
On the cheaper side of things is the Logitech G Yeti Orb. It's a familiar sight, looking like a blown-up version of the Blue Snowball – one of the first dedicated microphones I've owned other than this thing. Judging by the spec sheet, this thing looks a lot like the Snowball, but it now comes with RGB, so…clearly we're winning. It's not as cheap as the Snowball, the Orb will set you back $60/£60, but it's close enough considering the Snowball has been around for a century. We hope that Orb will similarly drop in price as soon as possible.
There's a gaming key light that completes the party. More in line with Logitech's usual stable, this RGB-enabled light opts for a dual-sided approach rather than the more traditional flat panel we've seen from Elgato and Razer. While it will happily run all day according to Logitech, it's $150/£150, meaning it's still in serious streamer equipment territory.
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