Blue Microphones Cactus Vacuum Tube Condenser Microphone Overview:A premium large-diaphragm, multi-pattern tube microphone made the old-fashioned way, without compromise. In the tradition of the world’s best (and most expensive) vintage vocal microphones, the Cactus has been designed to provide commanding, intimate presence and larger-than-life detail in a wide variety of professional recording applications.At a distance, and in omnidirectional and figure of eight patterns, this microphone delivers every nuance in the room, with finely focused resolution and clear, musical frequency response out to the extremes of the audible spectrum. But this is also a Cactus you’ll definitely want to get close to! With its detailed highs, smooth midrange, and minimized proximity effect (a bass boost inherent in all unidirectional mics), the cardioid Cactus excels at delivering a vocal or solo track right to the front of the mix where it belongs. When processed with limiting and/or compression, as is standard practice for most pop vocals, tracks recorded with the Cactus will be free of pumping and low end thumps.Specifications: