Westlake Village, CA (May 26, 2004)--Blue Microphones have launched two new products--the 8 Ball and Robbie the Mic Pre. The new 8 Ball is a spherical condenser microphone designed for general instrument and vocal recording and Robbie the Mic Pre is a hybrid solid-state/vacuum tube single-channel mic preamp designed to add an ultra low noise world-class front end to any DAW or analog recorder.