The Beecaster Microphone is from Neat Microphones, who are made up of some of the greatest minds from Blue Microphones and are a member of the Gibson family of brands.
They focus on creating not just a great sounding professional microphone, but on the entire package.
I was particularly impressed with the packaging and extras it comes with.
The box is a plastic cube, capped with sturdy cardboard ends.
It has hexagonal holes on the sides, resembling honeycomb (which is mirrored throughout aspects of the design).
Plus as a nice added bonus, there is a plastic cut-out inside that can be placed on the interior floor of the box, which will enable you to use it for storage
of any studio / desk gear you need close by.
Best packaging we have seen so far (even better than Apple!).
The Beecaster also comes with a free pop filter that slips over
the top of the microphone. It does a really good job, especially
considering it is a free addition.
There is a little bit of play vertically with my filter that kind of
obscures the front LED on the microphone, but that’s not a
huge deal.
Inside the Beecaster are 4 proprietary internally shockmounted
24mm diaphragm mic capsules, that enables the user to tweak
the recording to their specific needs.
This is possible with a four way rotary selector knob that
allows you to swap between the four sound pickup patterns,
Mono, Stereo, Wide Stereo and Focused Stereo.
Mono — A cardioid pickup pattern.
Stereo — A natural left/right stereo image.
Wide Stereo — An expanded left/right stereo image.
Focused Stereo — A forward left/right stereo image
Beecaster Microphone