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 enlarge | Brand: Blue
Category: Musical Instruments
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Avg. Customer Rating:  57 reviews
Sales Rank: 25
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4
Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 8.5 x 5
Designed for desktop recording applications, the Snowball incorporates Blue's styling with versatility and ease of use. The mic?s universal driver and plug and play USB compatibility make recording into your laptop or DAW quick and easy, while its dual capsule design and three-position switch dial in the desired sound for many applications.
Warranty: 1 year, tubes 90 days
MPN: BLU SNOWBALL
Model: BLU SNOWBALL
UPC: 836213001837
EAN: 0836213001837
ASIN: B000EOPQ7E
Release Date: April 22, 2008
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
 Oustanding Microphone October 9, 2008
I do radio interviews and use this mic when I edit interviews and put in my own script in my home (not at studio). Sound quality is excellent! You get clean, pure, FULL sound from your pc not that tin crappy sound from a pc mike. Use it now as a musician to record ideas to my pc. HIGHLY RECOMMED THIS MICROPHONE!
Great Product. Strangely it works on my Vista Laptop! October 5, 2008
When I first received this mic,I had a laptop with XP. Very crisp and clear professional sound quality. I couldn't beleive my ears when I first heard such amazing quality. Unfortunately,my laptop had failed out on me in the beginning of this year s I was forced to buy another one (but this one I have has Vista). I heard alot of reviews on this site that this mic isn't compatible with Vista,but strangely when I plugged in this microphone into my comp it managed to work just as good as with my first computer. I heard from a friend that if you lower your screen resolution to 32 bits it'll work for Vista. I rate this product 2 solid thumbs up!:D
Excellent product, if you're not on Vista September 7, 2008
I purchased my Blue Snowball through a third party seller on amazon about a month ago, and I can honestly say that this is a great product. All three of its built in modes work great, especially the -10 db Cardioid, which is excellent for recording in noisier areas. I use it for amateur voice acting and narration on a variety of projects, and it has produced excellent quality recordings the entire time. Though, if anyone intends to use this for vocal recording, I suggest that they also acquire a popscreen, which can be found here on amazon, or can be built by hand with instructions here: http://jakeludington.com/project_studio/20050321_build_your_own_microphone_pop_screen.html
However, I would only recommend this to users whose computers use Windows XP or lower, since Vista compatibility with this product is unpredictable. Blue tech support has been less than diligent with the customers who wanted a fix for Vista, citing issues with USB compliant devices that Vista has had since it's release. There are gain updates that can make it work scattered across the internet, but I was never able to get them to work properly with my copy of Vista Home Premium. This would have been a deal breaker for me, except that after a year of struggling with it, I was fed up with Vista anyway, and downgraded. After that, the mic worked perfectly. Blue insists that its newer models support Vista, but I haven't encountered any corroborating evidence.
So, in summary, this is an excellent mic for anyone wanting to get into the Podcasting or VA fields, but be warned, it doesn't play nice with Vista.
Works Great on the Mac with Wiretap September 4, 2008
I can't speak to the Windows experience, but I can assure you this little USB microphone gets the job done on the Mac. There's no white noise hiss and the recordings is plenty loud and warm. I use Wiretap for most of my recordings, but I don't need to do any post-production work to remove hiss or pop. Buy it.
 Good for the application; picks up too much "air" September 3, 2008
Have had the mic for two days (just long enough to not return to Guitar Center).
The good: It does just what I needed it to: it is truly easy, plug and play with Camtasia, and does not crash my Dell Latitude notebook. I needed a mic for a very specific application: I am recording training sessions and the trainer-speaker is across the country. Their voice is projecting via a LifeSize videoconferencing 'disc' and I am capturing their screen via Glance. I point this mic at the disc and the audio captured is quite decent. Is it better than a $20 desktop mic? Not sure... It's not superb, but it is OK.
The bad: I'm in a quiet room and you can hear so much AIR!!! I will probably have to do my final recordings with a blanket over myself, the mic, my computer, and the disc to get the sound to be more contained-sounding. My partner, hearing my voice recorded for the first time, couldn't tell that it was me. Then we did another test with my daughter in my lap. It seemed to like that--the variety of mother voice with daughter voice. Weird, go figure... but still, lots of "air" sound.
Trying to figure out how to turn down the amount of ambient noise it's attuned to... wish they'd had a unidirectional USB mic @ Guitar Center yesterday...
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