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List Price: $139.00
Our Price: $99.00
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Manufacturer: Blue
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Batteries Included: 0
Binding: Electronics
Brand: Blue
EAN: 0836213001851
Feature: Plug and play design no software required!
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Label: Blue
Manufacturer: Blue
Model: BLU SNOWBALL
Publisher: Blue
Release Date: 2008-04-22
Special Features: Blue just keeps coming up with recording solutions, and the Snowball makes computer recording easier than ever! The Snowball is a USB direct-recording microphone and the next of kin to Blues unusually hip lineup of spherical mics. The Snowball is designed for mobile laptop use and desktop studios with its universal drivers for Mac and Windows and built-in plug-and-play USB connectivity. Designed for desktop recording applications, the Snowball incorporates Blue's styling with versatility and eas
Studio: Blue
Warranty: 1 year, tubes 90 days
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Plug and play design no software required!
Professional studio quality performance record both vocals and instruments
Mac and PC compatible
Blues renowned circuit and unique two-capsule design
Switchable mic patterns for a variety of recording applications
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Includes: tripod stand. Blue Microphones Snowball - Round and white, the Snowball lives up to it's name, and features a retro style that harkens back to the early days of audio. But on the inside, the Snowball represents only the most modern in microphone technology. Bringing you professional quality audio recording on the PC or Macintosh via USB. It's perfect for everything from soft vocals to a loud garage band. It's also ideal for professional sounding podcasts. PC Requirements - XP Home or Professional Edition, USB 1.0 or 2.0 port, and a minimum of 64MB of RAM Mac Requirements - Mac OSX, USB 1.0 or 2.0 port, and a minimum of 64MB of RAM
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Oustanding Microphone
Comment: 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!
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Summary: Great Product. Strangely it works on my Vista Laptop!
Comment: 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
Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent product, if you're not on Vista
Comment: 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.
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Summary: Works Great on the Mac with Wiretap
Comment: 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.
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Summary: Good for the application; picks up too much "air"
Comment: 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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