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Blue Microphone Snowball Description
Finally, a USB mic that’s not only easy to use, but sounds as good on your desktop as it does in a professional recording studio. Meet the Snowball; the world's first professional USB mic.
Whether you’re recording a guitar at your kitchen table or a complete band in the studio, the Snowball can capture it with detail unheard of before in a USB mic.
The Snowball is a direct plug n’ play mic that connects to either a Mac or PC -- no additional software is needed. With its dual capsule design and unique three-pattern switch (cardioid, cardioid with -10dB pad and omni), the Snowball can handle everything from soft vocals to the loudest garage band” and it’s ideal for podcasting. Check it out and you’ll see why it’s the coolest mic in town.
System Requirements
- Macintosh: Mac OSX; USB 1.0 or 2.0; 64MB RAM (minimum)
- Windows:
Vista or XP; USB 1.0 or 2.0; 64MB RAM (minimum)
Blue Microphone Snowball Tech Specifications
- Transducer Type: Condenser, Pressure Gradient w/USB Digital Output
- Polar Pattern: Omnidirectional or Cardioid
- Frequency Response: Position 1-3: 40-18kHz
- Sample/Word Rate: 44.1 kHz/16 bit
- Weight: 460g
- Dimensions: 325mm (circumference)
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BLUE Snowball Review /
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I’ve never had an issue plugging the
Snowball into any USB port, it just shows up and starts working. Use with
virtually all styles of software you may have, it’s the perfect Podcast mic or
great for amateur voice work or working on the road with a laptop. The Snowball
now ships with the stand and a USB cable. I know a major label act that many of
their record’s overdubs were done with a Snowball into a laptop DAW while on
the road in hotel rooms, if it’s good enough for a major label release it’s
likely good enough for the rest of us. The omni pattern is nice to have if you
want to capture the room. Overall I’d stick with cardioid pattern and go to
work. For a scratch pad device for singer songwriters working on a computer who
don’t want setup time, don’t worry the Snowball can handle it.
Conclusion: It performs better than
you may think, it’s a detailed mic with an all purpose kind of sound that will
work in a pinch on anything.
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