Excellent Piece of Hadware 
by J. Habana from Pensacola, FL, October 2008
Music Background:  Student/Hobbyist Musician

All I can say for this product is... wow.

I'll be honest, it works EXTREMELY well. Plug and Play this definitely is. The sound quality is leaps and bounds above what I expected out of a product in it's price range. The additional cardioid and omnidirectional modes were also fairly useful.

I only really have two gripes. First, the included cable could be longer - I would imagine it to be fairly difficult to use a full sized microphone stand with it. Second, the desk tripod could stand to have a bit more height to it. But of course, this all amounts to nitpicking.

Overall, this is probably the best thing I've purchased in a while. The service from Sweetwater was excellent, the product is excellent, and it even shipped earlier than expected! (I'd be forgetful if I didn't include the candy that was in the box.)

All in all, a worthwhile purchase. Pleasure doing business, I'm definitely a patron now.

  NOT FOR VISTA!!!! 
by N.Moore from Alpharetta, GA, October 2008
Music Background:  Recording Hobbyist.

The sound quality of this mic is actually quite good, however, I am a vista user and Blue has not released a snowball driver, I've used it on a mac and an xp machine and it worked just fine

  A Great Mic for the PRICE 
by Sebastian Oskey from Bryan/College Station, Texas USA, August 2008
Music Background:  Local R&B/Hip Hop Producer, Rap Artist, Sound Engineer

I have been using this mic since 2005, and I have been impressed with what I have had too this day. The Vocal production of this mic is great for the price, and the look is Astonishing! Every Client I've had drops there jaw when they see the mic.

I do recommend only vocals because it does not pick up bass or guitar frequencies that well.

As far as noise the mic does pick almost everything, so you do need a good environment. I have the sE reflection filter also which helps out with that aspect.

For the clearest vocals make sure you turn down the mic volume in your computer before recording it helps out alot..just use a vocal compressor program to bring it back up.

I just bought the Rode NT1-A and have yet to use it, but when i do i will tell you what i think about that mic.

  It works with Vista! 
by Macky Cheerleader from Auburn, WA USA, July 2008
Music Background:  Punk Rock, Powerpop, J-Pop, Rock

It works with Vista now. I have vista, I have the Snowball, it works fine!

  Great Mic! 
by Happy Guitarist from Springfield, IL USA, May 2008
Music Background:  Hobbyist

Wow, i was just amazed with this microphone, combined with the service of Sweetwater.

The BLUE Snowball has great quality for voice recording and guitar, i used it nonstop the first night.

This was my first time using Sweetwater, and i ordered the Snowball. I even got a 500 pg catalog and some candy in the box ;)

  Worked right out of the box... 
by Jim O'Brien from Cleveland, LA, NYC, Tokyo, May 2007
Music Background:  Broadcasting, radio and TV, played bass decades ago...

I needed an affordable mic to lay down voice overs for TV at home and on the road. Sweetwater suggested the Snowball to run right into my Mac Book Pro. I set the line in level as talked about here. Set the mic in posistion one, worked up close and boom! Audio on an MP4 emailed to my producer and she was thrilled! Great audio quality right on her flash drive straight into Final Cut. Got it over night just as promised. Happy camper here.

  well hey.............I like it!!! 
by Buddy Pearson from Valparaiso, February 2007
Music Background:  bassist,recording dude,

The mic seemed to have some gain issues when I first got it. But after setting the gain levels properly via the info included in the package and their website,everything worked fine. I've recorded lead vocals that sounded pretty good. I,ve had to adjust the levels AFTER i recorded them, but still it sounds good.

  Snowball is just cool 
by Ed of CHOC'D from Silicon Valley, CA, October 2006
Music Background:  Musician (guitar), videographer, Recording engineer (small proejcts)

I just received my Snowball and am just amazed. Here is a low cost, high quality microphone just perfect for voice overs and other recording with Garage Band, SoundTrack Pro, iMovie, etc. It is true that I needed to put the input volume all the way up on my Mac, but there is plenty of dynamic range available.

We just recorded some Hallowe'en sound effects in Garage Band and the results are terrific. The Snowball just plugs in a works. I'm pleased that a proper USB cable and the nifty tripod are included now.

My usual recording environment is ProTools TDM Mix 24+ with a variety of high quality microphones (Rode, Shure, Neumann, AKG, Beyer et al), but now for simple stuff or even single mic remotes, I'll use the Snowball and.

It's just cool.

  Avalanche 
by Wanlov from Los Angeles, June 2006
Music Background:  Pro Musician

This mic has some serious distortion at setting one which is uspposedly for regular vocals. setting 2 is just too low for vocals and if you shout no matter the input level it will distort. as for 3 it picks up everything so using it for clos eup vocals is bad cuz it even picks up sound when you blink.

i hope this is just a faulty one and will be replaced with one that works, but a similar complaint on this site makes me doubt it.

also for people who sing on beat it records ya vocals delayed and there is no monitoring.

i feel seriously let down.

:(

Great Mic! 
by Steve from Portland, ME, April 2006

I've had the Snowball for a few months now and I'm amazed at how good it sounds. I've used it to record my band and a friends band as well. For vocals it gives you a clean and crisp signal that naturally brings the vocals to the front of the mix. I often times find myself using the Snowball to record things over more expensive mics I own, because it's so easy and convenient to use. I leave it on my computer desk and when I want record I plug it in and I'm done, there's no fussing around with big mic stands and XLR cables. It's simple, it sounds fantastic and it's inexpensive. What more could you want from a mic?

GOOD IDEA. NOT SO GOOD MIC? 
by Anonymous from ARKANSAS, April 2006

THE CAPSULE DISTORTED ON ALL BUT WHISPER QUIET SOURCES NO MATTER WHAT INPUT ATTENUATION SETTING OR INPUT GAIN SETTING. MAYBE A QUALITY CONTROL ISSUE? IT SEEMED TO BE OF SUBSTANTIAL CONSTRUCTION.
I MIGHT HAVE THE ONLY ONE OF A THOUSAND THAT DID THIS. I RETURNED THIS ITEM THE NEXT DAY. SWEETWATER SERVICE WAS EXCELLENT.

Perfectly designed with the consumer in mind! 
by Donald shott from Jacksonville, FL USA, December 2005

I bought this mic when I first got into DAW based recording a few months ago. I was expecting a USB Mic to not stand up to a proffessional studio's sound, but it turns out this thing is amazing. If you're starting out with recording, or DAW based recording, this mic is a wonderful way to experiment with things before you go out and buy an expensive interface. Props to Blue for coming up with something inexpensive, and comparable to studio mics twice the price.

It's also great when on the road with a laptop. When an melody pops in your head, or you don't want to have to walk out the door and forget a catchy lick you just thought up, you can easily scratch track it without having to mess with interfaces, and powering up equiptment.

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