• Reviews around sound (4.27 of 5)

    Blue Snowball USB Microphone (Textured White)

    • Clear sound for what I'm trying to do.
    • I had to return it, because the sound that I got after recording simply was aweful!!!!!
    • Maybe next I'll get a Bluebird or Baby Bottle, this company is worth a closer look now that I've heard the very smooth sound of their entry level -- BLUE has got my attention!!
    • It made me sound like I was a robot, and my S sounds made the microphone hiss really bad regardless of if I was on the 1st, 2nd, or
    • The mic sounds great.
    • Overall, I'd say this is a perfect mic to start out with: versatile, durable, high-quality sound.
    • Great sound, survived a few falls, and is very nice
    • I've been struggling with solutions for getting good quality sound into Garageband for awhile.
    • Very easy to use and clear sound
    • While sensitive, it sounded thin and tinny through the mid and high ranges, giving it a pretty cheap sound IMO
    • This product is a great add on to any laptop, you can record just about anything in it, with great sound and not all the stastic you have when you dont have one
    • This is a great sounding mic
    • Great sound quality2
    • Great sound!
    • They're amazingly simple (plug and play!) and have excellent sound
    • Great price point and Great Sound.
    • whereas with some work I could get a good sound recording, there was no simple solution for catching quick recordings on the fly.
    • (This filter cuts out the explosive air sound of the letter "p" for example
    • Great sound at a very reasonable price
    • It gets great sound, but the recording level is just too low
    • The sound quality is more than I could wish for, making for great professional sounding recordings with minimal or no surrounding noises making their way in, which is very important for my clients' recordings
    • The sound is so crisp and beautiful
    • It gives a nice clear, crisp sound and during my first use of it I was worried it would catch the constant ringing in my house
    • We are very pleased with how crisp voice recordings sound
    • why the hell are you buying a $100 microphone shaped like a snowball?This USB mic is just fine for folks who want a better sound than what comes from their on-board laptop mic
    • But for normal people wanting a great sound from a relatively inexpensive mic, this will blow you away.
    • The sound of the recordings from this mic are pretty good, especially from a USB microphone
    • - The only way to appreciate the sound is not from a laptop speaker but from real quality speakers like bose or whatever you may have for playback
    • The sound is rich and velvety and wonderful, as some of the sound demos have shown
    • Cardioid position 1 is best for speaking, position 3 has a more crisp and present sound.
    • The Snowball microphone is cute and stylish but has poor quality vocal recording sound in the playback
    • Good, crisp clear sound quality & an easy setup
    • I found this mic to be reliable and it has great sound
    • My husband and I used to have a weekly radio talk show - recorded in the studio with, of course, fantastic sound
    • 3 - Omnidirectional catches the sound pretty well around you and you can hear it clearly
    • I tried this mike with an HP laptop, and it was very fuzzy sounding, and really soft
    • This is top of the line for those who really need that "perfect recording sound".
    • the sound is good, the thing is you have to hold it closer to you to have a clear sound
    • My Mac internal microphone picks up sound better and with more quality than this
    • It records overall crisp and great quality sound
    • One word of advice: make sure you have a somewhat nice surround sound system.
    • Turns out we didn't need the boost, ours picked up sound very well unlike other reviews
    • At first I used Camtasisa Studio 6 to do my recordings, but the sound was horrible - all static throughout the narration
    • All settings functioned as intended, sound is crisp and clear, but after several playbacks I noticed the mic audio was really low
    • This in omni mode placed just above the kick facing into the kit and a little help from Garageband and the sound is great
    • Sometimes it has some annoying muted static in the background on recordings, other times it gives wonderfully rich sounding clips
    • Short of my lips touching the microphone, I wasn't able to produce a loud enough sound
    • Great sound for the money
    • The sound is good
    • Still functions very well with good clean managable editable sound.
    • Solid product, very nice noise isolation via omitting/reducing noise in the background and sound coming from different directions
    • This thing is used by many as a tool to give nice clean recording sound on anything in front of it
    • If you want to try to improve the sound of your podcasts then the Snowball might be a good first step and at less
    • GREAT SOUND
    • I got it to replace the terrible sound I was getting out of my headset microphone
    • However, this is simply the best value for a simple to use, great sounding, ready to go out of the box, computer mic.
    • The sound is clear and crisp, but you need to be within 1-2' for best results
    • microphone records useable sound, pretty good quality
    • microphone records useable sound, pretty good quality
    • Short of my lips touching the microphone, I wasn't able to produce a loud enough sound
    • No noticeable lag time, crisp clean sound, omni-directional flexibility.
    • plug and play... or rather, plug and recordi do not know about leopard problems with the mac, but for me it was a no brainer and good sound
    • i sit two to almost three feet away from my snowball, and the other traders i speak with during the day tell me the sound is perfect, which is important
    • It has great sound and I use it with my MacBook Pro & GarageBand
    • Great sound for recording acoustic and spoken word... even singing with the right filters and effects
    • it's overall a great product, when I recorded my bass and guitar thru this days, It captures the low sounds really well, and when you really push into the chords pretty loud, it doens't go out of balance or anything
    • Not entirely whether this is just a defective unit, but the sound on this was just awful
    • As great sound
    • the sound is clear
    • Very crisp and clear professional sound quality
    • No "boomy" or "hollow" sound, just a nice clean and full-range quality that I expect from my $500-range microphones (but thankfully, without having to fool with an audio interface or goofy proprietary driver software!)
    • Crisp, clear sound recordings without much background noise.
    • Also, don't hold the mic while recording, because doing so produces audible sounds.
    • The sounds is pretty good though I found one has to be fairly close to the mike in order to get clean background noise-free sound and a good volume, i.e. level of recording
    • I previously used a $12 mic for my commentary and when I started using this, the sound was so much clearer.
    • The sounds is pretty good though I found one has to be fairly close to the mike in order to get clean background noise-free sound and a good volume, i.e. level of recording
    • I ended up saving about 10 bucks and love the quality build and sound i'm getting.
    • The sound is very good for a less than 75 dollar microphone
    • First i wanna be fair, the sound is clear.
    • While in Windows XP you get good quality sound and it works as advertised, it is completely useless with Windows Vista
    • It's quality with great sound intake.
    • Though the sound is clear, just a bit thin.
    • That all said, it does sound good in the ideal position
    • It's much smaller than you might think, but picks up sound very well
    • However, I noticed that it picks up a little too much in the lower range, which gives the sound a bit of a boxy (and for voice, nasally) feel instead of the more airy, clear sound that I was originally looking for
    • Although the microphone records well, the sound will ultimately be less than satisfactory if played through weak speakers.
    • Great sound for audio recordings and works excellent with Dragon Naturally Speaking.
    • I do a lot of voice over work, and the sound is great.
    • Very good sound.
    • Really great sound
    • Nice clear sound of sounds
    • I need to do some studying on Audacity to help tone it down a bit, but the sound was nice and clear, and I've already had people asking me what mic I used for this
    • My Taylor guitar sounds crisp and clean and my vocals are mostly free of unwanted color
    • This mic gives absolutely crystal clear sound and is the perfect condenser mic
    • The mic is great and the sound that is recorded is great
    • Very sturdy, great quality sound
    • Not too professional, but very nice quality sound.
    • Crystal Clear Sound for my audios and podcasts.
    • But the bottom line is that it delivers amazingly clear sound that no one in your podcasting life, or your Garage Band life, or your narration life will know it came from a $100 USB microphone.
    • Very good build and sound is great for most uses.
    • The microphone has three recording modes: cardioid, omnidirectional, and -10db for really loud sound
    • Great sound: people I game with give compliments on the sound quality
    • Voice is very clear and clean sounding when recorded
    • great mic sounds great
    • Great sound, survived a few falls, and is very nice
    • this microphone is what i expected very clear sounds and high quality
    • The sound is great.
    • Microphone is awesome and gives clear sound with all of the settings,TIP when recording with software use setting 1 and if you are talking on skype ventrillo etc use setting 2 or 3.
    • (it really is)three settings: cardioid, modified (with dampening for loud sound) and environmental (polar)Comes with a sturdy tripod (if a bit top heavy, several colors including flat white, gloss white, gloss black and brushed metal
    • When it does finally connect, the sound is good
    • Not professional use, but the sound is good and the Mic its quality and easy to use.
    • The sound is clear, clear, clear and crisp, crisp, crisp
    • Makes my YouTube and Google Hangouts on Air sound great.
    • It picks up sound really well
    • Great sounding and high quality feeling
    • All of the issues I assumed were because I did not have adequate sound-proofing instantly became non-issues
    • This microphone provides very clear sound.
    • It is simple to use (just plug and play) and it has three settings (voice, instrument, and omnidirectional which is hyper sensitive to quiet sounds like crickets chirping)
    • The sound on this is AMAZING
    • Gets a nice, clear sound and it's extremely easy to use
    • I use mine for recording videos of training sessions on my PC, and the sound is incredible.
    • It has incredible sound and leaves all other USB microphones in the dust
    • If you are interested in a high quality budget USB condenser microphone that has good sound,, and looks good on your desk, which also records360 audio.then the snow ball by blue is the one for you
    • The sound is fine
    • I got this in order to voice over my vodcasts, it really works well and sounds so much better tan the build in microphone in most computers (if they have one).
    • Overall, the sound is warm, clear, and strong
    • It produce good quality sounds for a decent prices.
    • Only problem: about 1 out of every 60 times, recording comes out distorted and with a static sound surrounding the audio
    • You get clean, pure, FULL sound from your pc not that tin crappy sound from a pc mike
    • Excellent sound
    • Good quality, Good Sound, nice look !!
    • While previous recordings had made my acoustic guitar sound dull and dry, this mic really captures the guitar's sound, improved it even
    • BLUE has definitely convinced me to buy again, solid construction and solid sound (and no stupid drivers like Samson's USB garbage).
    • The mic does not compare to something like a Rode NTK tube mic in warmth, nor does it provide the crystal clear sound of a Blue Bluebird, but for a fraction of the price the sound is nice
    • The sound is GREAT
    • I've also used it for podcasts as well...everything sounds so clear through this mic
    • This is great mic for the price; it's well-designed, records very nice sound, and has a few different pickup patterns you can use
    • This microphone does give great sound...when it works
    • Great sound, loud and crisp.
    • You get clean, pure, FULL sound from your pc not that tin crappy sound from a pc mike
    • i can hardly tell the difference and if you're using it to record, audio editing software will make this sound like pure gold
    • If you need crisp clear sound for podcasting, voice overs, etc
    • This microphone is a simple out-of-the-box USB plug-in with great and consistent quality sound.
    • , I think because it *looks* like a microphone, and because he loves the sound of his own
    • The overall sound is great with some background noise, but this can be easily corrected in post editing
    • An easy USB plug and play capability and crystal clear sound quality make this perfect for my mike needs.
    • Setting 2 makes me sound further away and setting 3 picks up every single little sound in the whole room, chair squeaks, guinea pig breathing, everything!
    • Upon recording, it picks up perfect audio, and projects back a clear sound of what it picked up.
    • When working properly, such as with Windows 7 the sound is just OK
    • no static or crackling sounds.
    • Took me a while, but o well, it worked and that's what matters to me
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