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Blue Snowball USB Microphone

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Afrojack

On the left of this Twitter photo from Afrojack's studio, one can spot a Blue Snowball microphone.
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Nervo

"The Snowball is amazing for us to travel the world with, throw it in our suitcase and have with us as part of a mobile studio anywhere we go. The dual capsule gives us versatility to sing with dynamic range and plenty of other settings for us to play with. Any idea we get, we can track it with this mic. Excellent for recording IDs or liners in a pinch. Overall, AMAZING!"
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Foamo

The Blue Snowball Microphone can be seen on Foamo's desk throughout his Producer Masterclass with Computer Music Magazine.
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Ronan Mullins

My Blue Snowball USB Mic is a great tool for recording my own voice as well as Skype calling, or on the go use.
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Megaphonix

The Blue Snowball USB Microphone can be seen in Megaphonix's studio setup.
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elrubiusOMG

Durante todo el stream se puede ver claramente el "Blue Yeti Snow Ball"
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Da Dough

Da Dough posted a photo of the mic.
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cochecampuzano

on his perfomance at el guanajuato he uses an blue mic
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XXXTENTACION

X mentioned buying a Snowball microphone after being released from jail in an interview. You can clearly see one in front of him in this picture with him and his friends.
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TCHMZ

Work station for the weekend but sunday
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14 reviews

luca_mazzanti

253

Mine is orange :)

Great recording quality at a great price. I use it for everything! Works well with both electric and acoustic guitar. All the songs I've recorded so far have been with this little gem.

+3

over 3 years ago
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patrickwatsonofficial

225

An absolute GEM.

The Snowball is incredibly affordable, whilst maintaing a fantastic recording quality. This can fit in my suitcases and backpacks wherever I go, and is perfect for a quick vocal fix, but also works like a dream on other instruments like my acoustic guitars and percussion instruments. Really fantastic value for money, and between the brilliance of its sonic fidelity and the sheer portability of this item, it definitely deserves my 5 stars. Fantastic piece of kit.

+3

almost 4 years ago
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corruption

256

Great for Vocals

All of the songs I have produced in the past year that included vocals were recorded on this little guy, who delivers exceptional sound for it being a USB microphone! I used the Blue Yeti for a while (before an issue with internal wiring caused me to stop using it) and I missed the high quality sound I got with it. I feel like for the price, the Snowball is a much better value and singers and musicians starting off should really consider it.

+2

about 2 years ago
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jimmarchi1 Moderator

I hve really gotten into ISB mics for making field recordings to sample, even if the 'field' is only as far as my kitchen.... I used to use an old portable Roland sampler and then for awhile upgraded to one of their Boss Dr Samples, and recently borrowed a friend's Tascam handheld stereo recorder (but didn't love it) but you might as well just pop your laptop open and set up a plug n play microphone in a lot of situations... at this pint I have an adapter cable for my phone in case I want to go wandering around micin hand to capture some unique samples

about 2 years ago

jimmarchi1 Moderator

oh, and is the snowball a condenser or dynamic? it seems like no one makes a USB dynamic

about 2 years ago

corruption

@jimmarchi1 It is a condenser microphone, however, it has three settings: Cardioid, Padded Cardioid, and Omni-directional. I haven't actually tried to record samples using this (pots, pans, etc), but I think you would end up pretty pleased with the results!

about 2 years ago

corbincs

681

And then there was light...

This was my first ever microphone and the very tool that got me excited about making music. I credit this mic to sparking a lot of the fire and passion behind who I am today.

+2

over 4 years ago
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mads_wolff_christensen

170

It worked great for 7 months until it broke.

I would recommend this to anyone trying to find a microphone out there!

+1

over 2 years ago
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tgwog_a77

215

ok

I don't use it much but it's ok for simple recordings I guess? (not ideal for professional shit)

+1

12 months ago
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charliedotexe

231

Charlie.EXE's only microphone

Back in the late 2000s, his hom started hosting an online radio. And this is her microphone of choice, until she quit and gave Charlie.EXE the mic so that he can use it on whatever he wants. So far he used it on FL Studio to record his acoustic guitar and his vocals

+1

5 months ago
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oscar_midnyte_valenzuela

136

Great!

It's cheap,but sounds amazing when recording.

+1

about 3 years ago
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cris_cuellar_b

155

Really Love It

It was a gift from my gf, it's the top one in some rankings of usb mics; it has a really good sound, clean and warm; i use REAPER as my DAW, and i have to say that it sounds amazing. You will need a Pop Filter though, because to get a great sound you need to record very close to the mic.

Highly Recommended.

+1

over 2 years ago
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jimmarchi1 Moderator

if I'm not mistaken the ball microphones are dynamics in the style of broadcast mics like the Shure SM7 and EV RE20 so its designed to be very close and to get smacked with a lot of SPL, but it should produce an intimate vocal sound with little-to-no room bleed... its also an dieal choice for loud, wide bandwidth sources like guitar amps or kicks drums ;-)

over 2 years ago

benzoino

260

It's great for speaking

Its a great production microphone for speaking in videos and with friends. However the microphone isn't a music quality professional mic so even adding a pop filter wont do much to make it pick up vocals well.

+1

over 2 years ago
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joshcooperyt

181

Good

Great quality Buy One!!!

+1

almost 4 years ago
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soulsell3r_the_rap_god

157

Good

Definitely great for new rappers or if your slighty new to rap

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2 minutes ago
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05darkwarrior

245

Wonderful.

I legit use this mic for everything. It's even got a switch for multiple uses. I even use this not just for music but for YouTube as well.

+1

about 18 hours ago
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brandb19

16

Good

I do not use this for music production in any of my studio rooms but I use it for conferencing and the such.

+1

over 3 years ago
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