Capture studio-quality audio for podcasting, YouTube™ videos, game streaming, Skype™ calls and music, with Snowball—the world’s most popular family of USB microphones. Snowball and Snowball iCE feature industry-leading Blue condenser capsule technology to deliver natural sound directly to your desktop. And the simple USB connection and plug-and-play operation means you don’t need any extra gear—just plug right in and start recording and streaming in amazing quality.
Snowball USB microphones bring the same Blue heritage that powers the world’s most elite studios and artists to your home setup, so you can achieve studio-quality sound on your desktop with ease. Snowball iCE sports a single high-quality condenser capsule for recording vocals and Snowball utilizes a unique dual capsule design to ensure rich, detailed sound for any project.
Want to get studio-quality audio quickly and easily? Done. The Snowball family’s excellent sound quality and easy operation make them the industry-standard USB microphones for podcasting and desktop recording. And rightly so—with Snowball and Snowball iCE, you can record and stream stunningly detailed audio as soon as you rip open the packaging and plug it into to your Mac or PC. It’s as easy as…well…rolling a snowball, and you don’t have to wear goofy mittens to use it.
Snowball USB microphones are perfect for streaming live audio in stunning quality. Take your Twitch channel to the professional level with pristine audio. Host VoIP and conference calls without missing a single detail. Every Snowball computer microphone delivers precisely what you need to get the most out of your projects.
The Snowball USB microphone is perfect for recording and streaming on your desktop. It gives you the flexibility and versatility to capture music, podcasts, game streams, YouTube videos and more in stunning sound quality. You get three pickup settings—cardioid, omni, and cardioid with -10dB pad—to accommodate any recording situation.
CARDIOID: This setting picks up sound from the front, ideal for recording single-direction audio like solo instruments and podcasts.
OMNI: Need to record a group of acoustic instruments or stream a conference call? Switch the Omni setting for lush 360-degree audio.
CARDIOID WITH -10DB PAD:Dealing with an especially loud sound source? This setting reduces mic sensitivity so even the loudest instruments or vocalists come in crystal clear and distortion free.
Whatever your favorite podcasting and YouTube production software is—Garageband, iMovie, Pro Tools, Audacity, you name it—Snowball and Snowball iCE will produce amazing results. Simply plug the mic into your Mac or PC and start down the path of your next project—no drivers required. See, we told you it was simple.
Snowball and Snowball iCE are compatible with Windows 10, Windows 8 (including 8.1), Windows 7, Windows Vista,Windows XP (Home and Professional), and Mac OS X (10.4.11 or higher), and require a minimum of 64 MB of RAM.
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