user friendly and a brilliant nice crystal sound
Came next day! user friendly and a brilliant nice crystal sound, everyone is complimenting this microphone that i speak too! i can now resume with my podcast’s and streams in full HD Crisp sound.

Only thing that knocks this product is that it isn’t so great for skype chats as for some strange reason this microphone doesn’t seem to work well with Skype, as in terms of the quality is bad and really muffled and very quiet, THIS is only in SKYPE, everything else is perfect.

Absolutely Amazing Microphone
This is an absolutely magnificent microphone the quality of this mic is amazing and i use it for gaming and making videos and the sound is crystal clear and the design is amazing would recommend to anyone who wants a high end mic.

Updated review.
I got this for recording audio for online courses. What I didn’t realise was that in use this is pretty much the same as a hand held mike…you have to have it very near your mouth to get decent sound levels. This is something you need to be aware of if this is what you want it for.

As I am also recording a video (headshot), it’s practical to not have a huge mike in front of your face, so that renders it useless for that purpose. I figured I could use it for audio whilst doing screen capture (not talking head)…also not ideal as if you are using your mouse or keyboard, you still have to have your head down by the mike to get good audio, which is also not ideal. I have ordered a couple of cheap lapel mikes now, and I will be upset if they are great, as they are 5 and this is, well, quite a lot more.

If you are using it purely for narration, the sound quality is awesome, but sadly not much use for anything else.

Update:

Okay, looked at all the youtube reviews of this, and folks were getting great sound out of it, so I splashed out 10 on a boom arm…much much better. I can now position it quite close to my mouth, but still keep it out of shot. I still have to up the gain in Camtasia studio, but the results are good. I just need to learn how to polish the audio with audacity now.

Excellent Produc
I wanted a reasonably cheap microphone with enough quality to record my brother singing to put on a CD.This product did just that. It was easy to set up (plug and play) and I used it with Audacity to record, help cut out background noise and export as a usable CD file. Don’t get me wrong this on its own is not as good as having some proper kit but great for an amateur singer wanting to start recording. I think with some other singing equipment paired with this mic you could actually get some very good results. I used setting 1 for voice recording and then 3 for recording the guitar. Great product would definitely recommend.

Ideal to record video casts/lectures/video-blogs
I am beginning to record tutorials and talks for fun to webcase and VBlog and this came recommended by a famous Vlogger on YouTube (M Brownlee). Cheap(ish) and professional quality. What can I say? the difference in quality over a traditional microphone is so obvious it would be impossible to overlook

The quality is good, build finish is nice, it looks good in a room and works very well. I think the USB connectivity clearly helps get rid of the hisssss people find on most microphones. A short look on Google will tell you this is a pedigreed professional company that has been in the recording business for a while

The have a few microphones out and this (almost) the entry-level – I think based on quality of recordings for Videoblogging this is as far as you need to go

Excellent for podcasts, reviews, gaming and exceptional quality for the price.
Far superior than its Blue Snowball ICE counterpart. A switch setting on the back of the microphone allows you to switch between Omnidirectional, Normal microphone direction and Cardioid which is a far less quiet mode for when you are extremely close to the microphone. The microphone is extremely sturdy/robust and the small tri-pod stand that comes with it is extremely sturdy but due to ease of use I switched to a full microphone stand.

The only problems I have with the Blue Snowball are that there is no way to mute the mic manually and the red light indicating the microphone is powered on is bright red and is extremely distracting during any environment. So bright that it lights up my face red when trying to record live gameplay.

I do love this microphone
I do love this microphone, definitely worth the price. The only downfall it has, is that it is very easy to rotate the mic on it’s stand and if there is loud noise, it can pick up some vibration but as I said, it really is worth the price.

An excellent and cheap microphone!
Volunteering in Hospital Radio, I wanted a microphone I could plug directly into a laptop that I could use at the studio to record interviews. This fits the bill very nicely, as I have Audacity software running on the laptop and I can immediately monitor the results of the recording. Very easy to use, just unpack and connect it to the laptop. There are three settings on the back of the microphone – Setting 1 is for speech, vocals and podcasting; Setting 2 is for live music and loud sound sources; Setting 3 is for conferences, interviews and environmental recordings. The Blue Snowball comes with stand and a USB cable for plugging into a laptop etc.
Really pleased with it and would recommend this as a solution to recording material.

Odd Quality
This is one of the best entry-level standing microphones there is in terms of sound quality and price, but it becomes hard to recommend because of its unwieldy shape, massive weight and proprietary shock mount. The mic has three capture modes, Front, Front low dB and Front/back.

If considering this microphone, it’s really best to consider whether or not you intend to use the shock mount – if you do, perhaps looks elsewhere for a normal-shaped mic that will fit a normal shock mount.

Plug in and go, clear sound, not bad price.
Just opened it and tried it out quickly, there’s no set up required at all, it just plugs straight in the USB port and you’re ready to go. The sound is really clear, if a little quiet perhaps (maybe its just me that’s quiet), and it doesn’t pick up the annoying little things like breathing or other such noises, while not making me sound far away. It’s a pretty little thing and it has a small stand. I’ve bought a pop shield to go with it, I’d suggest anyone else do the same, they’re cheap and since this mic has no protection of its own it’ll make it last longer. While it’s not one of those high-end expensive microphones, it feels professional to use, its solid and doesn’t have a grainy quality to it. While not cheap, for what it is, I’d probably call it a bargain. It seems to be well known for being a reliably good product from a respected brand. If you’re just using it for average at-home recordings then it’s perfect, it’d do okay in a studio too, probably.

Brilliant, well worht the money.
I impulse bought this after my small clip on mic stopped working with my sound card (still not sure which caused the problem). The microphone is big, probably just larger than a tennis ball and has a weight that makes you feel confident with it. The pickup is fantastic, I have mine about 3-4 feet away at the back of my desk and during games my fellow mumble users can hear me well. I have done a voice over for a youtube video with it and it also sounded excellent and crisp.

Overall I’m very happy with it and I’m glad I went for this over the ICE model as the only difference I can see is that this has the 3 setting adjustment on the back where the ICE is cardioid only. For reference this has cardioid, -10dB cardioid and omni.

Loses 1 star purely on a cosmetic factor, it might be my motherboard but when the PC powers off the red light stays lit.

Works and does the job well
Brilliant mic. I’ve been using it for a few months now and i have no major complaints. It does its job; it picks up my voice fine and the quality is brilliant.
The chrome finish is very nice and very decorative.
My only problem is the stand it can be tricky to get it to stay in place.
It’s best if you use a pop filter as well.

Great Microphone For Voice Recording/ Lets Plays
I will keep this as short as possible.

This Mic is great for recording your voice and creating Lets Play style videos for YouTube. The quality of the recording and the Mic itself is amazing. Blue Microphones are known for being a great brand and that is 100% the case here. Comes with a tripod and works via USB. I don’t think it comes with its own voice editing software BUT there are plenty of free and cheap ones around the net. The only reason I haven’t given it 5 Stars is because of the price. Its slightly too expensive for me to recommend it to everyone as some people simply don’t have the funds or means to afford items of this quality. If Blue could get the price down a little bit I would be inclined to give it 5 Stars easily. If you need a Mic and can afford this one, go for it. If not then I believe Blue do have a few slightly less expensive models available but of course they will be of lesser quality as you get what you pay for in this world.

best mic you can buy for the price
wow! didnt expect the mic to be as good as it is, it delivered today and just finished testing it all out and i have just got to say wow!
if your looking at this mic right now do your self a favour and click buy 😀 you would not regret it one bit, i have various other mics as i record live bands and solo artists and this 60 pound mic is as good as the top range studio mics, no distortion, no feed back and a sound thats so clear its all most to good to be true, this is your number 1 microphone right here 😀

I would give this 6 stars if it were possible
Picked this up for 54.99 and it came today. It took 6 days but I did choose the free delivery so I can’t get annoyed about that. But wow, the quality of the mic was apparent as soon as I held it and just looked. Fantastic design and feels very robust, the stand is sturdy too. But when I actually used it for the first time, I was blown away by the sound quality. I’m using this for making YouTube videos so I wanted some real studio-style clarity. I got that and then some with this mic.

Blue Microphones Snowball
Brilliant Mic great sound, looks great and because it uses usb no hissing/socket noise its very sensitive picks up everything my only 2 complaints are 1 the stand is good but the legs are not very adjustable either fully up or full down no medium. 2 there is not mute button/switch on the microphone which is only minor but it would be nice. all in all really good microphone and great value for money.

Blue is not unhappy.
These microphones really do produce a great quality of sound! For the price, and for a USB microphone this has to be one of the best you can buy.
The problem comes when you need drivers for the damn thing! Moving over to windows 7, this just would not work. Years later and I found working drivers! Why it didn’t come with drivers on a disk I don’t know.
I recommend blue microphones and will buy their products again.

Amazing
As a starting youtuber and doing lets plays I need a good mic. Before I had a trust mc mic and it did not work well.
This microphone has AMAZING quality and has 3 settings on the back like omni directional, which is great for podcasts and recording 2 people. And recording just one direction.
If you are a let’s player like me get the Snowball ice, it’s the same but cheaper and only records one direction.

Sound Like A Sta
Great value for money, The quality of the sound is awesome! I didn’t need the popscreen but i got it just incase there was any distortion, but in truth the quality is studio like without the pop screen. I also got it even cheaper than the offer price, because my friend brought me a gift card! Great product, i highly reccomend it if you want to record video’s, screen recording, gaming, commentary, skyping, radio, podcasting and anything else you can think of that requires using your voice.

Love this mic!
Likes:
So easy to use!
Works like a charm!
Very precise recording can deal with high sensitivity.

Dislikes:
None

Recommend?
Certainly! its the best mic i’ve ever owned…(and the only one) haha. but still the product is truly fantastic for anything you want to record into the computer!

Great Mic
Works really well as a mid range mic, comes with an adjustable tripod. I ended up stretching a sock over it as a pop filter which works surprisingly well. Has good quality omnidirectional input and a really good range (upto about 2-3M away at normal speaking level). Good amount of cable to reach the back of your PC or to have the mic further away and also has 3 different settings for different setups such as somewhere with loud background noise or a podcast.

Well packaged, high quality and looks cool. I would recommend black or white over silve

Simple to use and great results
For a first-time user I did a little searching and decided on this make as it rated best on quality for price. I’ve used it a few times and the results are great, just what I needed. I use it for voice audio recording, not singing, and it’s perfect. I added a pop screen and the results are very clean, Highly recommended.

Great for webinars
I bought this for work to host webinars where we have multiple speakers around a table. The omnidirectional switch option works great for this and we had many comments that the voices are much clearer since we started using this microphone.

Grea
It was a great Mic, really clear and crisp in sound for a USB microphone, only down side for me is that it worked great on my old laptop and now doesn’t work at all on my new Windows 8 laptop, probably my own fault for not realizing it before I bought the laptop, but you’d think that they’d invest more time in making it compatible with windows 8 and other new versions. Still a great product though unless you’re on Windows 8.

My new Snowball Microphone
I’m very comfortable with my new gadget, it is very easy to use and the sound is almost as expected. It does what it have to do. Now my recordings are cleaner and more pleasant. The only downside that I can make is that, if you are in a noisy environment, is that sound in the background.

Great quality for price!
I needed a microphone to record vocals and guitar but at the same time I didn’t have much money to spend, then I found the Blue Snowball and I was relieved.

Its a great little microphone, because its a condenser it records vocals very well, I use the microphone for both voice acting and singing and I hasn’t let me down yet! I’m also using it to record guitar and it does a really good job at the too, its best at recording acoustic guitar and though I would prefer a dynamic microphone for recording electric guitar (because of the amplifier) it still does a great job at recording that too.

Build quality is excellent, very sturdy, I’ve knocked it over and dropped it more times then I am proud of and still works like the day I got it.

One thing I will say is though, I don’t notice too much of a difference between the microphones Cardioid and Omnidirectional settings, in Cardioid mode the microphone will still pick the quite a bit of the sound around it.

Overall a great product, can’t beat the price! Perfect for anyone just starting out in recording, especially voice, and looking to get a cheap and semi-professional audio quality microphone, great for Skype calls too!

Blue Microphones Snowball Review
Very good product and would highly recommend for any one wanting quality audio. I do voice recording for videos so invested in this and the feedback I have got is excellent. Really can’t go wrong with the product. As always the only bad thing is the price but you don’t get anything for free these days.

An amazing microphone with an amazing price.
Originally, I had used Gaming Headset microphones as I recorded gameplay videos and talked with friends on skype, my headset however was near broken and my mic had terrible audio quality, as a result I looked into many different microphones and found the Blue microphone range, after looking at many reviews I decided on purchasing the Snowball and have not looked back since, the microphone is great quality and is perfect for use at home or for recording songs, video commentary or generally speaking with friends, I have since suggested the microphone to my friends, one of which bought the Blue Yeti, there is not a very noticeable difference between the snowball and yeti’s audio quality considering the price however, if you are planning on hosting a radio show, pod-cast or producing music I suggest using the Yeti or Yeti Pro if you can afford it as these are better for Studio use.

Another great feature of the Snowball is it’s ease of use, as stated, all you have to do is plug it into the computer and it will work, no drivers are needed to install and so it is great for those who are not very good with Computers.

Pros:
-Affordable Studio Quality Microphone
-Great Build Quality
-Great design and very easy setup

Cons:
-Cannot find any 🙂

Amazing
When I bought this mic I thought it was pretty expensive but after getting it it was so cheap as it is basically a studio microphone at 1/4 of the price. it can be used for anything from pod-casts to singing and it produces amazing sound quality with no background noise. it was also incredibly easy to set-up as all you have to do it plug the usb lead into eather your computer or ipad and it works.
I would recommend this product to anyone. It’s amazing

Excellent quality
This microphone really stands out in quality, especially seen the low price for what you get.
It can easily be used for professional recording, although I do advise getting a pop filter together with it to filter out ‘p’ and ‘b’ popping sounds.

I have used it to record a rap song and the result was truly amazing.

Connecting to my computer was as easy as putting it in the USB port (on Mac).
On Windows I had to try connecting it a few times, but after that it worked perfectly without having to install any drivers.