I've recently purchased a Blue Snowball iCE microphone and it has really bad quality and I'm not sure why. It says it is really good quality and what I am receiving is not what I expected and I am thinking of returning it. When I got it I plugged it into my pc and it worked but the quality is so bad. Anyone have any ideas how to make this better?
I've recently purchased a Blue Snowball iCE microphone and it has really bad quality and I'm not sure why.
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flamefire999
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Do by bad quality do you mean it just sounds bad or it's quiet or it's picking up a lot of background noise or what? Also the snowball ice is the budget version of a budget microphone. Don't expect studio quality sound from a $40 microphone. Also did you change any settings? Because to make it sound good you need to change settings.
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In the program you are using you can change the settings for it. And you can get a filter on some programs to block background noise. It might be called a noise gate. You can also turn the sensitivity down and talk louder or move it closer.
macgeek
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Did you simply plug it in and expect it to take over?
It's possible that you're PC's built-in microphone is still in use. You'll need to go into your PC's settings to verify that the built-in microphone is disabled and that the Snowball Ice is enabled. Which operating system are you using?
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