Snowball Mic Help!

Sobrin

Sobrin

RPM Partner/Gamer
I got a newer snowball mic (black and chrome not white) I have it set to setting 1 on the back and the microphone level to 100, When I speak it BARELY picks it up and it's almost infront of my face, but it picks up a small tap or movement of me, I am recording with fraps, any help?
 
Snowballs are usually pretty poor in quality. I only had mine for about a month or two before I updated to the Yeti and then the Bluebird. Sorry about the troubles with it. :/
 
JamesWronaVlogs said:
Snowballs are usually pretty poor in quality. I only had mine for about a month or two before I updated to the Yeti and then the Bluebird. Sorry about the troubles with it. :/
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Did you use audacity or any other programs with it? Maybe thats me problem
 
Maybe your Pc or Mac is connected to the built in mic set it to use the Blue Snowball I have to do that with my Blue Yeti
 
MTNDEWADDICT754 said:
I got a newer snowball mic (black and chrome not white) I have it set to setting 1 on the back and the microphone level to 100, When I speak it BARELY picks it up and it's almost infront of my face, but it picks up a small tap or movement of me, I am recording with fraps, any help?
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Are you trying to use FRAPS to pick up the Audio, or are you using Audacity? I guess my question is, what program are you using to record your Snowball/Audio?
 
You'll need a preamp to get the boost you need. Blue makes their own bluemic.com/preamps/ but I'm sure if you google "Preamp Snowball" you'll find some great choices.
 
MTNDEWADDICT754 said:
I'm using fraps. And I'm pretty sure its using the snowball not built in..
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FRAPS is going to mess with the audio of your system, let alone an external mic (I had the same problem). FRAPS should be used to record the system audio and not your commentary as well. Download Audacity, it's free, and your Snowball will automatically be the default device to record with. Just hit record, say a few things to test it out, and stop the recording. Play it back...and you should be golden pony boy :) Just use Audacity to record your voice from now on!
 
RedCrossRising said:
FRAPS is going to mess with the audio of your system, let alone an external mic (I had the same problem). FRAPS should be used to record the system audio and not your commentary as well. Download Audacity, it's free, and your Snowball will automatically be the default device to record with. Just hit record, say a few things to test it out, and stop the recording. Play it back...and you should be golden pony boy :) Just use Audacity to record your voice from now on!
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then just merge it into the video like its a song?
 
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