A Snowballs Chance

Do snowball mics work with Audacity?

Oh Master VO,

I have Audacity and just got the Snowball mic problems. Do you know how to make these 2 see eye to eye?

It records great but after a period of time to record again, I have to unplug the mic and replug it in and Audacity is fine with no error messages for a while.

Very frustrating... all I want to do is record seamlessly and I’m having a hard time with it.

Any help?

Thanks Ed

Ed,

You are not alone. Apparently lots of folks have experienced this. Two suggestions:

1. Stop using Audacity. If it’s causing more trouble than it’s worth, why keep whapping yourself in the head with that Snowball mic? It's cool, but it is no substitute for an audio chain. It is a nice alternative if you are on the road. However, its kind of bulky. The Samson CO1U USB mic is smaller and my experience with it has been seamless.

2. David Carradine in the Talking Yellow Pages commercial says it best. Just type in what you desire!

Seek and ye shall find:

http://audacityteam.org/forum/thread/2683

http://www.macintouch.com/readerreports/audio/topic3294.html#oct24

In other words:

To fix the problem of the Blue Snowball not working with audacity on Windows, download the firmware update from the bluemic.com Web site.

(((GONG)))