Blue 1851, 1936, 1912 User manual

snowball

USB microphone User guide

The Snowball USB condenser microphone from Blue Microphones is the number one selling USB wired
condenser microphone on the planet. Its unique design and proprietary condenser capsule developed by
Blue deliver legendary sound for everything from podcasting to recording instruments. The Snowball
benefits from Blue’s legendary professional audio heritage to record at a level unmatched in the market.

technical specifications

Transducer Type

Polar Pattern

Sample/Word

Condenser, pressure gradient with USB digital output

Cardioid (position 1); Cardioid with -10dB pad (position 2);
Omnidirectional (position 3)

44.1 kHz/16 bit

1, 2, 3 …

First position

Second position

Third position

setting

activates cardioid capsule

activates the cardioid capsule
with a -10dB PAD

activates the omni capsule

applicationsposition

speech, vocals, podcasting

live music, loud sound sources

conferences, interviews, environmental
recordings