#Snowball ice microphone windows 10 mac osx
#Snowball ice microphone windows 10 drivers
#Snowball ice microphone windows 10 driver

Thank you SO MUCH, the link you gave as an example is the EXACT thing I'm experiencing! Blue Snowball iCE is just incompatible with W10. I had forgotten about this post and haven't been active on LTT forums for a LONG time, and recently decided to pick up this issue, AND THIS IS THE ANSWER Try recording on Ubuntu or Windows 7 before you go and buy a new motherboard - the new motherboard might not fix your crackling issue. I recently bought this mic, it's a new model and it says it's plug and play compatible with windows 10 right on the box.

#Snowball ice microphone windows 10 driver

So I strongly believe that this is some kind of driver problem that this microphone has with Windows 10 (and possibly Windows 8 as well).Р’В I'm only posting so that people who google for this might end up being better informed. I've watched nearly every single video I can find regarding this microphone not working and none of them have been anywhere near what my problem is. Only changing the OS made a difference here. I've checked latencies with LatencyMonР”Р„nd I've done a bunch of other things which I can't just remember off the top of my head. I've obviously tried different recording programs,Р”В¦.

#Snowball ice microphone windows 10 drivers

I've tried some different drivers for it,Р”Тђ. I've reinstalled Windows 10 a couple of times with various configurations (motherboard swap also warranted it),Р”В¤.

I've swapped Motherboards (ASRock Z97 Extreme4 -> ASUS Z97-A),Р”Р€. That last sentence is the reason why I wanted to post here - to let others know, because I've done the following to try to fix this issue:Р”Сћ. This leads me to believe that it's some kind of a driver issue that this microphone has with Windows 10 that causes the crackling. So I get crackling when I'm using this microphone + Windows 10 (even with various reinstalls and even a motherboard swap), but I do not get crackling when I used my laptop with Windows 7 + this microphone, and I do not get crackling when I used Ubuntu (same hardware) + this microphone.

And the result was that the crackling did not appear. I tried various things to try to fix it to no avail and recently I decided to try using Ubuntu - same hardware, but just a different OS to see if the crackling still persists.

#Snowball ice microphone windows 10 mac osx

I also do NOT get this crackling sound effect while I use the microphone on my laptop (that has Windows 7). Series: Snowball iCE Type: Microphone Specification: Transducer Type: Condenser, Pressure Gradient With USB digital output System Requirements: Windows: Windows Vista, 7, 8 (or newer) USB 1.1 / 2.0 (or newer) 64 MB RAM (or better) Macintosh: Mac OSX (10.4.11 or higher) USB 1.1 / 2. I also have a Blue Snowball iCE and I also get a crackling sound effect. The reason why I'm posting here is that it is very likely that I am having the same problem OP is having and this is one of the first results that comes up on Google, so if people look for this problem they're less likely to fall into a few pitfalls I fell into. I know that this is an old thread, and I do not have a solution to your problem.