Blue Snowball Microphone Full Hardware Review, PCB, Audio Test, Linux

This is a hardware review of the Snowball microphone from Blue all audio tests where done in Ubuntu 10.10.
You can see that this microphone is using the CM6317A IC and 1kbit 128x8 EEPROM it also uses two 14mm condenser microphone probably they are Blue proprietary.
The hardware dose not look to bad and the audio quality is OK for most situation is a fix 16bit 44100Hz.
The snowball weight is 410g + 253g for the tripod so a total of 660g without the USB cable.
This video was captured with the Panasonic DMC-G10 at 720p 30fps

Category:

Science & Technology

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• aBlue
• Snowball
• Microphone
• Full
• Hardware
• Review
• audio
• test
• Linux
• Compatible
• gdgets
• Panasonic
• DMC-G10
• PCB

[Grams79]

Very good review. Best on the Internet. Thank you!

[electrodacus]

@Grams79 Thanks,

Before buying this I also searched for one review that shows how it constructed internally and I did not found.

[MercenaryOfOZ]

PLEASE TELL ME WHAT CAMERA YOU WERE USING!!!!!!!

[electrodacus]

@MercenaryOfOZ In this video is the Panasonic Lumix DMC-G10

[orkacke]

have you tried it? would be cool because i want to buy a g10

[electrodacus]

@orkacke I made also a photo review of the G10 compared to my Kodak P880 not very fair but I like more the Kodak out of camera colours see electrodacus . com/photoreview/

[OliverKrystal]

Thankyou for posting a linux review of this device!

[electrodacus]

@orkacke Yes I tried I had an external microphone from my old Sanyo Xacti HD1010 but it dose not work.

And the sound of the internal mic is OK but not that great.

[electrodacus]

@orkacke No sorry is not working the connector is just for remote only on G2 is working.

[orkacke]

can i plug a mic into the panasonic g10?