Since Yosemite, Snoball mic not recognized; regular input doesn't record either

I desperately need to get a video to a small group of students in India who are doing work for me.
I'm using Screenflow, which I know Apple doesn't support. But even in Quicktime and Garageband, I can't get the computer to recognize my Snoball mic. I can't find any way to record for these kids, because the sound is so nonexistent. I can't even record with regular input.
I think my computer may be 2.5 to 3 years old. Is it too old for Yosemite? Is there any way I can roll it back to whatever came before? Or is the computer ruined? Recording is one of the main things I need to do daily. And I've been non-funcrioning since before Christmas.
It was fine prior to upgrading. I don't know why I did. I should have known better. I really, really should have. I'm so mad at myself I could --- ahhh, ****, what the ****!
I've read tons of discussions on sound failures with Yosemite, but none matched my issue. Anybody have suggestions? Already reset the PRAM.

OK, after another couple of hours of searching I found this:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4219793
This solved my question by stooooooober on Aug 20, 2012 1:13 PM
OK! Thanks everyone for all of the help, but I just got in touch with Blue support, and it seems that the way they program their devices, the computer is only able to recognize one at a time. You can send it in and have them reprogram it so your computer can differentiate them.
Weird work around, but I guess that at least answers the question of why its not working.
I have a support request in to Blue, but I'm going to be upset if I have to buy another, different type, mic to get multi track recording. If that's the case, it will definitely be a different brand...

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