Soundbooth CS5 and Snowball Mic Issues

I have Adobe Soundbooth CS5 on my MacBook Pro and I recently purchased a Blue Snowball Mic.  When I record in Soundbooth there is a horrible crackle and hiss behind it.  I thought maybe it was the microphone and Blue swapped mics and that was not the problem as I am still having the same issue.  I have recorded in Garage Band and have no issues with the audio - so I am assuming it has to be a setting in the software. 
Any suggestions would be appreciated!

I am having the same problem with Soundbooth CS5 the splash screen stops at PlayerMediaCore.prm and shuts down  the computer in this case is a Dell Alienware with Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit, video card Nvidia Geforce GTX460.

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