Blue Yeti X Mic & Big Sur / M1 Macbooks - Error trying to synchronize Audio and MIDI

Ok, so I saw a suggestion elsewhere on google to reset the PRAM to solve this issue. Because I've almost never seen this work or fix anything I went ahead and tried it...and it fixed the issue!

Shut down your computer and start it back up while holding down command-option-p-r

Hold those keys down until you get a second startup chime and then let them go.

When I booted back in and went to sound preferences the Yeti Blue mic was showing again

I had this problem, too. Macbook Pro M1, Big Sur 11.2.3, brand-new Yeti Nano.

What worked was to remove all of the Blue software and reboot. I believe the problem is the Extension installed in the /Library/Extensions/ folder.

If you go to the Applications folder, right-click on the Blue application, and choose "Show Package Contents," you should see a folder labeled "Contents." In that folder is another folder, "Resources."

In the Resources folder is a shell script to uninstall the software. I went to the Terminal and ran that shell script with sudo.

Now the mic works for basic sound input. Still sounds better than the built-in one in my laptop. But I want that Blue software to work too...

Clearly Blue/Logitech needs to update their driver to be M1-compatible. Blue's fault, not Apple's, for not informing customers that their product is incompatible with the current generation of Macs.

It’s definitely Logitech software incompatible with M1 processor. I booted without their software and like others, my Yeti X works as a basic microphone. The only problem is if you plug headphones into the mike to monitor sound you can’t control the volume.

Yes, there are no reported issues with the intel macs, just M1. I made this video to talk people through a temp fix that enables you to use the Yeti X without the Blue Voice software, as well as a live demo of Krisp, a third party software that does work for the M1 Mac that allows you to eliminate background noise live while on a zoom call, streaming, etc. https://youtu.be/MrDJI1zEXnA

I tried the Blue Yeti X mic on Big Sur and a Mac mini M1. At first the microphone showed up but there was no sound coming out of the speakers. I tried installing the G Hub from Logitech. I could hear one-second loops of what I recorded, and it did not want to record for longer....

Then I managed to make the sound output work and it would not work live at all. When playing back what I recorded in a voice memo, the playback was messed up with so many artifacts in-between. On Logic, the microphone worked but the sample rate was messed up it seems because the recording sounded like a chipmunk...Isn't the yeti capable of doing 44,100Hz ?

Afterwards I installed the Blue yeti Sherpa App to try to see if I needed a firmware upgrade on the mic. Except after I did so, the microphone vanished from the input/output in Audio Devices... and with it, so did my computer's internal mic! I can't even choose it as an option as input anymore. I went on the support website of Blue Yeti and the page just reloads constantly so I can't even reach them!

I'm sure if I reset PRAM, the mic would reappear as an input/output but then I'll have the same issue as before with the playback...Until they update this, it is really incompatible with M1 and Big Sur combination. I will be returning this mic and going to use an audio interface with a real microphone!

I am having the same issue. To get the mic to work without software, restart your M1 with the mic plugged in and don’t open the software. The mic will work but I purchased this for the software enhancements so this is a show stopper for me.

Here is the bug report on the Logitech/Blue forums. Please post there so it gets their attention.

https://support.logi.com/hc/en-001/community/posts/1500000075682-Yeti-X-unusable-on-macOS-Big-Sur-on-Apple-Silicon-M1

The Blue Yeti mic mutes my MB Air M1 speakers as well. The other person can hear me but I can't hear them. The Yeti is forcing my MB Air M1's speakers to mute and I cannot override it. Resetting PRAM does not help.

It appears that Blue is aware of the problem as they have a note that says their Blue Sherpa software is not compatible with macOS Big Sur.

I also see their website hasn't been updated since 2019. Not a good sign.

i can now confirm that simply restarting with the YETI connected fixed the problem. i can now record in Zoom without issues. BUT the Logitech Hub does not 'see' the Yeti. It is asking me to unplug and replug it in. NO WAY! :)

So plugging in the mic and restarting the computer works in order to get the mic to work with basic functions. But as soon as I open the G software to get into Blue Voice, the mic no longer works. I have to restart the computer and I once again get basic functions. Has anyone been able to get Blue Voice software to work with an M1 Mac?

I bet this is Silicon problem. I have 2015 MBair and 2020 M1 MBP. After I've updated my two MB to Big sur, MBA 2015 has no issue with Yeti X and Blue Sherpa app, but my M1 MBP has problems with Yeti X and Blue Sherpa app. It has echoing in its sound. (If I record 5 secs to test, it turns out to 20 secs of recording of echoing..)

Just as an update to those who chose the Blue Yeti X due to its software... i installed and tested Krisp to aid in noise cancelation and that works without issue on the M1 mac and the Yeti X. So if you are wanting the noise cancelation features of Blue Voice, Krisp seems to be a decent option until this get resolved (hopefully soon). Not endorsing Krisp by any means, just reporting back that i finally found something decent that helps with background noise elimination.

I am also having this problem. The only way that I can get the micrphone ITSELF to work, is by restarting with the microphone plugged in. However, it seems there is absolutely no way to get the Logitech "G Hub" or Blue Sherpa software to work (which is literally why I bought the Yeti X to use the different settings). This issue is incredibly frustrating.

For those who are blaming the M1, I must disagree. This is a Big Sur problem. I have a mid-2020 MacBook Pro that is Intel based. It is acting exactly the same from problem to solution. This problem is not M1 - it is software.

Model Name: MacBook Pro

  Model Identifier: MacBookPro16,2

  Processor Name: Quad-Core Intel Core i5

Have you tried contacting Blue about the issue?

https://support.bluedesigns.com/hc/en-us

I'm not aware of any software Blue requires to use the mic, so this sounds like an issue within Big Sur, but it's worth reaching out to them.

You may also want to contact Apple Support directly:

Contact - Official Apple Support