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

This is SUPER frustrating. It better be fixed before I need to record classes for Winter 2021 term.

Yeti worked great on previous Macbook Pro, but not with the new MacBook Pro with M1 and Big Sur.

I tried resetting the PRAM with the Yeti connected. After startup, the Yeti works fine.

But then the Logitech Hub tells me to disconnect and reconnect the Yeti, after which the problems recur.

But if it is true that M1 does not allow manual PRAM reset, maybe simply starting the computer with the Yeti connected will solve the problems in the short term.

I don't have a Blue microphone or a M1 device, but I do have a very similar problem. I had been using a Soundcraft NotePad-5 with Garageband for months to record an audio track. I use a 2020 MacBook Air with an Intel processor. Right after upgrading to Big Sur (and updating Garageband itself to the latest version) I started getting this same error message. Part of the recording is simply missing, while the rest of it is sped up/distorted.

I thought I'd post about it, since at least in my case this seems to have more to do with Big Sur/Garageband than Apple Silicon. Hope that might help others. I haven't tested the solution about plugging the NotePad in before starting up/restarting, but I will be giving it a try tomorrow.

It's Big Sur. I started having this problem on the very first boot of Big Sur on a 2018 Macbook Pro i7.

Hey I will try this tonight. reboot and re-plug-in and no launch Sherpa or G-hub software (the reason I chose Yeti...)

Yeti Microphone Issues With M1 Mac - Apple Community

The link above is the issue I am having, the mic is detected, but the sound echos/repeats. Sometimes it goes fast and sounds like a chipmunk. When I press record, the second counter goes crazy. Recording a 5 second clip then saves as a repeating/echoing 30 second clip. Still can't find any answers.

Big sur on 2015 MBA has no problem with Blue Sherpa or G Hub. But 2020 M1 MBP has problems.

I have the Core i9 16” MacBook Pro and the Yeti and G Hub software work fine. It also worked on my 2013 Mac Pro with Big Sur. For me the problems are only with my M1 Mac mini.

I'm also seeing the mic just fine in device options but it's performing erratically. (I have an M1 Mac Mini.) Even in the Blue Sherpa app, when I press record and play to test it, the recording is garbled and repeats snippets of what I'm saying.

I have also tried everything said here. I can see the Yeti X in G Hub, but it tells me to unplug it and replug it. When I do nothing happens. I emailed Logitech support on 12/2/20. I got a reply from the gaming people who said they were forwarding it to the proper team. It is now 12/22 and no reply.

I got a reply from Logitech telling me to restart and reset my PRAM giving me instructions for a non M1 Mac. It is obvious they either don’t know what they are talking about or they don’t care. I told them there are hundreds of people reporting the same problem. They haven’t replied.

I am having a problem I believe is very similar to this discussion; however, I am on a mid 2020 Intel MacBook Pro with Big Sur. Yesterday I tried to use my Blue Yeti with Zoom and was unable to hear the other person I was connecting with, and unable to take the system off mute. I could go into the volume and move the bar to increase volume (and hear it increasing), only to see it immediately go back to mute. Unable to force a change, I restarted with the Yeti plugged in. I was then able to control the volume.

I have been using Yeti with Zoom since late December on this computer, with no problems. The latest Big Sur update to 11.2 was on 2/3, and this was my first Zoom since that update. I am assuming it has something to do with the update.

I will report this separately as an Intel Mac problem, to see if anyone else is having this issue on an Intel machine.

The reply I got from Blue (Logitech) support was similar. They asked me to do some tests and send them a recording, which I did. They are blaming Apple when it was actually their fault for not testing their software when Apple offered test M1 Macs almost a year before they were released. Blue (Logitech) did not do their job. Thats like saying it's Ford's fault when a part you make doesn't fit their new model year car. I guess Apple is supposed to make sure the Blue microphones and their software work with the new processor. Even if Apple has to fix something, it is impossible for Apple to test every USB device and all software. If Blue had discovered this problem 9 or 10 months ago they could have worked with Apple to fix it.

I got a reply from the Yeti support saying that BigSur is messing with many USB devices.

Sorry Pie, I put my response in the wrong forum tab (I was in a bit of a rush to get back to work this morning)--many users such as myself didn't even have the mic show in our inputs list which a PRAM reset solves. It probably isn't a fix for your issue. Best of luck!