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

Hey guys - so I recently got one of the snazzy new M1 Macbooks and simultaneously upgraded to Big Sur and have been getting this error repeatedly with my Blue Yeti X microphone: "Error while trying to synchronize Audio and MIDI" (working out of Garageband)

Have tried everything under the sun, including trying the mic with a windows and older macbook air (both work fine), restarting, software updates, etc. Seems like a Blue Yeti software compatibility with Big Sur, but not sure if anyone else is experiencing this as well.

Has anyone else been experiencing this issue (with the Yeti or other devices?)

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.0

Posted on Dec 6, 2020 8:55 AM

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Aaron Deutsch

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Posted on Dec 14, 2020 7:32 AM

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

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