Anyone having trouble getting Big Sur to recognize a USB microphone?

Updating to Monterey (OS 12.1) fixed this problem for me with my AKG USB microphone and Yamaha USB mixer.

Don’t hold your breath. I’ve been contacting Apple as well as AKG regarding the Lyra microphone not being recognized. Apple ran diagnostics on my end and nothing. They finally got back to me after their engineers tried to figure it out, and they said it may be either a driver on Lyra end or new drivers that need to be done. After speaking with AKG Lyra, it took less than five minutes for the gentleman to tell me that Apple does not want to admit that any MacBook Pro running Intel chip will not recognize USB microphone. Which is used to before Big Sur upgrade. If you are running a M1 chip usually on older MacBook pros, that will recognize it. This is very frustrating that Apple has not come up with a solution for this. AKG Lyra has pinpointed what the issue is and Apple is not recognizing it. How is a AKG Lyra microphones working on every other operating system and everything else except MacBook Pro‘s running Intel? It is an issue with Apple and their Intel chip. Please Apple resolve this. I have a microphone that is sitting on my desk that is a paperweight now.

That's insane. Apple has supported USB audio input since the stone ages and by that I mean since the original USB iMac.

I have a mic that has worked since forever on MANY generations of Apple software and hardware. Guess what? It doesn't show up on Big Sur. More interestingly if I plug it into the keyboard I get a lovely notice that my "Macally microphone" requires more power than the port provides. This proves the USB is communicating perfectly. Plugging it directly into the Mac lights it up, but it does NOT show in system profiler and not in Audio Input.

This is a bug in Big Sur, so please report it accordingly using the feedback assistant on your Macs.

Just found a work around. The mic is getting detected when the machine is restarted with the USB mic plugged in. If we remove and reconnect the mic when the iMac is ON, it will NOT be detected again.

I hear ya! I have posted my contact experience with Apple as well as a AKG Lyra. After a few diagnostics from Apple, they still were not able to resolve the issue. I spoke to someone at Apple and they said the same thing that it could be a driver issue with AKG. After calling AKG, the gentleman that I spoke to hit the nail right on the head. He said that it is not a driver issue, it is an issue with the MacBook Pro which I have, and having an Intel chip versus a M1 chip. I believe the M1 chip works with it. The Intel chip I believe is the issue. AKG says it is an Apple issue not AKG. As you can see, AKG Lyra microphones work on window based computer. It works with my work chrome book as well as my wife’s iPad. But not my MacBook Pro which I believe has the Intel chip. Very frustrating. Apple please resolve this. Like you, I have invested in the microphone and I would rather use it with my MacBook Pro versus my chrome book. If need be, I may have to use a Windows-based laptop which I am trying to avoid at least for now.

Yes, I am experiencing the same thing with my AKG Lyra. I have contacted Apple and they sent an update but we are up to about 3 updates and it still isn't working. Will try contacting them again but I agree, if anyone else is experiencing the same thing, please contact Apple so that they try to resolve this. As of now, I have a great microphone THAT WAS WORKING prior to the updates; from December to May 2021. Now I have a paperweight for a microphone.

I have the same issue I purchased AKG Lyra which is not working with my MacBook Pro 16 (2019). Tough it is working with my other windows computer.

I contacted apple support and they said that there could be some driver issue that could be resolved from AKG's side And I am unable to connect to AKG support for some unknown reason.

Has anyone found a solution it is causing me big problems with my workflow and I have heavily invested in these devises.

This isn't just single USB microphones, per se, that are affected. The Big Sur update also ruined my MacBook Pro's ability to interface with my Yamaha mixer via USB. It "sees" the mixer, allows me to choose it for sound preferences as the input and output, but I can't hear or record anything. My older MacBook, which didn't update, works just fine.

I am having the same problem. I was on the phone with Apple support two times within two weeks. Each discussion lasting about an hour. They finally took diagnostics and said they will forward to the engineering department. But you are correct, my AKG Lyra microphone was working as of December 2020 up until about May 2021. My assumption is that the last upgrade must have dropped my MacBook Pros ability to recognize my AKG Lyra podcast essential microphone. It does work on my wife’s iPad as well as a Google chrome book. Very frustrating that I have a great microphone that I was using successfully and now I can’t use it with my MacBook Pro. Any help or suggestions would be great or any solutions if anyone has one. And by the way, with Apple tech-support, I rebooted, restarted, reinstalled etc. and still no success with recognizing microphone

I have the same exact problem with my AKG lyra after the big sur updates. I talked to an apple staff and they had me update again but still my macbook pro is not recognizing my Lyra. I bought new thunderbolt cables too, just in case that was the issue, which didn't help. Very frustrating as I normally use the mic for work. It's hard enough being a musician during COVID, and now my mic doesn't work. Nice to read that others are experiencing similar problems so hopefully a solution will be found ASAP!

I am also facing the same issue. AKG Lyra USB microphone is not being detected on my 27" iMac (2020) running macOS Big Sur 11.6. It is working fine on my older MacBookPro. Hope they resolve the issue in upcoming OS updates.

When I restart the mac the AKG Lyra does work but as soon as I put my password to log in it stops. Basically, it can be detected and can work but the machine has some built-in feature for it to stop working.

Same here. Sometimes it will appear right away, sometimes after a few min, sometimes after a couple hours, and sometimes not at all, even with rebooting (with Mic plugged in or not)