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USB Microphone Recognized, But No Sound When Recording

I just bought the Blue Yeti USB Microphone, plugged it in, and my current generation iMac recognizes it no problem. The problem is that the sound indicator shows no volume, and no sound is recorded when I try in Garage Band. I can hear my own voice when I plug headphones into the mic, so I know the mic actually works, and I can hear iTunes through the mic when I switch the iMac's sound output to the mic's headphone jack.

I've been using a Blue Snowball USB mic for a couple months and it worked fine...any ideas why my new Blue Yeti USB mic is getting recognized but not picking up sound?

iMac i3, Mac OS X (10.6.7)

Posted on Mar 24, 2011 7:52 PM

20 replies

ttheory

Level 1

4 points

Mar 1, 2014 6:25 PM in response to theungodlytaco

Thank you so much for this tip. My Yeti just seemed to stop working after I plugged it back in today and this is indeed what the problem was. Seems the hardware mute button isn't properly communicating with OSX's software mute... or something. >:)

Anyway, thanks! You're a life saver.

armsdan

Level 1

0 points

Dec 11, 2014 11:28 AM in response to theungodlytaco

Solved the issue

armsdan

Level 1

0 points

Dec 11, 2014 11:29 AM in response to theungodlytaco

theungodlytacoJun 18, 2013 9:15 AM Re: USB Microphone Recognized, But No Sound When Recording
Re: USB Microphone Recognized, But No Sound When Recordingin response to frodosringfinger

I'm glad you found a solution but this issue is more common than you think, and I have been able to reproduce it on 3 brand new Yeti Pros.

With many Yeti Pros and the latest Macs that have USB2/3 ports the mics will produce no sound at all even after pluging in multiple times, re assigning them under Sound preferences, or adjusting all input/output volume sliders

The issue in most cases is that the Physcial Mute button on the mic is not communicting properly with the device settings under the "Audio MIDI Setup" app on your Mac. If you open up Audio MIDI Setup, you will see your Yeti Pro as a device with 3 checkboxes, Master, Ch1 and Ch2. The Mute checkbox next to Master is what's causing the issue...the physical button on the Mic is supposed to toggle this checkbox, but doesn't. Unchecking manually will fix the issue...but it's not a permenent fix, and Blue has shown know signs of resolving this issue.

Solved my issue

Jan 3, 2017 7:51 AM in response to theungodlytaco

Thank you. Same issue here. Going into the "Audio MIDI Setup" and unchecking the muted channel worked for me.

royford3

Level 1

4 points

Mar 9, 2017 2:57 PM in response to frodosringfinger

It was a faulty usb cord for me

USB Microphone Recognized, But No Sound When Recording