At the front of the microphone, you can also adjust the volume of the headphones. The Blue Yeti has a 3.5 mm headphone jack that lets you monitor your recording in real-time, with no latency delays. In short, gain allows you to control the sound before processing it to refine the tone of your sound.Įxpert Tip: If you encounter distortion or feedback when recording from a loud source, just lower the mic’s sensitivity through its gain control. However, the two are completely different ideas: Volume is the output level, while the gain setting is the input level. People often get confused with gain and volume because they are used interchangeably by people. Blue Yeti mics have a “proximity effect,” emphasizing low-end frequencies like the pronounced bass in broadcasters’ voices, so maintaining the right distance is key. We recommend 6-12 inches in order to not have any undesirable sounds such as popping or hissing. DistanceĮnsure you have the proper distance between you and the Blue Yeti microphone. Since the Blue Yeti is a side-address mic, it must be in an upright position and the speaker perpendicular to it, so you can speak or sing to its sides. Once you have fixed the microphone’s position, tighten the set screws on the base. The Blue logo and headphone volume must be facing you for easy access. Place the microphone on a sturdy table or desk to keep it secure. This means you have to configure it properly to pick up an acceptable amount of noise. Maybe the BIOS update helped to fix the audio driver problem even if it’s removed somehow now.As a condenser microphone, the Blue Yeti has a frequency response of 20Hz to 20kHz, which is sensitive enough to pick up even the faintest sound in the surroundings. I also have updated my BIOS (what was necessary for quite a long time - I had problems with the BitLocker that blocked the installation but could install it from a page that temporarily inactivated the BitLocker during the installation process I unfortunately cannot remember the name of the page, sorry). I’ve just checked the driver in my apps section on the laptop, and it’s not installed anymore, what is really weird. Just a note if it might be important to others who need help with the same issue: I downloaded the Realtek audio driver “Realtek-High-Definition-Audio-Driver_553GV_WIN_.1_A23_02”. In the end I decided to cancel the second installation process (after the restart), and now it works. First when I had installed the driver (before restarting the laptop) it worked like back then when I had Win 10, but AFTER the RESTART the driver continued to install more files and after that it didn’t work anymore in audacity with the stereo mode. I googled my laptop model (Dell XPS 15 7590) and downloaded the driver directly from Dell, BUT there was still a weird problem with making it work properly. I had to re-install it as I had an upgrade from Win 10 to 11, and it seems to have “damaged” the old driver. Thank you for your reply but as I have mentioned in my post, I had everything set to stereo mode (I record videos with a Blue Yeti mic for 7 years now, and mainly in the stereo mode) - both my mic and audacity, and I also adjusted/ checked my sound settings. I will provide you with screenshots of settings if you need to see. I hope anybody has an idea what else could be the issue/ cause of that. I’ve checked different settings in Audacity AND my laptop sound settings (even the stereomix is no activated but it made no difference). I wonder if it hat something to do with Windows settings and not audacity itself. Also I hear my voice equably left and right before and during the recording in my earphones. And you can see it in the recording amplitudes - they differ in size depending on the side I’m talking into my mic. The problem I’m now dealing with (probably since the upgrade from Windows 10 to 11 but I’m not sure as I just have noticed the issue a few weeks ago and the uprade was MONTHS ago) is that always when I record a stereo audio file in audacity ONE SIDE is loud and clear and the other side is dull and muffled, and it seems like it’s still recording in MONO MODE as the clearer side is not hearable more left or right in my earphones, it’s just louder than the other side. I always make sure that the cable is correctly plugged into my mic AND my Dell laptop (I also have tried a new cable but it’s not the cable, neither is the mic the problem as I have the same mic model now again), and of course I do make sure that stereo is set in audacity. I’m using a standard Blue Yeti mic (no pro or X or other version) for 6 years now and never had issues like that before with audacity. I am an Youtube ASMRtist and mandatory need the stereo mode for the audio experience in my videos. I need your help with properly recording with my Blue Yeti microphone on audacity.
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