Hi all, just got a blue yeti mic for recording news segments for my local radio station. I have run into some trouble, there is a godawful echo/ reverb when recording and when I playback the audio. So much so, I am tripping over my words because the echo is so bad. I have tried numerous different “solutions” and nothing had worked. I tried disabling audible input monitoring and I get absolutely no recording or audio when I uncheck that box. all the inputs are correct, I cannot get it to stop. I’ve tested the mic for other purposes and there’s no echo, only audacity. Help please!
Make sure you’ve selected the USB mic as your Recording Device. (Don’t select anything that says “loopback”.)
yep, it is selected! still no luck
You’re speaking into the side of the microphone grill just up from the company name?
Your headphones are plugged into the Yeti, not the computer?
Post a sample of the work.
Which Audacity version?
Koz
Yep, speaking into the side above the logo! And headphones are plugged into the computer, when plugged into the mic the echo is much worse. I can’t get the audio to route through the headphones when plugged into the mic, even when I’ve adjusted the audio playback settings to go through the yeti.
That’s impressive.
You have award-winning sound pathway problems.
Plug the Yeti into the computer. Does your Yeti status light come on?
Plug the headphones into the Yeti. Turn the Gain control on the back half-way up and select the heart-shaped pattern (#3).
On the front, turn the volume control half-way up. Do Not run Audacity. Leave it closed. You should be able to hear yourself clearly with no echoes and in perfect real time. Can you?
Koz
Plan-B: Audacity’s free competitor OCENaudio, (can transfer recordings to Audacity for editing).
Plugged in and the light comes on.
As far as turning the gain control on and selecting the heart shaped pattern, I am not able to hear anything when I do that. I have another yeti mic and just tried those steps on it and can hear myself perfectly with no echo. Guess this means the original one may be broken?
Both volume controls, front and back have to be turned up. Don’t short-cut my notes.
The Yeti is set up to send your local, real-time voice back to you to aid in overdubbing production and to eliminate software and computer timing problms.
Are both front and back volume controls turned up?
If one Yeti refuses to send your voice back to you perfectly no matter what you do and without Audacity running, I’d say it was broken.
Koz