When updating my audacity software to 3.6, (and then subsequent updates through 3.6.4) I can no longer hear myself while I record. It records just fine, but I have to leave one of my headphones off to hear myself.
This happened once before, and I ended up going back to an old version. But I just want to know how to fix it.
And please don’t tell me to turn on “Enable input monitoring” because there is a huge delay.
My mic is at the correct volume, it is plugged into my microphone, I can hear playbacks in my headphones, all other sound works in my headphones. It is recording fine. But it’s just silence while I record.
I have a blue yeti - but I haven’t changed anything except updating the software, and I’ve been able to hear myself before. It’s like every other big software update I can’t hear myself and I have no idea why.
It’s not the microphone. It’s recording just fine. I just can’t hear myself WHILE I am recording, and the only thing that is different is updating the software.
Are you plugging the headphones into the microphone?
Audacity has never been able to supply zero-latency monitoring.
Try turning off “Enable Input Monitoring”. As I recall, that setting has sometimes caused microphones with a headphone jack from supplying zero-latency monitoring.
Blow that out a little bit. All updates don’t do this? So you hit an update that failed, backed up, and then advanced forward two updates at the next version?
Correct. It’s like, every two or three updates it goes away, then it takes like 4-5 updates and it’s back. I don’t know if they take away the capability or what, but I hate having to wear my headphones off one ear
It’s not blue, but yes it’s that brand. My headphones still playback my recordings and I can hear other computer sounds. I don’t remember the last version. I only use this Mac to record, so I haven’t tried anything else.
Direct monitoring is totally a hardware feature of the Yeti. The computer only has to provide USB power (and an optional backing-track). If it’s not working the mic (or headphones) are broken.