Blue Yeti Microphone Not Recognized

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My Blue Yeti Microphone isn't working. So I was using my blue yeti yesterday casually and for some reason my blue yeti microphone stopped working. The red light that's supposed to be on it is not turning on. My computer detects my microphone through it's cable and the driver is recognized on my (and other computers) however the microphone's light will not come on. I've updated my drivers and there are no other conflicting microphones. My microphone literally just turned off and stopped working, I've used it for over and year and a half and I've never had an issue. Can someone please explain why this is, I've looked everywhere but there doesn't seem to be any posts over this. Is my microphone broken, is it a computer issue or is it the wire itself? Thanks!!!
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I have a MBP 13' late 2012 running Sierra 10.12.2, a Blue Yeti Pro and Screenflow simultaneously on two monitors. First, I CONSTANTLY have to go to System Preferences-Sound and then go to the 'Input'. Sometimes the Mic is highlighted, sometimes not. If not, I change to it. I've seen many complaints of plugging the Blue Yeti mic only to have no playback sound. This walks you through the fix. This can happen everytime you unplug. The World's #1 USB Microphone. Create unparalleled recordings with your computer using Blue's best-selling family of Yeti USB microphones. Thanks to our proprietary tri-capsule technology, Yeti condenser microphones produce pristine, studio-quality recordings with legendary ease.

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  • 1 Common Troubles When OBS Not Picking up Mic And Proper Fixes

Virtually every streamer around the globe knows about OBS (Open Broadcaster Software), a free open-sourced streaming and recording program. Thanks to its straightforward well-organized user interface, OBS is relatively easy to use and it performs smoothly as well. That being said, users of OBS still run into a couple of software difficulties from time to time and the “OBS not picking up mic” issue is a prime example. Needless to say, with the mic offline, the performance of OBS would experience substantial disruptions.

So OBS seems to fail to pick up your mic all of a sudden and you don’t know what to do to address it? Then you have come to the right place as down below, you shall find some of the most popular solutions to the issue of “OBS not picking up mic” nowadays.

Common Troubles When OBS Not Picking up Mic And Proper Fixes

  • Push-To-Talk Is On

As the name suggests, the Push-To-Talk (also known as PTT) function let people record their voice only if they hold the PTT hotkey. Hence, if you inadvertently turn on Push-To-Talk, it may look like OBS fail to pick up your mic. So to get everything back to normal, you must go to “Setting”, choose “Audio” and look out for “Enable Push-To-Talk” beside your mic. Additionally, you should go to “Hotkeys”, pick Mic/Aux” and see if the space “Push-to-talk” display any key.

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For most of the time, by disabling the Push-To-Talk function, you would be able to tackle the “OBS not picking up mic” issue.

  • Mic Exclusive Mode Is On

In case you don’t know, once engaged, Exclusive Mode shall prevent your mic from coming on if you use specific programs such as Skype, TeamSpeak and so on at the same time as OBS. To see if your mic is currently running in Exclusive Mode, go check its properties. To do that, right click the speaker icon in the taskbar, choose “playback devices”, pick your mic and select “Properties”. In the “Advanced” tab, you would see a checkbox next to “Allow applications to take exclusive control of this device”, uncheck it and click “OK”.

  • Mic Happen To Be Muted

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Obviously, your mic would not capture your voice if it’s muted at the moment. To check if your mic is muted, right click the speaker icon in the taskbar, choose “recording devices”, select your mic, hit “Properties” then head over to the “Levels” tab. Now, if the speaker icon in “Microphone” is crossed then your mic is currently muted. To get the mic back to work, you have to left click the speaker icon on time to uncross it. Now you need to head back to “recording devices”, talk a bit and see if the green bar shows up.

In the case OBS still fail to pick up mic then your mic might have some issues like loosened jacks.

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If All Fail: Send A Log File To OBS Support

In the case the issue of “OBS not picking up mic” persists after everything you have done, it’s time to get assistance from professionals.

For your information, OBS creates a log file every time you run it which contains diagnostic details which allow tech support to nail the problem. In order to access the OBS log file, click “Help”, go to “Log Files” and pick “Upload Last Log File”. You would receive a link of your log file, you must give that to tech support in addition to in-depth descriptions of your setup. After that, follow the instruction of OBS tech support and you would be able to resolve your audio issue eventually.