Blue Yeti not capturing sound

[CrimsonCavalier]

https://obsproject.com/logs/76fiQhRyHwAscJ4E

I received my Yeti microphone in the mail today, and I believe it is damaged, but I wanted to ask here first before I do any returns.

I currently use a Samson GoMic to record audio, and it has not had any issues.

The Yeti will not capture sound unless I am essentially yelling into the microphone and then it only catches this very garbled static sound. You can listen to it here (Headphone warning!)

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I have tried going into the Windows sound settings and selecting Default and the Yeti mic, but neither works. I have also tried to adjust the settings on OBS, but that hasn't yielded any results either.

Just to make sure it wasn't just Windows, I tried using it on my Mac, and it made the same exact horrible sounds when I tried to record there, and had the same issue of not capturing any sound at all, unless I yelled into it.

This is why I think it is the microphone itself, but I'm not a particularly big tech guy, so I wanted to make sure.

 

[digitaldias]

I had some similar issues with my Blue Yeti. It was recording very low in some programs, like Teams and OBS.
What I had to do was to NOT let programs manage its volume, so:
Hit start, type "Control Panel" to bring up your classic control panel:

Control Panel (classic) -> Hardware & Sound -> Sound

• Click "Recording", scroll down to your Microphone Yeti, and hit "Properties"
• Select "Advanced"
• Under "Exclusive mode", tick OFF "Let programs take control over this thing" (loosely translated)

This did it for me.

 

[CrimsonCavalier]

Thanks for the help. Unfortunately it did not work. It's not recording low; it's not recording at all.

Still, that's a good one to know in case I have issues in the future!