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Hello there... first time poster here!

I have a Blue Yeti X connected up via USB to my Dell laptop. I have also connected up my Sennheiser headphones to the Yeti.

The audio through the Yeti sounds amazing, however whenever I try to either record something (using Audacity) or go on a Zoom call, the quality is very poor.

I have double checked to make sure I am using the right input in those programs.

I have also tried connecting to different USB ports, same issue.

Any ideas?

Many thanks for any suggestions!

Cheers,
Mike

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Michael M Sat, 08/01/2020 - 22:35

kmetal, post: 465114, member: 37533 wrote: Is your onboard audio for your dell disabled?

Are you using too much or not enough gain?

The yeti is a pretty popular mic for streaming and podcasting.

That's exactly why I purchased it haha.

Tried disabling onboard audio, and played around with the gain. Again, sounds amazing through the headphones, but through Zoom, it's a fraction of the quality.

Actually, recording seems to be better now. Now the problem is Zoom. Hmmm... perhaps Zoom is somehow limiting the quality of the audio?

Boswell Sat, 08/01/2020 - 23:41

Michael M, post: 465113, member: 52011 wrote: The audio through the Yeti sounds amazing, however whenever I try to either record something (using Audacity) or go on a Zoom call, the quality is very poor.

Zoom audio quality is not good, but you stated that you get the same problem with Audacity.

Can you post a 10-second clip of an Audacity recording? Use the "Upload a file" button at the bottom right of the reply box.

pcrecord Sun, 08/02/2020 - 14:06

what you hear through the headphone is not what is recorded through the converter and audio interface included in the mic.. All those things in a small package, mic, preamp, headphone amp, converter, usb interface..
First, check in the audio settings in windows (or are you on mac ?)
You can check the trouble shooting hear : https://www.bluemic.com/en-us/yeti-support/
Also, you may want to try asio4all drivers, who knows..