And no worries about sounding patronising, etc - I am new to this so its best to verify even the basics. I'd love to hear any thoughts you have of anything else I may have set up wrong. I have tried the mic in just about every imaginable angle from me or my amp, still only getting about 50% of the volume I would expect with the mic's gain maxed, in each situation. But again, no matter how loud a sound I throw at the mic (even a blaring guitar amp right next to it), it still never gets above halfway or so towards the red, that seems to be my maximum signal, halfway between zero and overdriven. But of course I've usually had it on the maximum gain while I've tried to work through this issue, and this is the level where I would expect that even just tapping the mic head should red-line the input level. The mic's gain knob does affect the incoming level - if I turn it down the input level gets even lower. I did verify that the Mac's input level under System Preferences is maxed as well. In answer to your questions - yes I did verify that the blue yeti is taking the input not the onboard mic, I had thought it might be that as well, initially.
Hey thanks a lot for the responses and the welcome! Recordings (vocals and electric guitar) are always made at what seem like very low volumes, and then i must raise these within the software in order to match the midi sounds in my mixes.Īm I missing something? Or does it sound like this mic isn't working right? Still the recordings seem quiet - shouldn't I be able to force the signal "into the red" by shouting into the mic or tapping the head? No matter what I do, the signal never gets more than halfway towards the red. I have turned the mic's gain to max, and the input signal to the maximum in my Macbook's preferences. When I first got it I only had Garage Band, and I noticed the input levels low there but didn't worry much about it.īut then I got more serious about recording, got Ableton Live 9, but I still get what seems like a low input signal from this mic. I bought a Blue Yeti to use with my MacBook, and the recording volume level always seems low. I'm new to digital recording so it might just be me.
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