Yeti from Blue is one of the best selling value for money Microphones. If you are someone who records podcasts, you have your audio recording studio, or you are a YouTuber, Blue’s Yeti is a great choice for you. Many users often find that their Yeti microphone does not work properly. This might be occurring due to a number of factors. These factors are both software as well as hardware based. Let us check them out one by one.

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Check for software issues

Use the links on this page to download the latest version of BLUE YETI PRO Audio drivers. All drivers available for download have been scanned by antivirus program. Blue Yeti doesn’t have any drivers and it works with the regular built-in audio drivers of Windows (or any other machine you are using). It is basically a plug and play device. So, that is why you won’t find any drivers and you shouldn’t waste your time in looking for drivers.

The only constraint that comes up when a plugged-in hardware device is not working properly is the driver issue. So, first of all, we need to make sure that it is detected by the computer or not.

To do that, just right click on the volume icon in the system icons list. And then click on Sounds.

Or you can just simply search for Sounds in the Cortana Search Box and then click on the result called as Sound, and that is targeting to the Control Panel.

Now from the group of tabs, click on Recording tab. Then make sure that the default microphone selected is the Yeti.

The normal configuration would look as in the screen snippet below-

If that looks fine, try speaking something to check if the volume level bar is showing any activity or not. If it is not, try checking the physical buttons and dials on the microphone itself. And then check if that works for you.

Alternatively, you can check by installing other free software like Audacity.

Check for hardware issues

For this, there is not much that you should be doing. You can just try to connect and disconnect the microphone physically and check if you find any improvements. If this does not he;p you will have to take it to the technician.

Reinstall Blue Yeti’s Drivers

If you do not find your default microphone as the Yeti, you can try to re-install the drivers. Make sure that you select the Audio inputs and outputs. And then select your Yeti microphone.

You will have to first Uninstall the driver and then either allow Windows to reinstall them automatically or download the drivers from Blue’s website.

All the best!

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I got a Blue Yeti microphone yesterday (not the Pro version), plugged it in, fixed around a little bit to get this and my headset working together, and it worked fine in the end. It was great. Night comes, I switch off my computer and unplug the Yeti (it was blinking so I just unplugged it to not have it, because it was still connected even though the PC was off). I go to sleep.

Woke up today, mic isn't working. Checked recording devices, no blue yeti. Checked devie manager, yellow triangle on the Blue Yeti (Code 10, something about windows not allowing it to start due to a failure). Uninstalled, re-installed. Still the same problem. I restarted my PC and reinstalled the driver in device manager a few times and at some point the error changed from 10 to 28. When installing the driver now it says 'descriptor request failed' and instead installs an 'unknown USB device (descriptor request failed)'. I tried plugging the mic into my laptop (Also Windows 10) and get the same descriptor request failed error. I have tried different USB ports on both PCs. The Yeti does power up.

I switched to another cable that I'm positive is working (at least works with other equipment), but still getting the same error.

Now, I don't know if the Yeti is officially compatible and supported with Windows 10. But it worked the first day just fine. And I have a friend who uses it with Windows 10 as well, but his has been working fine for weeks now.

I can't find the drivers it wants online anywhere because it's a plug-and-play mic and it's supposed to do it's thing, right.

Any suggestions on what to do?

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If it matters I bought it from Apple Store, and it was brand new.

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