No Sound from USB Mic

I can't get sound from my mic. I have my guitar plugged in and have sound from it but not the mic. I tried setting up an aggregate device but it didn't work. When on my sound screen I have input volume from the mic but still no output. I only have one choice for my output and that is headphones. What am I doing wrong?

Hi moxie39, I have been fighting with my Snowball USB mic and read your post. I made an aggregate device that consists of the USB mic and output as you mentioned (I also tried USB mic and built-in-input), but I cannot change in the LE8 preferences to a different device. It doesn't give me an option to change it to an aggregate device only a built-in-mic and built-in-input, neither of which work. Any suggestions from you or from anyone?

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