USB Microphone static noise OSX Yosemite.

Same thing as the title recently upgraded from late 2008 iMac using Mountain Lion to a late 2013 iMac using Yosemite and now when I plug in my USB headset into one of the 4 USB slots the microphone is robotic and static noises appear. When I plug the headphones into the Usb slot in my keyboard the mic works fine. Anyone else experiencing this?

RoyBackhouse
What version of Premiere Elements are you using on your Mac computer? Is your USB microphone a standalone or part of a USB web cam type device?
Classically the Adobe ReadMe mentions that USB Microphones do not work with Premiere Elements. Yes, I have seen a report that USB microphone would be expected to work with correct Control Panel and program Edit Menu/Preferences/Audio Hardware ASIO settings at least in versions 10 and 11 Mac.
Please see a thread from last year and its discussion on the matter.
I can't get premiere elements 11 to see my usb microphone?
Some have found a few USB Microphones that do work in Premiere Elements (any version), but those reports are scattered. So to answer your question
will an other usb microphone work?
maybe or maybe not is the best answer I can offer at this time.
For troubleshooting purposes, can you create the narration in a free audio editor like Audacity and then
import that narration into the Premiere Elements project (Add Media/Files and Folders) without issue?
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Perhaps we can encourage Premiere Elements users versions 4 to 13 who use a USB microphone to post in your thread (for informational
purposes) the brand/model USB microphone that has worked for them.
ATR

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    Flags: DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY
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    device.class = "monitor"
    alsa.card = "0"
    alsa.card_name = "USB2.0 High-Speed True HD Audio"
    alsa.long_card_name = "CMEDIA USB2.0 High-Speed True HD Audio at usb-0000:00:1d.0-1.7, high speed"
    alsa.driver_name = "snd_usb_audio"
    device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1d.0-usb-0:1.7:1.0"
    sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb6/6-1/6-1.7/6-1.7:1.0/sound/card0"
    udev.id = "usb-CMEDIA_USB2.0_High-Speed_True_HD_Audio-00-Audio"
    device.bus = "usb"
    device.vendor.id = "0d8c"
    device.vendor.name = "C-Media Electronics, Inc."
    device.product.id = "0319"
    device.product.name = "USB2.0 High-Speed True HD Audio"
    device.serial = "CMEDIA_USB2.0_High-Speed_True_HD_Audio"
    device.string = "0"
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    Formats:
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    Source #19
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    Name: alsa_output.usb-Blue_Microphones_Yeti_Stereo_Microphone_REV8-00-Microphone.iec958-stereo.monitor
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    Base Volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
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    alsa.card_name = "Yeti Stereo Microphone"
    alsa.long_card_name = "Blue Microphones Yeti Stereo Microphone at usb-0000:00:1d.0-1.8, full speed"
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    sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb6/6-1/6-1.8/6-1.8:1.0/sound/card1"
    udev.id = "usb-Blue_Microphones_Yeti_Stereo_Microphone_REV8-00-Microphone"
    device.bus = "usb"
    device.vendor.id = "b58e"
    device.vendor.name = "Intel Corp."
    device.product.id = "9e84"
    device.product.name = "Integrated Rate Matching Hub"
    device.serial = "Blue_Microphones_Yeti_Stereo_Microphone_REV8"
    device.form_factor = "microphone"
    device.string = "1"
    module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
    device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone-usb"
    Formats:
    pcm
    Source #23
    State: RUNNING
    Name: alsa_input.usb-Blue_Microphones_Yeti_Stereo_Microphone_REV8-00-Microphone.analog-stereo
    Description: Integrated Rate Matching Hub Analog Stereo
    Driver: module-alsa-card.c
    Sample Specification: s16le 2ch 48000Hz
    Channel Map: front-left,front-right
    Owner Module: 9
    Mute: no
    Volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB, front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
    balance 0.00
    Base Volume: 17775 / 27% / -34.00 dB
    Monitor of Sink: n/a
    Latency: 949811526 usec, configured 100000 usec
    Flags: HARDWARE HW_MUTE_CTRL HW_VOLUME_CTRL DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY
    Properties:
    alsa.resolution_bits = "16"
    device.api = "alsa"
    device.class = "sound"
    alsa.class = "generic"
    alsa.subclass = "generic-mix"
    alsa.name = "USB Audio"
    alsa.id = "USB Audio"
    alsa.subdevice = "0"
    alsa.subdevice_name = "subdevice #0"
    alsa.device = "0"
    alsa.card = "1"
    alsa.card_name = "Yeti Stereo Microphone"
    alsa.long_card_name = "Blue Microphones Yeti Stereo Microphone at usb-0000:00:1d.0-1.8, full speed"
    alsa.driver_name = "snd_usb_audio"
    device.bus_path = "pci-0000:00:1d.0-usb-0:1.8:1.0"
    sysfs.path = "/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb6/6-1/6-1.8/6-1.8:1.0/sound/card1"
    udev.id = "usb-Blue_Microphones_Yeti_Stereo_Microphone_REV8-00-Microphone"
    device.bus = "usb"
    device.vendor.id = "b58e"
    device.vendor.name = "Intel Corp."
    device.product.id = "9e84"
    device.product.name = "Integrated Rate Matching Hub"
    device.serial = "Blue_Microphones_Yeti_Stereo_Microphone_REV8"
    device.form_factor = "microphone"
    device.string = "front:1"
    device.buffering.buffer_size = "19200"
    device.buffering.fragment_size = "4800"
    device.access_mode = "mmap"
    device.profile.name = "analog-stereo"
    device.profile.description = "Analog Stereo"
    device.description = "Integrated Rate Matching Hub Analog Stereo"
    alsa.mixer_name = "USB Mixer"
    alsa.components = "USBb58e:9e84"
    module-udev-detect.discovered = "1"
    device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone-usb"
    Ports:
    analog-input-mic: Microphone (priority: 8700)
    Active Port: analog-input-mic
    Formats:
    pcm
    Honestly, I think that's about all of the configuration info I can give. Here are some screenshots of pavucontrol, though, in case you are not yet sated: http://imgur.com/a/ngyLl
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    When I try to record from the Blue Yeti with parecord -v, I get very strange behavior. Essentially, the "latency" of the microphone measured is exactly the same as the time it has been recording. That is, if it has been recording for 5 sec, then the latency is 5000000 usec. Also, if I try to record something in Audacity, I get no result except for a message box that says "Latency Correction has caused the recorded audio to be hidden before zero. Audacity has brought it back to start at zero." Also, pavucontrol doesn't show an input volume bar for the Blue Yeti, as in the above screenshots, whereas it normally will for microphones that are getting input. The Yeti is not muted, either, so it should be picking up ambient fan noise and such.
    Does anyone have any ideas? Is there some configuration error I've made? Typically, this sort of stuff simply works out of the box for me, so I am somewhat stuck on what to do. Could it be a driver-level bug?

    I'm not sure what you mean by "mixed with audio in Alsamixer". Can you clarify?
    With that said, my problem did mysteriously fix itself after some update (presumably to alsa). Unfortunately, I noticed it in passing one day while I was changing the volume of something in pavucontrol, so I don't remember the exact update that caused it to work. But yes, my current setup does work now: I can listen to audio through my DAC and use the Yeti for recording. However, I have found that use of the Yeti crashes Google Hangouts, although it works perfectly in every other program I've tried.
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    Edit: This is a long-time-later edit, but let me say that when you have multiple USB audio devices, what USB hub and in what order they are connected seems to matter a great deal. If you can't get your Blue Yeti to work, try moving it to a different set of USB ports (controlled by a different controller) on your motherboard. This magically fixes the issue for me.
    Last edited by rwiggins (2014-12-14 00:26:39)

  • Problem description: (MacBook Pro 15" late 2008, OSX Yosemite 10.10.2 installed, no pending updates) computer is running very slow - takes 2-3 minutes to open apps such as Pages, even when no other apps are open.  Randomly freezes and becomes unrespo

    Problem description:
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    Report generated March 21, 2015 at 11:35:35 AM EDT
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        1 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
        2 GB RAM Upgradeable
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        Auto backup: YES
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             0%    SophosAntiVirus
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        315 MB    Wired RAM
        1.49 GB    Page-ins
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