Best Blue Yeti Settings for Discord: Audio Mastery Guide

The Blue Yeti microphone is a fantastic mic, for sure. Promising stellar audio quality, it does make you sound like a pro.

But why does it sound bad on Discord, then?

How come you keep getting background noise on your Blue Yeti while using it with Discord?

The problem is likely to be with the Blue YetiYetti settings on Discord.

Let’s dig into the matter and provide you with the best Blue Yeti settings for Discord.

Experiment with the Discord Settings

Discord, a popular text chat, video, and voice app, is used by millions of people globally. It helps you connect to your friends and communities.

While it is a great app, it often presents technical issues with microphone features.

If your Blue Yeti is troubling you on Discord, it is time to tweak the Discord settings a bit. You’d also need to modify the Blue Yeti settings accordingly.

Open Discord Settings

Here’s what you need to do:

Open Discord first.
Then tap on ‘user settings.’ It is shown by a cogwheel symbol right next to the profile in the left corner at the bottom.
Tap on ‘voice & video.’
Go to the advanced settings.
Now, you need to turn the different options on or off there:
Noise suppression
Noise reduction
Automatic gain control
Echo cancellation
Advanced voice clarity
After turning each option on or off, use your Blue Yeti and check if the sound quality is fine. Can you hear yourself? Does Discord detect your Blue Yeti as the sound source? Does your voice sound bad or clear?
Assess these things, and continue tinkering with the settings.
Turning off the automatic gain control option is recommended.
In case you feel you have messed up the settings, click on the ‘reset voice settings’ option at the page’s bottom.

If your Blue Yeti starts to sound better now, that’s great. In case it doesn’t check the advanced audio settings.

Fix the Advanced Audio Settings in Discord

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The advanced audio settings of Discord are quite helpful. However, sometimes, they get influenced by things like improper management and the videos they watch sent by friends on Discord.

Here’s what you should do to fix the voice settings:

Go to the ‘user settings.’
Then open ‘voice and video.’
You’ll see the ‘input device’ option.
Choose the Blue Yeti as the input device.
Now enable the option titled ‘automatically determine input sensitivity.’
You can also manually change the sensitivity slider to get the desired performance.

Like before, you need to speak into your Blue Yeti and check how you sound.

Make sure to tweak the settings as explained above any time you do another activity on Discord. For instance, if you watch some videos by clicking on links sent by friends, it can alter the settings. Fixing them then sorts out the issue.

Adjust the Gain and Mode of Your Blue Yeti

When hardware brings forth some issues, it is time to check the input device. In this case, your input device is your Blue Yeti microphone. If you sound bad on Discord with your Blue Yeti, perhaps the mic’s gain and mode need some adjustment.

Change the Mode

The Blue Yeti comes with four voice pickup patterns: stereo, omnidirectional, bidirectional, and cardioid. You can read up on the function and best usage of each of the four modes here.

The best Blue Yeti mode for Discord is cardioid. It blocks out all the background noise, which significantly improves the sound quality and clarity. Moreover, this mode ensures the mic doesn’t pick up noise coming from keyboard strokes and mouse clicks too.

You’ll see a knob for pattern/ mode selection on your Blue Yeti’s back.
It rests close to your mic’s base.
The cardioid mode has a ‘heart-shaped’ symbol on the Bue Yeti microphone.
Turn the knob till it aligns with the heart shape.
Next, check that the knob’s icon matches the cardioid mode’s symbol. If it does, your Blue yeti is all set to pick up sound from the front sound source only.

Now, speak into your Blue Yeti while using Discord to see if you are audible.

Modify the Gain

You’ll see another knob next to the ‘mode’ knob on your Blue Yeti microphone. This one is for the mic’s gain. The gain increases the sound signal, which amplifies the sound output. The more the gain, the more sound the Blue Yeti will capture.

After adjusting the mode of your Blue Yeti microphone, you need to tinker its gain a bit.

Increase the gain a little.
Now speak into your Blue Yeti, and check if your friends can hear you.
Don’t turn up the gain too much. Incredibly high gain makes the Blue Yeti extremely sensitive to tiny sound nuances and details. Your friends on Discord are likely even to hear the fan moving in the next room.
The optimal gain for the Blue Yeti microphone on Discord even depends on your usage and recording setup. You’ll have to experiment a little to find your sweet spot.

A good tip for finding the best gain option is to mark the gain input for different scenarios. There are different multi-color electrical tapes available to do that. You can then compare them and choose the gain amount that suits your video conferencing or audio chat scenario the most.

The Gain and Mic Placement

You have tried the settings above, but does your Blue Yeti still sound bad? The issue might be with the mic’s placement and its combination with the gain.

Many Discord users have a mic stand to use their microphone easily. Even if they are using a mic as good as the Blue Yeti, they make a mistake.

They move the Blue yeti on the mic stand too far off from their mouth. And they keep the gain too high.

Your Blue Yeti Mic might sound okay. But it won’t sound great.

Here’s a little hack that makes your Blue Yeti sound good, in fact, really good.

Your Blue Yeti should be on your mic stand.
Move it close to your mouth, just about two inches away maximum.
Keep the gain really low.
Speak into your mic, and I bet it sounds good now.

Recommended by the most frequent and popular Discord users, this hack is based on the ‘proximity effect’ and works like a charm.

When your mic is too far from your mouth, it will still pick up sound. But the sound quality will be poor.

To enhance the quality, you need to move the mic closer to your mouth.

Fix the Sound Settings on Your PC

If your Blue Yeti mic continuously sounds bad, the issue may depend on the settings of your PC this time.

Let’s fix those.

Right-click on the speak icon that you see in the bottom right corner of the tray on your PC.
Open the sound settings.
Fullscreen the window.
Now, right-click on the sound control panel.
You’ll see your mic listed under the recording options.
Rick clicked and opened the properties.
You’ll see the sound levels. Move the level between 0 and 5.
Mostly, the level is set by default to 80 or somewhere between 80 and 100.
Changing the level will most likely make your Blue Yeti mic sound good.

Make sure to click on ‘apply’ to make the settings work.

If the microphone still sounds bad, the issue can also be with your computer. So try using a different computer and see if the problem goes away.

More Tips to Enhance the Quality of Sound

Apart from the strategies given above, here are some more tips to improve the overall voice quality of your Blue Yeti while using Discord.

Use a shock mount for your Blue Yeti so it absorbs the unwanted sounds your mic keeps picking up. It isolates the mic against vibrations and sounds such as table clicks, mouse clicks, and mechanical disturbances.
You can also use a pop filter for your mic. A good quality pop filter further minimizes background noise and plosives, making you sound better.
Make sure the USB cable of your mic is properly fixed. Sometimes, the USB cable is loose, which contributes to poor voice quality.

When you implement these tips, your sound issues will be resolved.

Try, Test, and Enjoy

I have shared with you the best Blue Yeti settings for Discord. Plus, I have also discussed some easy-to-use tricks to ensure your Blue Yeti sounds good on Discord and even otherwise.

Try these hacks, test them, and enjoy a great audio and video conferencing experience with your friends on Discord.

Frequently Asked Questions

Typically, the ‘cardioid’ mode on Blue Yeti works best for Discord. It captures sound precisely from the front and blocks out unwanted sounds from the sides and back. The voice clarity will improve, making you sound good on Discord.

The Blue Yeti is a wonderful mic, especially when you’re on a budget. It sounds good everywhere, including on Discord. If it sounds bad on Discord, the problem is with the settings, mode, or gain of the mic. Fix the issues, and it will start to sound better.

Sharoon Shahid

Hi! I’m Sharoon Shahid, founder of Audiblearray. With a decade of experience in using mics, I’m here to guide you on your audio journey and save you from gear pitfalls!

Best Blue Yeti Settings for Discord: Achieve Flawless Audio