Can’t hear myself in headphones once I join a session
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I have a Blue Yeti mic, which is plugged directly into my computer. I have headphones plugged into the mic. When I am not on Farplay, I can hear myself through the mic to my headphones. But, as soon as I join a session on Farplay, I can’t hear myself sing in my headphones. I have ensured that I can “Listen to this Device.” As I’m typing here (outside of Farplay) I can hear every click of the keyboard through the mic. But, as I said, joining Farplay I can hear nothing. I am able to hear the person on the other end of the connection. Thanks for any guidance you can give me!!!!
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Dear Jennifer,
Thanks for your post. On FarPlay’s welcome screen, please click New Session > Create a one-time session to start a session (can be just by yourself without anyone else). Speak into your mic. At the same time, in the subpanel for You (…), gradually drag the Monitor slider to the right to increase the volume of your voice in your headphones.
Interested to know whether this works for you.Thank you,
David LiaoDear Jennifer,
The Focusrite Scarlett Solo and Audio-Technica AT2020 XLR mic you suggested are indeed together a fantastic solution (noticeably better audio quality and less latency than with a Yeti on a PC). For your PC, set this equipment up with the version of our QuickStart guide customized for Windows PCs with external audio interfaces.
Note: FarPlay does allow musicians to monitor themselves without a separate audio interface (by dragging the Monitor slider in the You (…) subpanel shown in the screenshot above toward the right). Yeti users may also be able to turn on built-in monitoring on their Yetis by press-holding a button on the back of the mic as indicated on reddit here and here. If you could share where it says that FarPlay doesn’t really allow for monitoring sound with an interface, we’d be grateful to know so we can make corrections.
Thank you,
David Liao
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