Blue-Yeti-Mic-Fix (Ubuntu and Ubuntu-based)

Obsolete with Pipewire

fix for blue yeti mic not loading on boot (20.04 LTS) (warning may need to change some values if you use a 3.5mm jack headset)

step 1

go to /etc/modprobe.d and move the old alsa-base.conf to another location like Documents

step 2 (is optional tested)

place alsa-base.conf into /etc/modprobe.d after moving the old one if there is a alsa-base.conf sitting in /etc/modprobe.d (some distros don't have one be default)

step 3 (is optional tested)

edit and replace (or even just delete) these in the new alsa-base.conf you got from me with your own sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf

options bt87x index=-2

options cx88_alsa index=-2

options saa7134-alsa index=-2

options snd-atiixp-modem index=-2

options snd-intel8x0m index=-2

options snd-via82xx-modem index=-2

options snd-usb-caiaq index=-2

options snd-usb-ua101 index=-2

options snd-usb-us122l index=-2

options snd-usb-usx2y index=-2

use this reference:

Use cat /proc/asound/card*/codec* | grep Codec to get the Audio Codec for your machine model. In my case I saw Audio (ex: Codec: Realtek ALC233) & Video (ex: Codec: Nvidia GPU 94 HDMI/DP) codecs there.

Go to www.kernel.org and look up the version of the codec, and get the full name of it. In my case: Realtek ALC233 -> alc233-eapd.

Create/update a file under /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf, and add this line: options snd-hda-intel index=1, while replacing model with your own.

use this reference:

Configuring the index order via kernel module options

If your sound card order changes on boot, you can specify their order in any file ending with .conf in /etc/modprobe.d (/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf is suggested). For example, if you want your mia sound card to be #0:

/etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf

options snd_mia index=0

options snd_hda_intel index=1

Use cat /proc/asound/modules to get the loaded sound modules and their order. This list is usually all that is needed for the loading order. Use lsmod | grep snd to get a devices & modules list. This configuration assumes you have one mia sound card using snd_mia and one (e.g. onboard) card using snd_hda_intel.

You can also provide an index of -2 to instruct ALSA to never use a card as the primary one. Distributions such as Linux Mint and Ubuntu use the following settings to avoid USB and other "abnormal" drivers from getting index 0

step 4

place default.pa and system.pa into /etc/pulse after deleting the old versions of default.pa and system.pa in /etc/pulse

optional step for people with a 3.5mm jack headset plugged into PC directly

open 2 terminals and type pacmd list-sources in 1 then go do sudo nano /etc/modprob.d/default.pa in the other and change #set-default-source input to your prefered device set-default-source name-of-driver

for example my blue yeti it is called alsa_card.usb-Generic_Blue_Microphones_2036BAB0DFR8-00 so it looks like set-default-source alsa_card.usb-Generic_Blue_Microphones_2036BAB0DFR8-00

final step

this last bit should do the trick. just give it a second after rebooting it is a bit janky. incomment the # on this line and add your blue yeti mic like the example below in /etc/pulse/default.pa

load-module module-alsa-source device=hw:1,0 alsa_card.usb-Generic_Blue_Microphones_2036BAB0DFR8-00 then sudo reboot

test rig

ignore the ram usage i have apps that start on boot cause ye 16gb of ram baby XD