Microphone not working in Linux standard edition

I don't seem to be able to use my USB microphone (e.g. for ADR work) in the Linux 16.2b3 standard edition release. It's a Blue Yeti that works (with ALSA) in other tools such as Audacity.

Looking through the forums this issue seems to be longstanding but is usually mentioned as part of another thread, so I am posting here in hopes that someone from BMD can let us know either what we are doing wrong or what the plan is to resolve (heh) this issue.

Thanks!

Does anyone know if this has been addressed in any way? It's a showstopper for some...

USB audio has caused enough problems even on Windows and macs that I always recommend against using it.

Connect a normal mic to the proper analog input.

Does that work on Linux? USB audio works on the other platforms, so I'm suspicious

Also, my inventory of microphones are all USB

It doesn't matter if it's a USB-microphone or not on Linux. It just doesn't work.
ADR shows 'ALSA'-devices, but they cannot be used, and there is no documentation noting that this would be a limitation on Linux.
Even more bizarre is that I've once seen a response from the support-guys with follow-up question along the lines of "Did you use an USB-microphone?" as if that would make a difference, but then not a single word more regarding what setup actually would work.
Not being told what the deal/status is makes this very frustrating. This is about the status of a significant feature, not about an obscure user-specific ill-formed bugreport.