When I'm talking to friends on Skype, recording a video, or simply recording audio, during silent portions (where I'm not talking) my audio driver software (beats audio) tries to normalize the microphone levels, so it ends up making the background noise unbearably loud.
I've recorded a test file of what it sounds like, and can provide that upon request.
I've searched though beats settings and tried recording with everything on, and everything off. There's not an option for audio levels normalizing, so I cannot fix this on my own.