Gating and limiting issue with a Yeti mic in Audacity

Audacity 3 Help Forum Windows
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I recently bought a Yeti and every time I record my audio has a weird limit at the top and then the trailing off of my words and the ambient sound seems to get gated, so it is silent unnaturally (bad.jpg).

I was able to record something good once (good.jpg) but never again.

I don’t think that I have any setting in Audacity selected other than the default, and I haven’t been able to find anything to even describe what is happening.

I added images from Audition and Audacity that hopefully can describe better what I am saying.

Thanks.
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Make sure all [u]Windows “Enhancements”[/u] are turned-OFF. These are for “communication” and they try to even-out the volume and/or reduce the noise etc., but they will mess-up high-quality recording. Another application like Zoom or Skype might have enabled those “enhancements”.

Audacity won’t alter the sound but sometimes Windows does, before it gets to Audacity.

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Sir, can’t thank you enough. Appreciate the thorough insight.