Horrible Noise while recording....

<<<I am using tape out on the mixer to mic/line-in >>>

Probably not. Most Windows Laptops have a delicate, sensitive Microphone-In, expecting a really tiny, weak signal from a mono microphone. Your mixer is producing a massive, powerful, stereo line signal which is destroying your computer.

Many Windows Laptop users find it useful to buy an external USB sound card to do what you want.

https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/sound-card-reviews/8375/1

Koz