Poor Microphone Quality on New PC

[Windows 11]

Hello I have the Shure SM7B Mic, Cloudlifter, and Rode AI-1 all connected to my PC. On my old laptop this sounded great however on my newly put together PC the audio randomly gets louder and cuts out. I made sure the new computer has the Rode AI-1 set to 44.1 khz in the PC's audio settings and in OBS the sound is also set to 44.1. It's not a filter issue because the issue persists in Audacity as well.I don't think the problem is anything external because I unplugged the USB from the computer to the laptop without moving anything else. I don't have another mic on hand to test to see if it's jus

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