Yeti X causing terrible choppiness/dropped audio

Hey all,

I've pulled out all of my hair so now I'm here. Thanks in advance. 

I've had this issue with Audition where my YetiX causes major drops in audio when recording. Playback just a single audio track through the mic and it sounds like lag. 

I've also tried this mic in Audacity, for the record. I am able to get clean playback in audacity with this mic, however, recording sounds like static and dropped clips.

In Audition, playback is so bad that when you try to record in a new track, playback becomes even more unbearable and trying to record vocals over a choppy beat is impossible. If I disconnect the mic, playback and recording is fine through laptop internal speakers and mic (puke)

here's what I've tried:

adjusting buffer rates

adjusting from 48k to 41k

ensuring all other apps are closed and not pulling mic access

updating firmware on Yeti

Updating OS

upratint audition

no luck. Please save my soul. I just want to make music with my friends for the love of Adobe

thank you