Background noise when recording

[Anthony5E61]

I am recording a voiceover in Premiere Pro 2020 and getting excessive background noise, a low level hum.  It's only with premiere pro, however.  If I use the exact same microphone/headphone setup in something like PowerPoint, I get no background noise.  I have a stand alone Finite Technologies USB microphone and a microsoft surface book laptop.

[Jeff Bugbee]

Perhaps Premiere is defaulting to a higher level of gain. Can you try lowering that and see if you can get it to sound more like Powerpoint?

[Andy 1968]

Premiere Pro needs to be tweaked. ASIO4ALL drivers might help. Premiere Pro can make use of ASIO drivers.