Best way to avoid hissing sounds when recording audio.?

Question

I have a Blue Yeti Microphone and use Audicity and it works well it's just that annoying hissing sound in the background that gets annoying. What is the best method of avoiding it?

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The best way to reduce background hiss is to get the mic CLOSER to the source of sound (your mouth probably). This will allow you to turn the mic gain down which will lower the noise.