What mic are you using?
Even bad mic's should be able to record, I record vocals of my own voice with my laptop mic because I love the crunchy sound it makes
Like other users said; Lower the input gain.
What are you using it on now? Maybe you're ASIO driver isn't compatible to it or your ASIO driver is really bad.
Maybe look at the preferences of your DAW.. Must be something.
I'd say your mic is broke but if it works in FL and Skype etc (;
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