Mosquito Hum in Garageband

I plug my Blue Yeti into my brand new iMac. Everything sounds perfect. But then I open Garageband, and as soon as the App opens I can hear a mosquito like high pitched hum. Close Garageband and the hum is gone.
So I switched to my MacBook Pro, and guess what? Same thing. I plug the mic in, everything sounds beautiful, open Garageband and the mosquito sound comes back.
This is definitely not the sound of the fans in my computer, or hard drive hum, again, this only happens when Garageband is open.
And yes, I tried an external powered USB hub. Didn't help.
Is there a setting in Garageband I can toggle off?

Which GarageBAnd version are you using? GarageBAnd 10 on a Mac or GarageBAnd on the iPad?
If on your Mac, you have probably the Cycle Region enabled - you will see it as a yellow bar at the top of the Track Area. Disable it by hitting the button with the two chasing arrows. Then the playback will start at the cursor position.

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