• hag01
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Topic: Occasional white noise on RME Babyface Pro FS

I'm using the RME Babyface Pro FS as Windows default playback device, listening to music, and occasionally hear white noise for 1-3 seconds in the middle of the music.
I'm listening through headphones, defining Analog (3+4) as my output device.

What can I do in order to eliminate this white noise phenomenon?

2 Reply by waedi (edited by waedi 2024-04-02 14:45:59)

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Re: Occasional white noise on RME Babyface Pro FS

First thing I would do is update the firmware
The Fireface Settings Dialog is showing the firmware and driver version number.
Firmware should be 206

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Re: Occasional white noise on RME Babyface Pro FS

waedi wrote:

First thing I would do is update the firmware

Already done.

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Re: Occasional white noise on RME Babyface Pro FS

What is the driver version number ?

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Re: Occasional white noise on RME Babyface Pro FS

1.249

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Re: Occasional white noise on RME Babyface Pro FS

Firmware up-to-date, driver is correct.
What else ? Are you running a DAW with plugins ?
Some plugins when in Demo produce white noise periodically...

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Re: Occasional white noise on RME Babyface Pro FS

I thought that maybe I need to change something in the settings in order to solve this problem.
But maybe the driver\firmware is not good.

Few years ago, I had a problem with RME Babyface Pro(not FS), of distorted sound that start occasionally in the middle of the music, and it was solved only after firmware and driver update.
I posted about it and you can see that here:
https://forum.rme-audio.de/viewtopic.php?id=28756

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Re: Occasional white noise on RME Babyface Pro FS

You can switch the device to CC-mode and check if the issue persists.

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Re: Occasional white noise on RME Babyface Pro FS

I updated today to driver version 1.250, and I still have this problem.

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Re: Occasional white noise on RME Babyface Pro FS

And does not go computer to sleep or so? And what OS? If Win do you have Intel with big-little architecture? OS might move player thread to e-cote, find it is not good idea and move it back.... In that case maybe Lasso might help. Or before using that just try to switch e-cores off, to see if that helps...