• Registered: 2010-08-16
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Topic: Does your FF400 make a high pitch noise?

Just wondering, does anyone else's FF400 make a really high pitch tone from the actual soundcard itself?
Mine does. Its quite annoying at first (like Tinitus)

I've posted a clip of the sound using a NT1 mic positioned by the side grill of the FF400 and then normalised in soundforge

Listen here


I've tried everything i possibly could to stop it (powered by firewire, adapter etc) but it never goes.

Its done it since i purchased it from Digital village and they said soundcards do emit some noise. But i'm gonna be honest here, my previous soundcard made no noise.

Any advice?

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Re: Does your FF400 make a high pitch noise?

Very unusual. Most probably the transformer of the internal switched power supply. Check with Synthax UK. We really don't want to sell noisy units!

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3 Reply by aurelienparis (edited by aurelienparis 2010-12-31 01:21:20)

  • Registered: 2009-10-14
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Re: Does your FF400 make a high pitch noise?

Yeah mine is noisy too.

Use the firewire legacy drivers(under windows 7, if you're under osx, no solution sad )  and the noise may be gone.
If i use TI or OHCI drivers, i have the high pitched noise like you.

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Re: Does your FF400 make a high pitch noise?

@ Mc (Admin) will synthax UK repair under warranty?

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Re: Does your FF400 make a high pitch noise?

You will have to ask Synthax UK.

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Re: Does your FF400 make a high pitch noise?

can i confirm that RME FF400 has a 2 year warranty?

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Re: Does your FF400 make a high pitch noise?

2 years indeed...

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