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Topic: Babyface popping my monitors when I power up

Hi folks,

I have a BF attached to active monitors and when I power up my Mac there's a distinct pop.

Any way to deal with this apart from powering up the monitors after booting the computer?

Cheers,

Andy.

2 Reply by ggc (edited by ggc 2011-03-24 00:06:17)

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Re: Babyface popping my monitors when I power up

Hey Andy)

yes, same here... i turn my monitors on after i turn on power on laptop (the pop occurs in the first waking second of powering up)...
- whats nice is that i can power down after sessions without having to think about pops... thats when i usually forget to turn off monitors b4 powering down...

edit: maybe its different now (prolly not) but, pops are common place when powering up gear connected to monitors/pa's/high end speakers with valve amps or whatever... (at least for me)

cheers=)

3 Reply by Timur Born (edited by Timur 2011-03-24 05:57:49)

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Re: Babyface popping my monitors when I power up

If you are using a Macbook try swapping the 2-prong vs. 3-prong plug of the Mac's power-supply. Other than that it's simply a thing of mass and electric circuitry and the reason why many amps power up "slowly" for many years already.

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Re: Babyface popping my monitors when I power up

kewl, slowly power up... smile

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Re: Babyface popping my monitors when I power up

Hm, doesn't happen with my FF800.

I'm wondering if there's anything RME might be able to do about it in firmware or driver updates?

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Re: Babyface popping my monitors when I power up

You can turn down the Fireface's output amp to -10 dBv, that should cause a lesser pop.