<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div>So, I just went through the process of eliminating noise that was picked up by some of the audio cables, that was introduced from some USB connections. In my case I traced the USB noise to a small 4-port hub. I replaced the hub and used balanced cables between the main audio interfaces and voila, most of the noise gone. So definitely change cables to balanced ones, and go for real quality there. As for the audio interface, I have the Saffire Pro 40 in the main studio, and I got a Scarlett Solo for one of my boys, and am really happy with them.</div><div><br></div><div>mohsen<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484589463539_7457"><span></span></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484589463539_7465"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484589463539_7475" style="display: block;"> <blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484589463539_7474"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484589463539_7473"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484589463539_7472"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484589463539_7471"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Joost Schuttelaar <joost@joostschuttelaar.nl><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Music-bar <music-bar@lists.music-bar.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, January 15, 2017 2:20 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Simple audio interface<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br>Hi -bar! The two fat 5K LG’s have a downside, apparently that heavy Thunderbolt traffic is a bit audible as static noise on my monitors (annoying). This happens when I just plug the laptop directly from the headphone jack, through about a meter of stereo cable into a TC Electronic Level Pilot, into my monitor speakers.<br><br>The wiring is picking it up (can’t hear it with heaphones). So a fully balanced connection will help I think. Plus, I could just connect the interface using the USB-C ports on the back of one of the screens (through a tiny USB-C → USB-A converter).<br><br>I’m currently looking at the Focusrite Scarlett2 2i2. Any thoughts? It’s just about getting some simple stereo audio in and out.<br><br>Cheers,<br><br>-- <br><br>Joost Schuttelaar<br>The Hague, NL<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>music-bar mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:music-bar@lists.music-bar.org" href="mailto:music-bar@lists.music-bar.org">music-bar@lists.music-bar.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.music-bar.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/music-bar" target="_blank">http://lists.music-bar.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/music-bar</a><br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </blockquote> </div></div></body></html>