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52–KOMPLETEAUDIO6–Manual

8.3.3 UsingapoweredUSB2.0hub

ConnecttheKOMPLETEAUDIO6toaUSB2.0portdirectlyonyourcomputer.Incertain

situations,apoweredUSBhubmayalsowork(e.g.,ifyouarehavingproblemsconnecting

yourKOMPLETEAUDIO6toanonboardUSBport);inthiscase,trytoavoidconnecting

otherdevicestothehubifpossible,aseachbus-powereddevicetakesitssharefromthe

totalamountofpoweravailableperbus.

8.3.4 RecommendedUSB-ports(MacBookOnly)

For a current list of recommended ports on Mac Laptops (MacBook and MacBook Pro),

please referto our knowledge base article http://www.native-instruments.com/knowledge/

questions/263.

8.3.5 DisableUSBEnergySavingMode(Windowsonly)

IftheKOMPLETEAUDIO6iscausingcrashesorperformingbadlyonaWindowsmachine,

disablepowermanagementtotheUSBhubsrst;seetheWindowsdocumentationforfur-

ther instructions.

8.3.6 UpdatetheDriver

Wheneveryouencounterproblems,youshouldalsocheckifyouhavethelatestdriverisinstalled.

Forupdates,visittheproductpageonourwebsite:http://www.native-instruments.com/KA6.

8.4 HowtoavoidGroundLoops

Ground loopsareacommonproblemwithinanyenvironmentwheremultipleelectricalde-

vicesareconnectedtothesamepowercircuit.Incomplexsetups,thecause(s)ofthenoise

canbedifculttond.Groundloopsareperceivedusuallyasahumorbuzzinyouraudio

signal,butthiscanalsotransmitandamplifyothersoundsfromthedevicesconnectedto

thecircuit.Forexample,oneverycommonproblemisthatyouhearinternalclickingsounds

createdbyyourcomputer.

Thecauseofthenoiseisusuallythecomputeranditsinternaldevices,ordevicesconnected

tothecomputer suchas externalharddrives (notethatevenifthepowersupplyofyour

notebookcomputerisnotconnected,yoursetupmaystillbevulnerabletogroundnoisefrom

anexternaldevicewithitsownpowersupply).Thecausecanalsobeanyotherdevice(such

asaradioortelevision).Thereasonwhythisnoiseispresentatthemonitorspeakersinput

hastodowithaloopinthesetupofyourelectricalandaudiocableconnections.Mostlikely

thisloopoccursthroughthegroundofoneormoreofthesecables.Withthisinmind,the

followingsectionshouldhelptoeliminatethegroundloop.

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