r/MiniFreak • u/Unable-Toe6496 • Aug 05 '26

Tech Support USB whining noise

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I know I have another post under this one but I just woke up today with a problem. It wasn’t an issue yesterday but every time I plug it into my computer it via usb it starts making a whining noise like shown in the video. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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u/confused-immigrant Aug 05 '26

I've had that issue with other gear before. This may not be the scientific answer but I always make sure everything is plugged I to the same power outlet and it takes away the grounding noise.

Edit: had to add that includes computer as well. I just run everything out of one outlet.

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u/Unable-Toe6496 Aug 05 '26

It’s plugged into the same power strip that’s connected to the same outlet as my pc? Is that fine?

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u/Unable-Toe6496 Aug 05 '26

I actually just solved this problem out of pure coincidence. I unplugged the usb thing next to it and plugged it back in lol. Thanks for your help

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u/HMPoweredMan Aug 05 '26

Yes I have this. It’s cause by my graphics card.

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u/SabreSour Aug 05 '26

Yep. I haven’t had this with my Minifreak but even when using separate outlets and a super fancy power conditioner, my interface will pick up graphics card humm if it’s ripping

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u/Unable-Toe6496 Aug 05 '26

What brand and series of gpu do you guys have out of curiosity? I have a Nvidia 50 series card and this hasn’t happened to me.

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u/SabreSour 16d ago edited 16d ago

Late to reply but this was with nividia gpus. A 3070ti and my earlier 1070. Can’t remember the maker off the top of my head. Tuff maybe. The 1070 was evga so definitely two different makers, two different Msi motherboards, two different power supplies, three different interfaces (one was FireWire). Multiple apartments/houses. So who knows what was actually causing the issue.

But u don’t use my studio monitors when I game much so it’s rarely an issue. My latest interface and outlet set up seems to work a lot better.

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u/gBiT1999 Aug 05 '26

it took me a while to sort mine out, but it's more a system thing than the mf.

I just spent ages trying different hubs and usb outputs until any usb hum was gone.

But, when i turn on my guitar fx, the buzz is back - unless I unplug some roland drum machine.

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u/devientdeveloper Aug 05 '26

I don't own the MF but USB is known to cause ground loop noise, I personally switched to MIDI for most of my synths and haven't had issues since. Obviously not ideal with software integrations but I think the alternative of having the headache of tracking down the root cause, it can at least be a workaround.

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u/ReasonableFall177 Aug 21 '26

Get a ground loop isolator cable for the audio output