My Focusrite died on my while trying to record with Kemper

    Hi!

    Unfortunately yesterday my Focusrite 6i6 2nd gen stopped working while I was trying to record with Kemper (I was trying also to reamp almost the whole day, but I couldn’t figure it out). It went down like this - I was just recording my take when I found out that I can only hear mono sound, after few minutes the sound stopped completely. I was recording through S/PDIF and was managing my routing through Focusrite Control, also it was my first day using Kemper in studio.

    My question is - could the Kemper potentionally cause any harm to my Focusrite? If not, does anybody here have a similar experience or what could be the cause to this issue?

    Thank you!

    It seems unlikely that the Kemper would do this. You can approach Focusrite very easily for them to look at the 6i6 though and their repair prices are reasonable. In fact I did this with an out of warranty Saffire and they didn't even charge, as it was considered a small problem. They paid for carriage too!

    Karl


    Kemper Rack OS 9.0.5 - Mac OS X 12.6.7

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    I just bought a 2nd hand 6i6 a few weeks ago , and it works great , I've done dozens of recordings using my KPA on SPDIF & no problem.


    I cannot see a digital signal like SPDIF burning some components on the 6i6 , no way, I think it's more of a problem with the card itself.


    The only thinks that really bugs me is that it need a 5 minute warmup to connect to my PC docking station , with lots of intermittent connexions on the meanwhile. It uses an external power block so I really wonder what's happening ( I also changed the usb cables , same story). I had exactly the same issues with my roland quad capture, on a different PC.


    Really strange USB intermittent connexions for sure , I've never seen USB devices need a 'warmup' like analog gear to get stable in my whole IT life, except these 2 soundcards :o

    Everything broke. Only thing working is that my soundcard is noticed by my macbook. But no sound goes in or out. Focusrite Control says “No hardware detected”,

    Probably either a 6i6 hardware issue, a driver problem or an issue with the cables. I've had 2 KPA/6i6 issues lately, both caused by USB or SPDIF:


    1) I could not lock my spdif, where everything looked fine. Turned out, the spdif cables at the KPA side were a little loose. So it worked, but sort of half. Reseating it fixed it

    2) From the 6i6 I got huge white noise, or rather more like digital overdrive. Reseated the USB cable into a different USB slot in the PC and it was solved.