Uploaded January 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
My E-MU 1616m audio interface was malfunctioning. There was a nasty whining sound coming out of the unit itself. It was singing a constant high pitched, jittery 12.5 kilohertz whistling noise kind of like tinnitus, and it was contaminating the audio signals from the unit as well. And then the unit started dropping MIDI input and getting stuck notes… Talk about killing the vibe. Poor thing needed help bad. But since Creative no longer services this model, it has to be a DIY fix, or else its going in the bin! In this video I will show you how I located the issue and fixed it by replacing some capacitors. Hope this helps somebody.
My E-MU 1616m audio interface was malfunctioning. There was a nasty whining sound coming out of the unit itself. It was singing a constant high pitched, jittery 12.5 kilohertz whistling noise kind of like tinnitus, and it was contaminating the audio signals from the unit as well. And then the unit started dropping MIDI input and getting stuck notes… Talk about killing the vibe. Poor thing needed help bad. But since Creative no longer services this model, it has to be a DIY fix, or else its going in the bin! In this video I will show you how I located the issue and fixed it by replacing some capacitors. Hope this helps somebody.
