Speakers start to hum when Ableton loads

AudioBoi

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Hi guys,

I'm hoping you can help, I run Ableton 9 on my new iMac with sound coming through a Focusrite Scarlett 18i8 and as soon as I open Ableton my speakers start to quietly hum, the hymn increases as I turn up the volume on my sound card. I always thought that it was simply a ground loop and so finally got round to buying a hum destroyer but it's had zero effect. In fact when I watched a recent ground loop demo it seems that ground loops aren't effected by volume but my problem is.

Can anyone think what this may be? It seems odd that the sound only starts when I start Ableton, it doesn't happen when my computer is just sitting on desktop with no apps loaded
 
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Does it happen with other apps? What about when you play music or other audio on your PC (not from Ableton)?
Is your computer a laptop or a desktop?

GJ
 
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