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Oh not at all Joel. I hope we get to figure this out together. A powered hub—probably more like the second one you linked to, from Amazon—will surely improve how your external hard drives are powered. Some external monitors can also function as a powered hub by the way, it's worth checking whether y...

I would ask Motu to see if they can recommend a powered hub.

Joel, are you running those three bus-powered drives off of a powered hub? I assume you are, otherwise they might not get enough power and that might cause issues?

Gosh yeah… USB hubs and devices are a mystery to me. On my previous MacBook Pro for instance I had an intermittent high-pitched whine coming from the Ultralite. Eventually I found out that this only happened when plugged into the ports on the right hand side of the laptop. Left hand side: all good. ...

After having turned Computer Volume Controls to OFF for over a week now I've only had a single instance of audio loss. This is a lot less frequent than before—it used to happen several times daily.

For a few days I've been working with Computer Volume Controls turned OFF and I've not experienced the issue anymore. Previously I had this setting turned on... Your mileage may vary, but it's worth a try turning this off to see if it resolves the issue for you. You can find this setting under: Pro ...

That perfectly describes my exact experience also @datassette.