I've been having static problems too. When I just run music through it without a guitar even plugged in, either from streaming, YouTube, or even internal ripped music (although not as prevalent). Very annoying to say the least. I have tried everything. New cables, battery only on laptop, up-to-date drivers. The static is there regardless of whether I use headphones or speakers. My Wi-Fi is good and fast (fibre optic, 20mbps). Have an Acer with 2.4GHz i5, 6GB Memory - more than enough computing power. No static when I use the internal speakers and disconnect the UX2. I have done complete uninstall/reinstall. The only thing plugged in to the UX2 is the USB and the analog outs to monitor speakers. The UX2 does everything I want it to but the static is driving me nuts... so much so I am looking at other options but don't really want to spend another 300 bucks for a different interface.