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RME Audio DIGIFACE User Manual
Summary of DIGIFACE
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User’s guide - macintosh hammerfall ® dsp system digiface pci busmaster digital i/o system pci and cardbus interface 2 + 24 channels stereo / adat interface 24 bit / 96 khz analog stereo monitor adat sync in totalmix ™ 24 bit / 96 khz ü ü syncalign ® zlm ® synccheck ®.
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User’s guide hdsp system digiface © rme 2 contents 1 introduction ............................................................ 3 2 package contents .................................................. 3 3 system requirements............................................ 3 4 brief description and charact...
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User’s guide hdsp system digiface © rme 3 1. Introduction thank you for choosing the hammerfall dsp. This unique audio system is capable of transferring digital audio data directly to a computer from practically any device equipped with a digital audio interface, be it spdif, aes/ebu or adat optical...
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User’s guide hdsp system digiface © rme 4 4. Brief description and characteristics • hammerfall design: 0% (zero!) cpu load, even using all 52 asio channels • all settings can be changed in real-time • enhanced mixed mode: adats in, spdif in, and all outputs can be used simultaneously • 8 available ...
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User’s guide hdsp system digiface © rme 5 5.4 transfer modes: resolution / bits per sample • 32 bit, 4 byte (stereo 8 byte) this format is compatible with 16-bit and 20-bit. Resolutions below 24-bit are handled by the audio application. The card works internally with 32-bit data, but audio data tran...
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User’s guide hdsp system digiface © rme 6 7. Software installation first fit the card (see 6. Hardware installation), then switch on the computer and install the drivers from the rme driver cd. The driver files are located on the cd in the folder 'hammerfall dsp'. In case a newer driver version was ...
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User’s guide hdsp system digiface © rme 7 3. Copy the complete sub-folder hammerfall dsp, found in the folder 'into preferences folder', to the system folder 'preferences'. This way the files related to the hdsp system reside in their own folder, without cluttering the preferences folder. Additional...
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User’s guide hdsp system digiface © rme 8 8. Operation and usage 8.1 connections the front of the i/o-box digiface has the second midi input and output, the analog stereo output of the digital mixer, and several status leds: midi state indicates sent or received data separately for each midi port in...
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User’s guide hdsp system digiface © rme 9 8.2 recording digital unlike analog soundcards which produce empty wave files (or noise) when no input signal is present, digital i/o cards always need a valid input signal to start recording. To take this into account, rme has included two unique features i...
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User’s guide hdsp system digiface © rme 10 9. Configuring the digiface 9.1 general information configuring the hdsp system is done using its own settings dialog, the program hammerfall dsp settings. The hammerfall dsp’s hardware offers a number of helpful, well thought-of practical functions and opt...
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User’s guide hdsp system digiface © rme 11 buffer size the setting ‘buffer size’ determines the latency between incoming and outgoing data, as well as affecting system stability. We recommend selecting the highest value here (8192 samples) - the system will still run comfortably. Options 'alt. Asio ...
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User’s guide hdsp system digiface © rme 12 9.2 clock modes - synchronization in the digital world, all devices are either the ‘master’ (clock source) or a ‘slave’ synchronized to the master. Whenever several devices are linked within a system, there must always be a single master clock. The hammerfa...
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User’s guide hdsp system digiface © rme 13 if several digital devices are to be used simultaneously in a system, they not only have to operate with the same sample frequency but also be synchronous with each other. This is why digital systems always need a single device defined as ‘master’, which se...
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User’s guide hdsp system digiface © rme 14 10. Word clock 10.1 technical description and usage correct interpretation of digital audio data is dependent upon a definite sample frequency. Signals can only be correctly processed or transferred between devices if these all share the same clock, otherwi...
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User’s guide hdsp system digiface © rme 15 10.3 general operation the green ‘lock’ led (input state) will light up when the input sees a valid word clock signal. Selecting ‘word clock’ in the ‘clock mode’ field will switch clock control over to the word clock signal. As soon as there is a valid sign...
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User’s guide hdsp system digiface © rme 16 13. Operation under asio 2.0 13.1 general we will use steinberg’s cubase vst as an example throughout this chapter. All information provided can easily be adopted to other programs. Start the asio software and select ‘system’ from the audio menu. Select 'as...
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User’s guide hdsp system digiface © rme 17 the heyday of (expensive) scsi hard disks in high-speed audio workstations is over. Today’s cheap high-capacity eide disks allow continuous transfer rates of well over 10 mb per second. In practical terms, this is more than enough to record up to 24 simulta...
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User’s guide hdsp system digiface © rme 18 14. Totalmix: routing and monitoring the hammerfall dsp system includes a powerful digital real-time mixer. Rme’s unique totalmix technology allows for nearly unlimited mixing and routing with all inputs and playback channels simultaneously. Here are some t...
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User’s guide hdsp system digiface © rme 19 14.2 tour de totalmix in the following chapters we will explain all functions of the surface step by step. Starting up totalmix, the last settings are recalled automatically. When executing the application for the first time, a default file is loaded, sendi...
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User’s guide hdsp system digiface © rme 20 14.3 submix view such a wide range of possibilities make it difficult to maintain the overview. Because practically all hardware outputs can be used for different submixes, as shown. And when opening the routing windows you might see an army of checkmarks, ...
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User’s guide hdsp system digiface © rme 21 using the hotkeys i, o and p the complete row each of input, playback and output channels can be toggled between visible and invisible. Hotkey s switches submix view on/off. Those four hotkeys have the same functionality as the buttons in the view section o...
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User’s guide hdsp system digiface © rme 22 14.7 presets during the driver installation 8 factory presets are copied to the preferences folder (inside the folder 'hammerfall dsp'). Those files are named preset1.Mix to preset8.Mix, and will be used when clicking on the 8 preset buttons in the quick ac...
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User’s guide hdsp system digiface © rme 23 14.8 level meter having set a new standard with the level meters of digicheck, hammerfall dsp goes even further: the calculation of the peak, rms and over is realized in hardware, in order to be capable of using them independent of the software in use, and ...
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User’s guide hdsp system digiface © rme 24 15. Notes on using laptops and cardbus the hdsp system uses the notebook’s pcmcia type ii port as cardbus interface. Compared to a pc-card, which only has access to the outdated isa-bus, cardbus is a 32 bit pci interface. When inserting the cardbus card it ...
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User’s guide hdsp system digiface © rme 25 16. Hotline - troubleshooting 16.1 general the newest information can always be found on our website www.Rme-audio.Com , section macos, hammerfall dsp support. The adat timecode is not in sync • the tape is formatted to 48 khz, but played back at 44.1 khz (...
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User’s guide hdsp system digiface © rme 26 digital performer and logic crash when used at 96 khz • this problem (missing reset for changed number of channels in double speed operation) is solved by the special asio driver 'hammerfall dsp asio 96 khz'. Select this driver within the corresponding prog...
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User’s guide hdsp system digiface © rme 27 18. Accessories rme offers several optional components, further increasing the flexibility and usability of the hdsp system. Additionally parts of the hdsp system, like the special cardbus cable and the switching power supply, are available seperately. Part...
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User’s guide hdsp system digiface © rme 28 19. Tech info not all information to and around our products fit in a manual. Therefore rme offers a lot more and detailed information in the tech infos. The very latest tech infos can be found on our website, section news & infos, or the directory \rmeaudi...
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User’s guide hdsp system digiface © rme 29 20. Warranty each individual hammerfall dsp undergoes comprehensive quality control and a complete test in a pc environment at rme before shipping. This may cause very slight signs of wear (if it looks like it was used one time before - it was). The usage o...
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User’s guide hdsp system digiface © rme 30 22. Diagrams 22.1 block diagram digiface.
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User’s guide hdsp system digiface © rme 31 22.2 adat track routing, asio at 96 khz this diagram shows the signal paths in asio double speed mode (88.2 / 96 khz). The devices available under asio have been implemented according to the hardware. Signal routing is identical for record and playback. Dev...
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User’s guide hdsp system digiface © rme 32 22.3 block diagram totalmix this diagram shows the signal flow inside the totalmix mixer of the digiface. It shall clarify the following function: • the input signal of the hardware (adat/spdif in) is always directly fed through to the recording software. A...
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User’s guide hdsp system digiface © rme 33 23. Ce and fcc compliance statements ce this device has been tested and found to comply with the en55022 class b and en50082-1 norms for digital devices, according to the european council directive on counterpart laws in the member states relating to electr...