RME Audio Fireface 802 User manual

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User's Guide

Fireface 802

A legend reborn!

USB 2.0 / FireWire 400 Digital I/O System

12 + 16 + 2 Channels Analog / ADAT / AES Interface

24 Bit / 192 kHz Digital Audio

60 x 30 Matrix Router

MIDI I/O

Stand-Alone Operation

Class Compliant Operation

MIDI Remote Control

TotalMix

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24 Bit / 192 kHz

SyncAlign

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ZLM

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SyncCheck

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User's guide fireface 802 a legend reborn! Usb 2.0 / firewire 400 digital i/o system 12 + 16 + 2 channels analog / adat / aes interface 24 bit / 192 khz digital audio 60 x 30 matrix router midi i/o stand-alone operation class compliant operation midi remote control totalmix ™ 24 bit / 192 khz 9 sync...
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2 user's guide fireface 802 © rme important safety instructions ..................................6 general 1 introduction ...............................................................8 2 package contents .....................................................8 3 system requirements ...................
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User's guide fireface 802 © rme 3 installation and operation - mac os x 13 hardware, driver and firmware installation 13.1 hardware and driver installation ......................... 30 13.2 de-installing the drivers....................................... 30 13.3 firmware update ........................
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4 user's guide fireface 802 © rme totalmix fx 25 routing and monitoring 25.1 overview ..............................................................52 25.2 the user interface ...............................................54 25.3 the channel.........................................................55...
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User's guide fireface 802 © rme 5 class compliant mode 29 general ..................................................................... 90 30 system requirements ............................................ 90 31 operation ................................................................. 91 31.1 use...
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6 user's guide fireface 802 © rme important safety instructions attention! Do not open chassis – risk of electric shock the unit has non-isolated live parts inside. No user serviceable parts inside. Refer service to qualified service personnel. Mains • the device must be earthed – never use it witho...
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8 user's guide fireface 802 © rme 1. Introduction thank you for choosing the fireface 802. This unique audio system is capable of transferring analog and digital audio data directly to a computer from practically any device. The latest plug and play technology guarantees a simple installation, even ...
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User's guide fireface 802 © rme 9 5. First usage – quick start 5.1 connectors – controls – display the front of the fireface 802 features four instrument and microphone inputs, two stereo head- phone outputs, six pots, a power switch, and several status leds. The neutrik combo sockets of the four mi...
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10 user's guide fireface 802 © rme the rear panel of the fireface 802 features eight analog inputs and outputs, the power socket, and all digital inputs and outputs: balanced line level inputs. 8 balanced analog inputs via 6.3 mm stereo trs. Balanced line level outputs. 8 balanced analog outputs, si...
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User's guide fireface 802 © rme 11 5.2 quick start after the driver installation (chapter 6 / 13) connect the trs jacks or the xlr inputs with the analog signal source. The input sensitivity of the rear inputs can be changed in totalmix (input channel settings, level), assuring the highest signal to...
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14 user's guide fireface 802 © rme 6. Hardware, driver and firmware installation 6.1 hardware and driver installation to simplify installation it is recommended to first install the drivers before the unit is connected to the computer. But it will also work the other way round. Insert the rme driver...
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User's guide fireface 802 © rme 15 7. Configuring the fireface 7.1 settings dialog - general configuration of the fireface 802 is done via its own settings dialog. The panel 'settings' can be opened: • by clicking on the fire symbol in the task bar's system tray the mixer of the fireface 802, totalm...
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16 user's guide fireface 802 © rme buffer size the setting buffer size determines the latency between incoming and outgoing asio and wdm data, as well as affecting system stability (see chapter 9.1). Errors does not refer to buffer errors, but usb and firewire transmission errors. The display will b...
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User's guide fireface 802 © rme 17 bandwidth (only for the firewire driver) allows to reduce the amount of bandwidth used on the firewire bus. See chapter 38.4. All channels (default) activates all 30 input and output channels. Analog + aes + adat1 disables channels 23–30 (adat2). Analog + aes activ...
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18 user's guide fireface 802 © rme 8. Operation and usage 8.1 playback in the audio application being used, fireface must be selected as output device. This can often be found in the options, preferences or settings menus under playback device, audio devices, audio etc. We strongly recommend switchi...
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User's guide fireface 802 © rme 19 8.2 dvd-playback (ac-3/dts) ac-3 / dts when using popular dvd software players like windvd and powerdvd, their audio data stream can be sent to any ac-3/dts capable receiver using the fireface's spdif output. For this to work, the wdm spdif device of the fireface h...
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20 user's guide fireface 802 © rme 8.3 notes on wdm the driver offers a wdm streaming device per stereo pair, like analog 3+4 (fireface 802). Wdm streaming is microsoft's current driver and audio system, directly embedded into the op- erating system. Wdm streaming is hardly usable for professional m...
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User's guide fireface 802 © rme 21 8.4 channel count under wdm the fireface adat optical ports allow to record sample rates of up to 192 khz using a standard adat recorder. For this to work single-channel data is spread to two or four adat channels using the sample multiplexing technique. This reduc...
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22 user's guide fireface 802 © rme 8.6 analog recording for recordings via the analog inputs the corresponding record device has to be chosen (fire- face 802 analog (x+y)). The input sensitivity of the rear inputs can be changed in two steps in totalmix (input channel settings, level), assuring the ...
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User's guide fireface 802 © rme 23 8.8 clock modes - synchronization in the digital world, all devices must be either master (clock source) or slave (clock receiver). Whenever several devices are linked within a system, there must always be a single master clock. A digital system can only have one m...
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24 user's guide fireface 802 © rme 9. Operation under asio 9.1 general start the asio software and select asio fireface usb as the audio i/o device or the audio driver. The fireface 802 supports asio direct monitoring (adm). The fireface 802 midi i/o can be used with both mme midi and directmusic mi...
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User's guide fireface 802 © rme 25 9.3 known problems if a computer does not provide sufficient cpu-power and/or sufficient usb or pci* bus transfer rates, then drop outs, crackling and noise will appear. Raising the buffer size in the settings dialog of the fireface 802 helps in most cases. It is a...
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26 user's guide fireface 802 © rme 11. Digicheck windows the digicheck software is a unique utility developed for testing, measuring and analysing digi- tal audio streams. Although this windows software is fairly self-explanatory, it still includes a comprehensive online help. Digicheck 5.70 operate...
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User's guide fireface 802 © rme 27 12. Hotline – troubleshooting the newest information can always be found on our website www.Rme-audio.Com , section faq, latest additions. The 8 adat channels don’t seem to work • the optical output adat2 has been switched to aes/spdif. As can be seen in the block ...
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User's guide fireface 802 © rme 29 user's guide fireface 802 installation and operation – mac os x.
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30 user's guide fireface 802 © rme 13. Hardware, driver and firmware installation 13.1 hardware and driver installation after the fireface has been connected to the computer and switched on install the drivers from the rme driver cd. The driver files are located in the folder \fireface_usb and \fire...
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User's guide fireface 802 © rme 31 13.3 firmware update the flash update tool updates the firmware of the fireface 802 to the latest version. It requires an already installed driver. Start the program fireface usb flash. The flash update tool displays the current revision of the fireface firmware, a...
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32 user's guide fireface 802 © rme options dsp – eq+d for record switches eq and dynamics of all input channels into the recording path. In case loopback has been activated the eq and dynamics of the output channel are within the recording path. See also chapter 27.5. Adat2 output this optical tosli...
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User's guide fireface 802 © rme 33 14.2 clock modes - synchronization in the digital world, all devices must be either master (clock source) or slave (clock receiver). Whenever several devices are linked within a system, there must always be a single master clock. A digital system can only have one ...
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34 user's guide fireface 802 © rme 15. Mac os x faq 15.1 midi doesn't work in some cases the applications do not show the midi port. The reason for this is usually visible within the audio midi setup. It displays no rme midi device, or the device is greyed out and therefore inactive. Mostly, removin...
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User's guide fireface 802 © rme 35 15.5 various information the driver of the fireface requires at least mac os 10.6. Programs that don't support card or channel selection will use the device chosen as input and output in the system preferences – sound panel. Via launchpad – other – audio midi setup...
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36 user's guide fireface 802 © rme 17. Digicheck mac the digicheck software is a unique utility developed for testing, measuring and analysing digi- tal audio streams. Although this windows software is fairly self-explanatory, it still includes a comprehensive online help. Digicheck 0.68 operates in...
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User's guide fireface 802 © rme 37 18. Hotline – troubleshooting the newest information can always be found on our website www.Rme-audio.Com , section faq, latest additions. The unit and drivers have been installed correctly, but playback does not work: • is fireface 802 listed in the system profile...
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40 user's guide fireface 802 © rme 19. Analog inputs 19.1 line rear the fireface has eight balanced line inputs as 1/4" trs jacks on the back of the unit. The elec- tronic input stage is built in a servo balanced design which handles unbalanced (mono jacks) and balanced (stereo jacks) correctly, aut...
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User's guide fireface 802 © rme 41 ts the unbalanced ts line inputs, which can be used alternatively, add even greater flexibility to the fireface 802. With 800 kohm input impedance (hi-z), ts jack and adjustable input gain over a range of 54 db the front-side inputs can be used perfectly with keybo...
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42 user's guide fireface 802 © rme in case the output should operate as line output, an adapter trs plug to rca phono plugs, or trs plug to ts plugs is required. The pin assignment follows international standards. The left channel is connected to the tip, the right channel to the ring of the trs jac...
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User's guide fireface 802 © rme 43 input thanks to a highly sensitive input stage spdif coaxial can be fed too by using a simple cable adapter phono/xlr. To achieve this, pins 2 and 3 of a male xlr plug are connected individually to the two pins of a phono plug. The cable shielding is only connected...
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44 user's guide fireface 802 © rme 22. Word clock 22.1 word clock input and output steadyclock guarantees an excellent performance in all clock modes. Based on the highly effi- cient jitter suppression, the fireface refreshes and cleans up any clock signal, and provides it as reference clock at the ...
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User's guide fireface 802 © rme 45 22.2 technical description and usage in the analog domain one can connect any device to another device, a synchronization is not necessary. Digital audio is different. It uses a clock, the sample frequency. The signal can only be processed and transmitted when all ...
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46 user's guide fireface 802 © rme 22.3 cabling and termination word clock signals are usually distributed in the form of a network, split with bnc t-adapters and terminated with resistors. We recommend using off-the-shelf bnc cables to connect all devices, as this type of cable is used for most com...
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48 user's guide fireface 802 © rme 23. Operation and usage 23.1 general the fireface 802 has internal memory for the permanent storage of six different states of the unit, which can be recalled via the optional advanced remote control, arc. This way the fire- face 802 is able to operate without any ...
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User's guide fireface 802 © rme 49 24. Examples 24.1 12-channel ad/da-converter totalmix' super-flexible routing functions make it easy to turn the 802 into a 12-channel ad/da converter. It’s easy to build the setup. For a clean start perform a total reset from the options menu. Then select the adat...
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52 user's guide fireface 802 © rme 25. Routing and monitoring 25.1 overview the fireface 802 includes a powerful digital real-time mixer, the fireface 802 mixer, based on rme’s unique, sample-rate independent totalmix technology. It allows for practically unlimited mixing and routing operations, wit...
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54 user's guide fireface 802 © rme 25.2 the user interface the visual design of the totalmix mixer is a result of its capability to route hardware inputs and software playback channels to any hardware output. The fireface 802 has 30 input channels, 30 software playback channels, and 30 hardware outp...
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User's guide fireface 802 © rme 55 25.3 the channels a single channel can be switched between mono and stereo mode. The mode is set in the channel settings. Channel name. The name field is the preferred place to select a channel by a mouse click. A double click opens a dialog to assign a different n...
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56 user's guide fireface 802 © rme the lowest field shows the current routing target. A mouse click opens the routing window to select a routing target. The list shows all activated routings of the current channel by arrows in front of the listed entries, the current one is shown in bold letters. An...
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User's guide fireface 802 © rme 57 25.3.1 settings a click on the tool symbol opens the channel’s settings panel with differing elements. For ex- ample the option inst exists only in input channels 9-12, and the adat channels do not offer the phantom power option. Stereo. Switches the channel to mon...
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58 user's guide fireface 802 © rme besides stereo/mono, phase l und phase r the settings of the hardware outputs have further options: level. Sets the reference levels of the 8 analog line outputs. The available settings are -10 dbv, +4 dbu and higain. Fx return. The effect signal (echo and reverb) ...
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User's guide fireface 802 © rme 59 the frequency graphics give a precise overview of the filter results. Overlapping filters influence each other. This can be used to achieve more than 20 db amplitude, or to generate difficult frequency response optimizations. Note: totalmix has an internal headroom...
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60 user's guide fireface 802 © rme 25.3.3 dynamics a click on d opens the dynamics panel with compressor, expander and auto level. They are available in all input and output channels, and affects all routings of the respective channel. Dynamics. Activated by this button. Thresh. Threshold where comp...
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User's guide fireface 802 © rme 61 25.4 section control room in the section control room the menu assign defines the main out which is used for listening in the studio. For this output the functions dim, recall, mono, talkback, external in and mute fx are automatically applied. At the unit the volum...
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62 user's guide fireface 802 © rme 25.5 the control strip the control strip on the right side is a fixed element. It combines different functions that are either required globally, or constantly used, and therefore should not be hidden in a menu. Device selection. Select the unit to be controlled in...
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User's guide fireface 802 © rme 63 25.5.1 view options the field show combines different functions of routing, the level meters and the mixer view. Routing mode ¾ submix. The submix view (default) is the preferred view and delivers the quickest overview, operation and understanding of totalmix. The ...
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64 user's guide fireface 802 © rme 25.5.2 snapshots - groups snapshots. Snapshots include all mixer settings, but no graphical elements like window posi- tions, window size, number of windows, visible eqs or settings, scroll states, presets etc. Only the state wide/narrow of the channels is register...
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User's guide fireface 802 © rme 65 hidden channels in mixer/matrix are still fully functional. An existing routing/mixing/fx process- ing stays active. But as the channel is no longer visible it can not be edited anymore. At the same time the hidden channels are removed from the list of remote contr...
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66 user's guide fireface 802 © rme 25.5.4 scroll location markers another feature to improve overview and working with totalmix fx are scroll location markers (totalmix view only). These are displayed automatically when the horizontal size of the totalmix fx window is smaller than the channel displa...
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User's guide fireface 802 © rme 67 25.6 reverb and echo a click on fx in the view options / show brings up the output fx panel. Here all parameters for the effects reverb and echo are adjusted. Reverb. Activated by the on button. Type. Lists different reverb algorithms for selection. Available are: ...
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68 user's guide fireface 802 © rme special settings for envelope and gated high cut. Low-pass filter after the reverb generation. A reduction of the treble often lets the reverb sound more natural. Adjustable from 5 khz up to 20 khz. Attack. Length of time for the volume increase of the reverb signa...
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User's guide fireface 802 © rme 69 preset. Settings of the reverb and the echo can be stored, loaded, and copied between chan- nels at any time. A click on preset opens a menu with several entries: ¾ recall: presets stored before by the user can be selected and loaded ¾ save to: there are 16 storage...
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70 user's guide fireface 802 © rme 25.7 preferences the dialog preferences can be opened via the options menu or directly via f2. Level meters ¾ full scale samples for ovr. Number of consecutive samples to trigger an over detection (1 to 10). ¾ peak hold time. Hold time of the peak value. Adjustable...
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User's guide fireface 802 © rme 71 snapshots ¾ do not load main volume/balance. The values stored in the snapshot are not loaded for the main out, so the current setting is not changed. Device handling ¾ always init dsp devices with totalmix fx settings. Used to suppress the mismatch message after u...
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72 user's guide fireface 802 © rme 25.8 settings the dialog settings can be opened via the options menu or directly via f3. 25.8.1 mixer page on the mixer page some typical settings for the mixer operation are set, like talkback source, dim amount when talkback is active, the stored main volume or t...
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User's guide fireface 802 © rme 73 25.8.2 midi page the midi page has four independent settings for up to four midi remote controls, using cc commands or the mackie control protocol. Index select one of four settings pages and thus remote controls. Settings are remembered automati- cally. To activat...
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74 user's guide fireface 802 © rme 25.8.3 osc page the osc page has four independent settings for up to four midi remote controls via open sound control (osc). This is a network based remote protocol that can be used for example by apple’s ipad with the app touchosc or lemur to wirelessly remote con...
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User's guide fireface 802 © rme 75 25.8.4 aux devices the rme octamic xtc is a highly flexible hi-quality 8-channel microphone, line and instrument preamp with integrated ad-conversion to adat, aes/ebu and madi, plus 4 channels of da- conversion for monitoring. It can be used as universal front-end ...
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76 user's guide fireface 802 © rme 25.9 hotkeys and usage totalmix fx has many hotkeys and mouse/hotkey combinations to speed up and simplify the usage. The shift key enables a fine-tuning of the gain with all faders and in the matrix. On all knobs it will speed up the setting. A click on a fader wi...
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User's guide fireface 802 © rme 77 25.10 menu options deactivate screensaver: when active (checked) any activated windows screensaver will be disabled temporarily. Always on top: when active (checked) the totalmix window will always be on top of the win- dows desktop. Note: this function may result ...
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78 user's guide fireface 802 © rme store current state into device. The unit can store up to 6 setups (the current state) in its own memory. This function has been developed especially for the stand-alone mode operation, where there are no playback channels. Therefore using it under windows, mac or ...
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User's guide fireface 802 © rme 79 26. The matrix 26.1 overview the mixer window of totalmix looks and operates similar to mixing desks, as it is based on a conventional stereo design. The matrix display presents a different method of assigning and routing channels, based on a single channel or mona...
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80 user's guide fireface 802 © rme the matrix not always replaces the mixer view, but it significantly enhances the routing capabili- ties and - more important - is a brilliant way to get a fast overview of all active routings. It shows you in a glance what's going on. And since the matrix operates ...
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User's guide fireface 802 © rme 81 27.5 recording a submix - loopback totalmix includes an internal loopback function, from the hardware outputs to the recording software. Instead of the signal at the hardware input, the signal at the hardware output is sent to the record software. This way, submixe...
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82 user's guide fireface 802 © rme recording a software's playback in real world application, recording a software's output with another software will show the fol- lowing problem: the record software tries to open the same playback channel as the playback software (already active), or the playback ...
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User's guide fireface 802 © rme 83 28. Midi remote control 28.1 overview totalmix can be remote controlled via midi. It is compatible to the widely spread mackie control protocol, so totalmix can be controlled with all hardware controllers supporting this standard. Examples are the mackie control, t...
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84 user's guide fireface 802 © rme 28.3 setup open the preferences dialog (menu options or f3). Select the midi input and midi output port where your controller is connected to. When no feedback is needed select none as midi output. Check enable midi control in the options menu. 28.4 operation the c...
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User's guide fireface 802 © rme 85 28.5 midi control the hardware output which is set up as main out can be controlled by the standard control change volume via midi channel 1. With this, the main volume of the fireface is controllable from nearly any midi equipped hardware device. Even if you don't...
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86 user's guide fireface 802 © rme examples for sending midi strings: - set input 1 to 0 db: b0 66 68 - set input 17 to maximum attenuation: b1 66 0 - set playback 1 to maximum: b4 66 7f - set output 16 to 0 db: b8 75 68 note: sending midi strings requires to use programmer's logic for the midi chan...
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User's guide fireface 802 © rme 87 in stand-alone mode the unit always operates in view submix mode. Only this way the routing destination can be changed, and several mixdowns/submixes can be set up quickly and easily. If the current totalmix setup is transferred into the fireface via 'flash current...
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88 user's guide fireface 802 © rme 28.7 loopback detection the mackie control protocol requires feedback of the received commands, back to the hard- ware controller. So usually totalmix will be set up with both a midi input and midi output. Un- fortunately any small error in wiring and setup will ca...
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90 user's guide fireface 802 © rme 29. General the fireface 802 operates in three different modes: driver-based usb 2, stand-alone mode, and class compliant mode. The latter describes a standard that is natively supported by oper- ating systems like windows, mac os x and linux. No proprietary driver...
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User's guide fireface 802 © rme 91 31. Operation activation of the class compliant mode is done in two ways. Via totalmix fx: the interface is connected to mac or pc and can be controlled by totalmix fx. Check the entry activate cc mode on disconnect in totalmix fx options. As soon as the connection...
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92 user's guide fireface 802 © rme having tested several chinese replicas of the apple camera connection kit, from 2-in-1 to 5-in-1 adapters, we strongly recommend purchasing the original for use with the 802! All adapters seemed to work for the simple application of copying photos. Attempting to ru...
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User's guide fireface 802 © rme 93 31.2 class compliant mode under windows and mac os x on a windows pc, class compliant mode is indicated by a missing “rme“ in the device name shown in the device manager. In the correct mode and with installed drivers, the full name in- cluding rme is shown, withou...
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96 user's guide fireface 802 © rme 34. Technical specifications 34.1 analog ad, line in 1-8, rear • resolution ad: 24 bit • signal to noise ratio (snr): 113 db rms unweighted, 116 dba • frequency response @ 44.1 khz, -0.1 db: 5 hz – 20.8 khz • frequency response @ 96 khz, -0.5 db: 5 hz – 45.8 khz • ...
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User's guide fireface 802 © rme 97 da, line out 1-8, rear • resolution: 24 bit • dynamic range (dr): 115 db rms unweighted, 118 dba • frequency response @ 44.1 khz, -0.5 db: 5 hz – 20.8 khz • frequency response @ 96 khz, -0.5 db: 5 hz – 45 khz • frequency response @ 192 khz, -1 db: 5 hz - 89 khz • t...
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98 user's guide fireface 802 © rme 34.4 digital inputs aes/ebu • 1 x xlr, transformer-balanced, galvanically isolated, according to aes3-1992 • high-sensitivity input stage ( • spdif compatible (iec 60958) • accepts consumer and professional format • lock range: 27 khz – 200 khz • jitter when synced...
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User's guide fireface 802 © rme 99 34.5 digital outputs aes/ebu • xlr, transformer-balanced, galvanically isolated, according to aes3-1992 • output level professional 4.5 vpp, consumer 2.6 vpp • format professional according to aes3-1992 amendment 4 • format consumer (spdif) according to iec 60958 •...
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100 user's guide fireface 802 © rme 35. Technical background 35.1 lock and synccheck digital signals consist of a carrier and the data. If a digital signal is applied to an input, the re- ceiver has to synchronize to the carrier clock in order to read the data correctly. To achieve this, the receive...
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User's guide fireface 802 © rme 101 35.2 latency and monitoring the term zero latency monitoring has been introduced by rme in 1998 for the digi96 series of audio cards. It stands for the ability to pass-through the computer's input signal at the inter- face directly to the output. Since then, the i...
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102 user's guide fireface 802 © rme ad/da offset under asio and os x: asio (windows) and core audio (mac os x) allow for the signalling of an offset value to correct buffer independent delays, like ad- and da-conversion or the safety buffer described below. An analog loopback test will then show no ...
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User's guide fireface 802 © rme 103 ¾ connect the fireface to a usb port ¾ start the device manager, view set to devices by connection ¾ select acpi x86-based pc, microsoft acpi-compliant system, expand pci bus this branch normally includes two entries of a usb2 enhanced host controller. A usb root ...
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104 user's guide fireface 802 © rme to use firewire as efficiently as possible, the fireface allows to reduce the number of trans- ferred channels. Limit bandwidth provides four options, limiting the transmission internally to 30, 22, 14 or 8 channels. This limitation is independent from the sample ...
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User's guide fireface 802 © rme 105 35.7 noise level in ds / qs mode the outstanding signal to noise ratio of the fireface 802 ad-converters can be verified even without expensive test equipment, by using record level meters of various software. But when activating the ds and qs mode, the displayed ...
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User's guide fireface 802 © rme 107 36.2 connector pinouts trs jacks of analog input / output the stereo 1/4" trs jacks of the analog inputs and outputs are wired according to international standards: tip = + (hot) ring = – (cold) sleeve = gnd the servo balanced input and output circuitry allows to ...
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110 user's guide fireface 802 © rme 37. Accessories rme offers several optional components for the fireface 802: part number description standard firewire 400 cable, both sides 6-pin male: fwk660100bl firewire cable ieee1394a 6m/6m, 1 m (3.3 ft) fwk660300bl firewire cable ieee1394a 6m/6m, 3 m (9.9 f...
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User's guide fireface 802 © rme 111 39. Appendix rme news, driver updates and further product information are available on our website: http://www.Rme-audio.Com distributor: audio ag, am pfanderling 60, d-85778 haimhausen, tel.: (49) 08133 / 918170 manufacturer: imm elektronik gmbh, leipziger strass...
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112 user's guide fireface 802 © rme 40. Ce / fcc compliance ce this device has been tested and found to comply with the limits of the european council direc- tive on the approximation of the laws of the member states relating to electromagnetic compati- bility according to rl2004/108/eg, and europea...