RME Audio Hammerfall HDSP 9652 User manual

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User's Guide

Hammerfall

DSP System

HDSP 9652

PCI Busmaster Digital I/O System

2 + 24 Channels SPDIF / ADAT Interface

24 Bit / 96 kHz Digital Audio

ADAT Sync In

2 x MIDI I/O

TotalMix

™

24 Bit / 96 kHz

SyncAlign

ZLM

SyncCheck

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User's guide hammerfall ® dsp system hdsp 9652 pci busmaster digital i/o system 2 + 24 channels spdif / adat interface 24 bit / 96 khz digital audio adat sync in 2 x midi i/o totalmix ™ 24 bit / 96 khz 9 syncalign ® zlm ® synccheck ®.
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2 user's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme general 1 introduction ...............................................................6 2 package contents .....................................................6 3 system requirements ..............................................6 4 brief description and c...
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User's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 3 driver installation and operation - mac os x 18 driver and flash update 19.1 driver installation ................................................. 30 19.2 driver update....................................................... 30 19.3 flash update................
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4 user's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 25 totalmix: the matrix 27.1 overview ..............................................................57 27.2 elements of the matrix view ................................57 27.3 usage ...................................................................57 27.4 ...
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6 user's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 1. Introduction thank you for choosing the rme hammerfall dsp system. 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 simp...
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User's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 7 5. Hardware installation before installing the pci card, please make sure the computer is switched off and the power cable is disconnected from the mains supply. Inserting or removing a pci card while the computer is in operation can cause irreparable damag...
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8 user's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme word clock i/o (bnc). When shipped, the word clock input is not terminated. Termination with 75 ohm is available via jumper x105 on the expansion board. The included midi breakout cable is connected to the 9-pin mini-din connector, providing two midi inputs...
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User's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 9 7. Accessories rme offers several optional accessories. Also parts of the hdsp 9652 are available separately. Part number description 36003 optical cable, toslink, 0.5 m (1.6 ft) 36004 optical cable, toslink, 1 m (3.3 ft) 36006 optical cable, toslink, 2 m (...
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10 user's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme although the contents of this user’s guide have been thoroughly checked for errors, rme can not guarantee that it is correct throughout. Rme does not accept responsibility for any misleading or incorrect information within this guide. Lending or copying an...
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User's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 11 user's guide hdsp 9652 driver installation and operation - windows.
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12 user's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 10. Driver and firmware 10.1 driver installation after the pci card has been installed correctly (see 5. Hardware installation), and the computer has been switched on, windows will recognize the new hardware component and start its ‘hardware wizard’. Inser...
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User's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 13 10.3 de-installing the drivers a de-installation of the hdsp driver files is not necessary – and not supported by windows anyway. Thanks to full plug & play support, the driver files will not be loaded after the hardware has been removed. If desired these ...
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14 user's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 11. Configuring the hdsp 9652 11.1 settings dialog configuration of the hdsp 9652 is done via its own settings dialog. The panel 'settings' can be opened: • by clicking on the hammer symbol in the task bar's system tray the mixer of the hammerfall dsp syst...
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User's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 15 options aeb activates the internal connector as adat1 input instead of the optical toslink. An ex- pansion board (aeb4-i, aeb8-i, teb) can be connected here. Tms activates the transmission of channel status data and track marker information for the spdif i...
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16 user's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme about this tab includes information about the driver and the card’s firmware version. Lock registry uses a password to prevent changes of the settings stored in the registry. All settings are still changeable temporarily. As the settings are always loaded ...
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User's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 17 to cope with some situations which may arise in studio practice, setting ‘pref sync ref’ is es- sential. One example: an adat recorder is connected to the adat1 input (adat1 immediately becomes the sync source) and a cd player is connected to the spdif inp...
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18 user's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 12. Operation and usage 12.1 playback the hdsp system can play back audio data only in supported modes (channels, pcm) and formats (sample rate, bit resolution). Otherwise an error message appears (for example at 22 khz and 8 bit). In the audio application...
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User's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 19 12.2 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 via the 9652’s aes and spdif output. For this to work an output wave device has t...
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20 user's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 12.3 notes on wdm the driver offers a wdm streaming device per stereo pair, like hdsp 9652 adat (1+2). Wdm streaming is microsoft's current driver and audio system, directly embedded into the operating system. Wdm streaming is hardly usable for professiona...
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User's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 21 wdm stereo device double speed hdsp 9652 adat (1+2) hdsp 9652 adat (1+2) hdsp 9652 adat (3+4) hdsp 9652 adat (3+4) hdsp 9652 adat (5+6) hdsp 9652 adat (5+6) hdsp 9652 adat (7+8) hdsp 9652 adat (7+8) hdsp 9652 adat (9+10) hdsp 9652 adat (9+10) hdsp 9652 ada...
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22 user's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme multi-client and multi-channel using wdm the wdm streaming devices of our driver can operate as usual stereo devices, or as 8-channel devices. The option interleaved in the settings dialog determines the current mode. Interleaved not active: the wdm device...
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User's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 23 it often makes sense to monitor the input signal or send it directly to the output. This can be done at zero latency using totalmix (see chapter 24). An automated control of real-time monitoring can be achieved by steinberg’s asio protocol with our asio dr...
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24 user's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 13.3 known problems if a computer does not provide sufficient cpu-power and/or sufficient pci-bus transfer rates, then drop outs, crackling and noise will appear. We recommend to deactivate all plugins to verify that these are not the reason for such effec...
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User's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 25 14. Operation under gsif (gigasampler interface) the gsif interface of the hammerfall dsp allows direct operation with gigastudio, with up to 26 channels, 96 khz and 24 bit. The new gsif 2.0 is also supported with both audio and midi. The gsif latency of t...
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26 user's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 16. Digicheck the digicheck software is a unique utility developed for testing, measuring and analysing digi- tal audio streams. Although this software is fairly self-explanatory, it still includes a comprehen- sive online help. Digicheck 5.2 operates as m...
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User's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 27 17. Hotline – troubleshooting 17.1 general the newest information can always be found on our website www.Rme-audio.Com , section faq, latest additions. The input signal cannot be monitored in real-time • asio direct monitoring has not been enabled, and/or ...
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28 user's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme the adat timecode is not in sync • the tape is formatted to 48 khz, but played back at 44.1 khz (pitch). This 'blackface' prob- lem cannot be solved in a satisfactory way. 17.2 installation hdsp 9652 is found in the device manager (>settings/ control panel...
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User's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 29 user's guide hdsp 9652 driver installation and operation – mac os x.
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30 user's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 18. Driver and flash update 18.1 driver installation first fit the card (see 5. Hardware installation), then switch on the computer and install the driv- ers from the rme driver cd. The driver file is located in the folder hammerfall dsp. Installa- tion wo...
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User's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 31 19. Configuring the hdsp 9652 19.1 settings dialog configuring the hdsp 9652 is done via its own settings dialog. The panel 'settings' can be opened by clicking on the hammer icon in the dock. The mixer of the hammerfall dsp system, totalmix, can be opened...
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32 user's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme clock mode the unit can be configured to use its internal clock source (master), or the clock source pre- defined via pref. Sync ref (autosync). Pref sync ref used to pre-select the desired clock source. If the selected source isn't available, the unit wil...
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User's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 33 19.2 clock modes - synchronisation 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 sin- gle master clock. The hamm...
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34 user's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme if several digital devices are to be used simultaneously in a system, they not only have to oper- ate with the same sample frequency but also be synchronous with each other. This is why digi- tal systems always need a single device defined as ‘master’, whi...
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User's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 35 20. Mac os x faq 20.1 round about driver installation the driver with the file suffix gz provided by rme is a compressed tar archive. Tar bundles multiple files and folders into one file, but does not save memory space nor download time. Both tar and gz ar...
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36 user's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 20.3 supported sample rates rme's mac os x driver supports all sampling frequencies provided by the hardware. Besides 96 khz this also includes 32 khz and 64 khz. But not every software will support all the hardware's sample rates. The hardware's capabilit...
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User's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 37 21.6 various information the driver requires 10.2.8 or higher. Older versions of os x are not and will not be supported. Via >system preferences/ audio-midi setup the hardware can be configured for the system wide usage. Programs that don't support card or...
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40 user's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 22. Digital connections 22.1 adat the adat optical input of the hdsp system is fully compatible with all adat optical outputs. Rme's unsurpassed bitclock pll prevents clicks and drop outs even in extreme varipitch op- eration, and guarantees a fast and low...
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User's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 41 note that in record or monitor modes, set emphasis bits will disappear. Recordings origi- nally done with emphasis should always be played back with the emphasis bit set! This can be done by selecting the emphasis switch in the settings dialog (field spdif...
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42 user's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 23. Word clock 23.1 technical description and usage in the analog domain one can connect any device to another device, a synchronisation is not necessary. Digital audio is different. It uses a clock, the sample frequency. The signal can only be processed a...
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User's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 43 the hdsp 9652’s word clock input can be high-impedance or terminated internally, ensuring maximum flexibility. If termination is necessary (e.G. Because hdsp 9652 is the last device in the chain), bring jumper x105 on the expansion board into position 75 o...
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44 user's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 24. Totalmix: routing and monitoring 24.1 overview the hdsp 9652 includes a powerful digital real-time mixer, the hammerfall dsp mixer, based on rme’s unique, sample-rate independent totalmix technology. It allows for practically unlim- ited mixing and rou...
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46 user's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 24.2 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 hdsp 9652 provides 26 input chan- nels, 26 software playback channels, and 26 ...
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User's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 47 24.3 elements of a channel a single channel consists of various elements: input channels and playback channels each have a mute and solo button. Below there is the panpot, realized as indicator bar (l/r) in order to save space. In the field below, the pres...
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48 user's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme you see, it is very easy to set up a specific submix for whatever output: select output channel, set up fader and pans of inputs and playbacks – ready! For advanced users sometimes it makes sense to work without submix view. Example: you want to see and se...
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User's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 49 you will certainly have noticed that the signal at the outputs 7/8 did not change while you were routing channel 4 to other outputs and setting different gain values for those. With all analog and most digital mixing desks, the fader setting would affect t...
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50 user's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 24.7 the quick access panel this section includes additional options, further improving the handling of totalmix. The master buttons for mute and solo have already been described, they allow for group-based working with these functions. In the view section...
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User's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 51 mouse: the original factory presets can be reloaded by holding down the ctrl-key and clicking on any preset button. Alternatively the files described above can be renamed, moved to a dif- ferent directory, or being deleted. Keyboard: using ctrl and any num...
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52 user's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 24.9 the monitor panel the monitor panel provides several options usually found on analog mixing desks. It offers quick access to monitoring functions which are needed all the time in typical studio work. Monitor main use the drop down menu to select the h...
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User's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 53 monitor main dim: amount of attenuation of the monitor main output in db. Activated by the dim button in the monitor panel. Stereo pan law the pan law can be set to -6 db, -4.5 db, -3 db and 0 db. The value chosen defines the level attenuation in pan cente...
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54 user's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 24.12 hotkeys in many situations totalmix can be controlled quickly and comfortably by the keyboard, making the mixer setup considerably easier and faster. The shift-key for the fine mode for faders and panpots has already been mentioned. The ctrl-key can ...
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User's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 55 24.13 menu options always on top: when active (checked) the totalmix window will always be on top of the win- dows desktop. Note: this function may result in problems with windows containing help text, as the totalmix window will even be on top of those wi...
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56 user's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 24.14 level meter the hdsp 9652 calculates all the display values peak, over and rms in hardware, in order to be capable of using them independent of the software in use, and to significantly reduce the cpu load. Tip: this feature, the hardware level meter...
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User's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 57 25. Totalmix: the matrix 25.1 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 sin...
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58 user's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 25.4 advantages of the matrix 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 g...
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User's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 59 26.2 selection and group-based operation click on the white name label of channel 1 and 2 in totalmix. Be sure to have channel 3's fader set to a different position and click on its label too. All three labels have changed to the colour orange, which means...
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60 user's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 26.5 recording a subgroup (loopback) totalmix supports a routing of the subgroup outputs (=hardware outputs, bottom row) to the recording software. Unfortunately this feature is not available with the hdsp 9652, as the fpga of the card has no resources lef...
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User's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 61 26.6 using external effects devices with totalmix a usage of external hardware - like effects devices - is easy and flexible. Example 1: the singer (microphone input channel 1) shall have some reverb on his head- phones (outputs 25/26). A direct routing in...
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62 user's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 27. Totalmix midi remote control 27.1 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...
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User's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 63 27.3 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 (when using only standard midi commands instead of mackie control protocol) select...
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64 user's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 27.5 simple midi control the stereo output faders (lowest row) which are set up as monitor main outputs in the monitor panel can also be controlled by the standard control change volume via midi channel 1. With this, the main volume of the hdsp 9652 is con...
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User's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 65 examples for sending midi strings*: - set input 1 to 0 db: b0 66 40 - 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 40 *note: sending midi strings might require the use of programmer's log...
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68 user's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 28. 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 web- site, section support. These are some of the curre...
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User's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 69 29. Technical specifications 29.1 digital inputs spdif - aes/ebu • 1 x rca, transformer-balanced, galvanically isolated, according to aes3-1992 • high-sensitivity input stage ( • spdif compatible (iec 60958) • accepts consumer and professional format, copy...
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70 user's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 29.3 digital • low jitter design: • internal sample rates: 32 / 44.1 / 48 / 88.2 / 96 khz • supported sample rates through word clock: 28 khz - 103 khz • internal resolution: 24 bit • input pll ensures zero dropout, even at more than 40 ns jitter • bitcloc...
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User's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 71 30. Technical background 30.1 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...
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72 user's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 30.2 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 the...
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User's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 73 30.3 ds - double speed when activating the double speed mode the hdsp 9652 operates at double sample rate. The internal clock 44.1 khz turns to 88.2 khz, 48 khz to 96 khz. The internal resolution is still 24 bit. Sample rates above 48 khz were not always t...
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74 user's guide hdsp system hdsp 9652 © rme 30.4 aes/ebu - spdif the most important electrical properties of 'aes' and 'spdif' can be seen in the table below. Aes/ebu is the professional balanced connection using xlr plugs. The standard is being set by the audio engineering society based on the aes3...