RME Audio Hammerfall HDSPe RayDAT User manual
Summary of Hammerfall HDSPe RayDAT
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User's guide hammerfall ® dsp system hdspe raydat pci express digital i/o card 2 + 2 + 32 channels aes / spdif / adat interface 24 bit / 192 khz digital audio 72 x 36 matrix router 2 x midi i/o quick boot totalmix ™ 24 bit / 192 khz 9 syncalign ® zlm ® synccheck ® steadyclock ™.
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2 user's guide hdspe raydat © rme general 1 introduction ...............................................................6 2 package contents .....................................................6 3 system requirements ..............................................6 4 brief description and characteri...
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User's guide hdspe raydat © rme 3 driver installation and operation - mac os x 18 driver and flash update 18.1 driver installation ................................................. 30 18.2 driver update....................................................... 30 18.3 flash update.........................
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4 user's guide hdspe raydat © rme 25 totalmix: the matrix 25.1 overview ..............................................................58 25.2 elements of the matrix view ................................58 25.3 usage ...................................................................58 25.4 advantage...
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User's guide hdspe raydat © rme 5 user's guide hdspe raydat general.
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6 user's guide hdspe raydat © rme 1. Introduction thank you for choosing the rme hammerfall dsp system. This unique audio system is capable of transferring digital audio data directly to a computer from practically any device. The latest plug and play technology guarantees a simple installation, eve...
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User's guide hdspe raydat © rme 7 5. Hardware installation before installing the pci express card, please make sure the computer is switched off and the power cable is disconnected from mains supply. Inserting or removing the card while the computer is in operation can cause irreparable damage to bo...
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8 user's guide hdspe raydat © rme 6.2 internal connectors aeb1 in / cd in this internal digital input can be used with both spdif and adat format. Spdif • connection to an internal cd-rom drive with digital audio output. Allows for a direct trans- fer of digital audio data within the computer. • con...
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User's guide hdspe raydat © rme 9 7. Accessories rme offers several optional accessories. Also parts of the hdspe raydat are available sepa- rately. 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 (6.6 ...
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10 user's guide hdspe raydat © 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 any part of...
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User's guide hdspe raydat © rme 11 user's guide hdspe raydat driver installation and operation - windows.
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12 user's guide hdspe raydat © rme 10. Driver and firmware 10.1 driver installation after the hdspe raydat 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’. Insert the...
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User's guide hdspe raydat © 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 files can...
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14 user's guide hdspe raydat © rme 11. Configuring the hdspe raydat 11.1 settings dialog configuration of the hdspe raydat 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 system ...
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User's guide hdspe raydat © rme 15 spdif out the spdif output signal is constantly available at the phono plug. After selecting 'adat4' it is also routed to the optical toslink output adat4. For further details about the setting ‘profes- sional’ please refer to chapter 22.2. Buffer size the setting ...
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16 user's guide hdspe raydat © rme word clock out the word clock output signal usually equals the current sample rate. Selecting single speed causes the output signal to always stay within the range of 32 khz to 48 khz. So at 96 khz sample rate, the output word clock is 48 khz. Clock mode the unit c...
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User's guide hdspe raydat © rme 17 dds activates all settings of this dialog. Value shows the sample rate as adjusted in this dialog. The sample rate is defined by the basic setting (fre- quency), the multiplier, and the posi- tion of the activated fader. Frequency sets a fixed basic sample rate, wh...
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18 user's guide hdspe raydat © rme in autosync mode, the system constantly scans all digital inputs for a valid signal. If this signal corresponds with the current playback sample rate, the card switches from the internal quartz (system clock - mode master) to a clock generated from the input signal...
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User's guide hdspe raydat © rme 19 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 being us...
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20 user's guide hdspe raydat © rme 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 raydat’s aes and spdif out- put. For this to work an output wave device has to be ...
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User's guide hdspe raydat © rme 21 12.3 notes on wdm the driver offers a wdm streaming device per stereo pair, like raydat 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 professional music purp...
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22 user's guide hdspe raydat © rme wdm stereo device double speed quad speed raydat adat (1+2) raydat adat (1+2) raydat adat (1+2) raydat adat (3+4) raydat adat (3+4) raydat adat (3+4) raydat adat (5+6) raydat adat (5+6) raydat adat (5+6) raydat adat (7+8) raydat adat (7+8) raydat adat (7+8) raydat ...
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User's guide hdspe raydat © rme 23 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 devices operate...
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24 user's guide hdspe raydat © rme 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 drivers and...
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User's guide hdspe raydat © rme 25 13.3 known problems if a computer does not provide sufficient cpu-power and/or sufficient pcie-bus transfer rates, then drop outs, crackling and noise will appear. We recommend deactivating all plugins to ver- ify that these are not the reason for such effects. Add...
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26 user's guide hdspe raydat © rme 15. Using more than one hdspe raydat the current drivers support operation of up to three hdspe raydat. All cards of the hdsp and hdspe system use the same driver, therefore can be used at the same time. All units have to be in sync, i.E. Have to receive valid sync...
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User's guide hdspe raydat © rme 27 17. Hotline – troubleshooting 17.1 general the newest information can always be found on our website www.Rme-audio.De , section faq, latest additions. The input signal cannot be monitored in real-time • asio direct monitoring has not been enabled, and/or monitoring...
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28 user's guide hdspe raydat © rme 17.2 installation hdspe raydat is found in the device manager (>settings/ control panel/ system 'sound-, video- and gamecontroller'. A double click on 'hdspe raydat' starts the properties dialog. Choosing 'resources' shows interrupt and memory range. The newest inf...
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30 user's guide hdspe raydat © 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 hdspe. Installation works automatically by...
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User's guide hdspe raydat © rme 31 19. Configuring the hdspe raydat 19.1 settings dialog configuring the hdspe raydat 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 raydat, totalmix, can be opened by clicking on th...
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32 user's guide hdspe raydat © 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). Input status / pref. Sync ref synccheck indicates whether there is a valid signal (lock, no lock) for each input (adat 1...
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User's guide hdspe raydat © rme 33 dds activates all settings of this dialog. Value shows the sample rate as adjusted in this dialog. The sample rate is defined by the basic setting (frequency), the multiplier, and the position of the activated fader. Frequency sets a fixed basic sample rate, which ...
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34 user's guide hdspe raydat © rme 19.3 clock modes - synchronisation in the digital world, all devices are either the ‘master’ (clock source) or a ‘slave’. If several digi- tal devices are to be used simultaneously in a system, they not only have to operate with the same sample frequency but also b...
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User's guide hdspe raydat © rme 35 in practice, synccheck provides the user with an easy way of checking whether all digital de- vices connected to the system are properly configured. With synccheck, finally anyone can master this common source of error, previously one of the most complex issues in ...
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36 user's guide hdspe raydat © rme 20.4 various information the current driver requires 10.5 or higher. Older versions of os x are not supported. A ppc version of the driver is not available. Via >system preferences/ audio-midi setup the hardware can be configured for the system wide usage. Programs...
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User's guide hdspe raydat © rme 37 core audio double speed quad speed raydat adat 1 to 8 raydat adat 1 to 8 raydat adat 1 to 8 raydat adat 9 to 16 raydat adat 9 to 16 raydat adat 9 to 16 raydat adat 17 to 32 raydat adat 17 to 32 raydat adat 17 to 32 raydat aes l / r raydat aes l / r raydat aes l / r...
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User's guide hdspe raydat © rme 39 user's guide hdspe raydat connections and totalmix.
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40 user's guide hdspe raydat © rme 22. Digital connections 22.1 adat the adat optical i/os of the raydat are fully compatible to other adat devices. Rme's un- surpassed bitclock pll prevents clicks and drop outs even in extreme varipitch operation, and guarantees a fast and low jitter lock to the di...
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User's guide hdspe raydat © rme 41 output using the cable adapter xlr/phono described above, devices with coaxial spdif interface can be connected to the aes output of the raydat as well. Note that most consumer equipment with phono spdif inputs will only accept signals having a channel status ‘cons...
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42 user's guide hdspe raydat © rme pin assignment of the 9-pin d-sub connector, breakout cable spdif / aes note: the digital breakout cable is identical to the one used in the digi96 and other hdsp se- ries cards. Pin name pin name pin name 1 gnd 4 aes out + 7 spdif in - 2 spdif out + 5 aes in + 8 a...
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User's guide hdspe raydat © rme 43 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 and transm...
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44 user's guide hdspe raydat © rme the word clock input of the optional wcm9632 can be high-impedance or terminated, ensuring maximum flexibility. If termination is necessary (e.G. Because hdspe raydat is the last device in the chain), push the switch into terminate position. In case the hdspe rayda...
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User's guide hdspe raydat © rme 45 24. Totalmix: routing and monitoring 24.1 overview the hdspe raydat 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 unlimited mixing and routing ope...
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User's guide hdspe raydat © rme 47 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 hdspe raydat provides 36 input channels, 36 software playback channels, and 36 hardware...
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48 user's guide hdspe raydat © rme 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 present level...
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User's guide hdspe raydat © rme 49 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 set up some...
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50 user's guide hdspe raydat © rme 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 the level ...
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User's guide hdspe raydat © rme 51 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 the sing...
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52 user's guide hdspe raydat © rme 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 number betwe...
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User's guide hdspe raydat © rme 53 26.9 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 hardware o...
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54 user's guide hdspe raydat © rme 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 center positio...
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User's guide hdspe raydat © rme 55 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 do far mo...
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56 user's guide hdspe raydat © rme 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 windows, so...
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User's guide hdspe raydat © rme 57 24.14 level meter the hdspe raydat 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 re- duce the cpu load. Tip: this feature, the hardware level meter, is...
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58 user's guide hdspe raydat © rme 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 single chann...
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User's guide hdspe raydat © rme 59 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 going on. ...
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60 user's guide hdspe raydat © rme 26.2 selection and group-based operation click on the grey 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 they are ...
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User's guide hdspe raydat © rme 61 26.5 recording a subgroup (loopback) totalmix supports a routing of the subgroup outputs (=hardware outputs, bottom row) to the recording software. Instead of the signal at the hardware input, the signal at the hardware out- put is sent to the record software. This...
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62 user's guide hdspe raydat © 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 hdspe raydat © rme 63 unfortunately, very often it is not possible within the record software to assign a different input channel to an existing track 'on the fly'. The loopback mode solves this problem elegantly. The routing scheme stays the same, with the input channel 10 sent to any ...
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64 user's guide hdspe raydat © 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 mackie c...
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User's guide hdspe raydat © rme 65 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 none as ...
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66 user's guide hdspe raydat © 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 hdspe raydat is controlla...
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User's guide hdspe raydat © rme 67 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 to use programmer's logic for the mi...
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70 user's guide hdspe raydat © 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 currently avai...
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User's guide hdspe raydat © rme 71 29. Technical specifications 29.1 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, copy protection will ...
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72 user's guide hdspe raydat © rme 29.2 digital outputs aes/ebu • 1 x xlr, transformer-balanced, galvanically isolated, according to aes3-1992 • output level 4.0 vpp • format professional according to aes3-1992 amendment 4 • single wire mode, sample rate 28 khz up to 200 khz spdif • 1 x rca, transfo...
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User's guide hdspe raydat © rme 73 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 receiver...
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74 user's guide hdspe raydat © 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 then, the id...
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User's guide hdspe raydat © rme 75 30.3 ds - double speed when activating the double speed mode the hdspe raydat 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 taken f...
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76 user's guide hdspe raydat © rme the raydat spreads one channel's data to four channels according to the following table: original 1 2 qs signal port 1 adat1 2 adat1 3 adat1 4 adat1 5 adat1 6 adat1 7 adat1 8 adat1 as the transmission of double rate signals is done at standard sample rate (single s...
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User's guide hdspe raydat © rme 77 30.6 steadyclock the steadyclock technology of the hdspe series guarantees an excellent performance in all clock modes. Its highly efficient jitter suppression refreshes and cleans up any clock signal, and provides it as reference clock at the word clock output. Us...
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78 user's guide hdspe raydat © rme 30.7 terminology single speed sample rate range originally used in digital audio. Typical applications are 32 khz (digital radio broadcast), 44.1 khz (cd), and 48 khz (dat). Double speed doubles the original sample rate range, in order to achieve higher audio quali...