User`s guide

User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9632 © 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 simple installation, even for the inexperi-

enced user. The numerous unique features and well thought-out configuration dialog puts the

Hammerfall DSP

at the very top of the range of computer-based audio interfaces.

The package contains drivers for Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP, Vista /64 and Mac OS X

PPC and Intel.

Our high-performance philosophy guarantees maximum system performance by executing as

many functions as possible not in the driver (i.e. the CPU), but directly within the audio hard-

ware.

2. Package Contents

Please check your Hammerfall DSP system's package contains each of the following:

• HDSP 9632 PCI card

• Quick Info guide

• RME Driver CD

• Digital adapter cable (phono / phono to D-type 9 pin)

• Analog adapter cable (phono / phono / TRS / MIDI to D-type 15 pin)

• Internal cable (2-core)

• 1 optical cable (TOSLINK)

3. System Requirements

• Windows 2000 SP4, Windows XP, Mac OS X (10.28 or higher)

• PCI Interface: a free PCI rev. 2.1 Busmaster slot

4. Brief Description and Characteristics

• Hammerfall design: 0% (zero!) CPU load, even using all 32 ASIO channels

• All settings can be changed in real-time

• Analog, ADAT and SPDIF I/Os can be used simultaneously

• 8 buffer sizes/latencies available: 1.5 / 3 / 6 / 12 / 23 / 46 / 93 / 186 ms

• 4 channels 96 kHz/24 bit record/playback via ADAT optical (S/MUX)

• Clock modes slave and master

• Automatic and intelligent master/slave clock control

• Unsurpassed Bitclock PLL (audio synchronization) in ADAT mode

• TotalMix for latency-free submixes and perfect ASIO Direct Monitoring

• SyncAlign guarantees sample aligned and never swapping channels

• SyncCheck tests and reports the synchronization status of input signals

• 1 x MIDI I/O, 16 channels high-speed MIDI

• DIGICheck DSP: Level meter in hardware, peak- and RMS calculation

• SteadyClock: Jitter-immune, super-stable digital clock

• TotalMix: 512 channel mixer with 40 bit internal resolution

• Optional word clock input and output