User`s guide

User's Guide HDSPe AIO © 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 with digital

interfaces, be it SPDIF, AES/EBU or ADAT optical. Thanks to SteadyClock the HDSPe AIO

offers analog inputs and outputs in outstanding quality. The latest Plug and Play technology

guarantees a simple installation, even for the inexperienced user. The numerous unique fea-

tures 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

x86 (Intel).

2. Package Contents

Please check your HDSPe AIO’s package contains each of the following:

• HDSPe AIO PCI Express card

• Quick Info guide

• RME Driver CD

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

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

• Internal cable (3-core)

• 1 optical cable (TOSLINK)

3. System Requirements

• Windows 2000 SP4 or higher, Mac OS X Intel (10.4.8 or higher)

• PCI Express Interface: one free PCI Express slot, 1 Lane, version 1.1

4. Brief Description and Characteristics

• All settings can be changed in real-time

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

• AES and SPDIF I/Os can be used simultaneously

• 8 buffer sizes/latencies available: 0.7 / 1.5 / 3 / 6 / 12 / 23 / 46 / 93 ms

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

• 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

• TotalMix: 760 channel mixer with 42 bit internal resolution

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

• Optional Time Code module (TCO) for external Video-/SMPTE synchronization

• Optional Word Clock Module for word clock input and output