User Manual

User's Guide Fireface 800 © RME

29.4 Digital Outputs

AES/EBU - SPDIF

• 1 x RCA, transformer-balanced, galvanically isolated, according to AES3-1992

• Output level Professional 2.5 Vpp, Consumer 1.2 Vpp

• Format Professional according to AES3-1992 Amendment 4

• Format Consumer (SPDIF) according to IEC 60958

• Single Wire mode, sample rate 28 kHz up to 200 kHz

ADAT

• 2 x TOSLINK

• Standard: 16 channels 24 bit, up to 48 kHz

• Sample Split (S/MUX): 2 x 8 channels 24 bit / 48 kHz, equalling 8 channels 24 bit 96 kHz

• In Quad Speed mode output of Single Speed sync frame

Word Clock

• BNC

• Max. output voltage: 5 Vpp

• Output voltage @ 75 Ohm termination: 4.0 Vpp

• Output impedance: 10 Ohm

• Frequency range: 27 kHz – 200 kHz

29.5 MIDI

• 1 x MIDI I/O via 5-pin DIN jacks

• Galvanically isolated by optocoupled input

• Hi-speed mode: Jitter and response time typically below 1 ms

• Separate 128 byte FIFOs for input and output

29.6 Transfer Modes: Resolution / Bits per Sample

ASIO

• 24 / 32 bit 4 byte (stereo 8 byte)

This format is compatible with 16-bit and 20-bit. Resolutions below 24-bit are handled by the

audio application.

MME

• 16 bit 2 byte (stereo 4 bytes)

• 16 bit 4 byte MSB (stereo 8 bytes)

• 24 bit 4 byte MSB (stereo 8 bytes)

• 32 bit 4 byte (stereo 8 bytes)

MME interleaved supports 2-channel, 4-channel, 6-channel and 8-channel playback in the

above formats. The modes 4/6/8-channel playback are limited to the devices

Fireface Analog (1+2): Up to 192 kHz, playback on the analog outputs 1-8

Fireface ADAT1 (1+2): Up to 48 kHz, playback on channels 13-20

Fireface ADAT2 (1+2): Up to 48 kHz, playback on channels 21-28