RME Audio Hammerfall Hammerfall DSP System User's Guide

User's Guide Hammerfall® DSP System HDSP 9652 PCI Busmaster Digital I/O System 2 + 24 Channels SPDIF / ADAT Interface

10 User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME Although the contents of this User’s Guide have been thoroughly checked

User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME11 User's Guide HDSP 9652 Driver Installation and Operati

12 User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME 10. Driver and Firmware 10.1 Driver Installation After the PCI card h

User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME13 10.3 De-Installing the Drivers A de-installation of the HDSP driver files is not necessary – and no

14 User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME 11. Configuring the HDSP 9652 11.1 Settings Dialog Configuration of t

User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME15 Options AEB activates the internal connector as ADAT1 input instead of the optical TOSLINK. An ex-pa

16 User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME About This tab includes information about the driver and the card’s fir

User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME17 To cope with some situations which may arise in studio practice, setting ‘Pref Sync Ref’ is es-senti

18 User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME 12. Operation and Usage 12.1 Playback The HDSP system can play back a

User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME19 12.2 DVD-Playback (AC-3/DTS) AC-3 / DTS When using popular DVD software players like WinDVD and Pow

2 User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME General 1 Introduction ...

20 User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME 12.3 Notes on WDM The driver offers a WDM streaming device per stereo

User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME21 WDM Stereo device Double Speed HDSP 9652 ADAT (1+2) HDSP 9652 ADAT (1+2) HDSP 9652 ADAT (3+4) HD

22 User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME Multi-Client and Multi-Channel using WDM The WDM streaming devices of o

User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME23 It often makes sense to monitor the input signal or send it directly to the output. This can be done

24 User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME 13.3 Known Problems If a computer does not provide sufficient CPU-powe

User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME25 14. Operation under GSIF (Gigasampler Interface) The GSIF interface of the Hammerfall DSP allows di

26 User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME 16. DIGICheck The DIGICheck software is a unique utility developed for

User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME27 17. Hotline – Troubleshooting 17.1 General The newest information can always be found on our websi

28 User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME The ADAT timecode is not in sync • The tape is formatted to 48 kHz, b

User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME29 User's Guide HDSP 9652 Driver Installation and Operati

User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME3 Driver Installation and Operation - Mac OS X 18 Driver and Flash Update 19.1 Driver Installat

30 User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME 18. Driver and Flash Update 18.1 Driver Installation First fit the ca

User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME31 19. Configuring the HDSP 9652 19.1 Settings Dialog Configuring the HDSP 9652 is done via its own s

32 User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME Clock Mode The unit can be configured to use its internal clock source

User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME33 19.2 Clock Modes - Synchronisation In the digital world, all devices are either the ‘Master’ (clock

34 User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME If several digital devices are to be used simultaneously in a system, t

User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME35 20. Mac OS X FAQ 20.1 Round about Driver Installation The driver with the file suffix gz provided

36 User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME 20.3 Supported Sample Rates RME's Mac OS X driver supports all sa

User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME37 21.6 Various Information The driver requires 10.2.8 or higher. Older versions of OS X are not and w

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User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME39 User's Guide HDSP 9652 Connections and TotalMix

4 User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME 25 TotalMix: The Matrix 27.1 Overview ...

40 User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME 22. Digital Connections 22.1 ADAT The ADAT optical input of the HDSP

User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME41 Note that in record or monitor modes, set emphasis bits will disappear. Recordings origi-nally done

42 User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME 23. Word Clock 23.1 Technical Description and Usage In the analog dom

User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME43 The HDSP 9652’s word clock input can be high-impedance or terminated internally, ensuring maximum fl

44 User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME 24. TotalMix: Routing and Monitoring 24.1 Overview The HDSP 9652 incl

User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME45

46 User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME 24.2 The User Interface The visual design of the TotalMix mixer is a r

User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME47 24.3 Elements of a Channel A single channel consists of various elements: Input channels and playb

48 User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME You see, it is very easy to set up a specific submix for whatever outpu

User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME49 You will certainly have noticed that the signal at the outputs 7/8 did not change while you were rou

User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME5 User's Guide HDSP 9652 General

50 User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME 24.7 The Quick Access Panel This section includes additional options,

User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME51 Mouse: The original factory presets can be reloaded by holding down the Ctrl-key and clicking on any

52 User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME 24.9 The Monitor Panel The Monitor panel provides several options usua

User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME53 Monitor Main Dim: Amount of attenuation of the Monitor Main output in dB. Activated by the Dim butto

54 User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME 24.12 Hotkeys In many situations TotalMix can be controlled quickly an

User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME55 24.13 Menu Options Always on Top: When active (checked) the TotalMix window will always be on top o

56 User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME 24.14 Level Meter The HDSP 9652 calculates all the display values Pea

User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME57 25. TotalMix: The Matrix 25.1 Overview The mixer window of TotalMix looks and operates similar to

58 User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME 25.4 Advantages of the Matrix The Matrix not always replaces the mixer

User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME59 26.2 Selection and Group-based Operation Click on the white name label of channel 1 and 2 in Total

6 User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME 1. Introduction Thank you for choosing the RME Hammerfall DSP system. T

60 User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME 26.5 Recording a Subgroup (Loopback) TotalMix supports a routing of th

User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME61 26.6 Using external Effects Devices With TotalMix a usage of external hardware - like effects devic

62 User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME 27. TotalMix MIDI Remote Control 27.1 Overview TotalMix can be remote

User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME63 27.3 Setup • Open the Preferences dialog (menu Options or F3). Select the MIDI Input and MIDI Outp

64 User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME 27.5 Simple MIDI Control The stereo output faders (lowest row) which a

User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME65 Examples for sending MIDI strings*: - Set input 1 to 0 dB: B0 66 40 - Set input 17 to maximum atte

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User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME67 User's Guide HDSP 9652 Technical Reference

68 User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME 28. Tech Info Not all information to and around our products fit in a

User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME69 29. Technical Specifications 29.1 Digital Inputs SPDIF - AES/EBU • 1 x RCA, transformer-balanced,

User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME7 5. Hardware Installation Before installing the PCI card, please make sure the computer is switched

70 User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME 29.3 Digital • Low Jitter Design: < 3 ns external clock, < 1 ns

User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME71 30. Technical Background 30.1 Lock and SyncCheck Digital signals consist of a carrier and the data

72 User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME 30.2 Latency and Monitoring The term Zero Latency Monitoring has been

User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME73 30.3 DS - Double Speed When activating the Double Speed mode the HDSP 9652 operates at double sampl

74 User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME 30.4 AES/EBU - SPDIF The most important electrical properties of &apos

User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME75 31. Block Diagram HDSP 9652

8 User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME Word Clock I/O (BNC). When shipped, the word clock input is not terminat

User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9652 © RME9 7. Accessories RME offers several optional accessories. Also parts of the HDSP 9652 are available se