Introduction; Package Contents; System Requirements; Brief Description And Characteristics - RME Audio Hammerfall HDSP 9632 User Manual

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
User's Guide HDSP System HDSP 9632 © RME
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