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- Page 1 User's Guide Hammerfall DSP System ® HDSPe AIO ™ TotalMix 24 Bit / 192 kHz ® ® ® SyncAlign SyncCheck ™ SteadyClock PCI Express Digital I/O Card 2 + 2 + 8 + 2 Channels AES / SPDIF / ADAT / Analog Interface 24 Bit / 192 kHz Digital Audio 24 Bit / 192 kHz Stereo Analog Monitor MIDI I/O...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
13.1 General ..............25 13.2 Channel Count under ASIO .........25 13.3 Known Problems ..........26 Operation under GSIF..........26 Using more than one HDSPe AIO ......27 DIGICheck ..............27 Hotline – Troubleshooting 17.1 General ..............28 17.2 Installation ............29 User's Guide HDSPe AIO © RME... - Page 3 24.7 Quick Access Panel..........52 24.8 Presets..............52 24.9 Monitor Panel............54 24.10 Preferences............54 24.11 Editing the Names ..........55 24.12 Hotkeys ..............56 24.13 Menu Options............57 24.14 Level Meter ............58 User's Guide HDSPe AIO © RME...
- Page 4 30.5 AES/EBU – SPDIF ..........77 30.6 Noise Level in DS / QS Mode ......78 30.7 SteadyClock ............78 Diagrams 31.1 Block Diagram HDSPe AIO .........79 31.2 Connector Pinouts..........80 31.3 Overview Channels and Expansion Boards ..81 User's Guide HDSPe AIO © RME...
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Page 5: General
User's Guide HDSPe AIO General User's Guide HDSPe AIO © RME... -
Page 6: Introduction
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. -
Page 7: Hardware Installation
These expansion boards increase the number of available channels by four balanced analog inputs and outputs respectively. Thus the HDSPe AIO turns into an I/O solution with eight chan- nels ADAT, two channels SPDIF, two channels AES, six channels analog in and eight channels analog out. User's Guide HDSPe AIO © RME... -
Page 8: Internal Connectors
Slave has to be set to Sync In under Pref. Sync Ref, the Clock Mode must be set to AutoSync. WCM / TCO (X403) 10-pin connector to connect the optional 9632 Word Clock Module or the optional Time Code Option (TCO) via flat ribbon cable. User's Guide HDSPe AIO © RME... -
Page 9: Accessories
7. Accessories RME offers several optional components. Additionally parts of the HDSPe AIO are available separately as well. Part Number Description 36003 Optical cable, TOSLINK, 0.5 m (1.6 ft) 36004 Optical cable, TOSLINK, 1 m (3.3 ft) 36006 Optical cable, TOSLINK, 2 m (6.6 ft) 36007 Optical cable, TOSLINK, 3 m (9.9 ft) -
Page 10: Appendix
Copyright © Matthias Carstens, 6/2008. Version 1.0 Current driver version: W2k/XP: 3.063, Mac OS X: 2.60a Although the contents of this User’s Guide have been thoroughly checked for errors, RME can not guarantee that it is correct throughout. RME does not accept responsibility for any mislead- ing or incorrect information within this guide. - Page 11 For this the device has to be sent free to the door to: IMM Elektronik GmbH Leipziger Straße 32 D-09648 Mittweida Germany Shipments not prepaid will be rejected and returned on the original sender's costs. User's Guide HDSPe AIO © RME...
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Page 13: Driver Installation And Operation - Windows
User's Guide HDSPe AIO Driver Installation and Operation - Windows User's Guide HDSPe AIO © RME... -
Page 14: Driver And Firmware
Windows will recognize the new hardware component and start its ‘Hardware Wizard’. Insert the RME Driver CD into your CD-ROM drive, and follow fur- ther instructions which appear on your computer screen. The driver files are located in the di- rectory \WDM on the RME Driver CD. -
Page 15: Firmware Update
The status displays at the bottom of the dialog box give the user precise information about the current status of the system, and the status of all digital signals. User's Guide HDSPe AIO © RME... - Page 16 Choice of the reference level and with this of the sensitivity of the analog Line input. Output Level Choice of the reference level and with this of the level at the analog Line output. User's Guide HDSPe AIO © RME...
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Page 17: Settings Dialog - Dds
Therefore the internal clock can be set to 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz, but not to a value in be- tween. SteadyClock, RME's sensational Low Jitter Clock System, is based on a Direct Digital Synthesizer (DDS). This superior circuitry can generate nearly any frequency with highest pre- cision. -
Page 18: Clock Modes - Synchronization
'Slave'). This allows on-the-fly recording, even during playback, without having to syn- chronize the card to the input signal first. It also allows immediate playback at any sample rate without having to reconfigure the card. User's Guide HDSPe AIO © RME... - Page 19 SPDIF. RME’s exclusive SyncCheck technology enables an easy to use check and display of the cur- rent clock status. The status box labelled Input Status indicates whether no signal (‘No Lock’), a valid signal (‘Lock’) or a valid and synchronous signal (‘Sync’) is present at each of the digital clock source inputs.
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Page 20: Operation And Usage
This 'SPDIF' signal sounds like chopped noise at highest level. Therefore the HDSPe AIO auto- matically sets the non-audio bit within the digital data stream, to prevent most SPDIF receivers from accepting the signal, and to prevent any attached equipment from being damaged. User's Guide HDSPe AIO © RME... -
Page 21: Notes On Wdm
Kernel Mixer, causing a latency of at least 30 ms. Additionally, WDM can perform sample rate conversions unnoticed, cause offsets between record and playback data, block channels unintentionally and much more. Therefore, for general operation, RME recom- mend not to use WDM devices. -
Page 22: Channel Count Under Wdm
AIO ADAT (5+6) AIO ADAT (7+8) AIO ADAT (7+8) AIO ADAT (7+8) * Phones output, playback only. Channels 3 to 6 shown above are a result of using the optional AI4S-192 and AO4S-192 Ex- pansion Boards. User's Guide HDSPe AIO © RME... -
Page 23: Multi-Client Operation
Once again the same inputs can be used simultaneously. RME's sophisticated tool DIGICheck is an exception to this rule. It operates like an ASIO host, using a special technique to access playback channels already occupied. Therefore DIGICheck is able to analyse and display playback data from any software, no matter which format the software uses. -
Page 24: Digital Recording
Unlike analog soundcards which produce empty wave files (or noise) when no input signal is present, digital I/O cards always need a valid input signal to start recording. To take this into account RME included a comprehensive I/O signal status display (showing sample frequency, lock and sync status) in the Settings dialog. -
Page 25: Operation Under Asio
AIO ADAT 5 to 8 Channels 3 to 6 shown above are a result of using the optional AI4S-192 and AO4S-192 Ex- pansion Boards. The phones output (AIO Phones L / R) is displayed as output only. User's Guide HDSPe AIO © RME... -
Page 26: Known Problems
If Gigastudio starts up properly, loads gig files too, but won't play at all even when using the virtual keyboard: Go to Hardware/Routing and select a valid MIDI input port. Note that blank is not valid, but <none> is. User's Guide HDSPe AIO © RME... -
Page 27: Using More Than One Hdspe Aio
• Completely multi-client. Open as many measurement windows as you like, on any chan- nels and inputs or outputs! To install DIGICheck, go to the \DIGICheck directory on the RME Driver CD and run setup.exe. Follow the instructions prompted on the screen. -
Page 28: Hotline - Troubleshooting
17. Hotline – Troubleshooting 17.1 General The newest information can always be found on our website www.rme-audio.com, section FAQ, Latest Additions. The input signal cannot be monitored in real-time • ASIO Direct Monitoring has not been enabled, and/or monitoring has been disabled globally (for example in TotalMix). -
Page 29: Installation
• Check whether the Hammerfall DSP appears in the Device Manager. If the ' Hammerfall DSP’ device has a yellow exclamation mark, then there is an address or interrupt conflict. • Even if there is no yellow exclamation mark, it is worth checking the ‘Resources’ tab anyway. User's Guide HDSPe AIO © RME... - Page 30 User's Guide HDSPe AIO © RME...
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Page 31: Driver Installation And Operation - Mac Os X
User's Guide HDSPe AIO Driver Installation and Operation – Mac OS X User's Guide HDSPe AIO © RME... -
Page 32: Driver And Flash Update
First fit the card (see 5. Hardware Installation), then switch on the computer and install the driv- ers from the RME Driver CD. The driver file is located in the folder HDSPe. Installation works automatically by a double-click on the file HDSPe Driver.mpkg. -
Page 33: Configuring The Hdspe Aio
The word clock output signal usually equals the current sample rate. Selecting Single Speed causes the output signal to always stay within the range of 32 kHz to 48 kHz. So at 96 kHz sample rate, the output word clock is 48 kHz. User's Guide HDSPe AIO © RME... -
Page 34: Settings Dialog - Dds
Therefore the internal clock can be set to 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz, but not to a value in be- tween. SteadyClock, RME's sensational Low Jitter Clock System, is based on a Direct Digital Synthesizer (DDS). This superior circuitry can generate nearly any frequency with highest pre- cision. -
Page 35: Clock Modes - Synchronization
Remember that a digital system can only have one master! If the HDSPe’s clock mode is set to 'Master', all other devices must be set to ‘Slave’. The HDSPe AIO’s intelligent clock control is very user-friendly, being able to switch between clock modes automatically. Selecting AutoSync will activate this mode. User's Guide HDSPe AIO © RME... - Page 36 In this case, 'Pref Sync Ref' should be temporarily set to SPDIF. RME’s exclusive SyncCheck technology enables an easy to use check and display of the cur- rent clock status. The status box labelled Input Status indicates whether no signal (‘No Lock’), a valid signal (‘Lock’) or a valid and synchronous signal (‘Sync’) is present at each of the digital...
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Page 37: Mac Os X Faq
20. Mac OS X FAQ 21.1 Round about Driver Installation The driver with the file suffix gz provided by RME is a compressed TAR archive. TAR bundles multiple files and folders into one file, but does not save memory space nor download time. -
Page 38: Supported Sample Rates
20.3 Supported Sample Rates RME's Mac OS X driver supports all sampling frequencies provided by the hardware. Besides 192 kHz and 96 kHz this also includes 32 kHz and 64 kHz. But not every software will support all the hardware's sample rates. For example Spark does not display 32 kHz and 64 kHz. -
Page 39: Various Information
The Hammerfall DSP driver adds a number to each unit, so they are fully accessible in any multicard-capable software. 21. Hotline – Troubleshooting The newest information can always be found on our website www.rme-audio.com, section Sup- port, Macintosh OS. The 8 ADAT channels don’t seem to work •... - Page 40 User's Guide HDSPe AIO © RME...
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Page 41: Connections And Totalmix
User's Guide HDSPe AIO Connections and TotalMix User's Guide HDSPe AIO © RME... -
Page 42: Analog Connections
+4 dBu nominal level. The above levels are also found in our ADI-8 series of AD/DA converters, the Multiface, and even in our Mic-Preamps QuadMic and OctaMic. Therefore all RME devices are fully compati- ble to each other. -
Page 43: Line Outputs
RCA phono plugs, or TRS plug to TS plugs is required. The pin assignment follows international standards. The left channel is connected to the tip, the right channel to the ring of the TRS jack/plug. User's Guide HDSPe AIO © RME... -
Page 44: Digital Connections
23. Digital Connections 23.1 ADAT The ADAT optical I/O of the HDSPe AIO is fully compatible to all ADAT equipped units. RME's unsurpassed Bitclock PLL prevents clicks and drop outs even in extreme varipitch operation, and guarantees a fast and low jitter lock to the digital input signal. A usual TOSLINK cable is sufficient for connection. -
Page 45: Spdif
AIO MIDI. Using more than one HDSPe AIO, the operating system adds a consecutive number to the port name, like AIO MIDI In (2) etc. The MIDI In port is available for both GSIF (GSIF-2 Low Latency) and standard MME MIDI si- multaneously. User's Guide HDSPe AIO © RME... -
Page 46: Totalmix: Routing And Monitoring
TotalMix provides the means to mix and monitor these on a single stereo output. • Mixing of the input signal to the playback signal (complete ASIO Direct Monitoring). RME not only is the pioneer of ADM, but also offers the most complete implementation of the ADM functions. - Page 47 User's Guide HDSPe AIO © RME...
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Page 48: The User Interface
Bottom row (third row): Hardware outputs. Here, the total level of the output can be adjusted. This may be the level of connected loudspeakers, or the necessity to reduce the level of an overloaded submix. The following chapters explain step by step all functions of the user interface. User's Guide HDSPe AIO © RME... -
Page 49: Elements Of A Channel
Click into the area above the fader and drag the green bar in order to set the panorama between left and right. The level meters of the third row display the level changes in real-time. User's Guide HDSPe AIO © RME... - Page 50 'SPDIF'. The window disappears, fader and pan jump to their initial values, the signal can now be routed to the SPDIF output. You can continue like this until all entries have got a checkmark, i. e. you can send the signal to all outputs simultaneously. User's Guide HDSPe AIO © RME...
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Page 51: Submix View
As soon as one Solo button is pressed, the Solo Master button lights up in the Quick Access area. It allows to switch all selected Solos off and on again. You can comfortably make solo-groups or activate and deactivate several Solos simultaneously. User's Guide HDSPe AIO © RME... -
Page 52: Quick Access Panel
Also here, RME's love for details can be seen. If any parameter is being altered after loading a preset (e. g. moving a fader), the preset display flashes in order to announce that something has been changed, still showing which state the pre- sent mix is based on. - Page 53 Menu File, Save All Presets as and Open All Presets (file suffix .mpr). After the loading the presets can be activated by the preset buttons. In case the presets have been renamed (see chapter 24.11), these names will be stored and loaded too. User's Guide HDSPe AIO © RME...
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Page 54: Monitor Panel
Note: The Mute button of the Talkback and Listenback channel is still active. Therefore it is not necessary to select <NONE>, in case one of both shall be deacti- vated. MIDI Controller, Full LC Display Support See chapter 27.3 for details. User's Guide HDSPe AIO © RME... -
Page 55: Editing The Names
The preset button names are not stored in the preset files, but globally in the registry, so won't change when loading any file or saving any state as preset. But loading a preset bank (see chapter 24.8) the names will be updated. User's Guide HDSPe AIO © RME... -
Page 56: Hotkeys
Further hotkeys are available to control the configuration of the Level Meter (see chapter 24.14): Key 4 or 6: Display range 40 or 60 dB Key E or R: Numerical display showing Peak or RMS Key 0 or 3: RMS display absolute or relative to 0 dBFS User's Guide HDSPe AIO © RME... -
Page 57: Menu Options
Deactivate MIDI in Background: Disables the MIDI control as soon as another application is in the focus, or in case TotalMix has been minimized. User's Guide HDSPe AIO © RME... -
Page 58: Level Meter
SNR measurement 'RMS unweighted', which you would otherwise need extremely expensive measure- ment devices for. An example: An RME ADI-8 DS con- nected to the HDSPe AIO's ADAT port will show around -113 dBFS on all eight channel's input level meters. -
Page 59: Totalmix: The Matrix
3 will make all vertically activated levels move at once (for example 11/12, analog output). A gain field marked orange indicates activated mute status. Mute can only be changed in the mixer view. User's Guide HDSPe AIO © RME... -
Page 60: Advantages Of The Matrix
Example: you have lowered the output level of a submix, or just a specific channel, by some dB. The audio signal passed through via ADM will be attenuated by the value set in the third row. User's Guide HDSPe AIO © RME... -
Page 61: Selection And Group Based Operation
The fastest way to delete complex routings: select a channel in the mixer view, click on the menu entry Edit and select Delete. Or simply hit the Del-key. Attention: there is no undo in To- talMix, so be careful with this function! User's Guide HDSPe AIO © RME... -
Page 62: Recording A Subgroup (Loopback)
A software monitor- ing on the subgroup record channels is only allowed as long as the monitoring is routed in both software and TotalMix to a different channel than the active subgroup recording one. User's Guide HDSPe AIO © RME... -
Page 63: Using External Effects Devices
1 is sent by TotalMix to any output, to the Compressor, back from the Compressor to any input. This input is now selected within the record software. User's Guide HDSPe AIO © RME... -
Page 64: Ms Processing
Low Cut, Expander, Compressor or Delay. The most basic application is already available di- rectly in TotalMix: Changing the level of the side channel allows to manipulate the stereo width from mono to stereo up to extended, stepless and in real-time. User's Guide HDSPe AIO © RME... -
Page 65: Totalmix Midi Remote Control
1 - 8 select Main Monitor F10 - F12 Monitor Phones 1 - 3 *Tested with Behringer BCF2000 Firmware v1.07 in Mackie Control emulation for Steinberg mode and with Mackie Control under Mac OS X. User's Guide HDSPe AIO © RME... -
Page 66: Setup
TotalMix also supports the 9th fader of the Mackie Control. This fader (labelled Master) will con- trol the stereo output faders (lowest row) which are set up as Main Monitor outputs in the Moni- tor panel. Always and only. User's Guide HDSPe AIO © RME... -
Page 67: Simple Midi Control
16 Controller numbers are used: 102 up to 117 (= hex 66 bis 75). With these 16 Controllers (= faders) and 4 MIDI channels each per row, up to 64 faders can be controlled per row (as required by the HDSPe MADI). User's Guide HDSPe AIO © RME... -
Page 68: Loopback Detection
MIDI output. As soon as it detects this special note at the input, the MIDI functionality is disabled. After fixing the loopback, check Enable MIDI Control under Options to reactivate the TotalMix MIDI. User's Guide HDSPe AIO © RME... -
Page 69: Technical Reference
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Page 70: Tech Info
28. Tech Info Not all information to and around our products fit in a manual. Therefore RME offers a lot more and detailed information in the Tech Infos. The very latest Tech Infos can be found on our web- site, section Support. These are some of the currently available Tech Infos: Synchronization II (DIGI96 series) Digital audio synchronization - technical background and pitfalls. -
Page 71: Technical Specifications
• Output level at 0 dBFS @ +4 dBu: +13 dBu • Output level at 0 dBFS @ -10 dBV: +2 dBV DA - Phones Output As Line out, but • Output: Standard 6.3 mm / 1/4" TRS jack • Output impedance: 30 Ohm User's Guide HDSPe AIO © RME... -
Page 72: Digital
• 4 x TOSLINK, format according to Alesis specification • Standard: 32 channels 24 bit, up to 48 kHz • Double Speed (S/MUX): 16 channels 24 bit 96 kHz • Quad Speed (S/MUX4): 8 channels 24 bit 192 kHz User's Guide HDSPe AIO © RME... -
Page 73: 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 User's Guide HDSPe AIO © RME... -
Page 74: Technical Background
In practice, SyncCheck allows for a quick overview of the correct configuration of all digital de- vices. So one of the most difficult and error-prone topics of the digital studio world finally be- comes easy to handle. User's Guide HDSPe AIO © RME... -
Page 75: Latency And Monitoring
30.2 Latency and Monitoring The term Zero Latency Monitoring has been introduced by RME in 1998 for the DIGI96 series of audio cards. It stands for the ability to pass-through the computer's input signal at the inter- face directly to the output. Since then, the idea behind has become one of the most important features of modern hard disk recording. -
Page 76: Ds - Double Speed
As the transmission of double rate signals is done at standard sample rate (Single Speed), the ADAT outputs still deliver 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz. The SPDIF (AES) output of the HDSPe AIO provides 96 kHz as Single Wire only. User's Guide HDSPe AIO © RME... -
Page 77: Qs - Quad Speed
The table shows that a Professional-coded signal would lead to malfunctions for copy prohibi- tion and emphasis, if being read as Consumer-coded data. Nowadays many devices with SPDIF input can handle Professional subcode. Devices with AES3 input almost always accept Consumer SPDIF (passive cable adapter necessary). User's Guide HDSPe AIO © RME... -
Page 78: Noise Level In Ds / Qs Mode
When limiting the measurement's frequency range to 22 kHz (audio bandpass, weighted) the value would be -109 dB again. This can be verified even with RME's Windows tool DIGICheck. Although a dBA weighted value does not include such a strong bandwidth limitation as audio bandpass does, the displayed value of –108 dB is nearly identical to the one at 48 kHz. -
Page 79: Diagrams
31. Diagrams 31.1 Block Diagram HDSPe AIO User's Guide HDSPe AIO © RME... -
Page 80: Connector Pinouts
Line In Left + GND/Shell Line In Right + n.c. Line Out Left + Line Out Right + n.c. Phones Left MIDI Out (5) GND/Shell Phones Right MIDI In (4) MIDI In (5) MIDI Out (4) User's Guide HDSPe AIO © RME... -
Page 81: Overview Channels And Expansion Boards
AI4S-192, 4 channel Line in expansion board AO4S-192, 4 channel Line out expansion board AEB I: 4/8 channel Line in expansion board AEB O: 4/8 channel Line out expansion board TEB: TDIF expansion board User's Guide HDSPe AIO © RME...