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

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
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