Introduction; Package Contents; System Requirements; Brief Description And Characteristics - RME Audio DIGI96/8 PST User Manual

1. Introduction

Thank you for choosing a RME product. DIGI96/8 PST allows the recording of digital
and analog audio from CD, DAT, sampler or other sources directly into your computer. The
numerous unique features and well thought-out configuration dialog puts the DIGI96 series at
the very top of the range of digital audio interface cards.
Drivers for Windows 95/98, Windows NT, BeOS and MacOS allow a problem-free, comfortable
and powerful usage on computer systems with PCI bus technology. Drivers for Linux are
available both as OSS and ALSA version. This wide choice of drivers makes the DIGI96 series
the most versatile cross platform digital audio card available, which may be used under all
major Operating Systems.
Our 'hi-performance' philosophy guarantees full system performance in all possible functions
not carried out by the driver (the computer´s CPU) but carried out by the DIGI96 series hard-
ware.

2. Package Contents

Please ensure that all the following parts are included in DIGI96/8 PST's packaging box:
PCI card DIGI96/8 PST
Quick Info guide
RME Driver CD
Internal cable (2 core)

3. System Requirements

MacOS 8.0 or later
Power Macintosh computer
A free PCI bus slot
Additional system requirements such as CPU, memory etc. depend on the software being used
for recording, playing and editing the audio data.

4. Brief Description and Characteristics

Separate record- and playback circuits; complete master mode
Enhanced Full Duplex: Different sample rates at input and output possible
Mixed mode: ADAT in - SPDIF out and vice versa
Automatic and intelligent master/slave clock control
Unsurpassed Bitclock-PLL (audio cynchronization) in ADAT mode
Optional Word Clock Module (WCM) provides word clock input and output
Track Marker Support: Supports CD/DAT Start-IDs and read out of CD subcode
ADAT tracks routeable to analog output
Unique status windows for record and playback, showing mode and sample rate
Realtime ADAT from/to SPDIF converter, realized directly in hardware
ASIO 2.0 support
Enhanced Zero Latency Monitoring: hardware bypass per track, controlled by Punch-I/O
SyncAlign guarantees sample aligned and never swapping channels
32 bit memory transfer and fast 128 kB SRAM guarantee very low system load
User's Guide DIGI96/8 PST © RME
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