User's Guide
DIGI96/8 PST © RME
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14. Operation under ASIO 2.0
14.1 General
As Steinberg is the inventor of ASIO we have chosen Steinberg's Cubase VST as example on
how to use and setup our cards in ASIO operation.
Our ASIO driver supports any
combination of cards from the
DIGI96 series. Important: Mul-
tiple cards MUST be synchro-
nized among themselves! This
may be done by using the
input signal (having a common
clock source, for example a
digital mixing desk), several
synchronized ADATs or the
RME Word Clock Module.
Start the ASIO application, go
to ASIO/System and choose
the device 'ASIO DIGI96 Se-
ries'. The button 'ASIO system
control' directly starts the Set-
tings dialog of the DIGI96
series (see chapter 9).
Switching between SPDIF (2 channel) and ADAT (8 channel) is done in a very easy and con-
venient way.
Playback
: When using more than 2 tracks (Master bus plus at least one other) the card swit-
ches into ADAT mode. Simply activate 'Force Adat' in the settings dialog in case the ADAT
format is desired when playing back only 2 tracks.
Record
: The card automatically recognizes ADAT or SPDIF signals and immediately switches
into the corresponding mode. It doesn't matter how many inputs are activated. When more than
one input is active and a SPDIF signal is present at the input this (stereo) signal will be routed
to input 1+2.
Mixed Mode
: Because of the extended ASIO driver concept it is possible to record from a
SPDIF source while playing back in ADAT format and vice versa (Mixed Mode). Under certain
configurations sync problems might occur, which make it neccessary to use an external word
clock for all participating devices.
The Enhanced Zero Latency mode of the DIGI96 series enables the 'ASIO Direct Monitoring'
feature of the ASIO 2.0 standard to be used. Please note that in this mode neither routing nor
pan are supported so the input signals will only be routed to the same output channel. Other
VST mixer settings have no effect.
