RME Audio DIGI32 User Manual Download Page 3

User's Guide 

DIGI32 PRO  © RME

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2. Supplied Contents

Please ensure that all the following parts are included in 

DIGI32 PRO

’s packaging box:

• 

PCI Card 

DIGI32 PRO

• 

Short Info

• 

RME Driver CD

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Adapter cable (XLR/cinch)

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Internal cable (2 wire)

3. System requirements

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Windows 95

 / NT

 or MacOS

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A free PCI bus slot

• 

An unused IRQ

Additional system requirements such as CPU, memory etc. depend on the software used for
recording, playing and editing the audio data.

4. Brief Description and Characteristics

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Short, full Plug & Play compatible PCI card

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16 / 20 / 24 bit audio resolution

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System integration with Windows’ Device Manager

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Display of the input sample frequency

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4 inputs switchable during operation

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Outputs optical/cinch/XLR work simultaneous (signal distribution possible)

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Accepts Professional and Consumer Format, ignores copy protection

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Low impedance analog output with high quality 20 bit / 96 kHz DAC

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Error LED for input signal

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Low Jitter Design: < 1 ns in PLL mode (44,1 kHz, optical In)

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Sample aligned simultaneous start of record and playback in Record while Play mode

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High sensitive input stage (< 0,15 Vss input level)

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Ground free transformer coupled inputs and outputs

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No DMA or input / output address needed

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Full Duplex (simultaneous recording and playback)

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Driver for Windows 95

, Windows NT

 and MacOS

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Works with every usual recording or editing software

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Various pass through modes for input signal to analog and digital out

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High bus transfer rate (> 120 MByte/s) ensures minimal CPU / system load

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More than one card with only one driver useable (Windows)

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Automatic hardware self-test when booting

Summary of Contents for DIGI32

Page 1: ...User s Guide PCI Bus Digital In Out Card 16 20 24 Bit Digital Audio 20 Bit Analog Monitor Distributed by 24 Bit 96 kHz...

Page 2: ...hooting 12 13 Installation Problems with older PC 13 14 Soft and Hardware Compatibility 14 15 TECH INFO 14 16 Warranty 15 1 Introduction DIGI32 PRO allows the recording of digital audio from CD DAT sa...

Page 3: ...s optical cinch XLR work simultaneous signal distribution possible Accepts Professional and Consumer Format ignores copy protection Low impedance analog output with high quality 20 bit 96 kHz DAC Erro...

Page 4: ...2 bit data packets by special copy routines in the driver These routines are written in Assembler causing no measureable system load The supported modes with other Operating Systems than Windows 95 98...

Page 5: ...me the driver installation is incomplete there is no display of the sample rate and of the slot number When installing more than one card Apply has to be pressed for each card once After clicking Appl...

Page 6: ...al signal In the simplest situation connect 3 devices at the outputs and use the card as splitter distribution 1 to 3 The stereo jack provides a hi quality analog monitor output driven directly from t...

Page 7: ...ple frequency is also important There is no valid input signal available when a DAT plays back a tape which has been recorded at 48 kHz and the recording software is set at 44 1 kHz Because of this pe...

Page 8: ...arddisk Normally the output of the card is switched off Often it is helpful to monitor the input signal or pass it on For such cases the DIGI32 PRO is fitted with a monitor function which can be set i...

Page 9: ...working becomes a thing of the past The three states of the output selected through the choicebox Output are unavoidable functions for daily use Automatic sets the normal mode where the input signal...

Page 10: ...isn t easier as with Windows 95 Because of this the RME Driver CD comes with an icon and two programs in the directory tools Please copy digi32 ico and digiconf exe in your Windows directory propably...

Page 11: ...clock reference is missing Help is obtained either by the insertion of a digital mixing desk or by using two DIGI32 PRO where the transmitting card is to be used without an input signal Hint Simply s...

Page 12: ...ux bits audio use Most consumer products with optical or cinch inputs SPDIF accept only signals with Consu mer indication 12 Troubleshooting In case the message box New Hardware Component found does n...

Page 13: ...change the used memory area with Resources so that it is adressed underneath the memory area of the graphics board for example D0000000 D0FFFFFF More informations on this subject can be found in the d...

Page 14: ...ocated in the directory rmeaudio com english faq on the RME Driver CD 15 TECH INFO RME provides more and very detailed information regarding the DIGI96 Series on the TECH INFO pages in the web http ww...

Page 15: ...bit mode Margit Tischler from Xilinx Germany for her support Detlev M ller and his team J rg Houpert for many valuable suggestions Derek Hart for this scottish translation RME News updated drivers an...

Page 16: ...bject to the following two conditi ons 1 This device may not cause harmful interference 2 This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Ho...

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