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RME Audio Hammerfall HDSP AES-32 User Manual Download Page 9

User's Guide HDSP AES-32

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Manufacturer:
IMM Elektronik GmbH, Leipziger Strasse 32, D-09648 Mittweida, Germany

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DIGICheck and Hammerfall are registered trademarks of RME Intelligent Audio Solutions.
HDSPe AES, HDSP AES-32, TMS, DIGI96, SyncAlign, ZLM, SyncCheck and TotalMix are
trademarks of RME Intelligent Audio Solutions. Microsoft, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Win-
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GmbH. ASIO is a trademark of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH.

Copyright

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Matthias Carstens, 02/2010. Version 1.2

Current driver version: Windows: 3.083, Mac OS X 2.53. Firmware: 254

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correct throughout. RME does not accept responsibility for any misleading or incorrect information within this guide.
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Summary of Contents for Hammerfall HDSP AES-32

Page 1: ...l DSP System HDSP AES 32 PCI Busmaster Digital I O Card 32 Channels AES EBU Interface 24 Bit 192 kHz Digital Audio 32 x 16 Matrix Router 2 x MIDI I O Quick Boot TotalMix 24 Bit 192 kHz 9 SyncAlign ZLM...

Page 2: ...stallation 12 10 2 Driver Update 12 10 3 De Installing the Drivers 12 10 4 Firmware Update 13 11 Configuring the HDSP AES 32 11 1 Settings Dialog 13 11 2 Settings Dialog DDS 15 11 3 Clock Modes Synchr...

Page 3: ...us Information 36 21 Hotline Troubleshooting 37 Connections and TotalMix 22 Connections 22 1 AES EBU Inputs 40 22 2 AES EBU Outputs 41 22 3 MIDI 42 23 Word Clock 23 1 Word Clock Input and Output 43 23...

Page 4: ...pback 62 26 6 Using external Effects Devices 63 26 7 MS Processing 64 27 TotalMix MIDI Remote Control 27 1 Overview 65 27 2 Mapping 65 27 3 Setup 66 27 4 Operation 66 27 5 Simple MIDI Control 67 27 6...

Page 5: ...User s Guide HDSP AES 32 RME 5 User s Guide HDSP AES 32 General...

Page 6: ...AES 32 expansion board Quick Info guide RME Driver CD MIDI breakout cable Expansion Board ribbon cable 26 conductor 3 System Requirements Windows XP or higher Mac OS X PPC 10 2 8 or higher PCI Interf...

Page 7: ...I slot press and fasten the screw 6 Insert the Expansion Board and fasten the screw 7 Replace the computer s housing 8 Reconnect all cables including the power cord 6 Hardware Connectors 6 1 External...

Page 8: ...breakout cable AES EBU 9 9 ft 3 m BO25MXLR4M4F6 Digital breakout cable AES EBU 19 8 ft 6 m BOBDSUB25T Digital connection cable 25 pin D sub Tascam pinout BOB32 BOB 32 Universal Breakout Box 19 TCOHDS...

Page 9: ...in dows Vista and Windows 7 are registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corp Steinberg Cubase and VST are registered trademarks of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH ASIO is a trademark of Ste...

Page 10: ...to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment...

Page 11: ...User s Guide HDSP AES 32 RME 11 User s Guide HDSP AES 32 Driver Installation and Operation Windows...

Page 12: ...he Driver Software Update dialog The refore this dialog has to be started manually after the failed driver installation Hit the Win key type Device Manager start the Device Manager by selecting it fro...

Page 13: ...talled driver Start the program hdsp_wdm_fut exe The Flash Update Tool displays the current revision of the HDSP AES 32 and whether it needs an update or not If so then please press the Update button...

Page 14: ...y 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 Quick Boot All the card s settings...

Page 15: ...48K frame or the 96K frame Note that when selecting Double Wire the number of output channels is reduced to 8 When selecting Quad Wire the number of remaining output channels is 4 For further details...

Page 16: ...ard Changing the sample rate in bigger steps during record playback often results in a loss of audio or brings up warning messages of the audio software Therefore the desired sample rate should be set...

Page 17: ...its current sample frequency AutoSync guarantees that normal record and record while play will always work correctly In certain cases however AutoSync may cause feedback in the digital carrier so syn...

Page 18: ...of the most complex issues in the digital studio world 12 Operation and Usage 12 1 Playback The HDSP system can play back audio data only in supported modes channels PCM and formats sample rate bit r...

Page 19: ...bit resolution and 48 kHz sample rate For this to work select the WDM playback device Loudspeaker of the HDSP AES 32 in XP Control Panel Sounds and Multimedia Audio and Use only default devices has to...

Page 20: ...s and adds the channel number at the end AES 1 2 is the first stereo device AES 3 4 is the next stereo device AES 1 2 3 4 are the channels 3 4 of the first 8 channel interleaved device We recommend to...

Page 21: ...client op eration works as described above with WDM ASIO and GSIF Interleaved active The WDM devices can also be used as 8 channel devices Unfortunately the Kernel Mixer active with any WDM playback t...

Page 22: ...ibutes or similar dialog The screenshot to the right shows a typical dialog used for changing basic parameters such as sam ple frequency and resolution in an audio applica tion Any bit resolution can...

Page 23: ...ASIO does not support asyn chronous operation which means that the input and output signals not only have to use the same sample frequency but also have to be in sync All devices connected to the Hamm...

Page 24: ...a lot of confusion as the driver seems to behave completely buggy and the user does not recognize the simple reason for it for example simul taneous operation of ASIO and GSIF on the same channels If...

Page 25: ...from the HDSP system hardware with near zero CPU load Spectral Analyser World wide unique 10 20 or 30 band display in analog bandpass filter technology 192 kHz capable Vector Audio Scope World wide un...

Page 26: ...eration under Windows 2000 XP on single CPU systems To use ASIO at lowest latencies under Windows 2000 XP even when only having one CPU the system performance has to be optimized for background tasks...

Page 27: ...User s Guide HDSP AES 32 RME 27...

Page 28: ...28 User s Guide HDSP AES 32 RME...

Page 29: ...User s Guide HDSP AES 32 RME 29 User s Guide HDSP AES 32 Driver Installation and Operation Mac OS X...

Page 30: ...m is removed Reboot the computer when installation is done 18 2 Driver Update In case of a driver update it s not necessary to remove the old driver first it will be overwritten during the installatio...

Page 31: ...s The status displays at the bottom of the dialog box give the user precise information about the cur rent status of the system and the status of all digital signals Quick Boot All the card s settings...

Page 32: ...utput channels is 4 For further details about the settings Professional Emphasis and Non Audio please refer to chapter 22 2 Input Status SyncCheck indicates whether there is a valid signal Lock for th...

Page 33: ...fic card Changing the sample rate in bigger steps during record playback often results in a loss of audio or brings up warning messages of the audio software Therefore the desired sample rate should b...

Page 34: ...signal the card automatically switches clock mode to Master Thanks to its AutoSync technique and lightning fast PLL the HDSP is not only capable of han dling standard frequencies but also any sample...

Page 35: ...nsion file The installer copies it to System Library Extensions Its name is HDSPMADI kext It is visible in the Finder allowing you to verify date and driver version Yet in fact this again is a folder...

Page 36: ...all DSP A click on Format will list the supported sample frequencies If the unit is in clock mode Master selecting a sample rate will immediately set the device to this frequency which can be verified...

Page 37: ...the input signal Check that cables devices have not been connected in a closed loop If so set the system s clock mode to Master Crackle during record or playback Increase the number and size of buffe...

Page 38: ...38 User s Guide HDSP AES 32 RME...

Page 39: ...User s Guide HDSP AES 32 RME 39 User s Guide HDSP AES 32 Connections and TotalMix...

Page 40: ...clock of the AES wire Rearranging the formats Double and Quad Wire to Single Wire is lossless the existing samples are just re ordered again Information on the distribution of the samples in Double a...

Page 41: ...e audio data digital signals in SPDIF or AES EBU format contain a channel status coding which is being used for transmitting further information The output signal coding of the HDSP AES 32 has been im...

Page 42: ...2 AES wires The effective sample frequency is four times the clock of the AES wire 32 kHz 48 kHz All these conversions are lossless Only the existing samples are spread on all the channels The defaul...

Page 43: ...The word clock output of the HDSP AES 32 is constantly active providing the current sample frequency as word clock signal As a result in Master mode the provided word clock is defined by the currently...

Page 44: ...er networks You will find all the neces sary components T adapters terminators cables in most electronics and or computer stores The latter usually carries 50 Ohms components The 75 Ohms components us...

Page 45: ...as been set to Word Clock the clock mode AutoSync has been activated and a valid word clock signal is present The signal at the BNC input can be Single Double or Quad Speed the HDSP automatically adap...

Page 46: ...lete implementation of the ADM functions Integration of external devices Use TotalMix to insert external effects devices be it in the playback or in the record path Depending on the current applicatio...

Page 47: ...User s Guide HDSP AES 32 RME 47...

Page 48: ...rom an Inline desk so that the row Software Playback equals the Tape Return of a real mixing desk Top row Hardware inputs The level shown is that of the input signal i e fader independ ent Via fader a...

Page 49: ...how TotalMix works Starting up TotalMix the last settings are recalled automatically When executing the application for the first time a default file is loaded sending all playback tracks 1 1 to the...

Page 50: ...annels 7 and 8 The present pan value is also being displayed below the fader Please carry out the same steps for Out 2 now in order to route it to output 8 as well In short While editing the Submix 7...

Page 51: ...ouble Wire or Quad Wore mode The display is adjusted accordingly and all fader settings remain stored 24 5 Submix View Such a wide range of possibilities make it difficult to maintain the overview Bec...

Page 52: ...orth be tween a signal distribution complete input monitoring a stereo and mono mix and various submixes without any problem If any parameter is being altered after loading a preset e g moving a fader...

Page 53: ...0 dB routed to the same output All outputs 0 dB Level display set to RMS 3 dB View Submix active Note This preset is Default offering the standard functionality of a I O card Preset 2 Description All...

Page 54: ...ee des tinations Monitor Phones described below The microphone level is adjusted with the channel s input fader Monitor Phones 1 2 3 Use the drop down menu to select the hardware outputs where the sub...

Page 55: ...right mouse click on the grey name field brings up the dialog box Enter Name Any name can be entered in this dialog Enter Return closes the dialog box the grey label now shows the first letters of the...

Page 56: ...TotalMix also supports combinations of these keys If you press Ctrl and Alt at the same time clicking with the mouse makes the faders jump to 0 dB pairwise and they can be set pairwise by Shift Alt in...

Page 57: ...all faders will be treated as stereo pairs and moved pair wise Hotkey L MS Processing Macro for a quick configuration of routing and phase for Mid Side encoding and decoding See chapter 26 7 Level Me...

Page 58: ...0 The latter is a point often overlooked but nonetheless important A RMS measurement shows 3 dB less for sine signals While this is mathematically correct it is not very reasonable for a level meter...

Page 59: ...d Standard 1 1 routing Black gain field Shows the current gain value as dB Orange gain field This routing is muted Blue field Phase 180 inverted To maintain overview when the window size has been redu...

Page 60: ...o set up routings which would be nearly impossible to achieve by fiddling around with level and pan Let s say you want to send input 1 to output 1 at 0 dB to output 2 at 3 dB to output 3 at 6 dB and t...

Page 61: ...en the menu Edit It shows Copy In 5 Now select the desired new input for example In 8 The menu now shows Paste In 5 to In 8 Click on it done If you are familiar with this functionality just use Ctrl C...

Page 62: ...channel is no longer sent to the recording software but still passed through to TotalMix Therefore TotalMix can be used to route this input signal to any hardware output Using the subgroup recording...

Page 63: ...djust a matching output level at the reverb unit Now click on channels 11 12 in the bottom row and move the fader of inputs 5 6 until the reverb effect gets a bit too loud in the headphones Now click...

Page 64: ...the setup First select the two input channels in the picture to the right In 3 and 4 having the current routing destination Out 1 2 Now the string MS Processing In 3 4 to Out 1 2 On is shown in Option...

Page 65: ...ace elements Element Meaning in TotalMix Channel faders 1 8 volume Master fader Main Monitor channel s faders SEL 1 8 DYNAMICS reset fader to Unity Gain V Pots 1 8 pan pressing V Pot knobs pan center...

Page 66: ...ture causes heavy overload of the MIDI port when ganging more than 2 faders In such a case or when using the Behringer BCF2000 turn off this option When Full LC Display Support is turned off only a br...

Page 67: ...F 1 Talkback 5E 94 A 5 Monitor Phones 1 3F 63 D 3 Monitor Phones 2 40 64 E 3 Monitor Phones 3 41 65 F 3 Preset 1 36 54 F 2 Preset 2 37 55 G 2 Preset 3 38 56 G 2 Preset 4 39 57 A 2 Preset 5 3A 58 A 2 P...

Page 68: ...rol protocol requires feedback of the received commands back to the hard ware controller So usually TotalMix will be set up with both a MIDI input and MIDI output Un fortunately any small error in wir...

Page 69: ...User s Guide HDSP AES 32 RME 69 User s Guide HDSP AES 32 Technical Reference...

Page 70: ...nges of the driver updates DIGICheck Analysis tests and measurements with RME audio hardware A description of DIGICheck including technical background information ADI 8 Inside Technical information ab...

Page 71: ...low jitter synchronization even in varispeed operation Transformer coupled galvanically isolated input Not effected by DC offsets within the network Signal Adaptation Circuit signal refresh through a...

Page 72: ...jitter random spread spectrum Jitter suppression of external clocks about 30 dB 2 4 kHz Input PLL ensures zero dropout even at more than 100 ns jitter Supported sample rates 28 kHz up to 204 kHz 29 4...

Page 73: ...mpatible in principle because the audio information is stored in the same place in the data stream However there are blocks of additional information which are different for both standards In the tabl...

Page 74: ...als a simple LOCK is not sufficient The above described problem can be solved elegantly by setting the HDSP AES 32 from Master to AutoSync its internal clock will then be the clock delivered by the mi...

Page 75: ...rack of about 2 ms Buffer Size Latency Windows This option found in the Settings dialog defines the size of the buffers for the audio data used in ASIO and GSIF see chapter 13 and 14 Mac OS X The buff...

Page 76: ...then possible to transmit two channels of 96 kHz data via one AES EBU port But Double Wire is still far from being dead On one hand there are still many devices which can t handle more than 48 kHz e...

Page 77: ...00 kHz SteadyClock has originally been de veloped to gain a stable and clean clock from the heavily jittery MADI data signal The embedded MADI clock suffers from about 80 ns jitter caused by the time...

Page 78: ...Wire method is an industry standard today however it has a number of different names like Dual AES Double Wide Dual Line and Wide Wire The AES3 specification uses the uncommon term Single channel doub...

Page 79: ...ted to pins 2 5 8 11 16 19 22 25 Pin 13 is not connected The Yamaha pinout is quite popular as well When building a D sub to D sub adapter or con nection cable please make sure that the connectors are...

Page 80: ...4 Out 5 6 Out 5 6 Out 7 8 Out 7 8 D Sub 21 8 10 22 24 11 13 25 GND is connected to pins 3 6 9 12 14 17 20 23 Pin 1 is not connected AES EBU The XLR connectors are wired according to AES3 1992 1 GND sh...

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