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User’s Guide - Macintosh Version

PCI Busmaster Digital I/O Card

2 + 24 Channels Stereo / ADAT Interface

24 Bit / 96 kHz Digital Audio

ADAT Sync In

Board Rev. 1.5, Hardware Version 003

New

The ASIO Hardwar

0% CPU load at ful

52 track operatio

24 Bit / 96 kHz

SyncAlign

ZLM

Summary of Contents for Hammerfall DIGI9652

Page 1: ...CI Busmaster Digital I O Card 2 24 Channels Stereo ADAT Interface 24 Bit 96 kHz Digital Audio ADAT Sync In Board Rev 1 5 Hardware Version 003 New The ASIO Hardware 0 CPU load at full 52 track operation 24 Bit 96 kHz ü ü SyncAlign ZLM ...

Page 2: ...Synchronization 10 10 Word Clock 10 1 Technical Description and Usage 12 10 2 Cables and Termination 12 10 3 General Operation 13 11 Using more than one Hammerfall 13 12 Special Characteristics of the S PDIF Output 13 13 Operation under ASIO 2 0 13 1 General 14 13 2 Performance 14 13 3 Synchronization 15 13 4 Known Problems 16 14 Compatibility 14 1 Software 16 14 2 Hardware 16 14 3 General PCI rel...

Page 3: ...le 2 x 2m 3 System Requirements MacOS 8 x or higher G3 or higher recommended A free PCI rev 2 1 Busmaster slot For word clock and third ADAT I O An unused slot in the rear panel of the computer 4 Brief Description and Characteristics PCI Busmaster interface with additional burst FIFO No risk of dropouts even at high PCI bus load ASIO design 0 zero CPU load even using all 52 channels All settings c...

Page 4: ...professional mode Sample frequencies 32 44 1 48 88 2 96 kHz and variable word clock supported 5 2 Digital Interface Phono input and output ground free transformer coupled Connectors optical TOSLINK phono internal CD ROM Sync in Sync out Clocks ADAT Sync In word clock I O Formats S PDIF Consumer and Professional ADAT optical 5 3 Transfer Modes Resolution Bits per Sample 32 bit 4 byte stereo 8 byte ...

Page 5: ...t all cables including the power cord Note If neither word clock nor a third ADAT I O is required it is not necessary to install the Expansion Board at all i e leave out steps 4 and 6 7 Driver Installation First fit the card see 6 Hardware Installation then switch on the computer and install the drivers from the RME Driver CD The driver files are located in the folder Hammerfall In case a newer dr...

Page 6: ... within any ASIO compatible software for example Audio System ASIO Control Panel To be able to call up the Settings dialog at any time we recommend to create an Alias on the desktop To create an Alias select RME DIGI Settings with the mouse cursor press and hold the Apple and Alt keys on your keyboard and drag RME DIGI Settings to the desired location With this all RME cards in the system can be c...

Page 7: ...wo devices i e using the DIGI9652 as a splitter To receive signals in AES EBU format a cable adapter is required Pins 2 and 3 of a female XLR plug are connected individually to the two pins of a phono plug The cable shielding is only connected to pin 1 of the XLR not to the phono plug The ground free design using transformers for digital inputs and outputs enables trouble free connection to all de...

Page 8: ...ze determines the latency between incoming and outgoing data as well as affecting system stability see chapter 13 We recommend selecting the highest value here 8192 samples the board itself will still run comfortably The status displays at the bottom of the dialog box give the user precise information about the current status of the board and the status of all signals SyncCheck indicates whether t...

Page 9: ...an be configured to use the following clock sources external input signal AutoSync internal clock Master or external word clock signal Wordclock Pref Sync Ref Used to pre select the desired clock source If the selected source isn t available the card will change to the next available one The currently used clock source and sample rate is displayed in the SyncRef display Options Alt ASIO Mode activ...

Page 10: ...DIGI9652 s clock mode is set to Master all other devices must be set to Slave All the ADAT optical inputs in the DIGI9652 as well as the S PDIF input will work simultaneously Because there is no input selector however the DIGI9652 has to be told which of the signals is the sync reference a digital device can only be clocked from a single source This is why the card has been equipped with automatic...

Page 11: ...he same as the sample frequency of the mixing desk but not identical Remedy To drive the ADAT recorder from its digital input set it to slave mode DIG and connect the input to the Hammerfall s ADAT3 output Hammerfall is already in sync with the mixing desk so it will send an identical synchronous signal to ADAT3 out The ADAT recorder will lock onto this its output will also be in sync The signal f...

Page 12: ... using off the shelf BNC cables to connect all devices as this type of cable is used for most computer networks You will find all the necessary components T adapters terminators cables in most electronics and or computer stores To avoid voltage loss and reflections both the cable itself and the terminating resistor should have an impedance of 75 Ohm If the voltage is too low synchronization will f...

Page 13: ...I9652 ignores the received header and creates a totally new one for the output signal Note that in record or monitor modes set emphasis bits will disappear Recordings originally done with emphasis should always be played back with the emphasis bit set This can be done by selecting the Emphasis switch in the Settings dialog S PDIF Out This setting is updated immediately even during playback The DIG...

Page 14: ...IGI9652 supports ASIO Direct Monitoring 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 When the sample frequency is set to 88 2 or 96 kHz all the ADAT optical inputs and outputs operate in Sample Split mode so the number of available channels is reduced from 24 to 12 Som...

Page 15: ...the longer the system takes to react At the given maximum of about 0 2 seconds you will not notice much delay at all the system will still respond quickly and smoothly 13 3 Synchronization To achieve sample accuracy between the ADAT recorder and Hammerfall while running Cubase connect the ADAT sync output with the 9 pin D type sync input of the DIGI9652 The Time Code field in the Settings dialog s...

Page 16: ... dialog only displays Lock instead of Sync the devices have not been set up properly 14 Compatibility 14 1 Software The Hammerfall series is compatible to all major ASIO applications like Cubase VST emagic Logic Opcode Studio Vision PRO Prosoniq SonicWORX TC SPARK Peak from Bias Motu Digital Performer and Super Collider 14 2 Hardware No problems known 14 3 General PCI related problems The followin...

Page 17: ...ice and therefore the first 8 channels in the ASIO application are no longer available All channels and their assignments still exist but the optical transmitter has been disconnected from the ADAT and is now fed from the S PDIF output channels 25 and 26 The performance with emagic s Logic is poor Ensure that Alt ASIO Mode is checked RME DIGI Settings Options This setting can be changed on the fly...

Page 18: ...s clocked from an external device i e AutoSync or Word Clock are active and fed S PDIF or equivalent word clock signal is 32 kHz 17 TECH INFO See http www rme audio com techinfo index htm or the directory rmeaudio web techinfo on the RME Driver CD for more detailed information At the time of writing the following Tech Info is available Synchronization II DIGI96 series Digital audio synchronization...

Page 19: ... Distributor in Germany Synthax Am Pfanderling 62 D 85778 Haimhausen Tel 49 08133 91810 Manufacturer Ingenieurbuero Mueller Goethestr 22 D 09648 Mittweida Trademarks All trademarks registered or otherwise are the property of their respective owners RME DIGI96 SyncAlign and ZLM are registered trademarks of RME Intelligent Audio Solutions DIGICheck SyncCheck and TMS are trademarks of RME Intelligent...

Page 20: ...DIGI9652 User s Guide RME 20 20 Diagrams 20 1 Block Diagram 20 2 Pin assignment of the cable adapter Pin Function Pin Function 9 SPDIF In 5 SPDIF In 6 SPDIF Out 1 SPDIF Out ...

Page 21: ...n ASIO double speed mode 88 2 96 kHz The devices available under ASIO have been implemented according to the hardware Signal routing is identical for record and playback Device The device name in the audio application SR Sample Rate Device name code Channel in ASIO host ADAT interface DIGI9652 card number ...

Page 22: ...d if not installed and used according to the instructions in the User s Guide may cause interference harmful to the operation of other electronic devices Compliance with FCC regulations does not guarantee that interference will not occur in all installations If this product is found to be the source of interference which can be determined by turning the unit off and on again please try to eliminat...

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