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User’s Guide Hammerfall DSP MADI 

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24. Warranty

 

 
Each individual Hammerfall DSP undergoes comprehensive quality control and a complete test 
in a PC environment at RME before shipping. This may cause very slight signs of wear (if it 
looks like it was used one time before - it was). The usage of high grade components allows us 
to offer a full two year warranty. We accept a copy of the sales receipt as valid warranty 
legitimation. 
 
RME’s replacement service within this period is handled by the retailer. If you suspect that your 
card is faulty, please contact your local retailer. The warranty does not cover damage caused 
by improper installation or maltreatment - replacement or repair in such cases can only be 
carried out at the owner’s expense. 
 
RME does not accept claims for damages of any kind, especially consequential damage. 
Liability is limited to the value of the Hammerfall DSP. The general terms of business drawn up 
by Synthax Audio AG apply at all times. 
 
 

25. Appendix

 

 
RME news, driver updates and further product information are available on our website: 
 
http://www.rme-audio.com 
 
If you prefer to read the information off-line, you can load a complete copy of the RME website 
from the RME Driver CD (in the 

\rmeaudio.web

 directory) into your browser. 

 
 
 
 

Trademarks

 

 
All trademarks, registered or otherwise, are the property of their respective owners. RME, 
DIGI96, SyncAlign, ZLM, SyncCheck, DIGICheck and Hammerfall are registered trademarks of 
RME Intelligent Audio Solutions. TotalMix, Intelligent Clock Control and TMS are trademarks of 
RME Intelligent Audio Solutions. Alesis and ADAT are registered trademarks of Alesis Corp. 
ADAT optical is a trademark of Alesis Corp. Microsoft, Windows 98/SE/ME and Windows 
2000/XP 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 Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH. Pentium is a registered trademark of Intel Corp. 
 

Copyright 

 Matthias Carstens, 11/2003. Version 1.1 

Current driver version: W2k: 2.0 

 

Although the contents of this User’s Guide have been thoroughly checked for errors, RME can not guarantee that it is correct 
throughout. RME does not accept responsibility for any misleading or incorrect information within this guide. Lending or 
copying any part of the guide or the RME Driver CD, or any commercial exploitation of these media without express written 
permission from RME Intelligent Audio Solutions is prohibited. RME reserves the right to change specifications at any time 
without notice. 

Содержание Hammerfall DSP System MADI

Страница 1: ...PCI Busmaster Digital I O Card 64 Channels MADI Interface 24 Bit 192 kHz Digital Audio Stereo Analog Monitoring 64 x 64 Matrix Router 2 x MIDI I O MIDI embedded in MADI Quick Boot TotalMix 24 Bit 192...

Страница 2: ...Jumper 12 9 Operation and Usage 9 1 Playback 13 9 2 DVD Playback AC 3 Multichannel 14 9 3 Low Latency under MME 15 9 4 Multi Client Operation 15 9 5 Record 16 10 Configuring the HDSP MADI 10 1 General...

Страница 3: ...onitoring 33 17 2 Selection and Group based Operation 34 17 3 Copy Routings to other Channels 34 17 4 Delete Routings 34 18 MADI Basics 35 19 SteadyClock 36 20 Hotline Troubleshooting 20 1 General 36...

Страница 4: ...Board ribbon cable 14 conductor 3 System Requirements Windows 2000 XP Linux PCI Interface a free PCI rev 2 1 Busmaster slot Note Examples and detailed descriptions of suitable audio desktop systems ca...

Страница 5: ...transmission via User bit of channel 28 up to 96 kHz Invisible transmission via User bit of channel 14 up to 192 kHz 5 2 Inputs MADI Coaxial via BNC 75 Ohm according to AES10 1991 High sensitivity in...

Страница 6: ...t 48 kHz Double Wire 96K Frame up to 32 channels 24 bit 96 kHz 192K Frame up to 16 channels 24 bit 192 kHz Not yet supported Word Clock BNC Max output voltage 5 Vpp Output voltage 75 Ohm 4 0 Vpp Imped...

Страница 7: ...s in operation will cause irreparable damage to both motherboard and card 1 Disconnect the power cord and all other cables from the computer 2 Remove the computer s housing Further information on how...

Страница 8: ...e driver Instead tell Windows what to do Under Control Panel System Device Manager Sound Video and Game Controllers RME Hammerfall DSP MADI Properties Driver you ll find the Update Driver button Selec...

Страница 9: ...y methods do not cover the additonal autorun entries of TotalMix the Settings dialog and the registering of the ASIO driver Those entries can be removed from the registry through a software deinstalla...

Страница 10: ...the 9 pin Mini DIN connector and provides two MIDI inputs and outputs 8 2 MADI I Os The BNC input s ground free design is built according to AES10 1991 The input impedance is 75 Ohm It will operate er...

Страница 11: ...al signal of 48 kHz 96 kHz or 192 kHz The input accepts all those frequencies fully automatically Thanks to RME s Signal Adaptation Circuit the word clock input still works correctly even with heavily...

Страница 12: ...fers two MIDI I Os via 5 pin DIN jacks The MIDI ports are added to the system by the driver Using MIDI capable software these ports can be accessed as MADI MIDI In 1 1 MADI MIDI In 2 2 MADI MIDI Out 1...

Страница 13: ...hould consider buying a cheap Blaster clone and select this as Preferred Device in Control Panel Multimedia Audio The RME Driver CD includes step by step instructions for configuring many popular audi...

Страница 14: ...odes If one of these is selected PowerDVD plays back the decoded analog multichannel data via the HDSP MADI The device selected as Preferred Playback Device defines the first playback channel Choosing...

Страница 15: ...urself which lowest setting your system and software allows Some motherboards with insufficient PCI bandwidth especially VIA based suffer from crackling at settings below 512 Be sure to set the buffer...

Страница 16: ...alog used for changing basic parameters such as sample frequency and resolution in an audio application Any bit resolution can be selected providing it is supported by both the audio hardware and the...

Страница 17: ...ged during playback or record if it can be avoided as this can cause unwanted noises Also please note that even in Stop mode several programs keep the recording and playback devices open which means t...

Страница 18: ...cCheck indicates for coaxial and optical MADI input whether there is a valid signal Lock or No Lock or a valid and synchronous signal Sync The AutoSync Ref display shows the input and frequency of the...

Страница 19: ...ut most often used in varispeed operation allows any frequency between 25 kHz and 200 kHz The HDSP MADI s outstanding clock control allows for a synchronization of the output signal to the input signa...

Страница 20: ...lock For example SPDIF 44 1 kHz word clock a simple square wave signal has to be multiplied by 256 inside the device using a special PLL to about 11 2 MHz This signal then replaces the one from the qu...

Страница 21: ...in the chain activate the switch TERM between the BNC jacks on the Expansion Board so that the yellow TERM LED lights up In case the HDSP MADI resides within a chain of devices receiving word clock pl...

Страница 22: ...e also recommend to deactivate all PlugIns to verify that these are not the reason for such effects Unfortunately some newer UltraATA66 and UltraATA100 hard disk controller also Raid controller seem t...

Страница 23: ...use channels 1 2 and Gigastudio with GSIF channels 3 4 simultaneously and so on Simultaneous operation of different programs requires to use different channels For example if Cubase uses tracks 1 2 th...

Страница 24: ...hbay function distributing signals to several outputs at a time simultaneous playback of different programs over only one stereo channel mixing of the input signal to the playback signal complete ASIO...

Страница 25: ...els the analog outputs Every single channel has various elements Input and playback channels each have a mute and solo button Below each there is the panpot realized as indicator bar L R in order to s...

Страница 26: ...signals are stereo i e a pair of two channels It is therefore helpful to be able to make the routing settings for two channels at once Press the Ctrl key and click into the routing window of Out 3 wi...

Страница 27: ...faders and panpots has already been mentioned But the Ctrl key can do far more than changing the routing pairwise Clicking anywhere into the fader area with the Ctrl key pressed sets the fader to 0 d...

Страница 28: ...ibed before Deactivating Submix automatically recalls the previous view The mixer can also be made smaller horizontally and vertically This way TotalMix can be made substantially smaller and space sav...

Страница 29: ...eeds Preset1 mix All channels routed 1 1 Details All inputs maximum attenuation m a All playback channels 0 dB routet to the same output All outputs 0 dB All channels prepared for all routings to left...

Страница 30: ...ix will be switched on and off automatically In Mix mode the input signal will be mixed on the outputs when record is active In Replace mode the Mute button of the corresponding playback channel will...

Страница 31: ...heck s RMS display by 3 dB a full scale sine signal shows both 0 dBFS Peak and RMS This setting also yields directly readable signal to noise values while other applications like WaveLab will show a v...

Страница 32: ...eld Shows the current gain value as dB Orange gain field This routing is muted To maintain overview when the window size has been reduced the left and upper labels are floating They won t left the vis...

Страница 33: ...you to 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...

Страница 34: ...l headphones Select input 5 open 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...

Страница 35: ...lied Most people know unbalanced coaxial cables with 75 Ohms BNC plugs they are not expensive and easy to get The optical interface is much more interesting due to its complete galvanic separation but...

Страница 36: ...graph blue The cleaned and jitter freed signal can be used as reference clock for any application without any problem The signal processed by SteadyClock is of course not only used internally but als...

Страница 37: ...issue when using dual CPU systems 20 2 Installation More information on installation problems which fortunately are very seldom thanks to Plug and Play can be found in the Tech Info Installation probl...

Страница 38: ...of SPDIF and AES EBU Channel Status data Completely multi client Open as many measurement windows as you like on any channels and inputs or outputs To install DIGICheck go to the DIGICheck directory...

Страница 39: ...blems Problem descriptions and solutions Information on driver updates Lists all changes in the drivers Configuring Logic Samplitude Cubase Cakewalk Sonar and SAWPlus32 Step by step instructions for u...

Страница 40: ...website from the RME Driver CD in the rmeaudio web directory into your browser Trademarks All trademarks registered or otherwise are the property of their respective owners RME DIGI96 SyncAlign ZLM Sy...

Страница 41: ...ies and 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...

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