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User's Guide HDSP System Multiface II

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33.3 Digital Inputs 

 
SPDIF - AES/EBU 

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1 x RCA, transformer-balanced, galvanically isolated, according to AES3-1992 

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High-sensitivity input stage (< 0.3 Vpp) 

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SPDIF compatible (IEC 60958) 

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Accepts Consumer and Professional format, copy protection will be ignored 

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Lock range: 28 kHz – 103 kHz 

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Jitter when synced to input signal: < 3 ns 

 
ADAT Optical 

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1 x TOSLINK, format according to Alesis specification 

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Standard: 8 channels 24 bit, up to 48 kHz 

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Double Speed (S/MUX): 4 channels 24 bit 96 kHz 

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Bitclock PLL ensures perfect synchronisation even in varispeed operation 

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Lock range: 31.5 kHz – 55 kHz 

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Jitter when synced to input signal: < 3 ns

 

 

Word Clock 

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BNC, not terminated (10 kOhm) 

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Automatic Double Speed detection and internal conversion to Single Speed 

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Not affected by DC-offsets within the network 

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Signal Adaptation Circuit: signal refresh through auto-center and hysteresis 

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Overvoltage protection 

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Level range: 1.0 Vpp – 5.6 Vpp 

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Lock Range: 28 kHz – 105 kHz 

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Jitter when synced to input signal: < 3 ns 

 
 

33.4 Digital Outputs 

 
SPDIF - AES/EBU 

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1 x RCA, transformer-balanced, galvanically isolated, according to AES3-1992 

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Output level Professional 2.6 Vpp, Consumer 1.2 Vpp 

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Format Professional according to AES3-1992 Amendment 4 

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Format Consumer (SPDIF) according to IEC 60958 

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Single Wire mode, sample rate 28 kHz up to 103 kHz 

 
ADAT 

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1 x TOSLINK 

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Standard: 8 channels 24 bit, up to 48 kHz 

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Double Speed (S/MUX): 4 channels 24 bit 96 kHz 

 
Word Clock 

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BNC, max. output voltage: 5 Vpp 

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Output voltage @ 75 Ohm termination: 4.0 Vpp 

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Output impedance: 10 Ohm 

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Frequency range: 27 kHz – 200 kHz 

 
 

33.5 MIDI 

 

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1 x MIDI I/O via 5-pin DIN jacks 

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Galvanically isolated by optocoupled input 

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Hi-speed mode: Jitter and response time typically below 1 ms 

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Separate 128 byte FIFOs for input and output 

Содержание Hammerfall Multiface II

Страница 1: ...st compact professional multitrack recording system ever PCI Busmaster Digital I O System PCI and CardBus Interface 8 8 2 Channels Analog ADAT Stereo Interface Hi Power Hi End Headphone Output 24 Bit...

Страница 2: ...er Installation 16 10 2 Driver Update 16 10 3 Deinstalling the Drivers 16 10 4 Firmware Update 17 11 Configuring the Multiface II 11 1 Settings Dialog 18 11 2 Clock Modes Synchronization 20 12 Operati...

Страница 3: ...m Channel Routing at 96 kHz 42 Disconnect Mode Connections and TotalMix 24 Disconnect Mode 44 25 Analog Connections 25 1 Line Inputs 44 25 2 Line Outputs 45 25 3 Phones 45 26 Digital Connections 26 1...

Страница 4: ...ernal Effects Devices 67 31 TotalMix MIDI Remote Control 31 1 Overview 68 31 2 Setup 68 31 3 Operation 68 31 4 Mapping 69 31 5 Simple MIDI Control 70 31 6 Loopback Detection 70 Technical Reference 32...

Страница 5: ...User s Guide HDSP System Multiface II RME 5 User s Guide Multiface II General...

Страница 6: ...o hard ware 2 Package Contents Please check your Hammerfall DSP component s package to include each of the following PCI Interface PCI card HDSP Rev 1 9 Quick Info guide RME Driver CD Cable IEEE1394 4...

Страница 7: ...er cable is disconnected from the mains supply Inserting or removing a PCI card while the computer is in operation can cause irreparable damage to both motherboard and card 1 Disconnect the power cord...

Страница 8: ...1 25 A included with the CardBus card but also available separately 6 First Usage Quick Start 6 1 Connectors and Front Panel The front of the Multiface II features a MIDI input and output a stereo he...

Страница 9: ...a thread therefore can be turned and even completely removed 6 2 Quick Start After the driver installation see chapter 10 19 connect the TRS jacks with the analog signal source The input sensitivity...

Страница 10: ...CardBus card it usually is detected automatically by the notebook hardware and then by the Mac OS A CardBus icon will appear on the top menu A mouse click on the icon opens a drop down menu showing t...

Страница 11: ...M 5 m 16 4 ft 36010 Firewire cable IEEE1394 6M 6M 10 m 32 8 ft Firewire cable for the HDSP system both sides 6 pin male Cable longer than 16 ft is not al lowed for FireWire therefore hard to get in co...

Страница 12: ...ronik GmbH Leipziger Strasse 32 D 09648 Mittweida Trademarks All trademarks registered or otherwise are the property of their respective owners RME DIGI96 SyncAlign ZLM SyncCheck DIGICheck and Hammerf...

Страница 13: ...her electronic devices This equipment generates radio frequencies and if not installed and used according to the instructions in the User s Guide may cause interference harmful to the operation of oth...

Страница 14: ...14 User s Guide HDSP System Multiface II RME...

Страница 15: ...User s Guide HDSP System Multiface II RME 15 User s Guide Multiface II Driver Installation and Operation Windows...

Страница 16: ...ver Update RME s driver updates often include a new hdsp32 inf file Also the revision number of the hardware might change after a flash update To prevent Windows 2000 XP from using an old hdsp32 inf o...

Страница 17: ...us failure the card s second BIOS will be used from the next cold boot on Secure BIOS Technology Therefore the card stays fully functional The flash process should then be tried again on a different c...

Страница 18: ...of digital I Os Synchronization behaviour State of input and output Any changes made in the Settings dialog are applied immediately confirmation e g by clicking on OK or exiting the dialog is not requ...

Страница 19: ...a valid and syn chronous signal Sync The Auto Sync Reference display shows the input and frequency of the current sync source Options TMS activates the transmission of Channel Status data and Track M...

Страница 20: ...ock or Slave see AutoSync Ref 11 2 Clock Modes Synchronisation In the digital world all devices are either the Master clock source or a Slave synchronized to the master Whenever several devices are li...

Страница 21: ...d simultaneously in a system they not only have to operate with the same sample frequency but also be synchro nous with each other This is why digi tal systems always need a single de vice defined as...

Страница 22: ...t to an analog or digital ADAT SPDIF port depending on which has been selected as playback device Increasing the number and or size of audio buff ers may prevent the audio signal from breaking up but...

Страница 23: ...elected PowerDVD sends the decoded analog multichannel data to the HDSP The device selected as Preferred Playback Device defines the first playback channel Choosing ADAT 3 4 and 6 channel mode playbac...

Страница 24: ...your system and software allows Some motherboards with insufficient PCI bandwidth like older VIA boards suffer from crackling at settings below 512 Be sure to set the buffer size to 512 or higher in...

Страница 25: ...n s audio attributes or similar dialog The screenshot to the right shows a typical dia log used for changing basic parameters such as sample frequency and resolution in an audio application Any bit re...

Страница 26: ...gs dialog see chapter 10 20 Configuration Hammerfall DSP supports ASIO Direct Monitoring ADM Please note that currently Nuendo Cubase and Logic either do not support ADM completely or error free Using...

Страница 27: ...ected for ASIO operation This can cause performance prob lems on slower machines when using GSIF and ASIO at the same time Please note that the W2k XP driver fully supports multi client operation incl...

Страница 28: ...arallel to any software be it MME ASIO or GSIF with both inputs and outputs The following is a short summary of the currently available functions Level Meter High precision 24 bit resolution 2 8 18 ch...

Страница 29: ...ys tems s clock mode to Master Crackle during record or playback Increase the number and size of buffers in the Settings dialog or in the application Try different cables coaxial or optical to rule ou...

Страница 30: ...com section FAQ Hardware Alert about incompatible hardware The dialog New hardware component found does not appear Check whether the CardBus card is completely inserted into the PCMCIA slot or the PCI...

Страница 31: ...ignal paths in ASIO double speed mode 88 2 96 kHz The devices available via the ASIO driver have been designed to avoid conflicts in normal operation Re cord and playback are identical Device The devi...

Страница 32: ...hs in MME double speed mode 88 2 96 kHz The devices available via the MME wave driver have been designed to avoid conflicts in normal operation which is why channels 5 6 7 and 8 of the ADAT device hav...

Страница 33: ...User s Guide HDSP System Multiface II RME 33 User s Guide Multiface II Driver Installation and Operation Mac OS X...

Страница 34: ...x from the Login Items and delete both files from your hard drive This driver version did not have the features AutoLoad Dock Lock and AutoRemove There fore one has to make sure that both programs hav...

Страница 35: ...n the hammer icon in the dock The mixer of the Hammerfall DSP System TotalMix can be opened by clicking on the mixer icon in the dock The Hammerfall DSP s hardware offers a number of helpful well thou...

Страница 36: ...ng power Detected The interface has found an I O box and tries to load the firmware Connected Communication between interface and I O box operates correctly Disconnected Communication between interfac...

Страница 37: ...merfall DSP AutoSync may cause feedback in the digital carrier so synchro nization breaks down To remedy this switch the HDSP s clock mode over to Master Remember that a digital system can only have o...

Страница 38: ...ay of checking whether all digital de vices connected to the system are properly configured With SyncCheck finally anyone can master this common source of error previously one of the most complex issu...

Страница 39: ...es Nonetheless this driver file can be removed by simply dragging it to the trash bin This can be helpful in case a driver installation fails An incomplete installation can currently 10 3 2 only be de...

Страница 40: ...ge the current Hammerfall DSP systems can be used in any PCI slot of all G4 and G5 models In case additional PCI cards of any manufacturer are used it might happen that the RME card is no longer found...

Страница 41: ...www rme audio com section Sup port Macintosh OS Playback works but record doesn t Check that there is a valid signal at the input Check whether the Hammerfall DSP has been selected as recording devic...

Страница 42: ...iagram Channel Routing at 96 kHz This diagram shows the signal paths in double speed mode 88 2 96 kHz The last four chan nels of the ADAT port have no function anymore in Core Audio but are used by th...

Страница 43: ...User s Guide HDSP System Multiface II RME 43 User s Guide Multiface II Disconnect Mode Connections and TotalMix...

Страница 44: ...in a servo balanced design which handles unbalanced mono jacks and balanced stereo jacks correctly automatically adjusting the level reference When using unbalanced cables with TRS jacks be sure to c...

Страница 45: ...cast usage At 10 dBV a headroom of 12 dB is common practice each mixing desk op erating at 10 dBV is able to send and receive much higher levels Lo Gain is best suited for professional users who prefe...

Страница 46: ...is required Pins 2 and 3 of a female XLR plug are connected indi vidually 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 fre...

Страница 47: ...type not terminated Thanks to RME s Signal Adaptation Circuit the word clock input still works correctly even with heavily mis shaped dc prone too small or overshoot prone signals Thanks to automatic...

Страница 48: ...nals are usually distributed in the form of a network split with BNC T adapters and terminated with resistors We recommend using off the shelf BNC cables to connect all devices as this type of cable i...

Страница 49: ...d and a valid word clock signal is present The signal at the BNC input can be Single or Double Speed the Hammerfall DSP automatically adapts to it As soon as a valid signal is detected the green WC LE...

Страница 50: ...complete 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 appli...

Страница 51: ...User s Guide HDSP System Multiface II RME 51...

Страница 52: ...own from 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 fa...

Страница 53: ...ica tion for the first time a default file is loaded sending all playback tracks 1 1 to the correspond ing hardware outputs with 0 dB gain and activating phones monitoring Hold down Ctrl and click on...

Страница 54: ...n channels 7 and 8 The present pan value is also being dis played 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 Subm...

Страница 55: ...entering Double Speed mode 96 kHz The display is adjusted accordingly and all fader settings remain stored 28 5 Submix View Such a wide range of possibilities make it difficult to maintain the overvie...

Страница 56: ...ete input monitoring a stereo and mono mix and various submixes without any problem Also here RME s love for details can be seen If any parameter is being altered after loading a preset e g moving a f...

Страница 57: ...aybacks to the analog Phones output 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 channels rou...

Страница 58: ...djusted with the channel s input fader Monitor Phones 1 2 3 Use the drop down menu to select the hardware outputs where the submixes are sent to These submixes are usually phones mixdowns for the musi...

Страница 59: ...d A right mouse click on the white name field brings up the dialog box Enter Name Any name can be entered in this dialog Enter Return closes the dialog box the white label now shows the first letters...

Страница 60: ...ime 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 Al...

Страница 61: ...ASIO Direct Monitoring Windows only When de activated any ADM commands will be ignored by TotalMix In other words ASIO Direct Monitoring is globally de activated Link Faders Selecting this option all...

Страница 62: ...sine signal shows 0 dBFS on both Peak and RMS meters This setting also yields directly readable signal to noise values Otherwise the value shown with noise is 3 dB better than it actually is because t...

Страница 63: ...g Black gain field 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...

Страница 64: ...o output 4 at 9 dB Each time you set up the right channel 2 4 the change in pan destroys the gain setting of the left channel 1 2 A real hassle In Matrix view you simply click on the corresponding rou...

Страница 65: ...same way on all headphones Select input 1 open the menu Edit It shows Copy In 1 Now select the desired new input for example In 8 The menu now shows Paste In 1 to In 8 Click on it done If you are fam...

Страница 66: ...nput signal to any hardware output Using the subgroup recording the input can still be recorded on a different channel Note Because of a technical limitation the input s level meter no longer shows th...

Страница 67: ...0 dB and the panorama fully to the right Adjust the input level at the reverb unit to an optimal setting Next the output of the reverb unit is connected to a free stereo input for example 5 6 Use the...

Страница 68: ...standard Control Change Volume via MIDI channel 1 With this the main volume of the Multiface is controlable from nearly any MIDI equipped hardware device 31 2 Setup Open the Preferences dialog menu Op...

Страница 69: ...een both applications TotalMix also supports the 9th fader of the Mackie Control This fader labeled Master will control the stereo output faders lowest row which are set up as Main Monitor outputs in...

Страница 70: ...F 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 Preset 6 3B 59 B 2 Preset 7 3C 60 C 3 Pres...

Страница 71: ...User s Guide HDSP System Multiface II RME 71 User s Guide Multiface II Technical Reference...

Страница 72: ...tions Driver updates Hammerfall DSP Lists all changes of the driver updates DIGICheck Analysis tests and measurements with RME audio hardware A description of DIGICheck including technical background...

Страница 73: ...DA 44 1 kHz 0 5 dB 5 Hz 20 9 kHz Frequency response DA 96 kHz 0 5 dB 5 Hz 45 8 kHz Output 6 3 mm TRS jack servo balanced Output impedance 100 Ohm Output level switchable Hi Gain 4 dBu 10 dBV Output l...

Страница 74: ...ed by DC offsets within the network Signal Adaptation Circuit signal refresh through auto center and hysteresis Overvoltage protection Level range 1 0 Vpp 5 6 Vpp Lock Range 28 kHz 105 kHz Jitter when...

Страница 75: ...te stereo 8 bytes 33 7 General Power supply external switching power supply 100 240 V AC 15 Watt Current at 12 Volt operating voltage unloaded 720 mA 8 6 Watt Current at 12 Volt operating voltage load...

Страница 76: ...us slightly higher or lower than the Multiface s internal sample rate Result When reading out the data there will fre quently be read errors that cause clicks and drop outs Also when using multiple in...

Страница 77: ...ncy range as far as possible This typically generates a delay of one millisecond A playback and re record of the same signal via DA and AD loopback then causes an offset of the newly recorded track of...

Страница 78: ...ries one channel whose odd and even samples are being distributed to the former left and right channels By this you get the double amount of data i e also double sample rate Of course in order to tran...

Страница 79: ...ble 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 table the...

Страница 80: ...80 User s Guide HDSP System Multiface II RME 35 Diagrams 35 1 Block Diagram Multiface II...

Страница 81: ...balanced with no loss in level This is the same as when using a TRS jack with ring connected to ground TRS Phones jack The analog monitor output on the front is accessible through a stereo TRS jack Th...

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