User Manual

Setting Up a Dangerous Music D-Box with an RME UFX

Physical Connections:

1. Plug the 8 analog outputs of the UFX into the Sum Input of the D-Box

• Note: Outputs 1-2 of the UFX are XLR, and 3-8 are TRS. You have a couple of options:

a) Buy a custom snake (from a place like www.redco.com or www.mogamicable.com) with Male

DB25 on one end, and the following on the other end: 1-2 Female XLR, 3-8 TRS (recommended).

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2 to the UFX.

2. Plug the Sum Output of the D-Box into any 2 line inputs of the UFX. Be sure not to use the mic

inputs, or you will clip. We usually suggest to use inputs 7 and 8 because they are generally used the

least, allowing you to keep those lines plugged in most of the time, but you can use any line inputs

that work for you.

• For this you will use 2 Female XLR to TRS audio cables.

3. Plug the AES out of the UFX into the DAW input of the D-Box.

• For this you will need a digital audio cable with Male XLR on one end and Female XLR on the

other end. Please double check that it is a 110 ohm, AES digital audio cable.

Connections between the UFX and the D-Box are now complete. The other D-Box connections are:

• Speaker Outputs/Alt Speaker Outputs – This is where you connect your studio monitors, which are

Male XLR outputs on the back of the D-Box.

• Analog Input – This is a stereo analog audio input that can be used for any analog source you

choose to audition via the D-Box. (i.e. iPods, CD Players, Sample Libraries, Computer Audio

Output, etc...)

• NOTE:IfyouplanonhookingupaniPod,iPhone,MP3player,etc,pleaserstreadthisdocument:

“Read This First” Document

• CD Input – This is a stereo digital input that can be used for any digital source you choose to

monitor via the D-Box. (i.e. digital iPod docks, Digital CD Players, Digital Audio Feeds from the

Computer, etc...)

Other Settings/Routing:

1. This is very important- in your RME TotalMix FX software, you must bypass the volume encoder on

the front of the interface. Here is how to do it:

• Open the TotalMix FX software, and mouse over to the Control Room section at the bottom right

corner. Under “assign,” roll over to the “main out” and select an output that is not hooked up to

anything. Most likely this will be adat, or one of your additional digital outs. This causes the volume

encoder to be assigned to that path, instead of to 1-2, leaving 1-2 as regular line level outputs.

Now outputs 1-2 of the UFX are standard line level outputs, matching the rest of the outputs, as

opposed to being controlled by the volume encoder on the front of the UFX.

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Setting Up a Dangerous Music D-Box with an RME UFX Physical Connections: 1. Plug the 8 analog outputs of the UFX into the Sum Input of the D-Box • Note: Outputs 1-2 of the UFX are XLR, and 3-8 are TRS. You have a couple of options: a) Buy a custom snake (from a place like www.redco.com or www.mogamicable.com) with Male DB25 on one end, and the following on the other end: 1-2 Female XLR, 3-8 TRS (recommended).
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1. 2. Set your UFX input and output level to “unity.” Go into TotalMix and set your inputs to “Lo-Gain” and your outputs to “Hi-Gain.” This sets both the input and output to the same calibration, ensuring matched levels between the two. The maximum output of the RME D/A is +19dBu, and the D-Box D/A is +22dBu, so the output of the UFX D/A will be 3dB quieter. This difference will only be noticeable when switching between SUM and DAW during monitoring.
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1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Select DAW on the front of the D-Box in order to monitor through the D-Box D/A, which will allow you to hear the very last step in the mix process. This completes the full round trip of the mix, going from DAW to D-Box, back to DAW, and again out to the D-Box for final monitoring © Copyright 2012, Dangerous Music, Inc.