User`s guide

User's Guide HDSP MADI © RME

12.5 Digital Recording

Unlike analog soundcards which

produce empty wave files (or noise)

when no input signal is present, digital

interfaces always need a valid input

signal to start recording.

Taking this into account, RME added a

comprehensive I/O signal status display

to the HDSP MADI, showing sample

frequency, lock and sync status for

every input.

The sample frequency shown in the

fields Clock Mode and MADI Input

Status is useful as a quick display of the

current configuration of the unit and the

connected external equipment. If no

sample frequency is recognized, it will

read ‘No Lock’.

This way, configuring any suitable audio

application for digital recording is

simple. After selecting the correct input,

HDSP MADI displays the current

sample frequency. This parameter can

then be changed in the application’s

audio properties (or similar) dialog.

It often makes sense to monitor the

input signal or send it directly to the

output. This can be done at zero latency

using TotalMix (see chapter 25).

An automated control of real-time monitoring can be achieved by Steinberg’s ASIO protocol

with RME’s ASIO drivers and all ASIO 2 compatible programs. When 'ASIO Direct Monitoring'

has been switched on, the input signal is routed in real-time to the output whenever a recording

is started (punch-in).