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User's Guide HDSPe AES © RME
16. Hotline – Troubleshooting
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Latest Additions.
The dialog 'New hardware component found’ does not appear:
Check whether the PCI Express interface is correctly inserted in the PCI Express slot.
The card and drivers have been installed correctly, but playback does not work:
Check whether the HDSPe appears in the Device Manager. If the ' Hammerfall DSP’ device
has a yellow exclamation mark, then there is an address or interrupt conflict.
Even if there is no yellow exclamation mark, it’s still worth checking the ‘Resources’ tab.
The input signal cannot be monitored in real-time
ASIO Direct Monitoring has not been enabled, and/or monitoring has been disabled globally
(for example in TotalMix).
Playback works, but record doesn’t
Check that there is a valid signal at the input. If so, the current sample frequency is dis-
played in the Settings dialog.
Check whether the HDSPe system has been selected as recording device in the audio ap-
plication.
Check whether the sample frequency set in the audio application (‘Recording properties’ or
similar) matches the input signal.
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 out any defects here.
Check that cables/devices have not been connected in a closed loop. If so, set the system’s
clock mode to ‘Master’.