User Manual

User's Guide HDSPe AES © RME

1. Introduction

Thank you for choosing the HDSPe AES. This unique audio system is capable of transferring

digital audio data directly into a computer, from any device equipped with a AES/EBU or SPDIF

interface. Installation is simple, even for the inexperienced user, thanks to the latest Plug and

Play technology. The numerous unique features and well thought-out configuration dialog puts

the Hammerfall DSP AES at the very top of the range of digital audio interface cards.

The package contains drivers for Windows (XP, Vista, 7, 8) and Mac OS X x86 (Intel).

Our high-performance philosophy guarantees maximum system performance by executing as

many functions as possible not in the driver (i.e. the CPU), but directly within the audio hard-

ware.

2. Package Contents

Please check your HDSPe AES package contains each of the following:

• HDSPe AES PCI Express card

• HDSPe AES expansion board

• Quick Info guide

• RME Driver CD

• MIDI breakout cable

• Expansion Board ribbon cable (26-conductor)

3. System Requirements

• Windows XP or higher, Mac OS X Intel (10.5.8 or higher)

• PCI Express Interface: a free PCI Express slot, 1 lane, version 1.1

4. Brief Description and Characteristics

• All settings can be changed in real-time

• 8 buffer sizes/latencies available: 0.7 / 1.5 / 3 / 6 / 12 / 23 / 46 / 93 ms

• 32 channels 192 kHz/24 bit (record+playback)

• Automatic and intelligent master/slave clock control

• Word clock input and output

• TotalMix for latency-free submixes and perfect ASIO Direct Monitoring

• SyncAlign guarantees sample aligned and never swapping channels

• SyncCheck tests and reports the synchronization status of input signals

• 2 x MIDI I/O, 32 channels high-speed MIDI

• DIGICheck DSP: Level meter in hardware, peak- and RMS calculation

• TotalMix: 512 channel mixer with 42 bit internal resolution

• SteadyClock: Jitter-immune, super-stable digital clock

• Optional Time Code module (TCO) for external Video-/SMPTE synchronization