User Manual

User's Guide Fireface UC © RME

1. Introduction

Thank you for choosing the Fireface UC. This unique audio system is capable of transferring

analog and digital audio data directly to a computer from practically any source. The latest Plug

and Play technology guarantees a simple installation, even for the inexperienced user. The

numerous unique features and well thought-out configuration dialog puts the Fireface UC at the

very top of the range of computer-based audio interfaces.

The package contains drivers for Windows XP / Vista / 7 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 that your Fireface UC package contains each of the following:

• Fireface UC

• Cable USB 2.0, 1.8 m (6 ft)

• MIDI breakout cable

• Power supply

• Manual

• RME Driver CD

• 1 optical cable (TOSLINK), 2 m (6.6 ft)

3. System Requirements

• Windows XP SP or up, Intel Mac OS X (10.6 or up)

• 1 USB 2.0 port

• Computer with at least Pentium Core 2 Duo CPU

4. Brief Description and Characteristics

• Enhanced Mixed Mode: Analog, ADAT and SPDIF I/O simultaneously usable

• Buffer sizes/latencies from 48 up to 8192 samples selectable

• All settings can be changed in real-time

• 4 channels 96 kHz/24 bit Record/Playback via ADAT optical (S/MUX)

• Clock modes slave and master

• Automatic and intelligent master/slave clock control

• Unsurpassed Bitclock PLL (audio synchronization) in ADAT mode

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

• DDS technology for free setting of the sample rate

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

• TotalMix: 648 channel mixer with 42 bit internal resolution

• SyncAlign guarantees sample aligned and never swapping channels

• SyncCheck tests and reports the synchronization status of input signals

• Word clock input and output

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

• 1 x Hi-power headphone output

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