User Manual

User's Guide HDSPe RayDAT © RME

1. Introduction

Thank you for choosing the RME Hammerfall DSP system. This unique audio system is capable

of transferring digital audio data directly to a computer from practically any device. 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 Hammerfall DSP

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).

RME's 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 RayDAT package to include each of the following:

• HDSPe RayDAT PCI Express card

• HDSPe RayDAT expansion board

• Quick Info guide

• RME Driver CD

• Digital breakout cable (XLR / phono)

• MIDI breakout cable

• Internal cable (3-pin)

• Flat ribbon cable (14-pin)

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

3. System Requirements

• Windows XP or higher, Mac OS X Intel (10.4.8 or higher)

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

4. Brief Description and Characteristics

• All settings can be changed in real-time

• AES and SPDIF I/Os can be used simultaneously

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

• 16 channels 96 kHz/24 bit record/playback via ADAT optical (S/MUX)

• 8 channels 192 kHz/24 bit record/playback via ADAT optical (S/MUX4)

• Automatic and intelligent master/slave clock control

• Unsurpassed Bitclock PLL (audio synchronization) in ADAT mode

• 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, 16 channels high-speed MIDI

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

• TotalMix: 2592 channel mixer with 42 bit internal resolution

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

• Quick Boot technology for immediate loading of the hardware settings

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