RME HDSPe MADI FX User manual
390 Channels
Plus effects.
HDSPe
MADI FX
MADI TECH
Overview
390-Channel 192 kHz Triple MADI PCI Express Interface
Connectivity
• 194 input + 196 output channels = 390 channels
• TotalMix FX with 192 kHz effects engine
• 3 x MADI I/O (2 x optical + 1 x coaxial)
• AES/EBU I/O (via breakout cable)
• Stereo analog out (for monitoring)
• Word clock I/O
• 3 x virtual MIDI I/O over MADI
he HDSPe MADI FX marks a new milestone both in the history of audio interface cards in the past
two decades and within the long series of outstanding RME devices. Never before has such a
high-performance multi-channel audio system existed.
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– are accompanied by one AES/EBU I/O and one analog monitoring output. To complete the feature set,
a Word Clock connection and four MIDI I/Os were added. The complete technology and connectivity are
highly integrated into the smallest possible amount of space - typical for RME. Only one PCIe slot is required
on the motherboard, plus one free slot opening on the case.
To guarantee RME’s unique low latency performance with such a huge amount of audio channels, the
HDPSe MADI FX introduces a newly developed modular Hammerfall Pro Audio Core. The high-tech core will
process three times as many channels as the channel count of the previous MADI agship, while actually
reducing the system load and enabling ultra-low latencies down to 32 samples on modern computers.
A sophisticated new eciency technology will automatically deactivate currently unused channels, so
that they require no processing power or bandwidth. A simple stereo playback will not require any more
performance than from a standard stereo audio card - despite the use of a professional multi-channel
system with almost 400 channels.
The HDSPe MADI FX features 390 audio channels! Three MADI I/Os - two optical and one coaxial
• 1 x MIDI I/O via breakout cable
An innovative new layout of TotalMix enables ergonomic
handling of the enormous number of channels. A special
option makes it possible to visually hide unused channels.
Complete “Hide setups” can be saved at any time, and
switched with a simple mouse click, for example between
the channel view of the drum mix and the full band setup.
The 192 kHz RME eects engine allows latency-free
monitoring with numerous eects like EQs, Compressors,
Reverb, and Echo rendered directly on the hardware of
the card, independent from the DAW software in use.
The integrated TotalMix matrix conveniently allows the
use of the card as powerful MADI router. Unlike most
other router solutions, each channel can be routed
individually - even with separate level settings for each
routing. The unparalleled exibility of TotalMix can turn
the most exotic applications into practical reality.
RME’s unique Seamless Redundancy Operation uses the
cards’ 3 MADI receivers to provide professional users
with state-of-the-art fail safe operation. The audio data is
not interrupted when switching to another input – and
the card can use not only one, but two more sources for
redundancy. In SRO mode the card operates as single
MADI input device, recording up to 64 channels. As soon
as the current input fails the audio data received from
one of the other two inputs is used. No relocking and
synchronization to a dierent clock source is required,
and the interruption caused by the external failure is
minimized to a few samples.
The card also features SteadyClock, RME’s active jitter
suppression and the unique professional meter and
analysis toolbox DIGICheck - including EBU R128
metering - as well as nearly identical operation of the card
under Windows and Mac OS.
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The new core technology is accompanied by a special version of TotalMix FX, which allows using the
enormous channel count in an ecient and practical manner. The addition of numerous performance
optimizations ensures that the 4096-channel mixer of the MADI FX responds just as smoothly as its
1800-channel counterpart in the Fireface UFX. A new and faster DSP allows for a greater number of EQs and
compressors.
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