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With the following add-on topics:

- Headphone EQ Diagram Generator for oratory1990 Measurements (EN/DE). German version in work.
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  On RME forum: https://forum.rme-audio.de/viewtopic.php?id=43518

- Kopfhörer-Linearisierung, Harman-Kurve, oratory1990 Messungen (DE/EN). English version in work.
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I have an Question on the Clock Side to this CARD.

If i use, let say, an Black Lion Audio Clock (Jitta 0,5pS) on WORD CLOCK In (Datasheet RME Card says <1nS), would i have an Benefit from doing so???

On all AES Outs i have Stereo DACS with AES In (SINAD >120dB).
May be i change this any Day to an HAPI mk3 that also has an WORD CLOCK In.

Also how big the Benefit would be from using an MUTEC MC-4 on 7.1 AES inputs on that RME Card with the same Clock added to it???

Makes doing so sense ??? I am not an Studio guy but i like to have an clean Clock on the whole Setup for best Performance!

That would cost a lot off Money so i ask before i spend so much Money in Clock Devices!

The Problem is HDMI is not known for the Best Digital Connection or good Jittafree Signals.

For now i use an HDMI to AES Extractor and later may be an Digital Surroundprocessor like Hyperion DPR-16 or Nuprime HX16-AES.

Normaly the MUTEC MC3+ is used for Reclocking on Stereo Signal for better Jitta but for Suround you would need a lot off devices.

Also i use that RME Card on an UBUNTU Studio Linux distrebution with ALSA Driver for now.
On Windows not all CamillaDSP Feature will work like changing config on changed Samplerate at Inputs.

Any Suggestions would help!

So it is possible again to playback music content with different sample rates.

This was broken in 3.6 and has been fixed now in 3.7.9663 Beta.

This Beta version look stable to me, no issues so far.

I just wanted to say how much I love and appreciate RME. There is simply no other company like RME in the world, certainly in the professional audio business, and in a long list of industries.

Why you may ask?

Let’s start with stability: I bought my Hammerfall DSP 9632 PCI card along with the AI4S expansion board in 2003. In those 23 years, these cards went in and out of several computers, travelled with me to the other side of the world, lay in my cupboard for around 10 years, travelled with me back to the other side of the world, and recently re-installed in a dedicated “new old” PC. They have always worked every time, and they still do, just like the day I bought them all those years ago. I was so impressed, that I bought a BabyFace Pro in 2018 because I didn’t have room for a PC at the time.

But what about build quality? The best out there, period. RME gear is built to last decades. My 9632 and AI4S combo are living proof.

And is it flexible? The 9632, just like the BabyFace Pro and pretty much all RME interfaces, uses TotalMix. I will kid you not, it took me 23 years to finally get the hang of TotalMix. But once the penny dropped, I realized how incredibly powerful and flexible it is. The 9632 was a state of the art audio interface at the time, and it still holds its own. It features a DSP hardware mixer with a true 40-bit internal resolution. This is an incredibly high resolution, even by today’s standards, and most importantly, remains completely transparent. You have to understand that in 2003 this capability was rocket science, so RME really pushed the envelope back then. I can send any input to any output, and have submixes - effectively making the interface a format converter and channel router. For example, I’ve got a 24-bit S/PDIF input signal and analog inputs sending out channels 1-8 of the ADAT output to my BabyFace Pro in 24-bit. All done at the hardware level, managed by TotalMix. Incredible power.

OK but how does it sound?

• Output - fantastic. I remember listening to Depeche Mode’s Exciter album through the 9632 and monitors after just installing it in 2003. I was immediately struck by the stereo image - I’d never heard such a rock solid image. That’s what clock stability does. And the BabyFace Pro? Even better - in fact, absolutely stunning.

• Input - the balanced analog inputs on the AI4S sound beautiful. They are not as quiet as the newest interfaces, but at -100dB self noise we’re talking great performance. I mean that’s more than 16-bit of dynamic range right there. You can stack up dozens of channels recorded with this noise floor and won’t have a problem in the mix. If you have a small studio, this will get you professional quality results - this equipment won’t be your excuse for not making music!

Support? The drivers of my 9632 are not just “working”, but they’re supported by RME in Windows 11. Even though finding a PC with a PCI slot has been a challenge for many years, and will continue to be, RME just continues to support the card, and I get to continue to enjoy it.

But are there caveats? With the 9632 there is one: PCI is obsolete. To get the card working, I had to get a 13 year old PC, but even that didn’t have a PCI slot, only PCI-E. So I got a PCI-E to PCI adapter from AliExpress! Yes, I took the chance, prayed to the universe and hooked it up, and it works. Oh and I had to bend a couple of useless pins on the motherboard to get everything to fit...  But it’s fine. So the risk is now double: the computer may fail (although it’s in great shape and looks new), or the adapter may fail (more likely, but so far so good). But the bottom line is that this setup works beautifully and I get to continue enjoying my beautiful 9632 and AI4S rig.

So right now, my BabyFace Pro serves as my main interface connected to my monitors and DAW, and the 9632+AI4S computer expanding it by connecting my synths to coaxial SPDIF and six balanced analogue inputs sent over ADAT to the BabyFace Pro.
For me? A dream setup.

So thank you RME for continuing to make great products, drive for innovation and excellence, and support your products with such dedication and reliability.

As I celebrate my failures in order to keep others from doing the same mistakes:

Having plugged out the guitar and plugged in the Korg MS-20 into the Fireface 800's input #1 half an hour later, I was wondering about the strange hiss noise I had on the channel.

But only on the headphone output of the RME, NOT on the headphone from the synth directly.
It sounded a bit different, too.
There MUST be something wrong somewhere.

I spent 20 minutes checking cables, connections, fireface setting, turning volumes up and down until I realised:

I STILL HAD AMPLITUDE RUNNING ON THE COMPUTER!!

So, keep a hollistic approach when encountering strange effects, and keep an eye on the whole chain.
And don't forget the software part!!

Keep on making music instead of mistakes - except when they are lucky ones :-)
Thomas

I'm not sure if this is the right category...I'm thinking about buying a used Octamic II which is 10 years old and in good condition (for half the price of a new one).

My question is, if it's still worth it or if relevant aspects (like the preamps or converters) has been significantly improved the last 10 years. (I would like to record drums, if this information is important...)

Thanks for your help!

Nothing I tried would force it to remember a sample rate that was:

a) useable
b) one that I wanted to use.

So I had Anitgravity write me a command line utility to set the sample rate so that I can run that once my Mac has started!

I'm sharing it in case this might be useful for someone else having similar issues.

Download here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/12-smE- … sp=sharing

It's a Univeral Binary so should run on Intel/Apple Silicon (I've only tested on my Intel Mac Pro).

It's signed and notarised, but it's not possible to staple a raw binary, so you will probably have to jump through some hoops to remove quarantine bit after downloading (ask your favourite LLM is you don't know how).

It's provided AS IS, and I offer no warranty and absolve myself of all liability if you choose to run it.  YOU USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK.

That said it works perfectly for me and I promise it doesn't install a crypto-miner on your machine!

I cannot offer support, and I will not update it, since it does the job for me.  You can prompt Antigravity yourself if you don't trust this or need different features.

Usage:

$ ./set_rme_sample_rate
Usage: set_rme_sample_rate <DeviceName> <SampleRate>
Example: set_rme_sample_rate "Digiface USB" 44100

It may well work for other RME devices, but I cannot test that myself, and as mentioned you run this at your own risk.  If your computer or RME dies as a result of running it, that's not my problem (but honestly I think that isn't a major thing to worry about happening).

To have it run when your Mac boots, ask your favourite LLM for instructions if you don't already know how.

Enjoy.

Now,....imagine if they were one machine!

At the moment, when using the BFace, I hardly ever use the physical buttons on the unit. I use the ARC for Talkback, volume, and especially having access to the Snapshots is fantastic. (I am a TV/Film composer and find being able to switch to Music, Dialogue, FX tracks very helpful)

Just saying,....imagine if the ARC had an output and perhaps ADAT in and out too.

I'm a long-time RME user (UFX, XTC, Babyface Pro FS) and I've been building a new audio mixer app. I'm looking for testers — particularly those with higher channel-count interfaces like the UFX+ or Fireface 802 — but all RME hardware welcome.

FusionDesk is a TotalMix FX inspired desktop mixer for Windows 10/11:

• Up to 32 x 32 channel input/output routing 
• VST3 hosting 
• MP3, FLAC & WAV linear and loop recording up to 32-bit float 
• Supports ASIO, WASAPI, Per-Application Audio Capture, Dante, ASIO4ALL

It's pre-release but stable enough for real sessions. What I really want to know is whether it holds up under actual use.

Specifically: 
- Try to break it — unusual routing, edge cases, heavy VST loads 
- Tell me what feels wrong or unintuitive 
- Tell me what's missing that you'd actually want to use 
- Any comments or suggestions are very welcome

If you're on W11, W10 feedback is also valuable — WASAPI behaviour can differ and I want to cover both.

If you're up for it, DM me or drop an email and I'll send you a build.

Cheers, 
Richard 
Testing@AudioArt.uk

I know you can get Thunderbolt chassis units from Sonnet and have had them in the past in my iMac Pro days, but as someone with 3 AES cards (one also using the daughter card) and an AIO Pro card in my Mac Pro M2 Ultra (and loving it aside from the age), I am not looking forward to moving to a Mac Studio and multiple external units to get back what I already have with the Mac Pro in terms of PCIe connectivity built right in and no, I am not willing to use a PC and Windows.

It would be really cool to see RME make a dedicated Thunderbolt 5 unit with the same AES I/O that the AES card has now that Apple seems to be forever done with making computers with PCIe slots.

UFX 3  ( USB 3.0 ) Madi w/ ARC- Ferrofish 16 Madi
Newer ASUS 14G Laptop Windows 11
Reaper 7 newest version

TIA