Sorry, no. You might use a simple split cable, xlr female to two times XLR male, to get the mic's signal on both inputs,.

What’s the best way to get  the full 24/192 sample rate our via S/PDIF.? It seems as the Toslink only supports 24/92. I’m trying to drive an outboard DAC that supports these rates and the Toslink standard does not support this.

I am a very happy owner of an ADI-2 Pro fs, but because of the latency between input and output, I have just acquired a Babyface Pro fs as well.
Connecting the two together has revealed that the BF 'only' supports consumer level S/PDIF output - which I believe means it is limited to 16 bits.
My question is, under what conditions am I likely to notice the difference between 16 and 24 bit S/PDIF, if any?

Thanks

Dominic

Hi guys,

I just bought the Babyface pro fs and I’m super happy! It sounds amazing.
I have a question regarding the encoder wheel.
When I received the unit the wheel was pushable, like you can click on something. A little bit raised from the socket. Yesterday while turning it just went inside the socket and you cant click on it no more. It also turns a little bit harder then before. Everything works well otherwise. Can someone please confirm.

Thanks,
Ben

No problem, full hotplug support as all USB devices have.

Hey guys, anyone has an answer to this?
I’m not sure if I should contact rme for warranty or not.
Thank you,
Ben

Thank you!

Regarding USB-cable. I need to get a longer usb-cable. At least 2m. Do you sell such parts? And I also need a DC power adapter.

USB-C to USB-A female or USB-B is not an 'adapter', but a simple cable. Available everywhere at low price and even included in the latest BF Pro shipments.

Setr TM FX to show RMS levels, and set Mic Gain to 0. That should give the number from the manual.

I had a trouble with asio buffer size and reaper/windows 10...noting worked: cric crac in all buffer size...i've read that its not a rme driver trouble… I have tried all sort of things and i've finded one solution that work for me:

in the asio fireface usb setting window: in options, the wdm devices was set to 6... i changed to 2 and it resolved all the problems: i can change the buffer size with perfect result! Its maybe an evidence, i dont know, but if it can help..it can help!!

Hi,
Does Babyface Pro FS, has added dynamics at each input via TotalMix FX?
Regards,

Just got the Pro FS, 2nd interface, coming from a Scarlet 2i2.  I'm very new to this technology.  The Scarlet was plug and play, no drivers, instantly recognized by my Macbook Pro 2015 running Catalina.  I, for the life of me, cannot get my Macbook to recognize the FS Pro.  I've installed the driver, 3.19, allowed permission, made sure it's not in ClassCompliant mode, reinstalled, etc.  Nothing is working.  TotalMix and Fireface USB Settings apps are installed but not opening properly.  Fireface USB Settings upon opening, immediately closes.  TotalMix opens but does not allow any of its windows to open.  I'm about ready to pull my hair out.  Is anybody able to help?  I would be so grateful!  Thank you.

Hi everyone

I’m new here and received my first RME product today. Unfortunately I have an issue and was wondering if someone here would be kind enough to help.

Today I received my Babyface Pro FS but it won’t run on bus power alone. Can anyone tell me why?

I’ve tested it using a power cable and it works fine like that. I’m not using a hub either. It’s plugged straight into the computer with nothing else plugged it.

I have an iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, Late 2015)
Processor: 3.1 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5
Memory: 16 GB 1867 MHz DDR3

Please help if you can.

Thanks.

I tried each port on the Mac. They all seem fine. They all transfer data and all power up my old interface.

Not sure if it’s the cable. I’m getting data transfer to and from the BFP when using the cable and an external power source.

I will try using it the unit on another computer, and a different cable.

Thanks for the advice, I’ll report back.

I'm thinking of my Babyface Pro FS to output a single-ended signal. Is there a difference in the performance of using the line out functionality of the 1/4" vs 3.5mm output?

Also, should the volume be set to 0 if using an external amplifier?

Thank you much.

I am new on the forum. Maybe the answer to my question already exist:
Why is the sound totally different if my Baby face PRO is connected to my PC or in the case to my laptop computer.
Thank you for the explanation. BR Alex

Hi all,

do you have recommendations for connecting an unbalanced source to the BFP's XLR inputs?

I found this termination recommended by RANE:

Is the BFP fine feeding pin 1 with the cable shield and not bridging to pin 3 which receives the common ground of the transmitter?

Best wishes,
Ellef

No, the impact of RTL over USB is much higher depending on ASIO buffer size and sample rate.
Most impact: driver efficiency and ASIO buffersize
Less impact: sample rate
Less impact: AD/DA converter latency

And if you send digital data from the BBF Pro via ADAT/SPDIF to ADI-2 DAC, then the data is already digital and the latency involved here is minimum compared to the list above.

To get an impression about this, look in my UFX+ review, there I put many examples:
https://www.tonstudio-forum.de/blog/ind … 8-RME-UFX/

Look that you stay under 10ms RTL and all is fine.
With UFX+ I could even use an ASIO buffersize of 256 (that was a bit over 10ms RTL) but still didn't slow down playing through a virtual amp on Cubase (Kuassa). So 128 @ 44.1 should be fine for you and don't worry about ADAT and the final D/A conversion by the ADI-2 DAC.

But maybe the Pro would be more ideal for you as it has digital in AND out's .. then you could connect digitally to your Amp Simulator (or what it is). Only the Pro has digital in's and out's as well as analog in's and out's.

Hello, I’m using a 2017 Babyface Pro with a 2011 macbook pro (OSX Lion) that works perfectly, but I need to switch to a new macbook pro. I read there have been many issues with usb-c connections and RME usb interfaces with previous OS. Should I be worried about any potential issue with the combo 2017 Babyface Pro USB / 2020 macbook pro OS Catalina ? Would I have to do a RME firmware update from my current macbook ? And if no issue, is a simple usb-c to usb-b cable fine to make it work ?
Thanks

A higher voltage will give you 0 (zero) percent higher sound quality. There is no correlation between power supply voltage and analog signal quality.

15 V is the upper limit. Therefore 12 V is more safe.

I am facing crashing of my DAW when rotating the encoder for Phones 3/4 volume until it/leds peaks to read. Instant shutdown of application.

New Babyface Pro FS with latest firmware and drivers with Windows 1909.

Edit: issue no longer appears

Dear all,

Due to the pandemic and loss of income, I was thinking to downgrade my UFX II to a babyface pro or FS since I don't use much I/O. I am just wondering if the main 2 channels playback will be having huge difference? I don' have a bf pro fs to A/B so I can't tell and hope there is someone in this thread that can provide some info. My gears since FF800 - UC - UCX - UFX - UFX II - (BF pro FS) if the sound quality doesn't make that much difference....

Thanks