Topic: Complete newbie. How do I get started and what's possible?
Hi!
I've been using the RME UFX on firewire for years via firewire on an old 2006k. Recently I notice crackling and popping. I think it's the old machine not able to deal with plugins but it's even happening on mixdown at the highest buffer rate. This actually coincided when I upgraded to Cubase 9.5. I'm using Windows 10 professional.
Also, I miss the not worrying about latency that comes with PCIe, at home, and don't know what I need to use my RME UFX as an interface and what card I would need. I also plan to finally upgrade my computer to an i9 so that may take care of my problems.
At any rate, if I were to use my RME UFX as an interface is the RME HDSPe RayDAT the only card I would use? Does it come with appropriate cables or do I need to buy them separately? Where do I plug them in? The optical and midi ports or would I now connect my two MIDI directly into the card?
Does totalmix still have the same options my USB/Firewire interface has?
Any help, guide, advice where to buy and what to buy will be greatly appreciated! In the many years I've had my RME/UFX I've never had to post here so just signed up today. I absolutely love it. It's a fantastic machine except my computer is now old and, I'm told, USB 2.0 is no longer relevant. Thank you for any help.