Hi, I'm curious...
When I press the pad button located on the analog input 1/2 a small click is heard inside the audible unit and when I turn off the button the same thing..

this is normal ? I have searched for information but can't find anything.

Thanx !

I've just got a new Babyface Pro FS and it's sitting with me staring at it in its shrinkwrap.

I haven't torn it off because I've come to realize I want at least 4 mic pres. I do the singer songwriter bit, and want to be able to record with a friend, and want both of us to have vocal and guitar mics

Can anyone let me know what external pres you are successfully using with the Babyface? And what RTL you get with what computer? Low latency is extremely important to me.

And forgive a stupid question: Can the 2 instrument inputs which can be set to +4 dBu or -10 dBV, be used with an external pre  for a mic instead of using XLR inputs? My guess is no, and I need to use ADAT for more inputs.

I'm planning on getting a new silicon mac and think it will be fast enough to skip using DSP, but right now I'm on a 2017 imac i5 2TB, and a 2015 macbook pro i5 solid state drive.

With the cost of a good pre adding to the cost of the babyface should I even try to go the external pre route?

I'm considering keeping on the shrinkwrap, returning it, and going for the 802 with it's USB interface and 4 mic pres, exactly what I want. But that unit not availbale right now, is 7 or 8 years old, and I'm guessing it's on the list for the next rme fs update. I'd hate to have buyers remorse at that $2K US price in a few months if they bring out a new version! But that's what I'm leaning towards doing. Can anyone comment on real world latency they get with a mac using the 802?

The wheel of the BF Pro always uses 0.5 dB steps.

ADAT channels 3 to 8 can not be visualized or controlled from the unit.

I have the original Babyface. I was able to install Total Mix and RME settings on my M1 Mac mini using rosetta. BabyFace shows up in usb hardware on the mini but it does not show in Logic Pro audio or mac audio midi setup. Any suggestions appreciated.

Hello
Afaik you can use two channels of ADAT in standalone mode (manual starts at page 90 for this), so you can route two inputs (mic and/or line) to the first two ADAT outputs. When you start the FS without computer connection it will enter standalone mode, so there should be no problems.

Well, in TotalMix you can of course set everything up as you please, I thought you were interested in using the BF standalone. But if you have a computer in the location of the Babyface too, you can direct all four inputs to whatever ADAT outputs you like:)

Ah, excellent! Sounds like I have an excuse to keep the BF Pro FS once I get my hands on a UCX II

Thanks so much for the clarification, I thought it would be the case but having no direct experience of ADAT in practice I wasn't totally confident in my understanding.

I will explain. I didn't think a lower number was an update, I do understand as a person with a number of brain cells that updates are catalogued with higher numbers than previous versions. RME seemingly did think a lower number was an update.

I went to the website. I downloaded the 'new' FUT and driver (as I always have done in the past). The 'new' number was 125 and I went ahead and pressed 'update' which is when my problems began. Silly me, I thought RME knew more than me about updates of their products than I did. Whoops.

Per your suggestion, I went today and downloaded again. Suddenly it's 201 instead. I did nothing differently, but apparantly RME made a change since yesterday.

Thanks for your suggestion though because it worked.

Hello,

I sold my UAD Apollo Twin USB and was going to get the Babyface Pro FS but to my surprise, it`s not available anymore at Thomann.
Yesterday it was and now --> "The product RME Babyface Pro FS is regretfully no longer available".
It`s out of stock almost everywhere at the moment.

Is there going to be a new version or is it discontinued?

Hi,
I get a distorted/grainy signal into my DAW when I record with low input gain on my babyface pro. It gets increasingly better the higher the gain is set.
This is what it sounds like: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KfInO6 … share_link
The input is clean, so it happens afterwards...
Any ideas?

thanks, makes sense. I will try it...

ASIO not present after update

Babyface Pro FS
Driver version 1.225
Hardware Revision 203

RME ASIO no longer appears in the ASIO column of Cubase Pro 12 and foobar.
Windows 10 Home 64bit 22H2

Thank you.

Copuld you please try version 1.226?

https://www.rme-audio.de/downloads/driv … n_1226.zip

Of course not. It comes with TM FX 1.79 (official release), and you have to use the 1.80 (from the beta thread) as mentioned in the readme to see Boost. Plus firmware 203.

ASIO is a different topic, and disappointing as it works on our computers. So we need to find out what is different with yours.

Are you a user with restricted rights or logged in as Admin?

Could you check (not edit/modify) some registry entries that I show you?

Did you reboot the computer with a full reboot, means switching it off in-between? Maybe Windows Fast Startup is the issue here...

Edit: Cubase 12, Foobar 2000 and AIMP no longer recognize ASIO with this new driver. Everything else that I tested still works. We're on it...

ver 1.226
Cubase 11 and 12 did not recognize ASIO.
Digital Performer 9 (very old) and DigiCheck recognized ASIO.
I was able to use 3/4 Boost of Babyface Pro FS with TM FM 1.80.

We found the underlying issue and work on a solution. That said it looks like the four programs are at fault, they do not understand relative paths for the ASIO driver - but they should. This is an interesting issue as many older software, but also other middle old and newer ones work correctly with both absolute and relative paths.

The background here is that MS no longer allows absolute paths in Windows' own installer, which is the one that we use for driver installation.

Which outputs on the Babyface Pro FS are DC coupled? I looked at the spreadsheet but I'm not sure what the "X" under the Line Out/Headphones columns mean. Not sure what Nr. Ch means and what 2/4 underneath that means. Any help appreciaed.

Driver 1.227 is now available for testing. It solves the ASIO compatibility issue on our systems with those 4 known (and any unknown) programs. Please give it a try:

https://www.rme-audio.de/downloads/driv … n_1227.zip

Ja, funktioniert einwandfrei mit den o.g. Samplitudeversionen und 203 / 1.80 beta3

1.227
ASIO worked with Cubase 11, 12, Digital Performer 9, foobar, DigiCheck.
Win 10 64bit 22H2
Wonderful.

In tm, right above the gain, -10, +4 and now also boost

Tou need the beta usb driver 1.227,  tmfx 1.80 and 203 firmware.