Topic: UCX II - Switch Room EQ + 4bandPEQ presets on device physically

Hi -

I'm thinking of purchasing a UCX II.

Suppose I made three Room EQ presets on Windows for use with UCX II. (Two for my two headphones; one for speakers+subs.)

Can I upload these presets to the UCX II itself?

Can I switch between these presets using only the UCX II?

Would the ARC USB Remote Control make this any simpler?

Could I therefore switch between Room EQ presets on the unit or with remote, while using Linux - as the presets would be on the unit itself?

Would there be any way to simultaneously switch between the presets of the 3-band PEQ on the unit?
(Suppose I needed the full 12 bands of PEQ and I wanted them switchable on the device itself.)

Thanks

2 (edited by tonpalt 2024-11-06 13:57:25)

Re: UCX II - Switch Room EQ + 4bandPEQ presets on device physically

Hello

I do not use Room EQ nor ARC-USB so better wait a response from RME Staff or users more advanced than me sharing its knowledge to confirm that I’m not wrong …

concorde2 wrote:

Can I upload these presets to the UCX II itself?

You cannot upload those standalone Room EQ presets directly to the UCX II but you can save the presets via Snapsot in TotalMix and after save the current state of TotalMix on any of the 6 physically Setups available and loadable from UCX II via stand-alone (without computer/TotalMix). All the above steps must be do it via TotalMix because Room EQ is a feature exclusive of.

Can I switch between these presets using only the UCX II?

Theoretically yes using the SETUP/REV front encoder of the UCX II following the path Options→Load/Store all Settings and selecting and loading one of the 6 physically Setups of the UCX II where you saved the current state of TotalMix before.

Would the ARC USB Remote Control make this any simpler?

From what I've read here, yes, it is possible to easily load saved Snapsots in TotalMix but I can't confirm if it can be done in stand-alone operation (offline computer) or if it must be done exclusively with ARC + UCX II + TotalMix online. More help here please ...

Could I therefore switch between Room EQ presets on the unit or with remote, while using Linux - as the presets would be on the unit itself?

There is no Linux official support from RME, no proprietary driver nor TotalMix so no Room EQ. If your main/host OS will be Linux you can create a Windows VM and via USB passthrogh sync and save all TotalMix settings/state to the UCX II but it is tedious and an archaic process because to support UCX II under Linux the CC Mode (Class Compliant) is essential and for activate it the computer must be off/sleeping, or if you don’t want poweroff/sleep your computer the UCX II must be off , disconnect the USB cable, turn on device and change to CC Mode, turn off again device, reconnect the USB cable and turn on again device sad … unfortunately there is no way to change to CC Mode while computer and device are online … except if some day RME change this.

BUT if you have correctly saved all the states and configurations via TotalMix/Windows in the 6 physical UCX II Setups you’ll be able to load them using the SETUP/REV front encoder even though the device is in CC Mode (Linux).

Would there be any way to simultaneously switch between the presets of the 3-band PEQ on the unit?

No computer/TotalMix is needed to do this. All PEQs can be set, store and load in stand-alone operation using the CHAN/MIX and SETUP/REV front encoders of the UCX II.



EDIT 2024/11/06:

tonpalt wrote:
concorde2 wrote:

Can I upload these presets to the UCX II itself?

You cannot upload those standalone Room EQ presets directly to the UCX II but you can save the presets via Snapsot in TotalMix and after save the current state of TotalMix on any of the 6 physically Setups available and loadable from UCX II via stand-alone (without computer/TotalMix). All the above steps must be do it via TotalMix because Room EQ is a feature exclusive of.

I was wrong, Room EQ for UCX II is a feature also in DSP (Firmware) and not only in TotalMix. Therefore it is posible set, store and load custom presets without computer/TotalMix on device itself via stand-alone operation. To keep in mind that ANY change on UCX II cannot be stored individually, the 6 physically Setups are for store the complete current state of device

UCX II 106/34/104 v1.253 TM1.97 - PC Win11 23H2 / Fedora WS 40 - Reaper 7.25

Re: UCX II - Switch Room EQ + 4bandPEQ presets on device physically

In addition to tonpalt's post the user manual for UCX II is very handy:

https://rme-audio.de/downloads/fface_ucx2_e.pdf

Re: UCX II - Switch Room EQ + 4bandPEQ presets on device physically

From the user manual of the ARC, page 3  :

In stand-alone mode only the UFX+ and UFX II can be used.

M1-Sequoia, Madiface Pro, Digiface USB, Babyface silver and blue

5 (edited by ramses 2024-10-30 18:55:32)

Re: UCX II - Switch Room EQ + 4bandPEQ presets on device physically

waedi wrote:

From the user manual of the ARC, page 3  :

In stand-alone mode only the UFX+ and UFX II can be used.

The latest version of ARC USB manual is from 2018, check it out.

    Copyright Matthias Carstens, 05/2018. Version 1.3
    Aktuelle TotalMix FX Version: 1.50

Which means the later models like UCX II and UFX III (from 2021, 2023) were not out yet.
Thus this information is not yet in the manual.

I am pretty sure that those devices also support ARC USB in stand-alone mode.
Otherwise they wouldn't need a plug for ARC USB and RME could save the implementation cost.

BR Ramses - UFX III, 12Mic, XTC, ADI-2 Pro FS R BE, RayDAT, X10SRi-F, E5-1680v4, Win10Pro22H2, Cub14

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Re: UCX II - Switch Room EQ + 4bandPEQ presets on device physically

Correct, and the info is in their manuals.

Regards
Matthias Carstens
RME

Re: UCX II - Switch Room EQ + 4bandPEQ presets on device physically

tonpalt wrote:

Hello

Hi - thank you very much for answering my questions really thoroughly. smile

8 (edited by tonpalt 2024-11-03 09:36:08)

Re: UCX II - Switch Room EQ + 4bandPEQ presets on device physically

concorde2 wrote:
tonpalt wrote:

Hello

Hi - thank you very much for answering my questions really thoroughly. smile

My pleasure :-)


FYI the version of User Manual for UCX II since Muffin's post has changed from v1.4c to 1.5a without prior notice on the website nor here.


All the best

UCX II 106/34/104 v1.253 TM1.97 - PC Win11 23H2 / Fedora WS 40 - Reaper 7.25

9 (edited by tonpalt 2024-11-03 10:56:53)

Re: UCX II - Switch Room EQ + 4bandPEQ presets on device physically

MC wrote:

Correct, and the info is in their manuals.

Please don't misunderstand me Mr Carstens, I can't imagine the arduous task of keeping the manuals accessible and up to date and also aware that RME designs and builds for Audio professionals (not my case) but IMHO You/RME needs to rethink and improve its information access policy for Users/Customers ... so i must ask:

- If you patch the User Manual without notice to Users/Customers based on new questions in the forum ... how can you defend reading it?

- Why the latest v1.5a refers to Windows driver 1.253 (current), DSP 32 (we are on v34) and TotalMix 1.95 (we are on v1.97) ... what should we stick to?

- Will we some day enjoy linked chapters?

UCX II 106/34/104 v1.253 TM1.97 - PC Win11 23H2 / Fedora WS 40 - Reaper 7.25