Surely you jest. Is the DSP meter bar in totalmix decorative?

Doesn't even have to take up any additional resources. I mean, if it can have a high pass on every output, it shouldn't be that hard to give it an option for a low pass instead, right? Right?

I'd be more than happy with a configurable high or low cut per hardware out.

The Babyface Pro FS is an excellent device, but its design emphasises portability and operation via the USB bus. To achieve this, it does not include a DSP as this would increase power consumption beyond what the USB power supply can handle.

If you are looking for more advanced features, such as an integrated DSP for effects or advanced connectivity, upgrading to the UCX II would be a significant step forward. It offers a more robust feature set while maintaining exceptional audio quality.

For this reason, I often recommend considering a slightly larger model first. The Babyface Pro FS is characterised by being compact and versatile, but it's not designed to replicate the full feature set of its larger counterparts. By upgrading, you'll get a more future-proof setup and get even more useful functions, some of them from the flagship devices like Mic Preamp with 75 dB Gain, DURec, full implementation of DSP chip, RoomEQ and cross-feed.

You're coming off a bit hostile for no apparent reason.

No, as an owner of a BF pro fs for a few years now I did not know that it doesn't have a DSP. Nor do I think that I should have reasonably known. How should I? The manual mentions multiple times a DSP and there's a DSP FX meter in totalmix. I don't even think there's mention of FPGA anywhere in the manual. If there is, I haven't seen it and I've read it multiple times over the years.

Regardless, so this FPGA or whatever it is, is not programmable via firmware update?

As for the suggestion to use an entirely different product instead, that is not portable, please refrain from assuming. You know what they say.

Regardless, so this FPGA or whatever it is, is not programmable via firmware update?
Yes it is, it a programmable field gate array. But it has very limited size and no ram, so might not be possible. Advantage, the dsp and ram can not break, cause they are not there.
Will negative values on the hi shelving filter not do the job?

Well, they kinda do, but it's a bit janky.

Need it for crossovers and you know how it is. Can never get it quite right without high/low pass filters.
Or at least I can't. If anyone got an awesome recipe for doing crossovers with shelving filters I'm all ears.

Anyway, if it's programmable and it's possible to give the option of a high cut with a firmware upgrade, it would be a fantastic addition.

Maybe it does not fit in FPGA, otherwise it would have been, IMHO, implemented from very beginning....

What I'm doing currently is 2 shelves on each output. All set to the crossover frequency, Q 0.8, +20/-20 gain.
And phase inverting one of the two outputs.

It's much steeper than a regular crossover, it won't completely fade out the rejected side and needs lowering faders by 20db to counter the +20 eq boosts, but eh, kinda works.

If I understood correctly your suggestion is to use a single higher Q shelf per output and use the mid band to take out the notch?

Right. So a wide bell on the crossover frequency to make the slope steeper. It's on the same spirit of what I'm doing with the double shelves I suppose. I'll see if it can work since I'd really like to get rid of the positive gain shelves.

Hi all,

I wish to expand my Babyface Pro FS over ADAT. I have a question that I suspect has a simple answer, but I can't answer it myself at the moment.

My question is about the possibility of clocking two external devices (an input device and a separate output device).

Would the master clock from the INPUT device be reliably passed through the Babyface to the OUTPUT device?

Would such an arrangement likely be stable?

This is what I want to do specifically:

Connect an Arturia X8 OUT, slaved to the Babyface. This will work with no issue at all.

Here is where I'm not as confident: in a few months, I would likely buy an input expander (eg Audient ASP800 or similar). This would by necessity be set as master, and the Babyface and X8 OUT as slaves. I can't tell from the manual if this will actually work.

Is this how it typically works with an AD/DA device (eg ADA8200)? As in, the two stages are usually separate anyway?

Thanks in advance for any info you might be able to provide. I've been an admirer of RME since the day I bought my old Fireface 802 (now sadly sold).

Thanks Jeff, much appreciated.

Hello.
My babyface pro fs have a new features.
1. Out 1/2 LED indicator is bilking when LED meter is overloaded and Red LEDs flashed.
2. Dont overload any channels showing in Total Mix when LED level meters is flashing.
What is this…Help

Level switch is standart +4dBu level.

@Kubrak

Thanks for the tip.

I had the same idea, but the Arturia only has ADAT and Wordclock in.

I contacted Arturia about my question about a month ago, they figured it would work, but suggested I check with RME to be sure. I tried to figure it out myself first before asking here!

Your Babyface is seen in Audio MIDI Setup? Then it is in Class Compliant mode.

Hello, again.

I switched it to CC mode and it was then recognised by Audio MIDI Setup and the other software, showing that the data type was integer instead of floating point. When I switched back to non-CC mode, it was then seen again by Audio MIDI Setup and the other software and the data type was then floating point.

So it appears that switching it to CC and back to non-CC did the trick.

Thank you for your help.

Dario