So there are going to be 2 versions of the Remote ?

I would like to know as I have a UFX remote on order and may need to clarify that with the dealer.

This all sounds excellent.

DSP 1.41 ?
Muss das UFX beim booten 1.41 anzeigen..?
Bei mir zeigt es 1.39 an ....
Auch nach dem Update...

Ich finde nämlich keiner der oben genannten neuen Funktionen im neuen TM FX.

I intend to buy a UFX today - How can I tell whether or not it is the newer type that can accept the new remote?

And for those of us who already have the UFX, how do we know if our unit is "older"?  Seems strange to have a significant hardware update less than a year after the release of UFX version 1.0.

I am looking forward to the "cue to" and "AutoSet" features.  Regarding autoset, can you give any details on how it responds to spikes?  How quickly will it respond, how fast will it return to original levels once the spike has passed?

MC wrote: Older UFX need an updated digital I/O board. We will release detailed information shortly before the Advanced Remote starts shipping.

Quite clear statement, isn't it?

Thanks for the upgrade (though for my use, the "Cue" change will improve)
Sorry to insist on the fact that the color change when selecting an output is not visible enough and we see no change in the color of its name on the input ... so some people do not understand directly the association on the selected output with all the related inputs. My request may be unclear, so I made a little suggestion in "brigth colors".
Again, congratulations for your work and for your customer feed back.

here is the "exagerated suggestion" for TotalMix FX :

Both issues are on our list, but not for this release.

Great work, RME!  I tried the new TM, and I am really enjoying the new features.  The user assignable function keys are great.  I particularly like being able chose which set of phones I am cueing with a single push of a key.  I also like the fact you can now cue to whatever outputs you chose, not just to the mains.

The autoset gain for channels 9-12 work as advertised.  They react too slowly to prevent clipping, at least at fairly extreme settings.  But, they work very well as a quick and easy way to set levels.

I am looking forward to future releases with additional features, such as the ability to hide unused channels and control the DSP effects and gain via midi control.  My understanding is these features are "on the list" and will be added at some point in the future.

It is great to see RME working hard to make a great unit even better!  Here are some additional ideas that I think would be great features:

1) The ability to assign "mains" "Phones 1" etc. to *mono* outputs.  This would be helpful in live situations where FOH or stage monitors are typically mono signals.  This way you have your "main" on just analog output 1 (not 1/2) and your stage monitors on analog out 2 and use the larger UFX encoder to adjust levels of both.  This also would free up more outputs for IEM systems etc.

2) Include some visual indication in TM to tell you what the "Cue to" channel is.

3) In addition to visually hiding unused channels, hide them from midi controllers to reduce the amount of page swapping required.  For example, if you are only using analog inputs 9-12 you can hide channels 1-8 so that your midi control sees 9-12 as channels 1-4.  This may already be on your list.

4) The ability to zoom in on a channels effects so users have a larger GUI for EQ and compression

5) Have the primary controller reset after a specified time period in terms of what outputs it controls.  Let me explain.  Pushing the primary encoder multiple times toggles between controlling output levels of mains, phones 1, and phones 2.  I frequently need to look down at the UFX to see what output I am controlling as I lose track after a few minutes.  If, for example, the controller switched back to "mains" after 60 seconds, then I know always to "push twice to control phones 2" if I haven't touched it for a while.  Ideally the time to revert to "mains" would be user definable, including the option to never switch on its own (i.e., the way it behaves currently).

Thanks again for the great work!

David

I bought my UFX in April. I saw a moderator say that the advanced remote would only work with new UFX units. So is there a new one coming out or this just a quiet update? Will my UFX not work with the advanced remote? If it won't I'll just get a midi controller instead to control talkback and such, but I'm not happy with how this is being done if I'm understanding it correctly. To me it seems that the advanced remote was designed as an afterthought and that all "new" UFX units have been quietly updated to accomodate it. If this advanced remote becomes a hit it will also negatively affect the resale value of the "old" UFX.

HeadScratch

Just curious when the new version of TM will be officially released, and whether the fact is has not been released yet means there are some problems that need to be worked out.

I have been using it for a couple of weeks and it seems stable, although I have not used the new features extensively.

Ignore my previous post #20 above.  As of yesterday I started having some trouble with this preprelease TM.  I have twice received a message upon booting up that "Total mix has stopped working."  This is immediately upon boot up and before any other programs are open.

When this happens I am able to double click the TotalMixFX.exe file in the Windows/system32 folder to manually start TM.  It seems to work fine after that.

I am running Win 7 64 bit.  UFX driver is 3.047 and firmware is 3.40.  I connect with firewire.

The error message details are:

Problem signature:
  Problem Event Name:    APPCRASH
  Application Name:    TotalMixFX.exe
  Application Version:    0.0.95.0
  Application Timestamp:    4e6a00db
  Fault Module Name:    ntdll.dll
  Fault Module Version:    6.1.7601.17514
  Fault Module Timestamp:    4ce7ba58
  Exception Code:    c0000005
  Exception Offset:    00038da9
  OS Version:    6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3
  Locale ID:    1033
  Additional Information 1:    18a3
  Additional Information 2:    18a3439c2c7197a71609feb279ef7534
  Additional Information 3:    3d81
  Additional Information 4:    3d81f7f9f5f062aeebf3e7d15f92fd26

Thanks,

David

Three Mondays have passed.  Seems to be some problems.  Should we not install it?

Hi guys, I had three suggestions for an upcoming TM update:
1) when not in Record View, there should a small red "light" on the channel to indicate which ones are armed/recording.
2) As I use my UFX Durec and DAW (PT9) as a dual recording system (to create a backup recording in realtime), it would be great if there was some sort of internal midi/rewire stream to control the DAW's shuttle from the Total Mix window. At the moment, I have to arm and record and stop both the DAW and the UFX seperately, which makes for tricky timing in live situations.
3) Channel Naming in TM could be part of the scene memory, with a pop-up box that allows one to name all the tracks one-by-one without having to click, name, close each seperately (such as PT9 has).
Just some ideas.

FWIW, my UFX is used 90+% of the time for live location recording. The easiest thing to do with Durec is have a large enough USB hard drive to simply hit record before the start of program and let it run uninterrupted in the background for the duration of the performance.  Since it is a backup recorder, the only time you would have to deal with it would be in case of catastrophic loss on the primary recorder.  Such being the case, it's a minor inconvenience at worst to be editing out excess space from the backup that has  just saved your bacon. The flip side of that is it may well catch something you wish you had gotten while the primary was stopped. Once I hit the red button on Durec, it's ignored and I can worry about other things. Sequoia 11.2 is my primary record and once things are setup, TotalMix is generally in the background along with Durec.

I'm using a Seagate 500Gb Freestyle USB powered drive for Durec.  If the track count is going to be maxed out, I  might go to an externally powered drive just to make certain it will keep up with the UFX buffer load under heavy data flow.

I am trying to download this version

https://archiv.rme-audio.de/download/tm … 95pre2.zip

but appears error 404 not found

is the link broken?

Thank you Matthias for this little change in the darker panels in Total Mix FX. It is true the overall look is better this way.
My point was more to guide the eyes of the reader of the screen from the Output Selected (ex : PH11/12 in the image above) to the little text "PH11/12" in all the inputs to insist on the fact that the sliders will affect this output only on each input. Now that I understood it, it is OK, but something clearer may avoid mistakes or misundertandings like I did (and some others as I could read in forums). Something like all the PH11/12 little texts blinking for 2 seconds or an even brighter color in the Input selected would do the trick.

Anyway, you do a marvelous job in all the essential directions and I understand that my little suggestion is not that important (it is more dedicated to beginners like me ... that usually do not buy such a sophisticated piece of equipement).

And also, as it seems to be the thread for it ... I am waiting eagerly :-) for the new remote control (mainly for stage - Standalone control of the volume of at least 6 inputs, and I think I understand it should be possible ?)

Kindly yours,
Philippe

In another thread I suggested that MIDI control of each submix's Cue would enable monitoring that submix at the press of a button, e.g. programmed into a Behringer F2000.  Now that TMFX 0.95 switches the cued submix to the selected monitor output, we are half way there, missing only the MIDI-Cue implementation.

This is a thread about the UFX...

There are two threads. And no, the BF can not have this feature as resources are limited, sorry.

hot keys for a third set of monitors and a second external input would be awesome!

So what is the story with this, for remote operation, how do we get our ufx upgraded, or is it possible to return the units to rme for a new ufx with the upgraded board or return them to the place of purchase for a full refund?

ok great its just been 2 months so i was wondering.......i'll keep an eye out, thanks

I am really enjying the new dynamic meters.  The graphics are clear but not distracting.   Nicely done, RME!  Thanks for continuing to improve a great product.

Hi-

Also interested in controlling multiple outputs w/ volume knob, for surround mixing purposes.

For the time being, I use an external device (SPL SMC surround monitor controller) as a ganged volume knob and

To truly be a serious "console center section" for surround, additional features would be needed such as ability to mute individual speaker outputs, do a standard downmix, possibly insert dolby encode/decode hardware, possibly select between several 5.1 (or 7.1 even) sources, possibly do proper bass management across the output.  Frankly, all the power is onboard to do this today using snapshots and mute buttons etc.  See feature set of a device like Martinsound multimax. 

IMHO if RME gets this right, there is a significant market of small post studios who require a monitor controller.  There's a hole in the market here left behind when Tascam abandoned its FPGA based surround monitor controller.  The UFX would be a great piece of gear for this purpose, and certainly has the power onboard to do it. 

...just a thought!

-jeremiah moore