RME HDSPe MADI FX
The RME HDSPe MADI FX is a high-performance PCI Express card designed for professional audio applications, offering advanced features and capabilities for multi-channel audio interfaces. The HDSPe MADI FX is designed to offer exceptional flexibility, low latency, and high-quality audio performance for professional audio production environments. Its extensive features make it suitable for recording, mixing, routing, and monitoring applications.
Key Features
- Audio Channels:
- The HDSPe MADI FX features 390 audio channels, making it a high-performance multi-channel audio system.
- Three MADI I/Os (two optical and one coaxial) provide a total of 192 inputs and 192 outputs simultaneously in MADI format at 44.1 and 48 kHz.
- PCI Express Interface:
- Utilizes the PCI Express card format for compatibility with modern computer systems.
- Requires only one PCIe slot on the motherboard and one free slot opening on the case.
- Hammerfall Pro Audio Core:
- Introduces a newly developed modular Hammerfall Pro Audio Core to process three times as many channels as the previous MADI flagship.
- Offers ultra-low latencies down to 32 samples on modern computers.
- TotalMix FX:
- Features an innovative layout of TotalMix for ergonomic handling of a large number of channels.
- Provides a visual option to hide unused channels, allowing for easy management of channel views.
- Integrated effects engine for latency-free monitoring with EQs, compressors, reverb, and echo.
- Seamless Redundancy Operation (SRO):
- Uses the card's three MADI receivers for state-of-the-art fail-safe operation.
- Operates as a single MADI input device with up to 64 channels, seamlessly switching to another input in case of failure.
- No reclocking and synchronization to a different clock source is required.
- SteadyClock Technology:
- Utilizes SteadyClock for active jitter suppression, extracting the reference clock at the lowest jitter directly from the MADI signal.
- Provides stable clocking without the need for additional word clock or AES lines.
- AES/EBU I/O:
- Includes an AES/EBU I/O for professional digital audio interfacing.
- Allows connection to AES/EBU devices without the need for additional converters.
- Analog Monitoring Output:
- Provides an analog stereo output with RME's low-latency converter technology.
- Ideal for high- and low-impedance headphones.
- Powerful monitoring features of TotalMix allow flexible routing and monitoring.
- MIDI Integration:
- Offers four MIDI I/Os (1 external and 3 internal) for MIDI connectivity.
- Supports MIDI over MADI, allowing remote control of RME MADI devices and transmission of MIDI signals through the same lines as MADI data.
- Wordclock I/O:
- Features a word clock I/O with switchable termination.
- Uses SteadyClock to extract the reference clock directly from the MADI signal, reducing possible jitter.
- TotalMix Remote Software:
- Provides free Windows and Mac software for remote control of all RME MADI devices.
- Allows monitoring and configuring a device's complete status remotely.
