However, there was a lot of activity and bugfixing going on since february. Rme hdspe expresscard for multiface, multiface ii, digiface. Your average consumer sound card, for instance, a sound blaster live. Supports pci card, cardbus, digiface, multiface, hdsp 9652, hdsp 9632 and rpm, version. Nov 29, 2017 the adat ports on the digiface and multiface perform sample splitting to squeeze four 24bit, 96 khz channels through a pipeline originally meant for eight 24bit, 48 khz channels. Rme babyface pro fs 24channel usb audio interface 12in12out buspowered usb audio interface with femtosecond clock, 24bit192khz adda, 2 microphone preamps, digital io, midi, metering, dsp, plugin bundle, and cables macpcios. Seems rme hdspe drivers for win 7 are not reliable. Theres an excellent linux driver available for this interface. Advanced linux sound architecture driver version 1. But there is one powerful feature about the multiface that very few people are aware of. Linux alsa driver for rme madi fx wip this repository contains a linux kernel driver for rme madi fx cards. Please note, rme will not deliver phone or email support for 3rd party drivers. Rme shows its concern for driver implementation in an unusual way. To activate class compliant mode, hold both the bottom buttons select and dim as you plug in the usb cable.
Multichannel audio interface for linux linux ardour. Ultralow latency operation with usb or firewire, combined with the legendary rme driver stability and maintenance. Mar 04, 2020 rme have always been hammerfall dsp multiface 2 good at supporting their products with driver updates, and the hdsp card is no exception. Rme driver cd cable ieee94, 4 m ft 12 v car cable battery cable power supply 12 v 1. Rme hdsp multiface driver and firmware for windows and mac os. Rme digiface multiface install problem hello, i do not know why it makes a difference but since the multifaceii was released it seems you need to install the multiface first and then the digiface or go to the steinberg website and download the archived digisetmultiset drivers. Forums rme audio hammerfall dsp multiface audiofanzine. I am very frustrated with the lack of multichannel audio interface options for a professional electroacoustic composition, performance, and recording with linux system. Matrix, groupbased operation, copypaste, scrolling, multiwindow operation and delete whole routings via selectionmenu edit have been added. Oct 01, 2012 the rme fireface ucx is a professional interface with 18 io channel 8 analog, 2 mic preamps, midi, spdif and adat. For the digital audio cards of the digi and hammerfall series are different drivers for linux and similar os available. Power on the pc, winxp detects new hardware, installs driver, asks for reboot. Note that the drivers are multiclients especially windows 2kxp. Oct 23, 2003 rmes hammerfall hdsp sound card is a powerful, professionallevel sound card used in sound studios worldwide.
In case the io box is missing at boot, the driver will default to a multiface. Once finished, itll be submitted to the mainline kernel. Sep 29, 2018 is anyone using an rme multiface successfully. At the rme forum the admin wrote that no linux drivers would be developed.
Rme babyface pro usb audio interface linuxmusicians. Low latency, dependable and the surprising thing to me the sound was much better than any other interface i used to own. The rme multiface is an external rack mounted pro audio interface with a ton of channels and connectors 18 output channels, running up to 24bit 96khz. Reboot and windows does not see the new audio device. A while ago, immediately after loading the firmware it would sit in a state with the red error light flashing, but at a different speed from the firmware load, along with occasional flashes of the midi out. Installed pci card, connected firewire to multiface. Rme presents the worlds most versatile pci audio interface the hammerfall dsp 9632. The multiface offers eight channels of analog io and digital spdif, as well as adat in and. Rme used to be linux friendly, so at that time a lot of audio oriented liunx folks used these interfaces. It also works under linux using the alsa project drivers.
Great driver support, stable operation and multitude of mixing and measurement software adds to the multiface ii being an excellent recording solution. Linux drivers do exist for cardbus and pci hdsp products. System requirements windows 2000 sp4, windows xp, mac os x 10. The fireface 802 renews rmes reputation built on the legendary fireface 800. Hiya, i got the recently released rme babyface pro and im reporting that it works well with linux in class compliant mode. Admitted, it is over 10 years old, but still offers competitive fine pro sound quality. Does anyone has some new information regarding portable multichannel audio interfaces fully working under linux systems. Please use this older version for compatibility with linux drivers. Using lower periods settings is possible too, the device starts and runs when using 8 samples for example but basically anything below 64 samples is not very usable because you quickly run into buffer issues xruns. The device was recognized correctly as per the syslog however no drivers were loaded. This is really why i havent changed yet from os x to ubuntu.
Rme hdsp multiface driver and firmware download and update. Besides, the multiface has no room for any more connections. With the proper audio distribution avlinux, puredyne that i am sure of drivers are part of the default installation so the multiface works under linux out of the box using the pcie card. Nov 05, 2011 if you want to use the rme madiface on linux, it probably doesnt work right away. Oct 23, 2003 rme s hammerfall hdsp sound card is a powerful, professionallevel sound card used in sound studios worldwide. Rme fireface 802 usb and firewire audio interface ff802 adorama. Hdsp pci card multiface, multiface ii, digiface hammerfall dsp 9632. Until then, everything may change at any time, so dont expect the userpsace api to be stable. Now i cant upgrade to win 7 till the drivers come out. Rme hdsp multiface downloads 1 rme hdsphdspe series audio driver 4. The multiface ii is a flexible and easily expandable recording interface from rme. I have the multiface with one of the original pci cards not pcie and it worked well for many years but recently has been playing up. This card makes the dream of an allinone solution for every possible application come true. Rmes hammerfall hdsp sound card is a powerful, professionallevel.