RME
& Synthax Audio AG have announced a further
expansion of their "e"-line
of Hammerfall recording solutions for the PCI-Express bus found in
current Apple OS and Windows based desktop computers. After the
presentation of the HDSPe PCI-Card at NAMM; RME debuts the next
PCI-Express solution: HDSPe 9632.
The RME HDSPe 9632 (or HDSPe AIO) is a newly engineered PCI-Express version
of
its standard-PCI successor. Its new PCI-Express core ensures full
compatibility and maximum performance with the latest high-speed serial
bus technology found in all newer computers. RME's FPGA core ensures
full update capability via RME's Secure Flash technology, for further
hardware and driver updates.
The HDSPe 9632 PCIe card comes with the finest 192 kHz reference
AD/DA-convertors known from the ADI QS8 (ADI 8QS) (for
information, the SNR of
both the DAC and ADC on the QS8 has been reported as 120 dBA), a 96
kHz-capable
ADAT I/O
(SMUX), SPDIF I/O and MIDI I/O and a separate headphone output which
owns its own DA converters and can be adjusted independently from the
setting of the line outputs, catering for comfortable monitoring not
only in recording situations. The RME HDSPe 9632 is delivered with
unbalanced RCA/phono breakout cables as standard. Optional breakout
cables are available for balanced XLR I/Os and for AES/EBU. This option
offers a real 192 kHz AES/EBU input/output mastering facility. The
HDSPe
9632 supports RME's TCO (Time Code Option) module and features all
famous RME techniques: TotalMix™, SyncCheck® and
SteadyClock™.
All new RME PCIe soundcards come with drivers for Windows XP
(multi-client
operation of MME, GSIF and ASIO 2.0) and brandnew drivers for Windows
Vista and Vista 64. Apple
users are perfectly served with Power PC and
Mac Universal (Intel) drivers providing Core Audio and Core MIDI
support.
RME PCI-Express “Simply Stunning”
In a recent interview with SonicState.com, RME's Matthias
Carstens stated “Our first
impression of PCI-Express so far is very, very, very good. That means
the
transfer rate, the data speed is simply stunning... ...Just in general
I
would say that PCI-Express will be a big breakthrough for low latency
in the PC and Mac world.”
The HDSPe 9632 is expected in the third quarter of 2007 and the HDSPe MADI Card should be available in
the fourth quarter of 2007.
The pricing will be slightly higher compared to the standard
PCI card products.