RME
has announced their first recording solutions for the new PCI-Express
bus found in current Apple OS and Windows based desktop computers.
The HDSPe PCI Card and the HDSPe MADI card are newly
engineered PCI-Express versions of their audio interfaces. Still based on
RME's famous Hammerfall DSP series features and quality the new
PCI-Express core ensures full compatibility and maximum performance
with the latest high-speed serial bus technology found in all newer
motherboards and computers. Furthermore RME´s FPGA core
ensures full update capability via RME’s Secure Flash
technology, for further hardware and driver updates.
PCIe for Multiface, Multiface II, Digiface and RPM
The HDSPe PCI Card is a short length PCIe x1 card that
provides RME´s own high-speed serial audio data bus, as used
in the Multiface, Multiface II, Digiface and RPM. These systems are
owned and used by ten thousands of audio professionals around the
planet. If users are looking for a no-compromise high-speed audio
solution combined with ultimate compatibility, these devices are still
state of the art. The Multiface II and Digiface solutions combine some
of the highest possible audio transmission rates and low-latency
features you can realize with card-based interface techniques, faster
than most serial solutions; combined with flexible connectivity.
Artists and studios all over the world rely on these combinations. With
the HDSPe PCI Card the further use of the existing range of
RME´s I/O boxes in next generation computers is secured. As a
special addition, the new HDSP PCIe series is prepared to support the
use of the TCO, RME’s Time Code Option, with Multiface/II and
Digiface.
PCIe for MADI
The HDSPe MADI card rounds up RME´s Premium Line
MADI products as it is now the interfacing flagship to the MADI world.
The HDSPe MADI card offers a powerful 128 I/O-channel computer
connection. It supports 56- and 64-channel modes as well as Single and
Double Wire formats. All 64 inputs and 64 playback channels can be
routed and mixed independently to 64 physical outputs. The HDSPe MADI
turns every “state of the art” computer into a
powerful DAW (Digital Audio Workstation). The HDSPe MADI offers the
most powerful router/mixer implemented on a single PCI-Express card
ever. Compared to the existing standard PCI MADI card, the new
PCI-Express version offers several advantages, like support for higher
sample rates than 96 kHz, TCO support and lower latency.
Both cards come with drivers for Windows XP (multi-client
operation of MME, GSIF and ASIO 2.0) and brand new Windows Vista
drivers. Apple users are perfectly served with Power PC and X86 (Intel)
drivers providing Core Audio and Core MIDI support.