RME HDSPe RayDat – 72-Channel PCI Express Card with ADAT / SPDIF / AES I/O RME

A multi-channel, multi-format and multi-task tool in stunning professional quality, the ideal solution from recording up to the final mastering.

For the first time, even SPDIF (phono) and AES/EBU (XLR) are simultaneously operational due to separated hardware and record/playback devices. RayDAT offers no less than 4 x ADAT optical I/O, SPDIF I/O and AES/EBU I/O. That’s a whopping 36 channels of inputs and outputs. On top, there are 2 MIDI I/Os and TotalMix, RME’s unsurpassed DSP-based real-time mixer/router, with hardware-calculated level metering and complete MIDI remote capability. HDSPe RayDAT also supports the optional TCO for synchronization to timecode (LTC/video).

Internal ADAT inputs and outputs allow to add up to two TDIF ports directly inside the computer via RME’s optional expansion boards.

Features:

• 4 x ADAT digital I/O, supporting 192 kHz via S/MUX4 operation
• 1 x SPDIF digital I/O, 192 kHz-capable
• 1 x AES/EBU digital I/O, 192 kHz-capable
• 2 x MIDI I/O, 32 channels high-speed MIDI via breakout cable
• Up to 36 inputs and 36 outputs can be used simultaneously!
• DIGICheck, RME’s unique metering- and analysing tool
• TotalMix: 2592 channel mixer with 42 bit internal resolution
• Native PCI Express – no PCI to PCI Express bridge used
• S/MUX poured in hardware: 16 channels 24-bit/96kHz for record and playback on ADAT optical
• HDSPe RayDAT includes SteadyClockTM, RME’s own clock technology, combining professional features like maximum
• jitter suppression at full varipitch capabilities and software controlled sample rates.

HDSPe RayDAT is the newly developed PCI Express version of the HDSP 9652. A genuine PCI Express core consequently takes full advantage of the new format, achieving significant performance gains in multitrack audio. Thanks to RME’s secure flash update technology, firmware improvements, adjustments, and bugfixes can be installed easily at any time.

TotalMix FX – Mixing/Routing with superior features for Studio and Live Work
Since 2001 TotalMix added unlimited routing and mixing to RME‘s audio interfaces. Its unique capability to create as many independent submixes as output channels available turned it into the most flexible and powerful mixer of its kind.

DigiCheck – The Secret Weapon of High Resolution Audio Measurements
RME Audio interfaces not only provide you with a professional digital audio interface, but also with a free available software tool: DigiCheck, for metering, testing, measuring and analyzing digital audio streams.