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RME Intelligent Audio Solutions
HDSP Series (AES-32, MADI, 9652, 9632, Multiface, Digiface, RPM)
Driver for Windows 2000 SP4 / XP / XP 64 Bit / Vista / Vista 64
Important information: Driver version 3.02
This is the new HDSP series WDM streaming driver, offering additional features like WDM streaming, kernel streaming, 64 bit support and full Vista compatibility. It supports all HDSP series cards and systems simultaneously. The TCO can be operated with the AES-32, but not yet with the 9632.
Notes on the driver
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The driver requires a new flash/firmware because of a completely new designed hardware. This new hardware combined with new driver routines offers these advantages:
- Lower system load on start of data transmission (start of record/playback)
- Better performance on playback. We added a small safety buffer of 32 samples on the playback side. To give some numbers from a typical test machine, crackling starts at:
Old driver 64 samples 60% 128 samples 70% CPU load
New driver 64 samples 85% 128 samples 90% CPU load
So even if you add the 32 samples to the 64 samples, the new driver still does a better job than the old one at 128! And the 32 samples are on the playback side only, so throughput monitoring is even more attractive. Because of this tremendous improvement we removed the highest buffer size and replaced it with a 32 sample setting as lowest setting.
- Secure Record Technique. This driver includes a new scheme for handling record data. It guarantees all record data to reach the application even when the computer is blocked with 100% CPU load for a short time. We think this is a real killer feature, as there is nothing more important than reliability when doing recordings.
- The driver does not support MME, and will never do. If you need low latency MME for whatever reason, stay with the old driver. Note that all older MME software will work with the new driver, but will show more than 30 ms latency.
- This driver requires a newer version of DIGICheck, version 4.5. Please download the pre-release from the RME website, section Tools.
Installation
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This driver requires a firmware update. To update download the new WDM Flash Update Tool from the RME website:
http://www.rme-audio.com/download/fut_wdm_dsp.zip
Download the driver
http://www.rme-audio.com/download/hdsp_wdm_302.zip
Unzip both files. Start hdsp_wdm_fut.exe and update your hardware. Then switch off the computer. On next boot Windows will ask for new drivers, point to the directory where you unzipped them. The driver is version 3.01.
HDSP MADI Card:
The procedere here is to install the new driver first, then flash the MADI card, cold reboot, then install the new driver again.
Both driver installation and flash update are explained in detail in the manual!
More information
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The Option 'Interleaved' and everything else that you need to know about WDM usage is described in detail in the current Fireface manual. Please download this one from our website until we have updated manuals for the HDSP series.
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