

A special option makes it possible to visually hide unused channels. TotalMix FXĪn innovative new layout of TotalMix enables ergonomic handling of the enormous number of channels. A new and faster DSP allows for a greater number of EQs and compressors. The addition of numerous performance optimizations ensures that the 4096-channel mixer of the MADI FX responds just as smoothly as its 1800-channel counterpart in the Fireface UFX.

The new core technology is accompanied by a special version of TotalMix FX, which allows using the enormous channel count in an efficient and practical manner. A simple stereo playback will not require any more performance than from a standard stereo audio card - despite the use of a professional multi-channel system with almost 400 channels. The high-tech core will process three times as many channels as the channel count of the previous MADI flagship, while actually reducing the system load and enabling ultra-low latencies down to 32 samples on modern computers.Ī sophisticated new efficiency technology will automatically deactivate currently unused channels, so that they require no processing power or bandwidth. To guarantee RMEs unique low latency performance with such a huge amount of audio channels, the HDPSe MADI FX introduces a newly developed modular Hammerfall Pro Audio Core. Only one PCIe slot is required on the motherboard, plus one free slot opening on the case. The complete technology and connectivity are highly integrated into the smallest possible amount of space - typical for RME. To complete the feature set, a Word Clock connection and four MIDI I/Os were added. Three MADI I/Os - two optical and one coaxial are accompanied by one AES/EBU I/O and one analog monitoring output. Never before has such a high-performance multi-channel audio system existed.

The HDSPe MADI FX marks a new milestone both in the history of audio interface cards in the past two decades and within the long series of outstanding RME devices.
