RME HDSPe MADI FX 390-Channel PCIe Card
- Three MADI ports with 192 channels in and out at 48 kHz
- AES/EBU, word clock, MIDI, and headphone output
- TotalMix FX mixing and redundant MADI input
$1,999.00 USD
RME HDSPe MADI FX 390-Channel PCIe Card
The RME HDSPe MADI FX puts 390 audio channels on a PCI Express card, with two optical and one coaxial MADI port, AES/EBU, word clock, MIDI, and a headphone output.
MADI Ports
The two optical ports use SC connectors in multimode, and the coaxial port uses a 75 Ohm BNC. Together they carry 192 input and 192 output channels at 44.1 and 48 kHz, 96 at 96 kHz, and 48 at 192 kHz, and the card converts between optical and coaxial MADI on its own.
Seamless Redundancy Operation treats the three MADI receivers as one 64-channel input. When the active input fails, the card takes the audio from one of the other two with no reclocking, keeping the interruption to a few samples.
AES/EBU, Word Clock, MIDI, and Monitoring
A breakout cable carries an AES/EBU input and output and a MIDI I/O. The AES/EBU connections serve a stereo converter, an effects unit, or sync. Each MADI port also carries a virtual MIDI port, and MIDI over MADI remotely controls RME MADI devices at the far end of the cable.
The word clock I/O has switchable termination, and SteadyClock takes a clean clock straight from the MADI signal, so long MADI runs need no separate clock line. The stereo headphone output on a 6.3 mm jack also works as a line output, and TotalMix can send any input, track, or submix to it.
Installation, Mixing, and Latency
The card needs one PCIe slot and one free slot opening on the case for its included BNC expansion board. It runs on Windows and Mac with buffer sizes from 32 to 8192 samples, and unused channels switch off automatically so they take no processing power.
TotalMix FX gives the card a 4096-channel mixer and router, with each channel routed on its own at its own level. Its DSP adds 3-band EQ, low cut, reverb, echo, compressor, expander, and auto level, and Room EQ adds a 9-band parametric EQ with delay and volume calibration. Unused channels can be hidden, with hide setups saved and recalled in one click.
Features
- Three MADI ports: two optical, one coaxial
- 192 channels in and out at 48 kHz
- Seamless Redundancy Operation across the three MADI inputs
- AES/EBU I/O and MIDI I/O on a breakout cable
- Three MIDI over MADI ports
- Word clock I/O with switchable termination
- Headphone output that doubles as a line output
- SteadyClock FS clock
- TotalMix FX with EQ, dynamics, reverb, echo, and Room EQ
- Buffer sizes from 32 samples
What's Included
- HDSPe MADI FX PCI Express card
- HDSPe MADI FX BNC-X expansion board
- AES/MIDI breakout cable
- Expansion board ribbon cable (20-conductor)
- Internal sync cable (3-conductor)
- Quick Info guide
Specifications
| Computer Connection | PCI Express, 1 lane, revision 1.1; 2.5 Gbps line speed; one PCIe slot plus one slot opening for the expansion board |
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| MADI | 2 x optical (SC duplex, multimode, 62.5/125 and 50/125) and 1 x coaxial (BNC, 75 Ohm, AES10), in and out; 192 channels in and out at 48 kHz, 96 at 96 kHz, 48 at 192 kHz |
| AES/EBU | 1 x XLR in and out via breakout cable, transformer-balanced, galvanically isolated; Professional or Consumer (SPDIF) format |
| Word Clock | BNC in and out, switchable 75 Ohm termination; single, double, and quad speed |
| MIDI | 1 x MIDI I/O via breakout cable (2 × 5-pin DIN); 3 x MIDI over MADI |
| Headphone Output | 6.3 mm TRS; 75 Ohm output impedance; +13 dBu at 0 dBFS |
| Clock Sources | Internal, MADI coaxial, MADI optical, AES/EBU, word clock; SteadyClock FS |
| Sample Rates | 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4, and 192 kHz, variable by sync or word clock |
| Buffer Sizes | 32 to 8192 samples |
| Mixer | TotalMix FX, 4096 channels; 3-band EQ, low cut, reverb, echo, compressor, expander, auto level; Room EQ |
