Rme Premium Line HDSPe AES

RME HDSPe AES 32-Channel AES/EBU PCI Express Card

The RME HDSPe AES is a short-length PCI Express card with AES/EBU interfaces, designed for broadcast, TV, theatre, live sound and professional studios. It provides eight AES inputs and eight AES outputs (16 channels each way) at 192 kHz, plus word clock I/O and two MIDI I/O ports.

The main board carries word clock I/O and a 25-pin D-sub with four AES inputs and outputs (Tascam pinout); the expansion board adds channels 9-16 and the connector for the MIDI breakout cable. It is a native PCI Express design, not based on a PCI bridge. SteadyClock provides jitter suppression and clock regeneration, and the DSP-based TotalMix mixer routes and mixes all inputs and playback channels to all outputs, with up to 8 independent stereo submixes. The optional Time Code Option (TCO) adds sync to LTC and video.

Key features

• 8 x AES/EBU I/O (16 channels in / 16 out) at up to 192 kHz
• Native support for Double and Quad Wire, with conversion between formats
• 1 x word clock I/O (BNC), 2 x MIDI I/O
• SteadyClock jitter suppression, SyncCheck and Intelligent Clock Control
• TotalMix: 512-channel mixer with 42-bit internal resolution, up to 8 stereo submixes
• Optional TCO module for LTC and video sync
• Up to 3 HDSPe cards usable simultaneously

Specifications

• Bus: 1-lane PCI Express endpoint, revision 1.1, 2.5 Gbps, up to 500 MB/s
• Sample rates: 32 - 192 kHz, variable (sync/word clock)
• Sync sources: 8 x AES, word clock, internal
• Jitter: < 1 ns, internal and all inputs
• Word clock input: BNC, functional from 1.2 Vpp, termination via jumper
• Word clock output: BNC, 4 Vpp into 75 ohms, short-circuit-proof
• MIDI: four 5-pin DIN jacks via breakout cable
• Software: DIGICheck measurement and analysis tool included