Hammerfall HDSP 9632 Audio Card Announced

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RME announces their most versatile PCI Audio Interface -- the Hammerfall DSP 9632. This card features the latest AD- and DA-converters with more than 110 dB signal to noise ratio, simultaneous operation of all inputs and outputs, easy-to-install optional analog expansion boards, TotalMix, a newly developed clock generator with total jitter suppression of external clock signals.

These are some of the features of the HDSP 9632:

• Balanced stereo analog in- and output, 96 kHz/24 bit, > 110 dB SNR
• Optional analog expansion boards with 4 balanced in- or outputs
• 1 ADAT digital I/O, supporting 96 kHz S/MUX operation
• 1 SPDIF digital I/O, 96 kHz-capable
• 1 Breakout cable for coaxial SPDIF
• 1 Stereo headphone output, parallel to the analog out, with independent level settting
• 1 MIDI I/O with 16 channels of hi-speed MIDI via breakout cable
• TotalMix: 512-channel mixer with 40 bit internal resolution
• All analog I/Os capable of 96 kHz, constant number of available channels

The HDSP 9632 comes with two useful software additions: HDSP Meter Bridge, scalable level meter with Peak and RMS calculation in hardware, and DIGICheck 3.0 for Windows: Spectral Analyser, professional level meter for 2, 8, or 16 channels, Vector Audio Scope, and various other audio analysis tools. The optional expansion board contains word clock I/O BNC connections. Compared to the DIGI96/8 series, the HDSP 9632 not only offers a further improved analog interface (like balanced I/Os), but also all the features of the Hammerfall DSP series: all inputs and outputs simultaneously available, MIDI I/O and TotalMix, the DSP-based realtime mixer/router. Hardware updates through software and driver updates are risk-free thanks to the Secure BIOS Technology.

Price has yet to be announced. Expected to ship at the end of 2.quarter 2003.

For more information, visit their web site at www.rme-audio.com.