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RME Fireface UCX II 40-Channel USB-B Audio/MIDI Interface User Manual

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User's Guide Fireface UCX II

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Buffer Size (Latency)

The setting

Buffer Size

determines the latency between incoming and outgoing ASIO and WDM

data, as well as affecting system stability (see chapter 9.1).

USB Diagnosis

indicates USB transmission errors. The display will be reset on any start of a

playback/record. More information can be found in chapter 40.3.

Output Format
Word

– Single Speed

The word clock output signal usually equals the current sample rate. Selecting

Single Speed

causes the output signal to always stay within the range of 32 kHz to 48 kHz. So at 96 kHz and
192 kHz sample rate, the output word clock is 48 kHz.

Optical

The optical TOSLINK output can operate as ADAT or SPDIF output. ADAT: includes channels
ADAT 1 to 8. SPDIF: includes channels SPDIF opt. L/R, in TotalMix ADAT ½. In SPDIF mode
Channel Status is fixed to Consumer.

SPDIF

The output SPDIF coaxial (RCA) can have the Channel Status Professional or Consumer. For
further details please refer to chapter 21.3.



Options
DSP - EQ+D for Record

Switches EQ and Dynamics of all input
channels into the recording path. In case
Loopback has been activated the EQ
and Dynamics of the Output channel are
within the recording path. See also chap-
ter 27.6.

TMS

activates the transmission of

Channel Status data and Track Marker
information on AES and SPDIF inputs.
In case these information are not re-
quired the feature should be turned off.

Word Clock In Termination

Checking this option terminates the word
clock input internally with 75 Ohms.

Word Clock Output

This option switches the BNC socket
into word clock output mode.

WDM Devices

Reduce the number of WDM devices to
the ones really needed to improve per-
formance of the operating system.