RME FireWire Audio
RME's FireWire audio offers many pro-audio features not available from other manufacturer's units:
Complete real-time sample rate lock
Complete real-time sample rate control, even during playback/record
Complete start/stop control. No changed offset after reboot.
Extreme varispeed / external sync support, in all modes (even DS / QS)
Despite having a superior sync behavior (see above), the Fireface's SteadyClock provides a heavy jitter suppression even in varipitch applications.
Reduced protocol overhead, by not sending CIP (Common Isochronous Packet format) headers (AVC, mLan)
Working FireWire 800 solution
Working FireWire 800 fix for Windows XP SP2
Latency change on the fly, while ASIO is running
Latency change on the fly, while GSIF is running
Hardware-based data packet check and drop out correction
Complete real-time monitoring solution, covering all inputs and all playback channels, equaling an 28+28 channels inline console having 28 Aux sends per channel. Lots of advanced and unique features. Plus hardware based Peak/RMS metering.
Windows and Mac OS X drivers are completely identical in terms of features and functionality
Super low jitter MIDI I/O similar to PCI-based performance (1 ms)