RME Tech Info - Driver Updates Hammerfall DSP System

Driver Updates Hammerfall DSP MADI
List of current and older driver updates

Windows 2000 / XP
Mac OS X

Windows 2000/XP Driver

Version 2.52 (FUT 204/231): AES-32: Errors in frequency recognition and clock control under ASIO and in the Settings dialog removed. (1/2006)

Version 2.51 (FUT 204/230): Settings dialog: In slave mode DDS had been partially active (Multiplier). (12/2005)

Version 2.502 (FUT 204/230): TotalMix: MIDI remote: Mute and solo buttons were not always displayed correctly. MIDI Remote: Starting TotalMix via a click on the systray symbol refreshes the LC-Display. (11/2005)

Version 2.501 (FUT 204/230): HDSP MADI: Analog Out was constantly muted after boot. TotalMix: Background grid of the matrix fixed. Automatic submix selection when activating Monitor Main/Phones. Monitoring presets 5/6/7 addded for the AES-32. FUT 204: Speaker Protection did not work on shutdown. (11/2005)

Version 2.5 (FUT 203/230): Added complete support for the HDSP AES-32. Fixed small memory leak in TotalMix. Settings dialog: Improved behaviour of the multiplier button. GSIF: Second MIDI port was not initialised correctly. GSIF: Setting the sample rate did not work correctly. (11/2005)

Version 2.4(1) (FUT 203): TotalMix MIDI remote functionality added, as described in the current manual. Internal bugfix (registry access) which did not cause any trouble so far. (09/2005)

Version 2.4 (FUT 203): DDS implementation had been incomplete (ASIO), causing several errors (ASIO host could not set sample rate, stutter effects after changing the buffer size in MME). TotalMix: a gain of 6 dB caused a loss of the signal. (05/2005)

Version 2.3 (FUT 203): Settings dialog: new tab 'DDS' added. The current sample rate can now be controlled in real-time, and also pre-set. DDS includes presets of common video sample rates. TotalMix: Completely re-written software. TotalMix now includes numerous new functions, see the file new_totalmix.txt. New TotalMix Systray icon with new min/max functionality. General: New firmware supports varispeed in 56 channel mode. GSIF 2 MIDI ports added. 8-channel interleaved mode MME 24/32 bits 4 byte/s added. (02/2005)

Version 2.2 (FUT 202): Settings dialog: The option SyncAlign wasn't stored correctly. TotalMix: New function 'Link Faders' added. Floating point calculations could cause a crash of TotalMix. Scroll-wheel support for faders and pans added. Not initialised variable in the ASIO driver could cause ASIO to stop in multi-client operation. In seldom cases the MIDI driver could cause a freeze of the computer. 'Always on Top' deactivated in TotalMix caused delayed playback/recording up to freezes of the audio software when ADM was active. Flash Update Revision 202: Now compatible to Sony DASH machines. No noise anymore at power off and warm boot of the computer. (06/2004)

Version 2.1: News: Improved compatibility when the second/third card uses a shared PCI slot. Support for power management (standby / resume). Deactivating the driver caused a crash (BSOD). Full GSIF 2.0 audio support (record and playback). MME: In AutoSync mode, a request for a different sample rate than the input one (caused a change to Master mode) is no longer supported. TotalMix: in scrolled mode, faders and pans did not work as expected. Clock control and Check Input logic in AutoSync mode improved and fixed. ASIO: Using more than 2 MADI cards caused the ASIO channel list to become corrupted. (03/2004)

Version 2.0: News: Added 96 kHz 'Double Wire' and 96 kHz Frame modes. Settings dialog modified, 192 kHz option removed, 48 kHz Frame and 96 kHz Frame added. Small bug in PCI core fixed, caused clicks on some systems when having TotalMix open. Added instant boot functionality, the card now saves all hardware states found in the Settings dialog. MADI output signal fixed, a missing Channel Status block start on all even channels caused Neve Capricorn to distort audio. Unused but selected optical input caused single sample clicks in input channels. MIDI over MADI added.

TotalMix news: Added labels to the right and bottom in Matrix view. Added Delete (menu Edit or Del-key). Faster switching between single speed and double speed display. All factory presets have '+3 dB RMS' activated. Added monitoring factory presets for double speed operation. Fixed IOP problem (vertical scrollbar). (11/2003)

Version 1.0: Initial release. Based on Hammerfall DSP driver 2.62, including TotalMix, complete ASIO 2.0 and 32-channel GSIF support. (09/2003)

Mac OS X Driver

Version 2.5(2) (FUT 204/231): Perfomance problems of the AES-32 at 192 kHz fixed. (11/2006)

Version 2.5(1) (FUT 204/231): No new driver, only FUT updated. (1/2006)

Version 2.5(1) (FUT 204/230): TotalMix: Background grid of the matrix fixed. Automatic submix selection when activating Monitor Main/Phones. Monitoring presets 5/6/7 addded for the AES-32. FUT 204: Speaker Protection did not work on shutdown. (11/2005)

Version 2.5 (FUT 203): Driver number changed to 2.5 because of identical functionality to the Windows driver. Added complete support for the HDSP AES-32. Settings dialog: new tab 'DDS' added. The current sample rate can now be controlled in real-time, and also pre-set. TotalMix: Completely re-written software. TotalMix now includes numerous new functions, see updated manual. TotalMix MIDI remote functionality added, as described in the current manual. General: New firmware supports varispeed in 56 channel mode. (11/2005)

Version 1.0a (FUT 202): Bugfix MIDI: Bigger sysex packets became corrupted. (08/2004)

Version 1.0: Initial release. Equals driver 1.5a of the Hammerfall DSP series, including TotalMix and Settings dialog. (03/2004)

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