RME Intelligent Audio Solutions

Hammerfall DSPe Series

Driver for Mac OS X Intel 10.4.8 and up

Notes on driver version 2.63

1. New in Version 2.63

- Support for HDSPe Multiface, Digiface, RPM added.

Attention!
Before using the HDSPe driver for the Multiface/Digiface/RPM you have to delete the previous driver (hdsp_173_x86 or below) manually in case it is installed. Move the following files from the Finder into the trash bin:

- /System/Library/Extensions/HammerfallDSP.kext
- /Library/Audio/MIDI Drivers/Hammerfall DSP MIDI.plugin
- Programs/Hammerfall DSP Settings
- Programs/Hammerfall DSP Mixer

New in Version 2.62

- Settings program now based on Cocoa instead of Carbon
- Memory leak problems with Mac OSX 10.5 fixed.
- Bugfix Settings RayDAT: Wrong order of the PrefSyncRef buttons corrected.

New in Version 2.61

- MADIface: MIDI port did not work
- Buttons in MADIface settings dialog did not work.
- Sample rate control in slave mode with double and quad speed frequencies changed.

New in Version 2.60

- Compatibility issues of driver 2.59 with Logic fixed (worked with 2.57)

- TCO-Settings did not work with RayDAT and AIO card.

New in Version 2.59

- Support for HDSPe RayDAT, AES, AIO and MADIface

- Several bugs in TotalMix fixed

- Several new features in TotalMix due to the shared code base with the Windows version (not yet fully finished)

- Completely new routines to use the DDS dialog as efficient as possible

- In Slave mode the input sample rate is reference for CoreAudio. This changes the driver's behaviour compared to earlier versions.

- When using more than one card the driver prevents invalid states (for example different sample rates in Slave mode)


New in Version 2.57

- HDSPe MADI + TCO: MTC MIDI In port did not work.
- TCO Settings: Frequency status did not show the exact value.
- TotalMix: ‘Save all Presets as’ bug fixed
- Performance at low buffer sizes (32 samples) improved

New in Version 2.56

- HDSPe MADI Bugfix: Sample rate in master mode was about 283 ppm too low

New in Version 2.55

- Support for HDSPe MADI + TCO, 128/176.4/192 kHz sample rates added

New in Version 2.54

- Support for HDSPe MADI

An updated manual covering all the new features is available from the RME website as PDF.

2. Installation

Double-click on hdspe_x86_263.gz to expand the archive file to hdspe_x86_263.tar and the folder hdspe_263, which includes the driver file hdspe.mpkg. Installation works automatically by a double-click on the mpkg (meta package) file.

Reboot the computer when installation is done.


3. Features and Limitations

This driver operates in non-interleave mode. It works for example using iTunes, Cubase SX, Nuendo, Live 1.5.2, Peak 3.1, VSamp 3.2.7, Spark (from version 2.6), Logic 5.4 and Reason 2.5.

Via System Preferences / Audio-MIDI Setup the hardware can be configured for the system wide usage. Programs that don't support card or channel selection will use the device selected as Standard-Input and Standard-Output. (Soundstudio, Mplayer, Amplitube etc.).

In the lower part of the window, the audiohardware's capabilities are shown and can be changed in some cases. On the record side no changes are possible. Programs that don't support channel selection will always use channels 1/2, the first stereo pair.

The playback can be configured freely and to any of the available playback channels. This is done via Speaker Setup. Even multichannel playback (Surround, DVD Player) can be set up easily.


Copyright RME 08/2008. All rights reserved. Macintosh, Apple and Mac OS are trademarks or registered trademarks of Apple Corporation. RME and Hammerfall are registered trademarks of RME Germany.

now I can work like a professional

EOL for the "old" 1.7x OS X drivers according to this post here (sixth one down). I tried the new 2.64 HDSPe one on my old MFace PCI and it was panic time. Had to reboot into safe mode (-x, FYI) to trash the new drivers before I could recover the system and install the old ones.

I don't know if our hero Oxdeadbeef is still around, but I'd be curious to know if the new drivers are hackable. It's foreseeable that PCI just won't work with newer versions of leo.

Did you remove the old kexts and apps before installing the new ones?
If yes, that's bad... seems they are laying down PCI cards...

And by the way, does the new driver works fine with PCIe cards on a hack ?

EOL for the "old" 1.7x OS X drivers according to this post here (sixth one down). I tried the new 2.64 HDSPe one on my old MFace PCI and it was panic time. Had to reboot into safe mode (-x, FYI) to trash the new drivers before I could recover the system and install the old ones.

I don't know if our hero Oxdeadbeef is still around, but I'd be curious to know if the new drivers are hackable. It's foreseeable that PCI just won't work with newer versions of leo.

Hmm I'm still around, just don't have much time to play :-)
I still think it's very unlikely that your panic was a bus issue - that is to say PCI vs PCIe, because the bus driver interface to both these busses is identical. any driver written for a PCIe slot should work for an identical card in a PCI slot. However since the RME hardware itself has changed in the new PCIe cards, it's possible that their 2.64 driver could never be made to work with the older cards.

I probably won't have time to look at this before Christmas unfortunately, but I think it might be worth considering upgrading to a PCIe card if you need the new driver. We might get some more mileage before the old driver ceases to work in Leo.
Bad news is my PCMCIA->PCI bridge card is non-functional in 10.5.2+ so I need to fix that first :-)

I hate advancing technology! :-)