RME HDSP 9652 Hammerfall DSP 24/96K Digital PCI Card
PCI Audio Interfaces for Computer Music work
RME HDSP 9652 Hammerfall DSP 24/96K Digital PCI Card
HDSP 9652 is the long-awaited successor of the well-known PCI card Project Hammerfall (DIGI9652). Like the original Hammerfall, HDSP 9652 offers 3 x ADAT optical I/O, ADAT-Sync In, SPDIF I/O and word clock I/O. On top, there are 2 MIDI I/Os and TotalMix, a DSP-based real-time mixer/router.
PCI devices are "plugged-in" to your computer so you can expand its use (with more powerful soundcards for example).
The PCI bus is common in most modern PC's and also found on newer Mac's too.
It is a 64-bit bus though usually actually implemented at 32-bit
PCI interfaces come as an expansion card that slots into an available socket inside your computer, but sometimes they can also come as an integrated circuit board which fits onto the motherboard itself.
Considerations
A new standard - PCI Express (PCIe) - is already being adopted in the latest computers. Using PCI devices in the newer PCIe bus is said to be transparent, with no software changes necessary. There's more detailed info on PCIe at Wikipedia.
What others are saying:
feature:
52 channels, nice software mixer capable of anything. the only bad thing is lack of analogue i/o. you will need to use a ad/da converter if you want analogue i/o. you get 2 midi i/o as well.
quality:
never had any problems. very well built.
value:
you won't find a sound card with this much features and quality in this price range.
desirability:
i own it.
sound:
absolutely the best pci sound card out there...
support:
contacted rme once... they replied fast and were very friendly and helpfull.
overall:
quality all over...
More Details
If that's not enough then check out the following link for the full specifications - HDSP 9652 Hammerfall DSP 24/96K Digital PCI Card
