RME User Forum

There is a new firmware 1.69 for the Fireface 400, Mac and Win:

SPDIF output: Channel Status Consumer changed to IEC 60958-3 (DS/QS). QS output signal improved.

Finally the Fireface 400 and 800 driver catches up with the HDSP and UC drivers. Version 2.98 for Windows includes the latest TotalMix design and features, plus lots of fixes and improvements.

This driver is also directly compatible to Windows 7. BUT: it seems the new Microsoft FireWire driver included in 7 suffers from unexpected bad performance when used with audio. Performance is really bad, operation limited, behaviour unexpected - in short: lots of problems at this time. We are in contact with MS about these issues to fix them on either our or their side.

Therefore, for the time being, please continue to use 7's legacy FW driver as explained here:

http://www.rme-audio.de/forum/viewtopic.php?id=5305

And V 2.991 replaces V 2.99. Sorry for the trouble, but now it's really fixed!

Mac driver 2.64 for the Firefaces should fix the problem with standby and power on after boot in Snow Leopard.

Version 2.999 fixed a minor problem (red LED did not go off after Win64 sleep).

Version 2.9991 finally removes the MME support. MME had been implemented by a system-wide wrapper, fireface _mme.dll, that - simply said -  translated MME commands to WDM commands. MME is dead as it can be, no longer supported in 64 bit OS, and therefore no longer present in the Fireface UC. As preparation for the next 3.0 driver we now removed this one too.

Now the list of available devices is more clear and easier to overlook, and one can no longer select the wrong (MME) one for system sounds and multimedia.

We also had a note from Pace who saw problems with our dll when installing their products. Note that if you had an older driver installed before and want to get rid of it completely you have to manually delete the file fireface _mme.dll, as the new driver will (can) not remove the dll. It just makes it unavailable for the current driver, but it is still in the system.

Mac driver 2.65 might not be the problem solver for everyone, but works much better for many, so we decided to put it on the website officially. Note that we are still examining and working on this issue.

Mac driver 2.71 for SL solves the hang when the FFs are connected after the OS has booted or slept.

Mac driver 2.73 adds the Level meter text color option to TotalMix and fixes a display problem with WC at 176.4 kHz.

The re-written Windows 7 driver 3.016 has been released as well. When using this latest MS OS please do not use the former version 2.9992.

Windows driver 3.017 should fix the strange ASIO delay start problem seen with various DAW programs. It also allows to disable the TMS transmission, which seems to be incompatible with original Dolby Labs software.

Mac driver 2.75 makes the latest addition of free sample rates compatible to Logic. It can not be used with Logic, but at least Logic no longer gets irritated by the new option