RME User Forum

waiting for express everything! PCI-Express, Laptop Express....

I'm actually surprised that it's taking this long. You'd think they would jump on R&D years ago when the express specs were being developed.

Or am i wrong?

count me in please

I'd like to hear something from RME about the expresscard/34.  Will there be one?  Apogee Symphony Mobile is supposed to be available this month.  It'd be great to know if RME is going to do this sooner or later.

One vote more for HDSP ExpressCard/34 :)

there must be an express card otherwise many new notebooks arent able to be a rme hdsp customer.

Yes, please.  Please..

Well, Apogee is now shipping Symphony Mobile.  And we've yet to hear a peep out of RME concerning plans for an expresscard

I really would like to know if RME is going to do this or not.  My Macbook Pro is more than a year old and I'd love to use my Multiface with it before it's outdated.

"APOGEE ELECTRONICS’ SYMPHONY MOBILE EXPRESSCARD NOW SHIPPING

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Santa Monica, CA-May 31, 2007- Apogee Electronics Corporation announced today that Symphony Mobile is now shipping worldwide through authorized dealers and distributors. Symphony Mobile is the first professional, state-of-the art native audio workstation designed specifically for Apple’s MacBook Pro.

Symphony Mobile features all of the performance, quality and value of Apogee’s Symphony PCI-Express card, with up to 32 channels of I/O, and less than 1.6 milliseconds of latency at 96K, in a portable form factor. Installed directly into Apple’s MacBook Pro and connected to Apogee’s legendary X-Series or Rosetta Series converters, Symphony Mobile delivers amazing sound quality and capabilities that rival most desktop workstations, making it the ultimate solution for professionals that want to do audio production on a laptop.

“We are pleased to be shipping Symphony Mobile, an exciting product that is sure to reinvent professional recording on a laptop,” says Apogee Co-Founder and CEO, Betty Bennett. “With high channel count and extremely low latency, Symphony Mobile liberates the customer from large desktop workstations. The freedom to move no longer requires professionals to compromise on performance.”

Symphony Mobile At A Glance:

• 32 channels of 24-bit 192K Digital I/O
• Single 32 channel, PC-32, bi-directional connector
• Direct connectivity to Apogee’s Rosetta 800, Rosetta 200 and AD-16X and DA-16X converters via the optional X-Symphony card
• Simple connection with a single PCI-32 cable
• Compatibility with any CoreAudio software applications
• Apogee’s Maestro Software for advanced control and routing
• Apogee’s VBus for virtual routing between CoreAudio applications
• Compatible with any Apple MacBook Pro

Please visit: http://www.apogeedigital.com/products/s … mobile.php
__________________
Max Gutnik
Apogee Electronics"

Last edited by ieso (2007-06-01 23:04:40)

jeff.petersen wrote:

There's an old axiom in the software world. I think it applies to hardware development as well.

I can do it quickly. I can do it inexpensively. I can do it correctly. Pick any two.

I vote for inexpensive and correct.

I'm glad all three of those begin with "I can do it..."

Can we at least get a "yes we are working on it, but no guarantees"?

I wager it will be worth the wait.. I'm going to make due with my Audio Kontrol until then.

Yesssss! Given RME’s reputation for excellence, I’m sure that the wait will be well rewarded with a stable interface with stable drivers (and maybe even a new Multiface to rival the functionality of the Fireface line!!).

The Multiface I end has a firewire type port and it works using a pci card using a firewire cable...

Presumably you'd just need a new cable to go with the new express card.

great news.  i'm going to wait on buying a new laptop until it's released.