RME MADIface XT MADI Interface
E-CODE: U103A-
Product Details
RME have produced the first audio interface to take advantage of the high data-transfer rates offered by the USB 3 standard. One of the main attractions of the MADI protocol is its ability to deliver huge numbers of audio channels through a single cable, and both of the two interfaces under review here take full advantage. Even the smaller MADIface USB can deliver an impressive 128 channels of digital I/O (64 in, 64 out) over USB 2, and is equipped with both optical and coaxial MADI connectors. The only other dedicated USB 2 MADI interface I’m aware of, Digico’s UB MADI (reviewed in SOS June 2013), can access only the first 48 channels of a MADI feed, only at 48kHz, and only via coaxial connectors. The MADIface USB also doubles up as a MADI repeater or stand‑alone format converter.
RME have produced the first audio interface to take advantage of the high data-transfer rates offered by the USB 3 standard. One of the main attractions of the MADI protocol is its ability to deliver huge numbers of audio channels through a single cable, and both of the two interfaces under review here take full advantage. Even the smaller MADIface USB can deliver an impressive 128 channels of digital I/O (64 in, 64 out) over USB 2, and is equipped with both optical and coaxial MADI connectors. The only other dedicated USB 2 MADI interface I’m aware of, Digico’s UB MADI (reviewed in SOS June 2013), can access only the first 48 channels of a MADI feed, only at 48kHz, and only via coaxial connectors. The MADIface USB also doubles up as a MADI repeater or stand‑alone format converter.