RME  Intelligent Audio Solutions

Fireface 800 / 400 / UFX / UCX / 802

FireWire Driver for Windows XP/Vista/7/8 32/64 Bit

Important information: Driver version 3.114


Installation
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Latest driver:
http://www.rme-audio.de/download/driver_fw_win_xxxx.zip


Follow the instructions of the RME Driver Install Wizard. This tool installs/updates all driver files. After that attach the device (in case of first time installation) or reboot (in case of an update) the computer.


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General news, changes and fixes


V 3.114 (02/04/2015, current firmware: 2.77 / 1.71 / 343 / 25 / 5)

TotalMix FX 1.08:

- OEM only: bug fix ADM with playback channels

- Fix Fireface 400: Gain changes in input channel 3 did set hardware outputs 1/2 to -1.0 dB

- New options under Options, Reset Mix: Set all channels mono, set all channel stereo, set all inputs mono/all outputs stereo (ADM). Attention: although these options do not cause a complete reset of the mixer, the pan settings still get lost (Undo can be used to get the former settings/state back).


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V 3.110 (12/17/2014, current firmware: 2.77 / 1.71 / 343 / 25 / 5)


TotalMix FX 1.07


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V 3.100 (11/07/2014, current firmware: 2.77 / 1.71 / 343 / 25 / 5)


TotalMix FX 1.05

- Volume of Listenback input is saved

- Fireface 800 default channels have been changed from AN 9/10 to AN 1/2 for Mains, and to AN 9/10 for Phones 1. These new values will only be set when TM FX is installed for the first time, or a Total Reset has been performed.

- MIDI fixed for the newly supported 'old' interfaces, fixing also various related side effects

- Settings (F3) did not work correctly. Chosing specific Talkback/Listen channels could cause more trouble.

- Clear Submix (right mouse click) no longer deletes the submix of Talkback and Listen inputs 

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General news, changes and fixes


V 3.099 (09/25/2014, current firmware: 2.77 / 1.71 / 343 / 25 / 5)

- Removes autostart of the old TotalMix

- Supports simultaneous display of the Hardware Level in TotalMix FX and DIGICheck

- Bug fixed: multiclient operation disturbed with WDM and more than one ASIO host


TotalMix FX 1.03

- Improved handling of the icon in the notification area

- 3 brightness levels to adjust the display to the monitor (Options - Preferences or F2)

- Restart of totalmixfx.exe loads the program from \System32 even on 64 bit systems

- CRM channel selection no longer limited

- Small graphics glitch with Mute and Solo buttons fixed (Group and 135%)


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V 3.097 (08/11/2014, current firmware: 2.77 / 1.71 / 343 / 25 / 5)

- TotalMix FX 1.02B5 instead of TotalMix. Supports Fireface 800 and Fireface 400.

- Using the parameter /silent the rmeinstaller can be run unattended

- Using the parameter /manual the rmeinstaller extracts all files to the directory C:\RMEdriver for manual driver installation, in case the installer quits with an error message


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V 3.094 (06/13/2014, current firmware: 2.77 / 1.71 / 343 / 25 / 5)

- ASIO latency offset of the 802 fixed

- Changed sync behavior for external clocking (ASIO error message)

- General: ASIO latency offset includes 'DSP for record' option

TotalMix FX 1.01:

- Fixed wrong display of the FX section under Windows XP

- Since 1.0 the LCD support of the Mackie Protocol was broken


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V 3.092 (05/19/2014, current firmware: 2.77 / 1.71 / 343 / 25 / 5)

TotalMix FX 1.00:

- Global Trim Gains is now switched off with the Global Trim button only

- Several bugfixes when loading workspaces (possible graphics problem after loading the same workspace multiple times; possible hang after multiple loading of workspaces with an Aux device setting; possible incorrect loading of Mac or iPad workspaces).

- Changed Channel Layout: removed column 'active'. The list now only shows the channels that are currently present, depending on the actual sample rate. This also fixes wrong channel names when using the option 'Count MADI Channels per port' with MADI devices.


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V 3.091 (05/07/2014, current firmware: 2.77 / 1.71 / 343 / 25 / 5)

- Bug fix Fireface 400: the new option WDM devices influenced the level setting via the front encoder


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V 3.089 (04/02/2014, current firmware: 2.77 / 1.71 / 343 / 25 / 5)

- New: number of WDM devices can now be defined in the Settings dialog. A reduction accellerates the change of the sample rate, reduces the time of continued CPU load, brings quicker behavior on plugging and unplugging the unit, and reduces the boot time of Windows with connected interface. The best setting is 0, means no WDM devices at all. Only ASIO and MIDI are active then. A typical setting is 1 to 3 devices (WDM for Media Player etc.), also causing a much quicker behavior than full WDM channel count.

- Workaround for bug in Windows FireWire bandwidth management (no playback after several start/stops with change of the sample rate)

- In specific cases after changing the sample rate from/to single/double/quad speed a wrong buffer size was reported

- TotalMix FX 0.999

- Note: this driver version requires DIGICheck version 5.71 or higher!


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V 3.085 (02/27/2014, current firmware: 2.77 / 1.71 / 343 / 25 / 5)

- Added support for the Fireface 802

- ASIO sample rate change did not work correctly in Pyramix 

TotalMix FX 0.998:

- Improved Undo: Loading a Workspace after editing Snapshots removed the last edits from the undo buffer

- Several small fixes

- Compatible to the latest firmwares for the iPad app v 1.1


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V 3.084 (02/13/2014, current firmware: 2.77 / 1.71 / 341 / 23)

TotalMix FX 0.997:

- Fixed crash when moving group fader while ‘FX Send to Main out’ was active

- Mic Gain CC MIDI control channel count now excludes hidden channels

- Reverb and Echo user presets can now be loaded via MIDI CC: B2 0C nn for Reverb preset 1 to 16, B3 0C nn for Echo preset 1 to 16


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V 3.082 (12/10/2013, current firmware: 2.77 / 1.71 / 341 / 23)

- Separated names for the MIDI ports: 'FF800 Midi Port' for Fireface 800, 'FF400 Midi Port' for the Fireface 400, 'UFX Midi Port' for the Fireface UFX.

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V 3.081 (11/22/2013, current firmware: 2.77 / 1.71 / 341 / 23)

- TotalMix FX 0.996

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V 3.080 (09/10/2013, current firmware: 2.77 / 1.71 / 341 / 23)

- TotalMix FX 0.994

- Compatible to Windows 8.1

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V 3.078 (08/15/2013, current firmware: 2.77 / 1.71 / 341 / 23)

- TotalMix FX 0.992

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V 3.077 (07/17/2013, current firmware: 2.77 / 1.71 / 341 / 23)

- TotalMix FX 0.99

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V 3.076 (05/21/2013, current firmware: 2.77 / 1.71 / 341 / 23)

- New driver installation wizard. This tool pre-installs the driver so that Windows XP/7/8 automatically finds the driver files when a device is attached later. It also updates already existing driver files.

- ASIO 2.3 support with higher priority for the ASIO driver thread via MMCSS in the Settings dialog About page.

- Note: At this time, activating this option seems to be useful mostly with the latest Cubase/Nuendo at higher load. With other software this option can decrease performance. The change becomes active after an ASIO reset. Therefore it is easy to quickly check which setting works better.

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V 3.073 (03/22/2013, current firmware: 2.77 / 1.71 / 341 / 23)

- Optimization for the Windows 8 FireWire driver

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V 3.071 (02/11/2013, current firmware: 2.77 / 1.71 / 341 / 23)

- TotalMix (FF 800/400): Preferences are now reliably saved under Windows 8

- Settings dialog: State of the Lock Registry option was not shown correctly. Windows position is now reliably saved under Windows 8

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V 3.070 (12/19/2012, current firmware: 2.77 / 1.71 / 341 / 23)

- New TotalMix FX 0.989 (UFX, UCX)

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V 3.069 (08/27/2012, current firmware: 2.77 / 1.71 / 341 / 23)

- New TotalMix FX 0.984 (UFX, UCX)

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V 3.068 (07/12/2012, current firmware: 2.77 / 1.71 / 341 / 23)

- New TotalMix FX 0.983 (UFX, UCX)

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V 3.067 (01/17/2012, current firmware: 2.77 / 1.70 / 340)

- Support for Fireface UCX added

- New TotalMix FX 0.963 (UFX, UCX)

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V 3.062 (11/09/2011, current firmware: 2.77 / 1.70 / 340)

- New TotalMix FX 0.96 (UFX)

- Settings dialog: wrong settings fixed when using more than one unit


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V 3.059 (10/10/2011, current firmware: 2.77 / 1.70 / 340)

- New TotalMix FX 0.95 (UFX)

- New option 'Lock Registry' in the Settings dialog, About tab

- Store/Read Flash in the Settings dialog did not work correctly

- Small fixes


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V 3.047 (06/21/2011, current firmware: 2.77 / 1.70 / 339)

- New TotalMix FX 0.942 (UFX)


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V 3.046 (06/17/2011, current firmware: 2.77 / 1.70 / 339)

- Support for kAsioCanInputMonitor added

- New TotalMix FX 0.941 (UFX)


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V 3.044 (04/01/2011, current firmware: 2.77 / 1.70 / 336)

- All files changed to language neutral


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V 3.043 (03/18/2011, current firmware: 2.77 / 1.70 / 336)


- New TotalMix FX 0.93 (UFX)

- TotalMix FX help and Settings dialog are correctly installed under Win 64

- Settings dialog saves the current position

- Settings dialog FF400/800: Buffer size 4096 in QS mode removed (more than 2048 is not supported by the hardware)

- Settings dialog: Pitch menu/list box improved

- Settings dialog: sample rate list box improved

- Various small improvements of the WDM driver

- WDM UFX: ADAT 2 1/2 is no longer labelled SPDIF

- FF 800 stand-alone channel 1: Limiter state is stored correctly

- Multi-client playback mixing on identical channels

- FF 400 Encoder: selecting invalid channels caused crash



- TotalMix Update (for FF 400/800):

- - 4 fader groups definable. Use 'Save All Presets' to store them to a file.

- - Undo of the last Preset loading

- - New options to deactivate the Mackie protocol and the Level Meters

- - Level Meter data added to Mackie protocol

- - Post fader mode added (Mackie: F16. On: MIDI channel 1, note on A 4. Off: MIDI channel 1, note off A 4)

- - Direct submix selection via Control Change commands (channel 1/2: BC 68/69 xx, channel 3/4: BC 6A/6B xx etc.)


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V 3.034 (12/17/2010, current firmware: 2.77 / 1.70 / 336)

- New TotalMix FX help

- Missing ADAT WDM devices added to inf file


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V 3.033 (12/03/2010, current firmware: 2.77 / 1.70 / 336)

- New TotalMix FX 0.924


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V 3.032 (11/08/2010, current firmware: 2.77 / 1.70 / 333)

- ASIO sample rate can now be changed while DIGICheck is used with the DAW software


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V 3.031 (11/05/2010, current firmware: 2.77 / 1.70 / 332)

- TotalMix FX 0.915

- Bigger buffers for Double and Quad Speed in the Settings dialog

- Fixed possible hang when changing the sample rate

- Settings for the FF 400 headphone level had been reversed in the Settings dialog

- Latency can now be changed while more than one ASIO program is used (useful for a parallel operation of DIGICheck)


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V 3.028 (10/20/2010, current firmware: 2.77 / 1.70 / 328)

- TotalMix FX 0.913

- Settings dialog UFX reworked

- Clock mode master (Internal) was not set correctly in the UFX


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V 3.027 (10/04/2010, current firmware: 2.77 / 1.70 / 328)

- Supports the Fireface UFX. TotalMix FX 0.91.


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V 3.020 (08/23/2010, current firmware: 2.77 / 1.70)

- Sonar WDM KS: 16 bit mode added


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V 3.018 (08/19/2010, current firmware: 2.77 / 1.70)

- Sonar WDM KS: workaround added to enable detection


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V 3.017 (08/17/2010, current firmware: 2.77 / 1.70)

- TMS for ASIO can be disabled in the Settings dialog

- Random delay when starting the ASIO driver fixed


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V 3.016 (06/30/2010, current firmware: 2.77 / 1.70)

- the FF 800 did not show all I/Os under WDM

- using multiple FFs the latency and sample rate setting was not synchronized in the Settings dialog

- the front/rear setting for input 1 did not become active immediately

- In clock mode slave a warning for wrong input clock is now displayed


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V 3.015 (04/23/2010, current firmware: 2.77 / 1.70)

- Removed double 24 bit entry in WDM device properties

- Changed names in inf file (caused Settings and Mixer window to be opened)

- Changed Store/Read button position (problem under XP)


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V 3.014 (04/22/2010, current firmware: 2.77 / 1.70)

- Fireface 800 had one MIDI I/O too much

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V 3.013 (04/19/2010, current firmware: 2.77 / 1.70)

- ASIO and WDM-KS sample rate change did not work as expected

- Firmware check added to Settings dialog

- Factory presets of FF 400 and FF 800 were exchanged

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V 3.012 (03/29/2010, current firmware: 2.77 / 1.70)

- New core routines, better P&P support, several BSODs removed

- Entering Standby possible even while playback active

- Improved compatibility to Windows 7 FW driver

- New Settings dialog with WDM sample rate control

- Improved WDM compatibility, Loudspeaker surround routines reworked


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V 2.9992 (01/18/2010, current firmware: 2.77 / 1.70)

- Fixed order of multiple units change across different operating systems

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V 2.9991 (12/11/2009, current firmware: 2.77 / 1.70)

- MME support removed (fireface_mme.dll)

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V 2.999 (11/27/2009, current firmware: 2.77 / 1.70)

- Under Windows 7 64 bit the red Host LED stayed lit after standby, despite correct communication with the host.

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V 2.998 (11/05/2009, current firmware: 2.77 / 1.70)

- This driver requires firmware 2.77 (FF 800) and 1.70 (FF 400)!

- New transmission mode to work around a bug in Windows 7

- Additional reset after sleep to work around a bug in Windows 7

- ADM bug fixed  for OEMs (missing initialisation when ASIO is not used)


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V 2.993 (10/13/2009, current firmware: 2.70 / 2.47 / 1.69)

- WDM: Change for Adobe Audition's DirectSound ASIO wrapper (8-channel input device removed)

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V 2.992 (10/01/2009, current firmware: 2.70 / 2.47 / 1.69)

- Bugfix of version 2.98. Driver update under XP caused crash (BSOD) at the end of the install

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V 2.98 (09/28/2009, current firmware: 2.70 / 2.47 / 1.69)

- Compatible to Windows 7 (see note below)

- Reliable stop of an ASIO thread even in difficult situations

- Process management of multiclient ASIO did not work as expected on some computers

- Settings dialog: New icons

- Settings dialog: MMCSS option removed

- TotalMix: New skin and new icons

- TotalMix: Scrolling limited to fader section, Quickpanels are fixed to the right

- TotalMix Matrix: Missing refresh when I/O labels change added

- TotalMix: Password for locking the mixer state added

- TotalMix: Bugfix Faderfox submix selection in third row

- TotalMix: Option 'Ignore I/O Labels' did not work correctly


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V 2.95 (01/30/2009, current firmware: 2.70 / 2.47 / 1.67)

- Mixer is reloaded after Standby

- Added offset of one ASIO buffer in LTC mode


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V 2.94 (12/15/2008, current firmware: 2.70 / 2.47 / 1.67)

- FF400: LTC function optimized

- FF400/800: MIDI Output performance optimized


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V 2.91 (10/31/2008, current firmware: 2.70 / 2.47 / 1.67)

- ASIO: Stop could cause BSOD in Sonar

- TotalMix: Added support for Faderfox TM1


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V 2.898 (08/22/2008, current firmware: 2.70 / 2.47 / 1.67)

- ASIO: Memory leak removed. This happened only when starting/stopping ASIO, and with the amount of the current buffer size, so usually stayed completely unnoticed.

- A forced driver installation (non Plug and Play, Legacy hardware) should no longer cause a BSOD.

- TotalMix: Over LED moved by one pixel


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V 2.896 (07/09/2008, current firmware: 2.70 / 2.47 / 1.67)

- Vista: MMCSS setting is stored and MMCSS is 'off' as default

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V 2.895 (07/02/2008, current firmware: 2.70 / 2.47 / 1.67)

- Vista: MMCSS can be disabled in the Settings / About dialog

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V 2.894 (06/16/2008, current firmware: 2.70 / 2.47 / 1.67)

- Vista: Priority handling of the audio thread improved

- Vista: New routines for the startup confirmation problem added


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V 2.89 (06/05/2008, current firmware: 2.70 / 2.47 / 1.67)

- WDM: Speaker setup defines 6 or 8 channel playback

- WDM: Pitch shift problem fixed with external clocking


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V 2.87 (05/16/2008, current firmware: 2.70 / 2.47 / 1.67)

- Support for DirectMusic MIDI added


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V 2.86 (03/04/2008, current firmware: 2.66 / 2.47 / 1.66)

- TotalMix: Support for custom bitmaps. More information can be found in the RME forum.

- TotalMix: 1 pixel offset removed on bus menu background

- TotalMix: New option 'Level Meter Text Color'

- WDM: 8-channel playback did not work correctly

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V 2.85 (02/06/2008, current firmware: 2.66 / 2.47 / 1.65)

- TotalMix: code changed to prevent crashes when changing the channel names in the mixer

- TotalMix: Names no longer appear on empty channel plates after changing labels

- TotalMix: New option 'Ignore I/O Labels'

- ASIO driver could crash when no Fireface present

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