Digital
AES/EBU: The UFX provides a professional AES/EBU I/O with 192 kHz support.
ADAT: Two 8-channel ADAT I/Os expand the UFX and allow a connection of two additional AD/DA converters or the insertion of effects devices and mixing consoles. Both I/Os support sample rates with up to 192 kHz (S/MUX4). Like AES/EBU, these 16 ADAT channels are available simultaneously with the analog channels. Using two external converters like the ADI-8 QS, the UFX will provide 28 analog inputs and outputs, 20 with a sample rate of 96 kHz, and still 16 at 192 kHz.
SPDIF: The second ADAT I/O can be used as optical SPDIF I/O, making the UFX connections even more flexible.
Word Clock & MIDI: A word clock input and output (BNC) with optional termination plus two MIDI I/Os complete the I/O list and turn the Fireface UFX into a professional audio system with universal usability.
TotalMix FX: The DSP-based TotalMix mixer allows fully independent routing and mixing of all 30 input and playback channels to all 30 physical outputs. Up to 15 totally independent stereo submixes plus a luxury Control Room section offer unrivalled monitoring capabilities and unsurpassed routing flexibility.
There is more: The next generation of TotalMix delivers hardware mixing/routing with lots of new features and a highly improved usability. For a seamless integration of the new features TotalMix has been rewritten from the ground up. The DSP mixer now not only matches features of high-end digital consoles but even adds the following effects on all input and output channels:
- 3-band parametric EQ plus Low Cut (up to 24 dB/Oct)
- Dynamics: Compressor/Expander
- Auto Level
The UFX provides also a separate FX send bus feeding two effect engines: Reverb and Echo. All effects work in the same way even at 192 kHz. The complete effects section not only adds a lot of flexibility to the recording chain, but makes latency burdened software dispensable. TotalMix can easily replace any external mixer, e.g. to create different latency-free monitoring mixes with EQ and Reverb for the main studio monitors and the headphone of the vocalist(s) in the recording chamber.
