The RME MADIface XT II 394-Channel Triple MADI USB 3.0 Audio Interface is the latest high-performance audio interface from RME, designed to be a workhorse in both studio and live sound applications. It boasts an impressive 394 channels at 192 kHz, making it ideal for complex recording and mixing projects where a high channel count is essential. Whether you're capturing a full orchestra, a sprawling drum kit, or a multitude of electronic instruments, the MADIface XT II has the capacity to handle it all with pristine audio quality.

Building on a Legacy, Delivering Unmatched Performance
The MADIface XT II takes everything users loved about the original MADIface XT and elevates it to a new level. It features completely redesigned digital and analog circuitry, resulting in a significant leap forward in audio performance. This translates to a higher signal-to-noise ratio and lower distortion for pristine sound quality. You can expect clear, detailed recordings and transparent mixing capabilities, ensuring your productions translate faithfully to any playback system.

Enhanced Connectivity for Seamless Integration
The MADIface XT II offers a comprehensive set of connections, ensuring compatibility with various studio setups and workflows. It includes:

Two mic/line preamps with ample gain and switchable phantom power for versatile microphone and instrument recording.
Balanced XLR line outputs for connecting to studio monitors or PA systems, providing ample level to drive professional speakers.
A powerful headphone output with increased level and lower impedance, ideal for detailed headphone monitoring even with high-impedance headphones.
MADI (optical and coaxial) for high-channel count digital audio transmission, perfect for integrating with digital mixing consoles and other MADI-equipped devices.
MIDI and AES/EBU for additional digital connectivity options, providing you with flexibility to connect to a wide range of digital instruments and processors.
Word clock input and output for precise synchronization with external devices, ensuring all your audio elements stay locked together in perfect time.
While it forgoes the PCI Express slot of its predecessor, the MADIface XT II prioritizes USB 3.0 connectivity and boasts a significantly improved Class Compliant mode. This allows for driverless operation on various operating systems, making it a plug-and-play solution for many users and eliminating the need for pre-installation of specific drivers.

Unparalleled Control and Monitoring: Unleash Your Creativity
The MADIface XT II comes bundled with a powerful software suite, empowering you to take complete control over your audio and unleash your creativity.

TotalMix FX: This DSP mixer provides extensive routing and monitoring capabilities, allowing you to create latency-free monitor mixes with EQ, dynamics processing, reverb, and delay for any output. Craft customized headphone mixes for musicians, set up independent monitor mixes for different speakers, and apply creative effects all within the intuitive TotalMix FX software.

DigiCheck Analyzer: Analyze and measure your digital audio stream with utmost precision for optimal recording quality. Identify any potential digital clipping or errors before they impact your productions.

TotalMix Remote: Control the hardware mixer and effects remotely from your computer or tablet via Wi-Fi or Ethernet. This allows you to adjust monitor mixes, tweak effects parameters, and manage routing from a convenient and familiar interface, giving you more freedom of movement around the studio or stage.

Exceptional Clocking Performance: The Foundation for Pristine Audio
The MADIface XT II utilizes RME's latest SteadyClock FS technology. This femto clock-based system minimizes jitter, a form of digital distortion, to an unmatched degree. This translates to unmatched audio clarity and stability, ensuring your recordings and mixes are free from unwanted artifacts and sound exactly as intended.

Optional ARC USB Remote for Enhanced Workflow Efficiency
For added control and a more tactile workflow, the optional ARC USB remote provides 15 assignable buttons, an encoder wheel, and a footswitch jack. This allows for easy control of TotalMix FX and various interface functions directly from the remote. Whether you need to quickly mute or unmute a channel, adjust a monitor mix level, or activate an effect with a tap of your foot, the ARC USB remote streamlines your workflow and keeps you focused on capturing the perfect performance.

The MADIface XT II is a feature-rich audio interface that caters to the needs of professional audio producers, engineers, and live sound technicians. It delivers exceptional audio quality, comprehensive connectivity for seamless integration into any studio setup, powerful software tools for creative control and monitoring, and superior clocking performance for pristine sonic results. With its versatile design and commitment to professional-grade audio, the MADIface XT II is a powerful tool that can elevate the quality of your productions to new heights.

Key Features

• High Channel Count & Sample Rate: 394 channels at 192 kHz for expansive audio handling.
  
• Improved Audio Performance: Enhanced signal-to-noise ratio and lower distortion for pristine sound quality.
  
• Increased Output Levels: Louder XLR line outputs and headphone output for greater power and flexibility.
  
• Comprehensive Connectivity: 2 mic/line preamps, balanced XLR line outputs, headphone output, MADI (optical & coaxial),
• MIDI, AES, and word clock for versatile studio and live setups.
  
• Class Compliant Mode: Supports all 394 channels simultaneously on various operating systems without requiring additional drivers for wider compatibility.
  
• Powerful Software Suite: Includes TotalMix FX for DSP mixing, routing, monitoring, and effects. DigiCheck Analyzer provides precise digital audio stream measurement. TotalMix Remote enables remote control of the mixer and effects from a computer or tablet.
  
• Superior Clocking: SteadyClock FS technology with femto clock minimizes jitter for exceptional audio clarity.
  
• Optional ARC USB Remote: User-friendly remote control with assignable buttons, encoder wheel, and footswitch jack for easy control over TotalMix FX and interface functions (sold separately).

Technical Specifications

AD, Microphone/Line 1-2
Input: XLR, electronically balanced
Input impedance @ 1 kHz: 3.3 kOhm
Signal to Noise ratio (SNR): 116 dB (AES17), 118.5 dBA
Frequency response @ 44.1 kHz, -0.1 dB: 5 Hz – 20.8 kHz
Frequency response @ 96 kHz, -0.5 dB: 3 Hz – 45.2 kHz
Frequency response @ 192 kHz, -1 dB: 2 Hz - 89 kHz
Filter: Short Delay Sharp, 5 / 5 / 6 samples delay
THD: < -110 dB, < 0.00032 %
THD+N: < -104 dB, < 0.00063 %
Channel separation: > 110 dB
Gain range: 75 dB
Maximum input level, Gain 0 dB: +18 dBu
Maximum input level, Gain 75 dB: -57 dBu
CLIP LED: 0 dBFS
SIG LED: -60 dBFS
AD, TRS
As Microphone/Line 1-2, but:
Input: 6.3 mm TRS jack, balanced
Input impedance: 6.6 kOhm balanced, 3.3 kOhm unbalanced
Maximum input level TRS, Gain 0 dB: +24 dBu
Maximum input level TRS, Gain 60 dB: -51 dBu
DA, Line Out 1-2
Dynamic range (DR): 113.5 dB (AES17), 116 dBA
Frequency response @ 44.1 kHz, -0.1 dB: 0 Hz – 20.2 kHz
Frequency response @ 96 kHz, -0.5 dB: 0 Hz – 44.7 kHz
Frequency response @ 192 kHz, -1 dB: 0 Hz – 78 kHz kHz
Filter: Short Delay Sharp, 6 samples delay
THD+N @ -1 dBFS: -105 dB, 0.0005 %
Channel separation: > 110 dB
Output: XLR balanced
Output level switchable +24 dBu, +19 dBu, +13 dBu, +4 dBu
Output impedance: 150 Ohm
DA, Phones 3/4
As DA Line Out, but:
Output: 6.3 mm TRS jack, unbalanced
Output impedance: 1 Ohm
Output level at 0 dBFS: +7 dBu

Digital Inputs
MADI
Coaxial via BNC, 75 Ohm, according to AES10-1991
High-sensitivity input stage (< 0.2 Vpp)
Optical via FDDI duplex SC connector
62.5/125 and 50/125 compatible
Accepts 56 channel and 64 channel mode, plus 96k Frame
Standard: up to 64 channels 24 bit 48 kHz
S/MUX: up to 32 channels 24 bit 96 kHz
S/MUX4: up to 16 channels 24 bit 192 kHz
Lock range: 25 kHz – 54 kHz
Jitter suppression: > 50 dB (> 1 Hz)
AES/EBU
1 x XLR, transformer-balanced, galvanically isolated, according to AES3-1992
High-sensitivity input stage (< 0.35 Vpp)
SPDIF compatible (IEC 60958)
Accepts Consumer and Professional format
Lock range: 27 kHz – 200 kHz
Jitter suppression: > 50 dB (> 1 Hz)
Word Clock
BNC, not terminated (4 kOhm)
Switchable internal termination 75 Ohm
Automatic Double/Quad Speed detection and conversion to Single Speed
SteadyClock guarantees super low jitter synchronization even in varispeed operation
Not effected by DC-offsets within the network
Signal Adaptation Circuit: signal refresh through auto-center and hysteresis
Overvoltage protection
Level range: 1.2 Vss – 5.6 Vpp
Lock range: 28 kHz – 200 kHz
Jitter suppression: > 50 dB (> 1 Hz)

Digital Outputs
MADI
Coaxial via BNC, 75 Ohm, according to AES10-1991
Output voltage 450 mVpp
Cable length: up to 100 m
Optical via FDDI duplex SC connector
62.5/125 and 50/125 compatible
Cable length: up to 2000 m
Generates 56 channel and 64 channel mode, plus 96k Frame
Standard: up to 64 channels 24 bit 48 kHz
S/MUX / 96k Frame: up to 32 channels 24 bit 96 kHz
S/MUX4: up to 16 channels 24 bit 192 kHz
AES/EBU
XLR, transformer-balanced, galvanically isolated, according to AES3-1992
Output level Professional 4.0 Vpp
Format Professional according to AES3-1992 Amendment 4
Output level Consumer 2.0 Vpp
Format Consumer (SPDIF) according to IEC 60958
Single Wire mode, sample rate 28 kHz up to 200 kHz
Word Clock
BNC
Max. output voltage: 5 Vpp
Output voltage @ 75 Ohm termination: 4.0 Vpp
Output impedance: 22 Ohm
Frequency range: 28 kHz – 200 kHz
Digital
Clocks: Internal, MADI In, Word Clock In, AES In
Jitter suppression of external clocks: > 50 dB (> 1 Hz)
Effective clock jitter influence on AD and DA conversion: near zero
Input PLL ensures zero dropout, even at more than 100 ns jitter
Supported sample rates: 28 kHz up to 200 kHz
MIDI
1 x MIDI I/O via breakout cable
3 x MIDI I/O via MADI
Separate 128 byte FIFO for input and output
MIDI state machine in hardware for reduced interrupt request load
Invisible transmission via User bit of channel 56 (up to 48 kHz)
Invisible transmission via User bit of channel 28 (up to 96 kHz)

General
Power supply: external power supply
Typical power consumption: 9 Watts
Current at 12 Volt operating voltage, idle: 750 mA (9 Watts)
Dimensions incl. rack ears, full depth (WxHxD): 265 x 44 x 159 mm (10.5" x 1.73" x 6.26")
Dimensions without rack ears, body depth (WxHxD): 215 x 44 x 130 mm (8.5" x 1.73" x 5.1")
Weight: 1.03 kg ( 2.2 lbs)
Temperature range: +5° up to +50° Celsius (41° F up to 122°F)
Relative humidity: < 75%, non condensing
Included power supply: Internal switching PSU, 100 - 240 V AC, 2 A, 24 Watts