oss_digi96(7)

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💖 oss_digi96 — the RME Digi96 glow-up guide 💖

okay so bestie, you're in the OSS Devices section of the manual (oss_digi96(7)) and this whole page is about one thing: the RME Digi96 professional audio driver. she's a driver for the RME Digi96 family of professional audio controllers, and honestly? iconic lineage.

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

So this is the audio driver for the RME Digi96 family of professional audio controllers. Like, that's the whole job. but there's tea you need to know first:

  • Only 16 and 24/32 bit audio formats are supported. that's the menu, that's the options, no substitutions 💅
  • Every single Digi96 family member supports 32kHz, 44.1kHz, 48kHz, 64kHz, 88.2kHz and 96kHz sampling rates. the whole squad ate with that range fr fr 🌈

🎛️ MIXER PANEL 🎛️

⚠️ Note! For recording you need to set digi96.sync to INTERNAL and the values of digi96.mode and digi96.input to match your studio setup. Otherwise recordings will fail with I/O error. not a vibe. not a drill. set them first. 😭

There are several settings you can change using the ossmix program that ships with OSS. heads up though — some features don't work with all Digi96 family members. for example, ADAT mode is not supported by the base model. she's just built different (worse). 🙈

  • digi96.mode <SPDIF|AESEBU|ADAT> — this setting controls the output mode, which can be S/PDIF (consumer), AES/EBU (professional) or ADAT. the input mode gets detected automatically, main character energy honestly. and if ADAT input is detected, the output mode will be switched to ADAT automatically. (this doesn't work in the other direction — it's giving one-way street, no take-backs 🦋)
  • digi96.sync <EXTERNAL|INTERNAL> — tells you whether the playback sampling rate is based on the internal oscillator or on the sample rate detected in the input port. also, go read the definition of the digi96.worldclk setting, they're connected besties 👯
  • digi96.input <OPTICAL|COAXIAL|INTERNAL|XLR> — picks the active input. choose your fighter ⭐
  • digi96.sel <BYPASS|NORMAL> — when it's set to BYPASS, the input signal gets routed directly to the output (and it also sets digi96.sync to EXTERNAL automatically, sneaky little thing). in this mode, audio data written to /dev/dsp will be muted. so like, mute. gone. 💀
  • digi96.worldclk ON|OFF — setting this control to ON enables the optional worldclock input as the sample rate source. it overrides the digi96.sync setting, so watch out, she doesn't share the crown 👑
  • digi96.emph ON|OFF — enables/disables the de-emphasis option on the analog (monitor) output connector. sparkle on ✨
  • digi96.data <AUDIO|AC3> — specifies if the output signal is audio or AC3 data. (it sets the non-audio bit in the channel status data, for the nerds keeping score 🧚)

🌸 OPTIONS 🌸

None. literally none. no flags, no extras, nothing. we love a low-maintenance queen. 💜

📁 FILES 📁

  • /etc/oss4/conf/oss_digi96.conf — Device configuration file. that's where the config lives, periodt.

🫶 AUTHOR 🫶

4Front Technologies — the legends behind it all. ty for your service 🎀

and that's the whole page bestie!! 🍓 this manual page came to you from the OSS Devices collection, dated 11 February 2015. go forth and record responsibly, mwah 💖✨

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