RME Fireface UCX 36 Channel 24 Bit 192kHz High-End USB and FireWire Audio Interface

I got the RME Fireface UCX to free up my Sound Devices USB Pre 2 for location work and also to provide more I/O for my home studio.The UCX is a versatile, stable, extremely clean, durable, and relatively compact (1/2 rack space) audio interface. It is very well built and has quite a bit of easily accessible I/O for its size. Installation is very straightforward, a firmware update was needed out of the box which can only be done via USB meaning both Firewire and USB drivers are required even if you will only be using Firewire for operation, all of which are available on the RME website. With drivers installed the UCX shows up immediately (I'm currently using it with a Mac mini running OSX 10.10 and ProTools 11) and the TotalMix software starts automatically. TotalMix is quite flexible, has more features than I am using in my current setup, provides zero latency pass thru monitoring, and could be extremely useful for things like standalone operation. The UCX will operate bus powered on Firewire, but requires the included external power supply to run on USB, a second FW port (preferably FW800/9-pin) would have been nice for daisy chaining but it is a small unit already packed full of connectors. Audio is absolutely noise and glitch free all the way to 192kHz and there's lots of internal and external clock options. The single front panel encoder/push button could be a bit limited for standalone operation, but it works great as a studio monitor level control. I highly recommend the UCX as a high quality compact studio interface. It would also be excellent as a location recording interface, though it would be a good idea to create presets with TotalMix if you will be using it standalone (without a computer). There are less expensive interfaces that come bundled with plugin packages (TotalMix has a limited number of effects available) but I think the audio quality, build quality and rock solid driver stability make the UCX a better choice. If you need additional DSP, something like the Universal Audio interfaces would be worth considering, but for a top quality dedicated interface the RME is hard to beat.

This is a great piece of gear. I use this for mobile application and it's big brother the UFX in the studio. A serious interface for pros and for the passionate home studio. I use with a windows pc via a silver USB2 interconnect. The drivers are absolutely stable. Totalmix is a great, easy to use user interface. Brilliant. That said, I would like to see Ethernet or USB3 connectivity neither of which are available as of this writting.

I have used countless RME fireface products and it's first time I cannot load drivers on computer for this units to work. I kept it fore more than 6 months keep trying out on other computers but all the same. Waste of a lot of money!

Good Price for a very proffisional audio interface, specially that I can choose to connect it via USB or FireWire

Simply the best quality sound for PC audio interface Better than UC that comes with USB 2.0 only, but UCX model has USB 3.0

Absolut professionelles Interface, das den oftmals verpönten USB - Ausgang zur genialen Leistung anspornt ! ( Um dies in blumiger Sprache zu formulieren ) Beste Ware. Einziger Wermutstropfen, dass zu wenig Platz für die XLR Ausgänge vorhanden ist. Meine Herren Techniker, wäre es nicht möglich, diese Verbindungen um 10 Millimeter weiter auseinander zu situieren ? Bitte mitdenken. Das ist der einzige Grund für vier Sterne, ansonsten zehn Sterne !!!

So far excellent - Quality

Scheda audio Pro, per chi ama i dettagli e il suono fedele e pulito. Il prezzo per la Rme è sicuramente considerevole pe chi è alle prime armi in fatto di music making. Nonostante ciò leggerete ovunqu dell'estrema qualità e solidità della scheda. Unico neo: il pin dell'alimentazione è un pò debole ed è molto facile che si stacchi dalla scheda , quando lo toccate. Trovo anche molto poco intuitivo e macchinose le regolazioni tramite lo knob anteriore; per il resto offre decisamente molto.

Very Good