The RME Fireface UFX III is the center of any multitrack studio, handling up to 94 channels I/O with ease. Its unprecedented flexibility, compatibility, the inclusion of DURec Direct USB Recording, and RME’s famous low latency hardware and driver designs guarantee flawless operation in any mode and application. Packed with professional features, including SteadyClock FS, MADI I/O 64 channels, a powerful DSP, USB 3.0 full 94 channel I/O Class Compliant ready, TotalMix FX, Direct USB Recording, and support for the Advanced Remote Control USB that is available separately, the Fireface UFX III is the professional’s preferred tool for multitrack recording, mixing, and mastering. The Fireface UFX III is based on a newly developed analog and digital board. While the analog board offers, for example, DC-coupled analog outputs as well as new AD and DA converters with improved THD plus N value, the digital board also enables interesting new features thanks to updated high-tech components. Powerful USB 3 Performance The front panel of the Fireface UFX III provides four high-performance XLR/TRS combo inputs for microphone, instrument, and line signals, two stereo headphone jacks with plus 19 dBu output level, MIDI I/O, and a USB port. In combination with the DURec function Direct USB Recording, the USB port allows independent recording of selected input and output signals up to 80 channels to a connected USB storage medium. The rear panel reveals the full connectivity of the Fireface UFX III. Besides another MIDI I/O, the two optical ADAT I/Os, an AES/EBU I/O, and eight balanced analog outputs with line level including XLR stereo monitor outputs are available. With the new Multi-Mode, the two ADAT I/Os can be used as separate optical SPDIF inputs and outputs in addition to the AES I/O. Furthermore, the Fireface UFX III offers an optical MADI interface SC with 64 bidirectional channels. The word clock connectors BNC work as additional coaxial MADI input and output if required. Comprehensive MADI Connectivity The Fireface UFX III opens the doors to a host of RME and 3rd party digital and analog I/O solutions. Expanding your analog channel count, the ability to route/mix within the digital domain through numerous sources presents many flexible options. Multiple external MADI devices can also be connected in series. To further enhance MADI flexibility, the Fireface UFX III boasts some typical RME-style features. For example in USB 2 mode, which is limited to 30 channels I/O 12 analog plus 16 ADAT plus AES, the MADI I/O is still available via RME’s integrated hardware mixer TotalMix FX. Word Clock I/O BNC can be switched to MADI I/O coaxial, and a special split mode even supports the use of both MADI I/Os simultaneously, with 32 channels each on optical and coaxial.