Audio Interfaces
RME ASIO inputs for automatic camera switching
One RME interface on the Audio Manager machine can carry every studio microphone over a single ASIO driver. VRA reads those channels and fires the camera angle for whichever mic opens.
What VRA does with RME ASIO.
Recognised by name
VRA recognises ASIO devices named after the MADIface, Fireface and Digiface families. Check the channel order against the console routing once it is detected.
One ASIO block, the largest wins
An RME ASIO driver exposes every input on one device. VRA reads it as a block of channels; if more than one RME ASIO device matches, it uses the one with the most channels.
A trigger per microphone in one step
Accept the detected setup and choose how many channels to cover. VRA creates a trigger per channel, already bound to its device and channel, each with a placeholder command you swap for a camera angle.
Cameras cut to whoever is talking
When a mic passes its threshold, its trigger fires the camera angle, macro or playout command you gave it. Calibration measures the room's floor and the presenter's level, then sets the threshold from the gap between them.
ASIO mode is Pro, on Windows
VRA reads ASIO only when the studio's ASIO mode is on. That mode is Windows only and a Pro plan option on request.
How to set it up.
Requirements
- Audio Manager on a Windows or macOS machine that can open the RME ASIO device.
- The RME ASIO driver for the connected interface installed and working in the operating system.
- The microphones already routed to those receive channels on your console or audio network.
- ASIO mode switched on in the studio's audio settings, a Windows-only Pro plan option on request.
Install the RME ASIO driver for the connected interface on the Audio Manager machine and route the studio microphones to its receive channels.
Start Audio Manager and check that the channels appear in the studio's audio devices.
In Audio Triggers, accept the detected setup and choose how many channels to cover, or map the channels by hand. Each trigger is bound to its channel and starts with a placeholder command.
Name each trigger for its microphone and replace the placeholder with the camera angle or macro it should fire.
Calibrate each mic, quiet first and then talking, and test every microphone before you turn on automatic switching.
RME ASIO questions
Does VRA recognise an RME Babyface? +
Not by name. Recognition looks for MADIface, Fireface and Digiface. A Babyface still works as an input: map its channels by hand.
Does VRA mix or route the RME ASIO audio? +
No. Your console and audio network keep the mixing and routing. Audio Manager only reads the levels of the input channels to see which microphone is open.
Can I map the channels by hand? +
Yes. Recognition is a shortcut. Audio Manager can use any input device it can open, and you can map each channel yourself.
RME
About RME ASIO.
RME's ASIO drivers expose the inputs of MADIface, Fireface and Digiface interfaces to Windows applications with a stable multichannel layout. Audio Manager can use those inputs as individual microphone sources.
What you can do with this connection
Automated camera switching for radio
Switch cameras from microphone activity and prepare PTZ shots off air.
More infoThe products behind it.
More integrations.
RME Digiface Dante
The RME Digiface Dante brings Dante mic channels into the computer over USB 3.0. VRA recognises its channel pairs and makes each mic a camera trigger.
Dante Virtual Soundcard (VCS)
Dante Virtual Soundcard lists its channels as WDM pairs or one ASIO device. VRA reads either mode and makes each Dante mic a camera switching trigger.
Check your studio setup with us.
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