With the Fireface UCX II, RME condenses the Fireface expertise into a 9.5-inch/1U format designed for mobile rigs and demanding studios. This version modernizes the legendary UCX with SteadyClock FS, a color display, integrated DURec, and DC-coupled outputs, while maintaining the reliability, low latency, and routing flexibility that have made the brand renowned.
Producers, sound engineers, touring musicians, podcasters, and content creators will benefit from a robust interface ready for multitrack recording, reamping, live performance, and broadcast. The ADAT expansion facilitates adding external preamps, Word Clock ensures professional integration, and the ?class compliant? mode opens the door to lightweight setups with tablets.
The 24-bit/192 kHz converters combined with SteadyClock FS minimize jitter at the source to preserve transients, stereo image, and depth. The result is reliable monitoring and consistent recordings, even when synchronized to external digital sources.
On the front panel, two mic/line preamps on XLR combo connectors and two digitally controlled line/instrument inputs cover vocals, DI, and synths. At the rear, a set of ten balanced line I/Os plus ADAT, AES/EBU, S/PDIF, and Word Clock integrate into any ecosystem. TotalMix enables matrix routing and independent monitor mixes in an instant.
DURec directly captures all inputs and outputs to a USB stick or external drive without a computer. Ideal for stage, rehearsals, ambient recording, or session backup in the studio, supporting storage up to 2 TB.
The color display simplifies navigation, level monitoring, and main volume control. The dedicated headphone output ensures precise monitoring, while compatibility with the optional ARC USB remote control offers quick operation in the control room. DC-coupled outputs allow control of modular systems via CV/Gate.