RMEBabyface Pro FS
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New retail price (MSRP)
$699
Used market: $420*
Specifications
7 of 12 values have a recorded source- Type
- Audio Interface·
- Bus powered
- yes·
- Maximum gain
- 65✓
- Analog inputs
- 2x XLR (Mic/Line) · 2x 1/4" TS (Line/Instrument)·
- Analog outputs
- 2x XLR Balanced · 1/4" TRS Headphones · 3.5mm Headphones·
- Digital inputs
- USB-C · TOSLINK Optical In (ADAT / SPDIF)·
- USB power draw
- 3.7✓
- Headphone output
- 3.46 Vrms, 10 Ω·
- Maximum input level
- 8✓
- Maximum sample rate
- 192✓
- Phantom power provided
- yes·
- Indexable Locales
- en·
Expert Audio Engineering Commentary
Headroom notes
RME publishes no EIN at all - only signal-to-noise (113.7 dB RMS unweighted, 117 dBA). The two are not interchangeable: SNR is referenced to full scale, EIN to the input.
Gain staging
-11 to +65 dB of gain: the range starts below unity, which is unusual and useful with hot line sources. 65 dB covers an SM7B with a little to spare, and the PAD moves the maximum input level from +8 to +19 dBu.
Amplification Warning
Two separate headphone outputs with different amplifiers: the 6.3 mm jack gives +13 dBu (3.46 V) at 10 Ohm output impedance for high-impedance headphones, the 3.5 mm gives +7 dBu at 0.1 Ohm for in-ears. Choosing the wrong socket costs either level or neutrality.
Setups using this gear
* Estimated with the depreciation fallback (~60% retained value).