RMP-D8 Operations Manual
RMP-D8 Operations Manual
Operations Manual
Important Safety Instructions
1. Read these instructions. 20. NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the
2. Keep these instructions. limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules.
3. Heed all warnings. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against
4. Follow all instructions. harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment
5. Do not use this apparatus near water. generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not
6. Clean only with a dry cloth. installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause
7. Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no
manufacturer’s instructions. guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation.
8. Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television
stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce heat. reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and
9. Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized or grounding-type on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or
plug. A polarized plug has two blades with one wider than the other. more of the following measures:
A grounding-type plug has two blades and a third grounding prong. • Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
The wide blade or the third prong are provided for your safety. If the • Increase the separation between the equipment and the
provided plug does not fit into your outlet, consult an electrician for receiver.
replacement of the obsolete outlet. • Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from
10. Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched particularly at that to which the receiver is connected.
plugs, convenience receptacles, and the point where they exit from the • Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for
apparatus. help.
11. Only use attachments/accessories specified by the manufacturer. CAUTION: Changes or modifications to this device not expressly
12. Use only with a cart, stand, tripod, bracket, or PORTABLE CART
approved by Rupert Neve Designs LLC, could void the user's authority to
table specified by the manufacturer, or sold with WARNING operate the equipment under FCC rules.
the apparatus. When a cart is used, use caution 21. This apparatus does not exceed the Class A/Class B (whichever is
when moving the cart/apparatus combination to applicable) limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus as
avoid injury from tip-over. set out in the radio interference regulations of the Canadian Department
13. Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or of Communications.
when unused for long periods of time. ATTENTION — Le présent appareil numérique n’émet pas de bruits
14. Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel. Servicing is required radioélectriques dépassant las limites applicables aux appareils
when the apparatus has been damaged in any way, such as power- numériques de class A/de class B (selon le cas) prescrites dans le
supply cord or plug is damaged, liquid has been spilled or objects have réglement sur le brouillage radioélectrique édicté par les ministere des
fallen into the apparatus, the apparatus has been exposed to rain or communications du Canada.
moisture, does not operate normally, or has been dropped. 22. Exposure to extremely high noise levels may cause permanent hearing
15. This apparatus shall not be exposed to dripping or splashing, and no loss. Individuals vary considerably in susceptibility to noise-induced
object filled with liquids, such as vases or beer glasses, shall be placed hearing loss, but nearly everyone will lose some hearing if exposed to
on the apparatus. sufficiently intense noise for a period of time. The U.S. Government’s
16. Do not overload wall outlets and extension cords as this can result in a Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has specified
risk of fire or electric shock. the permissible noise level exposures shown in the following chart.
17. This apparatus has been designed with Class-I construction and must According to OSHA, any exposure in excess of these permissible limits
be connected to a mains socket outlet with a protective earthing could result in some hearing loss. To ensure against potentially
connection (the third grounding prong). dangerous exposure to high sound pressure levels, it is recommended
18. This apparatus has been equipped with a rocker-style AC mains power that all persons exposed to equipment capable of producing high
switch. This switch is located on the rear panel and should remain sound pressure levels use hearing protectors while the equipment
readily accessible to the user. is in operation. Ear plugs or protectors in the ear canals or over the
ears must be worn when operating the equipment in order to prevent
19. The MAINS plug or an appliance coupler is used as the disconnect permanent hearing loss if exposure is in excess of the limits set forth
device, so the disconnect device shall remain readily operable. here:
Block Diagram 1
Front Panel 2
Rear Panel 3
RMP-D8 Features 4
Network Connectivity 5
OLED Display 6
Dante Controller 8
Gain Compensation 10
Yamaha ID 16
Specifications 18
Limited Warranty 19
Rupert Neve Designs RMP-D8 DanteTM Microphone Preamp
Thank you for purchasing the Rupert Neve Designs RMP-D8. We hope you enjoy using this product as much as we
have enjoyed designing and building it. The RMP-D8 represents the culmination of several years of analog and digital
development, successfully merging custom-designed Rupert Neve Class-A analog circuitry, high-quality 24-bit Analog
to Digital conversion and DanteTM network audio connectivity. This unit takes advantage of transformer coupling in the
analog path to give the RMP-D8 its unique sonic profile. The combination of these performance characteristics allows
the Rupert Neve Designs RMP-D8 to find itself equally comfortable in both live venue and studio applications.
PHANTOM
+48V
1 of 8 CHANNELS
MIC/LINE INPUT
2
+ -14dB
+
3
+
-3dB
- MIC-
PAD HPF
GAIN CTRL
- MIC+
NETWORK
PRIMARY
ETHERNET
BROOKLYN II SWITCH
SECONDARY
ADC DAE
AES OUTPUTS
POLARITY DIT
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RMP-D8 Front Panel
HPF -10
OLED display indicator for OLED display indicator
HPF in/out status for PAD in/out status
Power Power Supply Status High Pass Filter Channel Select 1 - 8 GC Line
Power On/Off Indicates PSU-A and Engages an 80 Hz Buttons allow user to OLED display Toggles Line input mode:
Button PSU-B power status 12dB/Octave high pass individually select indicator for Gain - Limits gain to +30dB
filter on the selected channels 1 - 8 Compensation - Disables Phantom Power
channel - Engages -10dB PAD
P+ Channel Select
OLED display indicator OLED display
Polarity for polarity indicator for
Inverts phase of the 0˚(P+) or 180˚(P-) selected channel
selected channel
CONFIG RESET
Selects between different Resets and disengages all
configuration and menu front panel settings on all
screens channels
LOCK
Indicates front panel
lockout status
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RMP-D8 Rear Panel
CAUTION
Risk of Electric Shock 7-8 5-6 3-4 1-2 Rupert Neve Designs, LLC
Disconnect from outlet
PSU - A before removing cover Model RMP-D8
POWER
AES DIGITAL OUTPUTS
100-240 VAC
NETWORK
PSU - B 50/60Hz 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
150 Watts
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RMP-D8 Front Panel Features
Eight Segment LED Channel Metering
The RMP-D8 is equipped with 8-segment Bargraph LED meters for each input channel (1 through 8). These meters are
scaled to represent a Quasi-Peak Programme (PPM) metering ballistic for optimal resolution. The front panel metering
indicates the post ADC level in digital full-scale level from -60dBFS to 0dBFS.
LINE
Engaging LINE MODE on the RMP-D8 automatically selects the following features:
• PAD is engaged by default (-10dB)
• Phantom Power (+48VDC) is disabled to prevent potential fault conditions
• Individual channel gain is restricted to a maximum of +30dB to prevent potential input overload
RESET
If the RESET button is pressed on the RMP-D8 front panel, the user will be prompted with the following message on
the front panel OLED display:
Rotate the ADJUST encoder wheel one detent clock-wise until the OLED screen prompts “YES.”
Press the RESET button again to accept the changes. The RMP-D8 will fully reset to its default state (all features disen-
gaged and channel gain settings reset to 0dB).
PRESS IN and HOLD down the ADJUST rotary encoder (STEP 1). While holding the ADJUST encoder down, press the
RESET button once (STEP 2). The LOCK icon will appear on the bottom middle of the OLED display indicating successful
front panel lockout. To disengage front panel lockout at any time, repeat steps 1 and 2.
+36dB
Channel 1
P+ LOCK
LOCK
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RMP-D8 Network Connectivity
The RMP-D8 has a Primary Dante Network Port as well as a redundant Secondary Dante Network Port. The Primary
Port provides the main Dante Network connectivity, as well as connection to Dante Controller running on your PC or
MAC.
Note: A Gigabit Ethernet switch should be used to make all Dante network connections. See Audinate’s Gigabit Ethernet
switch recommendations available on their website.
The RMP-D8 Secondary Dante Network Port is available for Redundant network applications, acting as a failsafe if the
Primary Network fails. All Secondary Dante Network connections must be made through a separate Gigabit Ethernet
switch.
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RMP-D8 OLED Display
The RMP-D8 utilizes a front panel OLED display screen for multiple menu functions. The default operational screen will
show the current status of the selected channel, including: Channel Gain, +48V Phantom status (+48), PAD status (-10),
Polarity status (P+), HPF status (HPF), Front Panel Lockout (LOCK), and Gain Compensation status (GC).
+36dB
Channel 1
P+ LOCK GC
In addition to front panel status indication for a selected channel, the OLED display also shows configuration menus,
which can be accessed by repeatedly pressing the CONFIG front panel button directly underneath the OLED display
screen.
Pressing the CONFIG button once will bring up the SYSTEM info screen:
System
FW: v00.01.14
PS A: +24.46V
PS B: +24.85V
TEMP: +33.5°C
Pressing the CONFIG button a second time will bring up the Primary Network IP and MAC Address screen:
Primary
169.254.
142.151
Primary
00:1D:C1:
10:D5:B6
Pressing the CONFIG button a third time will bring up the Secondary Network IP and MAC Address screen:
Sec.
172.31.
142.152
Sec.
00:1D:C1:
10:D5:B7
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Pressing the CONFIG button a fourth time will bring up the Dante Software/Firmware info screen:
Dante
SW: v 3.10.2
Build: 2
FW: v 4.0.2
Build: 2
Pressing the CONFIG button a fifth time will bring up the Yamaha ID edit screen (see Yamaha ID section - page 16):
Yamaha ID:
OFF
EDIT?
NO
Pressing the CONFIG button a sixth time will bring up the Dante ID info screen:
Dante ID
Device Name:
RND-RMP-D8-10
D5B6
Pressing the CONFIG button a seventh time will bring you back to the standard operational status screen.
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RMP-D8 and Dante Controller
In order to configure sample rate, bit depth, and Dante network audio routing, you will need to run Dante Controller
on your PC or MAC computer. The RMP-D8 will identify in Dante Controller with the same Dante ID as seen on the
OLED display in the Dante ID configuration menu.
In order to change the RMP-D8 sample rate, bit depth, and pull-up/pull-down settings, double click on the RMP-D8
Device name in Dante Controller’s routing tab to open the Dante Controller Device View Window.
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Within the Device View Window, click on the Device Config Tab:
Within the Device Config Window, the user can adjust sample rate, bit depth, pull-up/pull-down and latency settings:
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RMP-D8 Gain Compensation
The RMP-D8 has an available Gain Compensation (GC) mode that can be engaged on a channel by channel basis.
RMP-D8 channels 1 through 8 are successively mirrored to RMP-D8 Dante Transmit channels 9 through 16 in Dante Con-
troller. These mirrored outputs appear in Dante Controller on channels 9-16 identified as ‘RMP-D8 Channel 1 GC Output’
through ‘RMP-D8 Channel 8 GC Output’ and are output at an audio level which is pre-set to be 6dB below the set gain
on each channel. This -6dB offset provides additional digital signal headroom to avoid clipping the gain compensated
outputs. These mirrored channels can then be utilized as gain compensated outputs on a channel by channel basis by
activating GC, once the desired nominal gain for each channel is set:
Setup:
Before entering gain compensation mode, adjust each channel’s gain to the desired nominal gain level for the given
input signal. Enter gain compensation mode by PRESSING and HOLDING the channel select button on the desired
channel or by toggling the function on the remote user interface. Once gain compensation is engaged, the correspond-
ing mirrored Dante Transmit channel will maintain a consistent level, compensated within a range of +/- 12dB of the
primary channel being adjusted.
+36dB
Channel 1
P+ GC
Gain Compensation
Channel 1 Engaged
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Application:
This feature becomes useful in the event that the FOH engineer needs to make a gain adjustment to a specific RMP-D8
channel (Channels 1-8), but does not want to affect the mirrored transmit channels going to the monitor engineer
(Transmit Channels 9-16).
Example:
If Channel 1 is set to +36dB Gain before entering gain compensation mode, Channel 9’s signal level will be 6dB below
Channel 1.
Once Gain Compensation is engaged on Channel 1, Channel 9’s level will maintain its gain setting as long as:
• The adjustment range does not exceed the +/-12dB Gain Compensation limits
• The required digital headroom is available to prevent clipping
In this example, the mirrored GC channel will remain at a +30dB gain level as long as the FOH engineer doesn’t adjust
the gain range beyond +/- 12dB of +36dB: the value that was set when GC mode was initially engaged.
Note: If the FOH engineer were to increase Channel 1’s gain beyond +/- 12dB, Channel 9’s gain compensated output
would subsequently follow in 1dB increments.
Gain compensated outputs cannot exceed the limits of the 0 - 60 dB gain range available on the RMP-D8.
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Initial Connection
Once the application is open, click on the DISCOVER button. This button will scan for all available RMP-D8 units that
are currently active on the network. The ServerIP drop down menu will list all succesfully discovered RMP-D8 units by
their IP address.
Once the correct RMP-D8 is selected from the drop-down ServerIP menu, click the TCP CONNECT
button.
A successful connection will be indicated by a “Connect Successful” message in the run-time dialog window.
To confirm which RMP-D8 is currently connected, the user can click on the IDENTIFY button. This will prompt the
RMP-D8 to flash all eight channel select buttons repeatedly on the RMP-D8 front panel, until the IDENTIFY button is
deselected.
After verifying successful connection, the user should click on the RECALL button to recall the current status of all the
features on the selected RMP-D8.
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After pressing the RECALL button, the GUI will update all current features engaged and settings on all eight channels.
To connect to a different RMP-D8, click on the TCP CONNECT button a second time to disconnect.
Connected Disconnected
Once disconnected, navigate to the ServerIP dropdown menu, select the IP address of another RMP-D8 and click the
TCP CONNECT button once again to connect to the newly selected RMP-D8.
Once the TCP CONNECT button is illuminated and a “Connect Successful” message has been received, click on the
RECALL button to recall the current status of the connected RMP-D8.
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Basic Application Operation
Clicking once on any channel’s gain knob will make that channel’s gain knob active (highlighted). Clicking repeatedly
on the channel gain knob will increment the channel gain by +1dB for each click. The user can also click in the box
directly below the channel gain knob and type in the desired value for quick and precise gain adjustments.
The rest of the channel features are explained in other sections of the manual. For reference, the various features that
can be engaged in the application are graphically shown below.
+48V -10dB PAD 80Hz HPF Polarity Gain Compensation Line Mode
(Page 2) (Page 2) (Page 2) (Page 2) (Page 11) (Page 4)
Note: When Line Mode is engaged in the application, the available Channel Gain range indicated is limited to
+30dB and the PAD is automatically engaged.
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Application Front Panel Lockout
In addition to the RMP-D8 front panel button combination for Front Panel Lockout (see page 5), the user can also
remotely lock the Front Panel within the application:
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Changing the RMP-D8 Yamaha ID
Using the OLED display, navigate to the Yamaha ID edit menu screen by pressing the CONFIG button five times.
Yamaha ID:
OFF
EDIT?
NO
The RMP-D8 will prompt the user to EDIT the Yamaha ID. The default Yamaha ID is set to “OFF” and the EDIT prompt
defaults to “NO.” To EDIT the Yamaha ID number, rotate the ADJUST wheel one detent clock-wise until the EDIT prompt
says “YES.” Press the CONFIG button to accept the change.
Yamaha ID:
OFF
EDIT?
YES
ADJUST
The RMP-D8 will then prompt the user to assign the Yamaha ID number. Rotate the ADJUST wheel to change the Ya-
maha ID number (in this example it was changed to ID 1). Press the CONFIG button to accept the Yamaha ID change.
EDIT EDIT
Yamaha ID Yamaha ID
OFF 1
The RMP-D8 will then prompt the user to confirm the SAVE of the new Yamaha ID. Press the CONFIG button to save
the Yamaha ID EDIT. The RMP-D8 will then show the new Yamaha ID prefix on the Dante ID menu screen. Press the
CONFIG button once more to return to the main operational screen.
Dante ID
Device Name:
Y001-RND-RMP-
Save Edit? D8-10D5B6
YES
Press CFG to COMMIT
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RMP-D8 USB Firmware Update
Field Update Procedure:
1. Power ON the RMP-D8 and press the CONFIG button once to take note of the current firmware (FW) version on the
SYSTEM screen.
2. After confirming the current FW version, power the RMP-D8 OFF.
3. Plug a USB flash drive with the most recent “image.hex” file into the FIRMWARE UPDATE USB A port on the RMP-D8
rear panel.
4. PRESS and HOLD Channel 1 and Channel 8 “Channel Select” buttons (STEP 1). While holding Channel 1 and 8
channel select buttons, power on the RMP-D8 (STEP 2).
5. The RMP-D8 button LEDs will start to flash. At this point, release the Channel 1 and Channel 8 channel select
buttons. The LEDs will stop flashing once the new application code has finished loading. The RMP-D8 will subse-
quently boot up in standard operating mode.
6. When the RMP-D8 has finished it’s standard boot sequence, turn the RMP-D8 OFF and remove the USB Flash Drive
from the FIRMWARE UPDATE USB port.
7. Power the RMP-D8 ON again.
8. When the RMP-D8 has finished its boot sequence, press the CONFIG button once to verify that the new firmware
version has been successfully updated.
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RMP-D8 Specifications
Noise 150 Ohm Balanced Source, AES Output, 22 Hz to 22 kHz, un-weighted
20 Hz -0.5 dB
40 kHz +0.2 dB
Gain 0 to 60 dB in 1 dB steps
Pad -10 dB
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PRODUCT WARRANTY
Rupert Neve Designs warrants this product to be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one (1)
year from date of purchase, and agrees to remedy any defect identified within such one year period by, at our option,
repairing or replacing the product.
WARRANTY SERVICE
If you suspect a defect in this product, please call us at 512-847-3013 or email us at [email protected] to discuss
the suggested defect (it is possible that a suspected defect could be due to improper usage) and to obtain a return
authorization number. It shall be your responsibility to pay for shipping the product to us, and, if the product is
determined to be defective, our responsibility to pay for shipping the product back to you.