Using TotalMix is easy, but you need to take a little time to understand one time the basic concept.

Quick start:
1. You assign Main Output and Phones for the control room in TotalMix
2. Easiest for starter is to use the submix mode and then to create for each hardware output (lower row)
   a submix of its own.
3. Then you can store typical setups using the snapshot buttons.
4. Save workspace, snapshot to a file so that you do not loose those settings
5. In Workspace Quick select you can save this combination in one of 30 slots for easy access.
6. if you want your interface to be initialized by TotalMix FX each time you reboot then you can
    set this option in the preferences, then you do not become asked on each reboot, whether

Then please look RME videos, they give you a very good overview, looking at these you get best overview of operation and possibilities: http://www.tonstudio-forum.de/blog/inde … al-Videos/

You can also look into the handbook.

Place a screenshot i.e. on dropbox, right click to the file on dropbox to get the external link to the file.
And this URL you use here to include an image. See the image symbol on top of the editing box.

Your Blue Yeti Pro seems to be a combined USB / XLR Microphone.
What looks strange to me is, that the Micro's XLR Output has 5 pins, normal XLR Mics have only 3 pins.

Condenser Micros require +48V phantom power...
Did you enable phantom power for the Babyface Pro Micro Input ?

The stupid restrictions on this forum dose not allow me to put more than one link in every post which is totally ridicules and stupid and dose not make any sense!!!!

Here is a link for the audio file:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ju75krhhxtx9w … n.wav?dl=0

What I hear could be background noise or noise produced by the mic itself.

I can't hear that much noise, what do you mean in particular ?

Yati Pro Interface:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/iw8k5vg8d0ye6 … e.wav?dl=0

Hi guys ..

I went to a music showroom in Dubai, and tried there my Yati Pro mic with the store's M-Audio interface using my XLR cables, and the signal was very clean and no audible noise.  I also bought a new mic, a Sure SM27 which I also tried it there with the store's M-Audio interface using my XLR cables as well.  Again, the signal was very clean and no audible noise!

I arrived Cairo last night, I tried today my new Sure SM27 with the Babyface Pro interface, and this time the noise is even worse and sounds more like a static noise!!  This indicates to me that the problem is from Babyface Pro.  Please check the audio file:

http://www.mediafire.com/file/0ezxuxx0x … e_SM27.wav

Any idea what is going on?

I did sent to support.  I am just trying to get a quicker feedback by posting here as well.

Hello,

I saw your post when searching for other people who might have been experiencing the same problem as I have encountered with the Babyface Pro unit.  First, allow me to thank you for making your post and expressing exactly what I too have experienced with this unit, difficult setup and lack of intuitiveness, and really horrible noise.  The noise at first I was beginning to think was something I must have done wrong based on all of the stellar reviews that the unit has received in addition to the incredible specs as advertised by the manufacturer.

The first problem I had was the day I received the unit I received notification stating that some units were shipped as "defective" and requesting that the interface be returned to the manufacturer for replacement.  I was upset because I waited so long to get the interface (first production run), and now I would have to wait another few weeks for a new one to be shipped..   Because the unit had such great specs and there was a buzz  about it's performance, I waited.  Sadly when the new unit arrived, I was diagnosed with cancer, and that placed my audio recording and anything non-health related on the back burner. 

When I got well, I decided to connect things and give it a try, downloading all of the new drivers, etc and going through all of the nonsense to get it working I made a close to a friend of mine (who happens to be a Grammy Award Winning Engineer and Producer) and asked him if I should turn my powered monitors down and control the volume from the monitors instead of the interface because when I turn the monitors up and try to attenuate the volume I hear this horrible hissing noise that is just unacceptable.  He told me no, the monitors should be turned up and the volume adjusted from the BABYFACE Pro...  I again did what he said, and the noise was horrible.  So he asked me if I had any other interface around that I could swap out, as a means of eliminating the fact that it could be a cable, the monitors, my computer, or the interface.  I swapped out the RME BABYFACE Pro with my Apogee One, and the noise was GONE!  So now I don't know what to do in order to get this unit replaced..  I cannot go back to the company where I purchased it because of the length of time from when I purchased it, and I don't think the manufacturer has a representative here in the US to get this resolved.  How did you resolve your noise issue, was it defective like I believe mine is too?  I'm so disappointed with this purchase. 

Thank you for reading this, and any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

It definitely sucks to get a faulty unit but there is nothing extraordinary about it, just some bad luck, covered by a warranty agreement.

Regarding "unintuitive" setup, yes, it can be so, I can understand, but at the same time it is a complicated professional device, not some toaster, so it is reasonable to expect the user to check the perfectly written manuals, watch some videos and to learn the things around.

To my ears your audio example sounds like it is indeed some background nose recorded, like from your PC fans/HDDs. Although it is impossible to tell.

Then if you sure the device is faulty - just follow the steps in your warranty agreement, which usually, to my understanding, you have with your dealer, not with RME directly, so it is how things works. It should be clearly stated if it is a repair, refund, new device, during what period, who pays for returns, etc.

RME do a great job allowing users to communicate with the developers on this forum, good luck finding it with Roland.

I'm really sorry for your bad luck. I would be upset too. But personally I hope to see myself getting some next RME device in the future and I definitely actively telling others about my extremely positive experience with RME (fingers crossed).