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E-MU 0404

Internal PCI/ISA Sound Card from E-MU

Jeffouille Jeffouille
Published on 11/12/05 at 06:38
- 24-bit and up to 192kHz sampling rate! Knowing that work is already very good 24/48. S / N ratio excellent. Connectivity enough to the small home studio (2 inputs / 2 analog outputs, 2 digital inputs / outputs in RCA or optical, 1 input / 1 output noon). After all, she remains close to its characteristics of my Terratec Phase22. I changed because of the DSP and above the bundle software provided by E-Mu, I will return
- Usage: DTD for recording guitar, vocals, some synths VST
- My config info: Sempron 2500, 1GB ram, 2x40Go in Internet and a 250GB USB2 in
- My audio config: table behringer 1002; microphones Behringer Studio Project B1 + B5

UTILIZATION

- No problem, no conflict
- The manual is complete (and it remains essential reading for many take advantage of the beast, mainly management PatchMix)
- The configuration is not difficult as long as we take a little time to peel the instructions and understand how the PatchMix. Some notions advanced audio are also recommended (to know how a mixer)
That said, do not worry, a quick tutorial is provided for each sequencer (Cubase, Sonar, Ableton Live WaveLab), and factory presets allow you to quickly put Boulo

GETTING STARTED

At first the drivers do not ask me any concern and E-Mu appears to be updated regularly (unlike Terratec)
I use it mainly with Cubase SE and get the best latency with my Terratec! (7ms without stalling!)

OVERALL OPINION

This card is fantastic value! Only "black spot" Patch management is a complex mix that ... but complete! You can do everything and route the signals as you want like a real mixing desk! For example you can route the monitor to put a little reverb when recording voice (without saving the reverb of course) or better yet put a small compressor before entering Cubase history not to have too much overhead to recording. In short, the possibilities are enormous. PowerFX plug-in allows for him to use the hardware effects like any other VST standard without complicating their lives. Only restriction to enjoy the effects: having to work in 24bit/48kHz max but it's not bad!
Finally, a few weeks (or months?) It is delivered for the same price (99 €) with a software bundle dream
- Cakewalk SONAR LE
- Steinberg Cubase LE
- Ableton Live Lite 4
- Steinberg WaveLab Lite
- IK Multimedia AmpliTube LE
- SFX Machine LT
- E-MU Proteus X LE with over 1000 sounds included
Very nice initiative that makes available to all pro sequencers, albeit in "lite" version but more than adequate for amateur use (even confirmed). A nice snook at hacking (it was all for the same price!) And the policy of certain software licenses.

For my part, I bought the card because of the bundle: I was looking to acquire Amplitube Live / LE, which costs around € 100 and I fell for the card that offered me the same price in addition to everything else Amplitube!
Thank you E-MU