All user reviews of 4/5 for the E-MU APS

Posseceur this sound card for 2 and a half years, I have never had anything against him.
bits/48kHz converter 20, a multitude of I / O (6 jacks in total) and an e / s numrique.
It manages the sampling (remember that e-mu + possde one of the major, see the + big library of sounds in the world), the samples are provided ....
Finally, in short it is good to do everything (for Enquiries see the e-mu).
converter, sampling (up to 32MB), effects of good quality, but do not expect to have an emulator instead of the pc.
it turns on a system duron 700 with 192MB, 2 hard drives, no problems except for the redraw of drivers (warning windows xp: unrecognized!).

UTILIZATION

It installs without problem, the config is very ais (cubase user), it gre perfectly asio.

GETTING STARTED

See CHARACTERISTICS

OVERALL OPINION

See caractritiques

J'm'en use it on a PC config duron 1200 with 512 MB SDRAM for models (like pop rock), coupled with sonar. Level features is a bit old (16bit 48khz) but not the stuff I hope to scrape enough quality to my sound card (a 48 or 96khs breath, it's still a breath o)). level instruments, I record mostly the voice, guitar, sound module, and synths (+ some soundfonts from time to time too).
Note: DSPs are great, and real-time effects are downright useful (for my level)

UTILIZATION

It has been said, but the installation of drivers is not possible on an original config> win98. Dur. and that's a shame, because the apps included with the drivers (table mix, playing soundfonts) were frank and friendly practices.
Today, it is the site www.kxproject.com FREQUENTLY checker, which provides drivers for XP and 2000, quite powerful, but very technical: to use the DSP must be banging a virtual wiring hot enough to saisr early . good, with a little practice, you get there (fortunately, we can save their configs).

GETTING STARTED

The Kx drivers are stable, updated frequently (about once a month) and it is approaching at 4ms latency, which is very respectable, and sufficient to record a track over another without having to move. I record the songs as sonar generally have a dozen audio tracks, plus three tracks quattre noon, and arrived without any problems in re-record over one when it is necessary, or add virtual effects (reverb and company) DSP by reading out all this.
In short, nothing wrong with this view, this card is quite usable in home studio enthusiast.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for about 3 years.
the +: no brainer for the install (Kx drivers), no latency issues, very little breath, the DSPs and the many effects included with the Kx drivers (among other auto-wah terrible drivers original) + 1 4in 2outs noon, just what I need (j qd've even added a USB MIDISPORT 2x2)
and -: gallery before falling on the Kx drivers, the gallery of wiring to use DSP effects with these drivers, small cracks in the tps tps (clicks).
value for money: in enuf, this card at a price compltement abérent (4000 balls I think) while qd is even a kind of soundblaster improved, but OCCAZ, we found for 200 euros, which is reasonable.
you do again this choice: Yeah, no doubt.

4 analog inputs (expandable). Including 2 front (5 ¼ rack). It incorporates a multi-effects (compressor reverb flanger chorus echo parametric equalizers 4 ... ..) Of course everything is managed by the DSP card, so the resources of the PC is completely free. It includes a sampler (up to 512 MB with new driver I think) and runs the excellent management system samples: soundfont (made in Sound Blaster). It comes with 2 banks GM (one of the other 2MB 8MB), and many bank of drums, bass, synth, piano, etc. sample. All that sounds pretty good. The sound quality is excellent in general. The sound quality is excellent for recording too. latency is less than 10 ms.

UTILIZATION

Used with sonar HS 2004. The drivers are fairly stable (I had to reinstall 2 times for no reason)

GETTING STARTED

Okay so here begins the trouble. EMU has provided almost no support for this card. Drivers for Windows 2000/XP have 3-4 years to be available, most users already had the card to the basket, and many do not even know that new drivers are arranged, it must be said that the media always indicated that there would be no! Obviously once the junk is sold who cares! Good explanation of these new drivers is simple late, EMU has decided to return to the market for sound cards, and it was a little spot card at that price without an update. meantime there have been unofficial drivers (KX). The support by email to market as 2 or 3 years. After it tells you that the product is too old ..... You still have to say that this card was worth over 4000 F. A product of this award are expected to support a little better as a card to 500 balls. In short I am never forget the support EMU! Basically we just summarize it like this: EMU is a support made in taiwan for the price of major brand ....
The doc is in English. As always it takes a little time to master the product.

OVERALL OPINION

A good deal on occasion as many separate them are no longer hoping to have driver for Win 2000/XP