All user reviews for the E-MU 0202 USB

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What technical characteristics have motivated your choice?

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External sound card
Price
2 among mono / 1 stro exit monito + multimedia output

(Better than the single m-audio fast track competitor model)
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For what purpose?

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Home studio / computer music (com / Prod)

Multimedia (listening music, film, video games ...)
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What is your config (Map mother / CPU / Ram / Hard, ...)?

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New: Gigabyte EP45T-UD3P DDRIII / Core2Duo E8400 / 2GB DDRIII Gskill / Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB, 32MB / MOTU mk3 Ultralie

Former CM compaq, AMD Athlon XP 1200Ghz Ram 768 MB DDR / Maxtor 60GB / multimedia sound card "can"

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Which instruments and systems (console, prampli, DTD ...) you use it and how connections?

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In the period, or I used the card: only software, and some samples taken headsets rotten ...


USE

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Are the drivers stable?

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Not really

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Are they often put day?

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Not
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What software do you use most often?

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Reason, Wavelab ...

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How many tracks you record / play simultaneously?

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records: 1 (no test 2 ^^), but with a big foul breath
read: complete project

Caution: for recording go your way, audio in, really mediocre


IMPLEMENTATION

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The installation being done without problem?

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Yes

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Have you encountered the incompatibilits?

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On my old config, has suffered level cpu resources, setting apart the sound quality, the built-chipset or my little basic multimedia card were more efficient level conso cpu / drivers

On my current config: I had a couple of pretty blue screens (chipset's built-dsactiv in bios)

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Is Gnrale configuration is easy?

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Yes

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Is the manual clear and sufficient? ...dropoff Window

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Yes


NOTICE GLOBAL

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How long have you use it?

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I had used the card a few months, I currently have a Motu ultralite mk3, the 0202usb is in its box, case, as emergency card / Troubleshoot

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What is the particular feature you like best and least

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+ Price
+ Output stro "parallle" multimedia that well dpanne
+ His compar Its built-in chipset of a computer
+ Compact
+ Direct monitoring
+ Software bundle that may well dpanner
+ Headphone volume facade

- Stabilit drivers / config cpu performance for lightweight
- USB port of the quality
- Quality of Pramp / audio converter in
- Control of direct monitoring (knob strange without stumbles)
- No audio routing / control software = 1 or 2 fader.
- No volume Main facade out in ...
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Have you tried many other models before acqurir?

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Not
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How do you report qualitprix?

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Honorable

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With experience, you do again this choice? ...dropoff Window

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No: becaufe my first PC config was deprecated
Yes: with correct pc but not in order to have a cheap asio card for small computer music session only software (without using the in audio so)

NB: we talk about audio card of range, I had no more than 90 euros to ...

Then I summarize for those who have problems with this card ... for me it works fine in win7 64bit should be with my experience:
1) disable the device manager the USB line or USB hub to allow the device to suspend its food for energy savings.
2) put your pc in maximum power mode not in the eco power management go into the advanced options and disable suspend this device for eco energy.
With these tips my card works fine and I get on a laptop HP 2009 i3 2330m 9ms latency without rowing nexus with reference Sylenth1, ableton live 9 etc. .... Everything works perfectly
Your stalls are due to the fact that usb is not at its maximum power and micro usb cuts to save energy crash the driver for my part I use driver version 1.40 beta ÉMU and especially that your machine is optimized for audio win7 zapped some services and voila.

UTILIZATION

Yes for my machine even my quad core desktop pc
Not often last date 2010.

GETTING STARTED

For me everything is ok
No manual with beta drivers

OVERALL OPINION

3or4 years know more
Not that I had no other means
The sound is more than adequate
Very good value for money for the time

I use it just for listening and an input for recording my voice!

UTILIZATION

Quick and no problem!
the manual is clear!

GETTING STARTED

At the moment there is no update of drivers!!
I am listening to a single track at the same time I save!

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for two days and I have a problem with!
with a preamp lunnar tp -01 I use for my mic and I connected directly to the entrance of the emu have a lot of breath!
and when I mounted the volume of entries almost at max there are a lot of noise and breath!
I do not know if this is normal or not?
in all cases with this defect it does not help me and counting the preamp is 270 euros which are useless (and not I count not the microphone!)
decus ..... so I'm hoping to find a solution to these problems ....

I DCID to buy emu 0202 usb for these characteristics of chantillonage 24bits/192khz.
use I wanted to do is, register myself with my bass, and have input / output jacks 6.35.
I have a toshiba m70-168, DD 80 Go, I'll ram 1024 augmentbr /> has 2 gb.
low, and mixer behringer UB502.

UTILIZATION

The installation was not without bp 5 mns and hop turns, and the online manual for a product well prcis amricain.

GETTING STARTED

The driver is stable, although I wanted to download the latest update which dates from February 07 but I have not seen any difference with the foun on the CD, r.

I installed Cubase LE, and I put AmpliTube and ableton I encounter a pb reconnaissance license with ampitube although I have no serial?
Cubase LE works well and the only thing I can not make him read is midifile files, it loads and I hear no sound from
the mtronome, I read the two docs, one of cubase and emu nothing to do?

Finally I wonder if the software version of Mao delivered his
complte or not?

latency for the time I was lais is 10ms for me or you prfrais I do not in agreement with my bass playing.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 15 days.
and really boost the sound of the PCHE as I read mp3 or audio file, Cubase, or whatever.
yes I try and buy Tapco USB aussito r-send to the seller
a true m. ...!
98 of 10 fdp Thomann wants the people that price, if I had had time I would price the 0404 usb worth the double in the + in, out south, but I think c cot chantillonage kif, kif bouricot.

yes I repeat this choice has fdpin 108 worth of the top and, as saying the pub has a great all.

- What technical specifications motivated your choice?

Price, 2 inputs, and direct monitoring, the USB connection and the size

- For what purpose?

computer music only!

- What is your config (motherboard / CPU / Ram / Hard ,...)?

Processor Dual Core 2.0 Ghz 3GB RAM 5400 rpm HDD

- Which instruments or Systmes (console, prampli, DTD ...) you use it and how connections? ...
Connects to the PC with either a guitar (with effects pedals), a microphone, or a collection outdoor source (sampler, BR)

I put 8 because the point. It's not cheap manufacturing level, accessible entrances, and all functional!

Be careful, you can believe that between XLR is available, but it is a delusion, for against the 0202 comes with an adapter jack / XLR ...

UTILIZATION

- Installation is it without problem?
Yes no problem! CD player required

- Have you experienced any incompatibility?
None.

- The configuration gnrale is easy?
Yes it's plug and play so trs simple. A small adjustment of peripherals in Cubase and go

- The manual is clear and sufficient? ...
I did not read more than once but there is no information overload.

GETTING STARTED

- The drivers are stable?
Home yes! I ddi pc after a computer music which only ca (no network card, antivirus, firewall or other eating resources)

- Are they often put day?
Not had the opportunity to test but srieuse Emu is a box so there is no reason.

- What software do you use most often?
Cubase.

- What you get lag?
10 ms ...

- How many tracks you get record / playback simultanment? ...
After 6 or 7 with VST, the pc galre!
Otherwise, I know if it's 0202 or cubase but sometimes the PC dropped the case, Cubase simply disappears and a (more or unfortunately) reboot is (are) needed!

OVERALL OPINION

- How long have you use it?

4 months but I use it daily in computer music ts

- What is the particular feature you like best
The ease of functionality for the rapid understanding of the bazaar and the price

The least?
RAS! The color can be!
The output level not adjustable!
The interface which is really nothing (but really eh! It just allows to know if the card is connected or not)

- Have you tried many other models before acqurir?
I had a TonePort UX1 (sold but much more delicious because of Gearbox) and I had some expriences with SB Audigy LE: D!

- How do you report qualitprix?
Excellent especially since the bundle is uniquely provided: Cubase, Sonar, Ableton, Amplitube, only versions lights but gives a broad overview of the tools of computer music. Excellent when beginners in this world where there plthore possibilities for each element of the string registration!
on the other hand long term, it will end in another card a little more "robust" functionally and physically speaking ...

- With the exprience, you do again this choice? ...
Yes or I would take the 0404 that has "more" interesting!
MOTU or if j'tais blind sub!

FYI, the link to the site builder ( http://www.emu.com/products/product.asp?category=610&subcategory=611&product=15186&nav=technicalSpecifications )

Between 2 jack, and USB.
no spdif ect ...
damage no midi in out

UTILIZATION

Installation 10 minutes.

GETTING STARTED

I use two tracks simultaneously and plugs qq
trs drivers not stable, I've let the latency below 10 because the sound s'altre! if
2 you lose you go down low acute ect.
the bundle of software version limits not useful.

grapefruit and a fair bit converter, it's a shame.

OVERALL OPINION

1 month of use
the +: auto feed by usb.

the -: preamp a bit tight.
not very stable as all creative essaybr emu /> bundle software useless.
too much latency
I do not would do the same choice.
I am glad to have tried chang APRS 0202 and 1212
that is not his best at the plant and more.

I also bought a MAUDIO and edirol
for my pc and it works without problem driver no prob
the sound is much better and does not include the latency.

- What characteristics have motivated your choice?
Uh, nothing special, may be fairly comprehensive to begin, direct monitoring. The primary endpoint was the price, but it is not technical ...

- For what purpose?
Listen, Music, VSTS only, but sometimes guitar galley ...

- What is your config (Motherboard / CPU / Ram / Hard ,...)?
- Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz, 4GB DDR2 RAM, Hard 5400 rev / min

- Which instruments and systems (console, preamp, DTD ...) you use it and how connections? ...
Nothing at all ... I also regret the fact that no connection washables midi ...

UTILIZATION

- The installation is done it without problems?
Say yes, but I had a previous config of huge problems with ASIO drivers, I could not decendre below 200ms latency ... mmx same drivers worked better ...

- Have you experienced any incompatibilities?
Yes recently with xp via bootcamp ...

- The general configuration is easy?
Yes, almost nothing to configure

- The manual is clear and sufficient? ...
Not read

GETTING STARTED

- The drivers are stable?
At each launch of Live, I played the map 3sec crash, I had to restart it, then more problems ... Now under XP via bootcamp on mac, sound crash constantly, every 3 sec, though I restarted the map, that does not solve the problem

- Are they often updated?
Almost never ... E-mu support takes a week to answer, and often with stupid questions as I had often already answered these questions in my first shipment ... Genre: "I turn on XP machine machine, my card has such a problem and as long latency" response: under what system you are? How you get lag?

- What software do you use most often?
Live with a lot of VSTS / effects

- What you get lag?
In "good day", 10ms with 5 instruments not consume the masses ... Beyond I spend 15 to be quiet. For large sets, spin rapidly by ca ... my card has planted countless times, in those moments, 40ms to be quiet ...

- How many tracks you get to record / play time? ...
According to the latency hardware chosen based on the resources used: 10ms at 40!

OVERALL OPINION

- How long have you use it?
Since a year and a half, it is now burned, I give my opinion here for the discouraged at all costs ...

- What is so special that you like most and least?
+: Direct Monitoring
-: No MIDI connections, card not very stable

- Have you tried many other models before buying it?
No, unfortunately

- How would you rate the quality / price?
Bad, even with such a small price ... I had the galleys endless with this card ...

- What characteristics have motivated your choice? The sampling frequency of 192kHz which is not common in this price range and confidence in the brand EMU. - For what purpose? computer music mainly live recording of songs and games Video from time to time. - What is your config (Motherboard / CPU)? HP Motherboard, CPU AMD Turion 64 - With which instruments or systems you use it and how connections? ... microKorg synthesizer, expander by JV1010 Jack connectors

UTILIZATION

- The installation is done it without problems? Few problems when I moved in with a friend, no problem under Windows XP at the beginning, however, requires that you install the drivers when the card is plugged in and turned. - Have you encountered incompatibilities? No inconsistency found with the mode WDM, ASIO drivers by running against the very evil in Live, WaveLab, energyXT (incessant crackle even increasing the latency in an exaggerated manner) ... - The general configuration is easy? Very easy, nothing to do but set the recording levels. - The manual is clear and sufficient? ... The manual is not necessary.

GETTING STARTED

- The drivers are stable? Stables yes, but slow and rotten. They cause cracking or random saturation ASIO mode, even with a very large buffer size. - Are they often updated? Never and that's the problem. MAC drivers seem to be less buggy than those available for Windows but begin to age and are compiled for a PowerPC architecture, if I remember correctly - What software do you use most often? EnergyXT, Live and Audacity - What you get lag? About 8 ms when the card is in great shape.

OVERALL OPINION

- What is so special that you like most and least? The ease of setting standards and monitoring live that can be used in conjunction with the playback, which allows you to 'mix' the return of a expander with the audio stream without using a table, I like also the 'ground lift' that allowed me to solve many problems with my laptop. The supplied software bundle is rotten, as demos versions or very limited in their use. It should also turn on the PC for the monitoring works. In WDM mode, no recording capability. - How do you price / quality ratio? The value for money sucks because the drivers are bad, I bought it anyway € 100 new. - With experience, you do again this choice? ... Not because of the incessant crackling that makes the card almost unusable in Windows XP.

What technical specifications motivated your choice? For what purpose? What is your config (motherboard / CPU / Ram / Hard ,...)? Which instruments or Systmes (console, prampli, DtDs ...) you use the connection and how? * ...

So first of all the price t dcisif clearly a factor. As yet LYCEN, and therefore not pay, I had to find a quality product at the lowest cot, this card silent solution.

My goal silent can record my guitar and my drums electro and mix with all other virtual instruments.

My config: AMD Athlon 3000 +, 512 MB RAM, Windows XP SP2. A basic pc for several years bought in supermarkets.

I have plugged my logitech 2.1 kit and my guitar jack connections. Know that there is a port xlr I do not use.

However, it lacks a MIDI port, but it n'tait certainly not possible for the same price.

UTILIZATION

The drivers are stable? Are they often put day? What software do you use most often? What latency you get and how many tracks you get record / playback simultanment? * ...

Drivers trs stable and extremely simple to install. Few days up I think.
I use most often cubase. Mo silent nLast project consists of two MIDI tracks and 10 audio tracks. I started feeling some limitations, surely put on the account of my pc configuration.

GETTING STARTED

Installation is no problem it? Have you experienced any incompatibility? Gnrale The configuration is easy? The manual is clear and sufficient? * ...

Installation very simple and quick handling thanks to the manual trs.
Please refer to the Cubase LE bundle and a tutorial PDF that tells you how to do basic things such as configure the card, record, etc ... In short, in ten minutes you'll master the bte

OVERALL OPINION

How long you use it and what is the particular feature you like best and least? Have you tried many other models before acqurir? How do you report qualitprix ? With the exprience, you do again this choice? * ...

I use it for 6 months is my Premire card. I am discovering the joys of home studio, I have no point of comparison, but for beginners as I shut it a few months ago I strongly advise trs.
With xprience may be I will try to find a card that includes a MIDI port.

Most:
Price, two entries 6.35/mini jack jack, all knobs on the front, discretion, grip, stability.

The -:
Lack of "characters" of which I had the prampli to beginners. I do not know if this exists but it would be really nice to be able t custom settings <img class="smiley" src="https://fr.audiofanzine.com/images/audiofanzine/interface/smileys/icon_lol.gif" alt="" /> .
The USB cable can be a bit short.

I was looking for a small external sound card with 2 inputs to start the computer music.
I used it mainly to make a combo mic + guitar.

Config: Core 2 Duo 3.6GHz, 4GB ram, seven 64-bit

UTILIZATION

Drivers stable.
Record 2 tracks simultaneously without problems
Latency of around 6ms.

GETTING STARTED

Installation simplicime.
Some problems desynchronizations XP, which disappeared after passing under seven.

OVERALL OPINION

Is what is asked.
Never had a problem with, yet I abused, it's solid ^.
Never understood what the purpose of the monitor volume knob ... never worked with me.
We would love input XLR / jack instead of XLR / JACK + JACK.
Preamps correct.

Prices, output monitor + multimedia output, 2 inputs my (1 stereo) preamp ...
PC, Intel c2dE8400, Gigabite EP45-UD3P; BlackCaviar WD 640GB 32MB, 2GB DDRII (current config)
This card was purchased until they could offer me better (this is done for a long time ago)
used with Reason

UTILIZATION

The drivers they are stable: NO

They are often updated: NO

Soft: Reason

Latency: time (I remember, but with these drivers crap, I rather not better be a little greedy)

I tested only one

GETTING STARTED

trouble free installation

I met a lot of blue screens, a "floral" config on two very different ...

General configuration ultra easy

Manual: perfect

OVERALL OPINION

I no longer use this card, I keep it to help me in case, has the opportunity

I used it a few months

A good point that there was the bundle comes with: WaveLab Lite, Cubase LE, Ableton Live 4, Sonar etc. ...

bad point: the very poor performans of drivers of machines .. The breath unbearable input audio quality - preamp (but at this price ... normal ^ ^)

value for money: a little extra in the competition, I am sure we have good drivers correctly coded, but the time was the best compromise function for money for me

With experience, I would save more to buy a real sound card.

I am a singer / songwriter and I write about instrumentals (reggae)

I wanted a sound card to connect via USB which I have an XLR microphone input (because there is one XLR).

Output jack of 6.35 for direct attack of studio monitors.
Top!

I came from a project with a motu 1202 and I wanted the same facility but easier.

pc intel core2 duo 2 ghz 2 gb ram

UTILIZATION

Accustomed to Cubase, I tried came with Sonar LE. Since I paid for an update and I work only with that.

I do not exceed 5 tracks when I add the vocals.

GETTING STARTED

The first box did not work, the seller was not proud. It was one of the first he sold.

Then everything was installed nickel.
plug n play (music) yeah you can say it!

OVERALL OPINION

I never left her. I plug in and sing. Once when I want studio quality; guess? I'm going in the studio.

I've read reviews where she cracks! not with me
I connect, I sing point. When I see now dearest card rca output, I think I have a great card. Too bad that the outputs are not balanced.
See ya!

mandelson@<span class="skimwords-unlinked">bandcamp.com</span> (if I may say so)

(Originally written by frankk/translated from Audiofanzine FR)
Two 1/4" jack inputs, and USB.

No Spdif, etc.

No Midi in/out... it's a pity.

UTILIZATION

It takes only 10 minutes to install.

GETTING STARTED

I use two tracks at a time plus some plug-ins.

The driver is not very reliable. I set the latency at 10 because the sound is altered with lower values! If

you set it to two, you'll notice frequency losses, etc.

The software bundle contains only limited versions so it's useless.

The preamp and converters sound only ok. It's a pity.

OVERALL OPINION

One month of use

Pros: power supply via USB.



Cons: Average preamp sound.

Not very stable like all Emu Creatives I've tested.

Useless software bundle.

Latency time too high.

I wouldn't buy it again.

I'm happy I replaced it after testing a 0202 and a 1212...

both of which sound no better and are even less stable.

That's the reason I bought an M-Audio and an Edirol.

They work seamlessly with my different PCs, and their drivers are reliable.

They sound much better and the latency time is not audible.