All user reviews of 4/5 for the E-MU 0404 USB

Purchased for use in a home studio with Live (mainly working with VSTi and Audio) catches her.

Asus laptop PC with i7, 6GB of RAM and 1TB of storage.

UTILIZATION

Stable drivers windows 7 64bits in use with Live 8, against cracking as soon as I used the XLR to live with the performer. A slightly larger latency (6ms) solved the problem.

I have not managed to crack with a large number of tracks, but I'm far from being efficient on this point ...

GETTING STARTED

Trouble-free installation, the most difficult was to find the driver for windows 7 (still in beta).

No need for manual, all buttons are accessible directly on the top side of the card, it is very convenient.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 2 years now, no worries except those crunches recording, solved by increasing the buffer.

I've tried other cards before a fast track pro and audiophile firewire M-Audio.

What I like most is the strength of the connection card / computer, the quality of its output (headphones or monitors), the buttons very accessible and quality péamplis.

Against by the fact that it is not self-powered by USB port imposes an additional constraint compared to other cards. But the quality of the preamp is also this aspect to be seen in relation to its own use.

In the end I am very pleased with this card in the same situation I would do this choice certainly.

The E-MU 0404 USB interface gives you a pretty good audio recording quality to your PC ( don’t think you can use with a MAC). It has a ultra low noise, and is a very well built unit. The latency is very low with Windows XP and you can overdub and record without that delay that a lot of cheaper interface has. They have built the E-MU 0404 around the whole “Plug and Play” theme because they wanted to give the customer to ability to use this device very easily without a bunch of driver problems and hardware/software configuration problems. For the short time which I had a chance to work with it , I encountered very few problems. The really only issue I encountered was when I couldn’t get Acid Pro to recognize the interface, but once I restarted the system it recognized it and the problem was solved.


UTILIZATION

Your system will need at least 256MB and 900MB of free disk space in order to be able to install the E-MU 0404 USB interface. This is a must, so double check your system before purchasing the 0404 to make sure its compatible and everything is in order. If you are using Windows XP you will have to be using Service Pack 2 if you have SP 1 you wont be able to use the interface.


GETTING STARTED

No manual was needed to install or se the E-MU 0404 interface. The setup was easy and quick, and all of the functions of the interface are easy to use and access.


OVERALL OPINION

The precision and quality of sound is average, nothing that really stands out. But what can you expect for an interface this price. I have tried several other E-MU interfaces before this one and they all provide good quality. Outside of the issue with Acid Pro recognizing it, I had not a single other issue with this on XP systems. Great buy.