Wavelab not recording audio since upgraded to E-Mu 0404

Click on the New Session Button in Patchmix. There is a preset for using Wavelab. I have to use this for Audacity as well.
It handles the routing in Patchmix and works like a charm. Remember which session you are using for your other recording purposes, as you will probably want to change it back when you are done with Wavelab.
I'm not entirely clear on what happens there, but it has to do with the routing of the signal inside the machine.
btw, that's one heck of a commute

Edit: I didn't catch the usb part the first time. I don't think you have patchmix with that.
Do you see anything that looks like a what-u-hear type of option? Basically, you want to get the wave output sent to an input. I think they simplified the interface and you don't quite have the flexibility, or complexity we have with patchmix.

Got it recording audio input via microphone - bit depth was the problem there but still not recording music played through the 0404....

x-andra

and btw as emu 0404 comes with wavelab lite, maybe there's some issue there??? i dunno, but given it comes with that, it must be able to work in wavelab, right? do you need to specify in wavelab which audio card to use - if you disable onboard sound will that force wavelab to see the 0404? try switching driver modes too...

Have done all that....wavelab is using the EMU drivers My version of wavelab (4) is maybe not able to use 24 bit but it does do 16 bit.

What I don't understand now is why Wavelab can record the 0404 output (from mic input) but not the 0404 output when the computer plays an mp3!!

any more clues?

x-andra

I confess I don't know what Patchmix is - i don't have this.

I can record directly into wavelab from my mic. I plug the mic into the 0404 and wavelab records me.

When my pc plays an .mp3 (using, say, winamp) and I ask wavelab to record it - nil.

I am confused because my previous setup did this no problem. Wavelab used to record just whatever was going through the sound card (an Audigy).

x-andra

THanks - I appreciate all the help so far. Why I'm trying to get wavelab to record an mp3 is that it's an mp3 streaming in from the internet (it's not on my pc yet)! So I cannot just open it via the file/open menu. I have to record it first!

x-andra

Hi...I don't think there are any illegalities about what I want to record. I'll contact E-MU support and see if they can advise as well as trying what you say.

Thanks

x-a

I think I found it. Unlike Patchmix, the USB version works with the Windows Volume Control.
From the manual. p35:
Can’t hear Windows Media Player in Windows
If you have, or ever have had, another audio device installed in your PC, you may
have to set the E-MU 0404 USB 2.0 as the “Default Audio Device”.
1. Open the Control Panel, then select Sounds and Audio Devices.
2. Click the Audio tab and select the E-MU 0404 USB 2.0 as the Default device
under Sound Playback.
3. Click the Volume button under Sound Playback and turn up Wave volume.
You cannot record or monitor ASIO and WAVE at the same time. The first audio
application you open controls the E-MU 0404 USB 2.0.
Lost Communication
Should you lose communication between your E-MU 0404 USB 2.0 and an audio
application (Ableton Live, Cubase, Sonar, etc.), the E-MU 0404 USB 2.0 drivers
may need to be re-selected in your application.
1. Go to your application's I/O settings, de-select the E-MU 0404 USB 2.0 for
both input and output.
2. Apply these changes and exit the dialog.
3. Re-enter the application's preference settings and re-select the E-MU 0404 USB
2.0 drivers. If this doesn’t work, the application may need to be restarted.
This is a bit different from what I am used to, but it looks like it will get you going.