Disable EMU audio but keep MIDI?

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2010/10/10 20:13:12 (permalink)

Disable EMU audio but keep MIDI?

I am running Sonar Producer 8.5.3 on a Vista platform with 2 sound cards.  One is my Allen & Heath ZED R16 firewire mixer and the other is an EMU 1212m sound card.  The EMU audio in/out's are not used or connected to anything.  This card is only used for MIDI in/out.  I would like to disable the audio portion and the Patch Mix software but keep the function of the MIDI in/out.  If I disble the driver in Windows device manager it greatly helps reduce my latency on the ZED using ASIO but I loose my MIDI function.  Any ideas?
post edited by BretB - 2010/10/10 20:15:57

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    Jeff Evans
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    Re:Disable EMU audio but keep MIDI? 2010/10/10 20:32:00 (permalink)
    Hi Bret I have an EMU 121M but I dont think you can do what you suggest. Its all or nothing I think. Why not pull the 1212M from your system and get yourself a very simple USB type MIDI interface (eg 1 IN 1 OUT) for very little money and just use that. I am sure it wont alter your latency performnace at all.

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    Re:Disable EMU audio but keep MIDI? 2010/10/10 20:36:16 (permalink)
    +1 to Jeff's suggestion.  pull the EMU out and buy a USB/MIDI cable.

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    Re:Disable EMU audio but keep MIDI? 2010/10/10 20:38:04 (permalink)
    +1 again - $40 - 50$ should do it.

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    Re:Disable EMU audio but keep MIDI? 2010/10/10 21:31:20 (permalink)
    Like the Cakewalk UM-2G?  Low latency and I could connect both a keyboard and my E Drums?

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    Re:Disable EMU audio but keep MIDI? 2010/10/19 23:18:30 (permalink)
    Well, I pulled the EMU 1212m and installed the UM_2G today.  Seems to work great.  No more swapping cables and a lower latency on my audio.

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    Re:Disable EMU audio but keep MIDI? 2010/10/20 01:25:36 (permalink)
    Excellent!

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    Re:Disable EMU audio but keep MIDI? 2010/10/20 09:40:25 (permalink)
    I'm wondering why having the EMU 1212m sound card in your system affects the latency of the ZED R16.

    Anybody with an idea about this?

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    Re:Disable EMU audio but keep MIDI? 2010/10/23 07:59:23 (permalink)
    My guess was that the DSP sound software is running parallel to the other sound card (ZED) and slowed the overall process down.  Just a guess.  I noticed improved latency when disabling the EMU driver but I had lost my MIDI function. My current latency using ASIO at 44.1 and buffers at 256 results in "Total Roundtrip" = 14.4msec, 633 samples.  Still not great, but workable.
    post edited by BretB - 2010/10/23 08:04:03

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