Roland DR550 drum machine

I have all the hardware connected right

Are you sure? How do you have it hooked up? List all cables involved, soundcard, mixer settings, track settings, etc.

MIDI cable in DR550 from EMU 0404.
EMU 0404 MIDI out to DR550.

You have MIDI IN on the DR550 hooked to the MIDI OUT on the Emu, right? For audio and MIDI cables, outputs always hook to inputs (never hook an input to an input, or an output to an output).

You're trying to record a pattern or a song programmed into your drum machine, right? Make sure you have HS setup as the master, and the DR550 as a slave. In HS, in Options->Project->MIDI Out, make sure the Sync is set to "Transmit MIDI Start/Stop/Continue/Clock". In your drum machine, make sure the clock is set to MIDI, and not INT or AUTO.

I agree it sounds like everything is setup properly, and that your DR550 isn't sending anything. Could be a cable problem. Try swapping cables and see if it changes anything - if you only have the two, just switch them. If it's a bad cable, then your symptoms will change.

Also try turning off the "Send MIDI Start/Stop/Continue/Clock" option and try playing the drum machine manually by hitting the pads, and see if you can record that.

Also, is this the only MIDI device you are using? You could be causing problems if there are any other MIDI devices in the loop.

Thanks for the advice. I went ahead and recorded the drum machice as an audio track. I was getting frustrated and want to get the song done. But I was thinking the other day maybe I should have used differrent drives. I have my program setup to use ASIO drivers.
Anyway thanks again.

David