Sound card installation question (E-MU 0404)

Hi there,

I just got the E-MU 0404 sound card, which I am excited to use. Looking through the instructions, I'm somewhat worried about the installation. It says you have to "disable onboard sound". Googling that mentions stuff about the motherboard.

Is it enough to go into the Device Manager and disable/uninstall the sound board there? It's just your basic Dell with a Creative basic sound card. I don't care about re-installing the creative once I get the 0404 in (not sure why you'd want to) but I just want to get the EMU in.

Has anyone done this install? How did you do it? I just reformatted and updated my PC and I don't want to screw it up at this point! Any help is appreciated.

thanks

Tom

You would only go into the BIOS if you have an integrated motherboard soundcard to disable it in order to freeup a physical IRQ. Since you've stated that it's a Creative basic soundcard - I'm assuming a Creative SoundBlaster Live, first uninstall all the Creative software. Rebooth the computer and then shut it down. Open up the computer and remove the Creative SoundBlaster card and replace it in the same PCI slot with the Emu 0404. Follow the instructions carefully in the manual and install the Emu software.

You can download the latest upgrade to the drivers and PatchMix, and also tutorials for the 0404 at this link:

http://www.emu.com/support/files/download2.asp?Centric=764&Platform=1

PS: Be careful and ground yourself. Static electricity can ruin your PC big time.

Yes, you can uninstall it from the Device Manager. Unless you're going to use the game port, I'd uninstall that too.

Why do people think the only place to buy electronic supplies is Radio Shack? My experience is that RS is the absolute WORST place to buy anything. They sell crap and the salespeople don't know squat about what they are selling.

You want cables or adapters? Go to Best Buy or Circuit City or better yet... go to Musician's Friend and have it delivered right to your house. You'll save gas and aggravation and you'll get a better product than anything you'll get from RS.

Hmm, for some reason I didn't notice you had an actual soundcard.
Guess I fixated on the "onboard" comment.

Hi there,

Ok, so I got it installed, however I have no sound! :) Well, that's probably because my powered speakers are not hooked up. So I hooked up the analog piece, and I see that it takes 1/4" inputs for the sound out.

I have a pair of Audix powered speakers that have a cord like so (apologies for the blurriness)



Looks like they are 1/8". Can anyone tell me what kind of adapter I need to get? I have a Best Buy right down the street I can go to, I'd like to have some idea of what I am looking for before I go, although I suppose I can bring the cord and wire harness with me...

Edit: One other question - there were two cords attached to my old sound card that the E-MU seemingly didn't need/want. Was that for system sounds? Is that why I have no sound at all right now - even out of the PC speaker? I assume now the only way I can get sound out is to get my Audix speakers hooked up?

Thanks

Tom

I'm sorry! - What I showed in the picture are the connectors from my SPEAKERS. Those need to connect (I assume) to the analog OUTs of the E-MU. The E-MU has what appears to be 1/4" connectors.

So somehow my RCA from the speakers need to connect into the 1/4" of the sound card. I'm unaware of what kind of connector allows such a connection.

Great - thank you!

I have an Emu 0404. What you have shown in the picture are left and right male RCA connectors. What you need is two 1/4" male to RCA female adapters to connect to tha Emu 0404 1/4" female left and right connectors. Check the link below. You'll need two of that.

http://us.st11.yimg.com/store1.yimg.com/I/usrecordingmedia-store_1885_8226516

EDIT: Okay, I see you already bought the adapters.

Did you remove the old soundcard?
Since you were using a Creative card before, and are now using a Creative Professional card, the Creative drivers might cause conflicts.

You should physically remove the old card, and uninstall the old drivers, then reinstall the newest version available for the EMU card. (PatchMix 1.81 - Driver 1.82)

Then, once all is set, go in and select ASIO mode in Cakewalk.

If you've done any/all of this, then I'm out of ideas..

Did you rebooth the computer after the installation of drivers and updates? You'll have to learn how to configure PatchMix. When using Home Studio with this soundcard, it's best to place HS in ASIO mode. In the 0404 tutorial that's in the link I gave above, there's instructions on how to set up Cakewalk's audio sequencers.

Also download the 0404 Stereo product Default Session for WDM and ASIO applications. Extract it and place it in the My Sessions folder which was created in My Documents folder. At the top of the PatchMix interface, there is a "Load New Session" icon. Click on it and load the 0404 Stereo product Default.session file.

I did indeed reboot both times. I'll take a look at that link.

Is the 0404 Stereo product Default Session at the same link you gave?

Thanks

Down at the bottom under "Sessions".

Forget about iTunes at the moment. Play a CD using Windows Media Player and report back on how it plays.

I have to agree that the salesepoeple at Radio Shack are lost with this stuff. I wouldn't buy anything but adapters from them.
As for Proteus, I muddled through this one and found the way.
Go to Start>Programs>Cakewalk>Cakewalk VST Adapter 4.
The Wizard will come up.
Click Next.
VST Plug in Search Path will come up.
You should see C:\Program Files\Steinberg\Vstplugins.
Your Drive may be different depending on your system.
Click Next.
You will see VST Plug-In Configuration.
Highlight ProteusXLE.
Click Next.
Now, in HS, Click Insert>DXI Synth>VST>ProteusXLE.
Everything but "All Synth outputs" should be checked.
Click OK.
Proteus should open in HS. If you need more MIDI tracks, insert them, and assign the inputs as you need them.
For I-Tunes, many apps do not respond well to hardware changes. I have had to reinstall many programs after changing video and audio cards. Most likely I-Tunes is looking for the hardware that was in place when it was installed.
It looks like you have the patches and physical connections under control. Keep going, you're almost there.