Quick Start Manual

Quick Start Guide - 6
4 - E-MU 0404 PCI Card
The E-MU 0404 PCI card contains E-MU’s powerful E-DSP chip. The powerful hardware DSP on this card leaves more power
free on your CPU for additional software plug-ins and other tasks.
Connections
ANALOG
DIGITAL
Connect to
Analog
Breakout Cable
Connect to
Digital
Breakout Cable
Analog
Connector
Connect the analog breakout cable to the PCI Card.
• Connect the supplied 1/4” jack breakout cable to the analog connections of your
audio system or mixer. See diagrams on the followng pages.
Digital Audio
& MIDI
Connector
(MIDI & S/PDIF)
Connect the digital breakout cable, which provides MIDI In & Out and S/PDIF In & Out
(2-channels optical or coaxial) to the PCI Card.
• MIDI input and output ports allow you to interface any type of MIDI equipment
such as keyboards, effect units, drum or guitar controllers. The MIDI drivers were
installed when you installed your PatchMix DSP software and the MIDI ports will
appear in your system control panel under “Sounds and Audio Devices”.
• S/PDIF digital I/O can be used for the reception and/or transmission of digital
data from external digital devices such as a DAT machine, an external analog-to-
digital converter or an external signal processor equipped with digital inputs and
outputs.
S/PDIF can be transmitted and received via the RCA coaxial connectors or TOSLINK
optical connectors on the Digital Breakout Cable. Optical connections have certain
advantages such as immunity to electrical interference and ground loops. The optical
S/PDIF and RCA coaxial S/PDIF inputs cannot be used simultaneously, however both
S/PDIF outputs are available simultaneously (carrying the same signal).
The S/PDIF out can be configured in either Professional or Consumer mode with
24-bits of resolution. The S/PDIF input and outputs support 44.1kHz, 48kHz and
96kHz sample rates.