e-mu 0404 --please need yor opinon

[tmr]

hi guys!
i'm happy to be a member of this great fourm!

i have to chose between two sudio system drivers:

1. the E-mu pCi 0404- its quit old model but steel has nice qulity
E-MU Systems - 0404 PCI - PCI Digital Audio System

2.the second one is preety much the same but it has usb connecotion
http://www.emu.com/products/product....Specifications

are the difrences are big? becasuse the second one costs double price so i want to be sure i make the right choice....

[L.M]

I have a E-mu pCi 0404 I have to have around 14 ms (latencies i cubase4) or else I have dropouts I have to quantise everything i do so don't buy it.

[Phatfokker]

Originally Posted by tmr

hi guys!
i'm happy to be a member of this great fourm!

i have to chose between two sudio system drivers:

1. the E-mu pCi 0404- its quit old model but steel has nice qulity
E-MU Systems - 0404 PCI - PCI Digital Audio System

2.the second one is preety much the same but it has usb connecotion
E-MU Systems - 0404 USB 2.0 - USB 2.0 Audio/MIDI Interface

are the difrences are big? becasuse the second one costs double price so i want to be sure i make the right choice....

Dont buy anything from emu systems dont dont dont
I built a studio using 2 1212m using 2 computers one of the 1212m came with emulatorx plus a xboard25 none of the gear lived up to the spin but worse the support is dire dfegad
I sent my 1st email stating problems and pc specs the only email I received was asking what problems were and the spec of my computer doh that was 01/11/09.
Still no support .I contacted the store I bought this crap from and explained that the gear didnt do what it says on the emu site , support is part of the deal when you buy so I got a refund according to uk consumer laws
emu systems are now owned by creative and to be honest I wouldnt use any creative even if it was free
I think that creative bought emu to use emu hardware reputation and try and kick it with the big boys roland korg etc they donttutt
If you havnt bought a card the esi juli@ its got balanced/unbalanced/spdif/midi and its cheap and depending on your computer spec and setup you can use you sequencing software to route busses and dsp

[Old Goat]

I have used both the 0404 PCI and USB models (still have the USB), and run SONAR with no problems except I had to update the drivers.

I'm now using an E-MU 1820, and it's performance is excellent so far. As long as I do my part, it does what it's supposed to do.

[yuk]

They are diffrent..
0404 USB doesn't have patchmix DSP which makes 0404PCI unique,
but it has physical controler and Mic/Hi-z inputs instead.

I have an E-MU 1820m PCI(which share same audio driver with 0404 PCI)
It works fine at lower latency (less than 4ms) in my circumstance.

if you need Mic/hi-z inputs, you should choose 0404USB or Tracker pre,
otherwise 0404PCI is enough to run DAW applications.

[Old Goat]

Originally Posted by yuk

They are diffrent..
0404 USB doesn't have patchmix DSP which makes 0404PCI unique,
but it has physical controler and Mic/Hi-z inputs instead.

I have an E-MU 1820m PCI(which share same audio driver with 0404 PCI)
It works fine at lower latency (less than 4ms) in my circumstance.

if you need Mic/hi-z inputs, you should choose 0404USB or Tracker pre,
otherwise 0404PCI is enough to run DAW applications.

Yeah, Patchmix is a pain in the ass for me, but I've learned to work with it. Forgot to mention that I used an ART pre with the 0404 PCI.