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E-MU 0404 Digital Audio System
24-bit/192kHz Pro Sound Card

EMU 0404 Sound Card showing all the I/O connections

Digital Audio System that Delivers Professional Performance at an Unbeatable Price!

The E-MU 0404 Digital Audio System delivers everything you need to produce audio on a PC with professional results – pristine 24-bit/192kHz converters, hardware-accelerated effects and mixing, and seamless compatibility with your favourite PC audio/sequencer software. E-MU Systems has teamed up with the Creative Advanced Technology Center, a world leader in ASIC and algorithm development for PC Audio, to develop the new line of Creative Professional hardware interfaces that stand toe-to-toe with the most advanced and expensive audio systems in the world.

I/O Configuration:

  • 2 x 24-bit/192kHz 1/4" analogue Inputs
  • 2 x 24-bit/192kHz 1/4" analogue Outputs
  • 24-bit/96kHz digital S/PDIF I/O
    (coaxial or optical - switchable to AES/EBU)
  • MIDI In/Out

The E-MU 0404 Digital Audio System is a great budget solution for delivering the best from your music and audio applications including: Cakewalk SONAR, SONAR 2, SONAR 3, SONAR 4, SONAR 5, Cakewalk Pro Audio, Guitar Tracks Pro, Home Studio, Steinberg Cubase VST, Cubase SX, Cubase SL, Cubase SE, Nuendo, Wavelab, Emagic Logic Audio, Adobe Audition, Syntrillium Cool Edit Pro, Cool Edit Pro 2, Sonic Foundry Sound Forge, Acid, Samplitude, Propellerheads Reason, Ableton Live, Image Line FL Studio (Fruityloops) and other multitrack music software.

NEW: Now ships with E-MU Production Tools Software bundle which includes SONAR LE, Cubase LE, Ableton Live Lite and much much more

SONAR 5 Upgrade Special for SONAR LE Owners

Overseas buyers please email ask@etcetera.co.uk
for shipping costs

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Platform:

Microphones

Speakers
Cables



Features

  • Pristine 24-bit, 192kHz converters and flexible connectivity with 1/4" analogue I/O, 24-bit/96kHz digital S/PDIF I/O (coaxial or optical - switchable to AES/EBU), and MIDI I/O for seamless integration with your entire studio
  • E-DSP 32-bit Multi-effects Processor offers you over 16 hardware-accelerated studio-grade effects simultaneously with no CPU overhead – plug-in
  • architecture allows you to add new effects as needed
  • 32 Channels of zero latency Hardware Mixing/ Monitoring with super-flexible virtual patchbay – no external mixer needed
  • Full compatibility with most popular audio/sequencer applications with ultra-low latency WDM, DirectSound and ASIO 2.0 Drivers
  • I/O Configuration:
    • 2x24-bit/192kHz 1/4" analogue Inputs
    • 2x24-bit/192kHz 1/4" analogue Outputs
    • 24-bit/96kHz digital S/PDIF I/O
      (coaxial or optical - switchable to AES/EBU)
    • MIDI In/Out
  • Powerful software studio package included:
    • Windows 2000 and XP Drivers
    • E-MU PatchMix DSP
    • E-MU E-DSP FX Library
    • E-MU Production Tools Software bundle which includes SONAR LE, Cubase LE, Ableton Live Lite and much much more
  • E-DSP Hardware-accelerated Effects, Mixing and Monitoring:
    E-MU's Digital Audio Systems feature the powerful E-DSP chipset, which features a hardware-accelerated effects processor with over 20 effects plug-ins (over 500 presets). This effects architecture is fully expandable, allowing you to add more effect plug-ins to your system as needed. E-DSP also provides zero-latency, hardware-based mixing and monitoring via the included PatchMix DSP mixer, delivering unmatched flexibility in routing audio between all of your physical and virtual (ASIO/WDM) inputs and outputs- no external mixer needed.

All Digital Audio Systems ship with the following Effects Plug-ins:

1-Band Para EQ 1-Band Shelf EQ 3-Band EQ
4-Band EQ Auto-Wah Chorus
Compressor Distortion Distortion
Freq Shifter Leveling Amp Mono Delay 100
Mono Delay 3000 Stereo Delay 100 Stereo Delay 1500
Phase Shifter Rotary Speaker Simulator
Stereo Reverb Vocal Morpher  


Click on the MP3 samples below to hear some of these Plug-ins in action. Each MP3 sample starts with an uneffected instrument/vocal recorded clean using the Digital Audio System, followed by the same instrument/vocal with effects. (these MP3's are between 300K and 900K each).

Acoustic Guitar (Chorus/Reverb) Acoustic Guitar.mp3
Bass Guitar (Compression/EQ) Bass Guitar.mp3
Drum Kit (Compression/EQ) Drum Kit.mp3
Electric Guitar (Distortion/EQ/Speaker Simulator/Delay/Reverb) Electric Guitar.mp3
Electric Piano (Phase Shifter/Reverb)  Electric Piano.mp3
Fat Synthesizer (Flanger/Delay/Reverb)  Fat Synthesizer.mp3
Soprano Sax (Reverb) Soprano Sax.mp3
Synthesizer Bass (Chorus/Reverb) Synthesizer Bass.mp3
Synthesizer (Vocal Morpher/Delay/Reverb) Synthesizer.mp3
Vocalist (EQ/Delay/Reverb) Vocalist.mp3

Specifications

  • Sampling rates include 44.1/48/96/192 kHz @ 16-24-bit.
  • Analogue input:
    • Unbalanced
    • 20 Hz — 20 kHz (+0.20/-0.10 dB)
    • 3.3 kOhm input impedance
    • 100dB THD+N (1 kHz @ —1 dBFS)
    • Crosstalk less than —120dB (1 kHz @ —1 dBFS)
    • SNR (A-weighted): 111dB
  • Analogue output:
    • Unbalanced
    • 20 Hz — 20 kHz (+0.20/-0.10 dB)
    • 560 Ohm input impedance
    • 100dB THD+N (1 kHz @ —1 dBFS)
    • Crosstalk less than —109dB (1 kHz @ —1 dBFS)
    • SNR (A-weighted): 116dB
  • Size 156x107 mm size

Package Includes

  • E-MU 0404 PCI card
  • analogue I/O breakout cable
  • Digital I/O breakout cable
  • Quick Start guide
  • Operation Manual on CD-ROM
  • Creative Professional Software CD-ROM
  • Windows 2000 and XP Drivers
  • E-MU PatchMix DSP
  • E-MU E-DSP FX Library
  • NEW: Now ships with E-MU Production Tools Software bundle which includes
    SONAR LE, Cubase LE, Ableton Live Lite and much much more

E-MU Production Tools Software Bundle

Cakewalk SONAR LE - Audio/MIDI Production
SONAR LE is production environment for Windows that provides musicians with a host of potent features that include: 64 audio and 256 MIDI tracks; 24-bit/192kHz recording support; 14 studio quality real-time effects and 6 MIDI effects; audio loop construction tools; dynamic console view; multi-port graphical drum grid editor; multitrack piano roll view; staff notation; ReWire 2.0 support; DirectX/DXi and VST/VSTi support; MIDI clock and MTC slave; Cyclone DXi groove sampler; Audio Simulation's Dreamstation soft synth DXi; and more. Registered owners of SONAR LE will be able to upgrade to the full version of SONAR for a special price at www.etcetera.co.uk/sonar

Steinberg Cubase LE - Audio/MIDI Production
Cubase LE is a powerful music software workstation that offers: 48 audio and 64 MIDI tracks; 24-bit/192kHz professional audio quality; a full set of audio effects plug-ins; LM-7, VB-1 and USM virtual instruments; and MTC, MIDI-clock and VST System Link support.

Ableton Live Lite 4 for E-MU Systems - Audio/MIDI Production
Ableton Live is the music-production solution that allows you to spontaneously compose, record, remix, improvise and edit your musical ideas. Live brings your acoustic, electronic and virtual instruments, as well as your digital audio recordings, together in a single interface with unparalleled ease of use. Live's specialty is composition by improvisation. Record musical ideas, combine or create new songs, and compose on the fly, and offers complete multitrack recording and editing for any acoustic source, hardware synthesizer or software instrument.

Steinberg WaveLab Lite - Audio Editor
WaveLab Lite is the only all-in-one solution for high resolution audio editing, mastering, CD burning and for complete audio production. WaveLab Lite is not just a top level mastering tool, it also offers capabilities for multimedia, sound design with samplers, and other applications.

IK Multimedia Amplitube LE - Guitar Amp & FX Modeling Plug-In
AmpliTube® is a powerful plug-in for guitar players that puts a virtually unlimited array of tones and effects at your fingertips. AmpliTube's stomp-box, post-effects and amp simulation capabilities make it easy to craft everything from rich, vintage tones to unique cutting-edge

IK Multimedia T-RackS EQ - Mastering EQ Plug-in
(Not included in 0404/Proteus X)

The T-RackS® EQ was especially developed for mastering - no other single software processor sounds like
T-RackS and none makes mastering so easy by enhancing mix frequencies. T-RackS has been created with algorithms based on real analog circuitry, which is why T-RackS sounds so similar to real analog audio hardware, and so unique when compared to other software. T-RackS also delivers high order 32-bit floating point resolution and uses the best possible method to physically model analog components, resulting in an amazingly real tube sound.

discWelder BRONZE DVD Audio Authoring
(5 burn Trial version included in 0404/PX upgrade)
Minnetonka Audio Software's discWelder™ BRONZE, is an award-winning basic DVD-Audio authoring program that allows users to deliver surround and high-resolution audio on DVD-Recordable media. With discWelder BRONZE, the you can import all Linear PCM formats supported in the DVD-Audio specification, including surround (up to 6 channels of 24-bit, 48kHz audio) and high-resolution stereo (two channels of 24-bit, 192kHz audio). Surround and stereo tracks may be used on the same disc, in WAV or AIFF file format, and discWelder-burned media will play on any DVD-A player that supports DVD±R/RW. discWelder BRONZE is brilliantly simple to use, and can burn DVD-Audio discs utilizing inexpensive DVD±R/RW drives. So, whether you are making commercial releases, creating high resolution reference discs, archiving your analogue tape or vinyl or simply consolidation you CD collection (with seven hours of CDs on one DVD) discWelder offers tools for every level of DVD-Audio Authoring.

SFX Machine LT - Audio Multi-effects Plug-in
SFX Machine LT is a powerful audio multi-effects plug-in for musicians and sound designers, featuring 21 presets such as BackwardsFragment, RoboTalk, Sitar Drone and Stutter. The plug-in provides up to six sliders for fine-tuning of each preset and allows automated parameter control via a simple "MIDI Learn" interface. It also provides a Randomize button for quick experimentation. SFX Machine LT is a subset of the RT version, which includes hundreds of presets, and a special upgrade price is available for registered E-MU users.

E-MU Proteus X LE - Desktop Sound Module
Proteus X LE is a 24-bit/192kHz VST instrument for your PC that offers the pristine sound quality and powerful Z-Plane filters of E-MU's powerful Proteus X Desktop Sound Module, plus over 1,000 sounds from E-MU's legendary Proteus 2000 sound module. You can also expand your Proteus X LE with any soundset from E-MU's comprehensive sound library. Proteus X LE offers you an intuitive sound module interface to quickly dial in your sounds, with easy-to-use librarian and search functions to find that perfect preset in seconds, as well as two discrete effects processors with comprehensive MIDI modulation per preset.

Note:
Production Tools Software Bundles will not work unless you have an E-MU Digital Audio Systems Product installed in your computer (0404, 1212M, 1820, 1820M, Emulator X, Emulator X Studio, Proteus X).

System Requirements

  • Genuine Intel® Pentium® III or AMD® K6® class processor or higher operating at 500MHz or faster
  • Intel®, AMD® or 100% compatible motherboard & chipset
  • 128MB System RAM
  • 500MB of free hard disk space for full installation
  • Windows® 2000 SP 4, Windows® XP SP 1 or greater
  • PCI 2.1 compliant slot for E-MU® 0404 PCI card
  • CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive required for software installation
  • XVGA Video (1024 X 768)

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