E-Mu 1212m Problem

[truth_lyricist]

Okay i've had the E-Mu 1212m & the daughter card for some time now but i've just encountered a serious problem with this. It turns out my little setup I have at my house wasn't using my emu soundcard at all. I installed it thinkin' that'll it'll automatically add the effect not really knowing what I was doing. I used to have a mixer & a little condenser mic the mixer plugged up into the microphone slot in my pc thats connected to my motherboard. Turns out I was just using my other built-in soundcard. I recently got some new equipment a microphone preamp that requires me to use a trs cable. So I realized I had trs inputs and outputs on my daughter card. I got a 10ft TRS cable connected from my mic preamp (VTB-1) to the soundcard. I got the trs cord plugged into the 'line out' slot in my vtb-1 preamp. And the other side of the cord plugged into the L input to my daughter card. I went in adobe audition expecting this to just work off the bat and started recording. But I do not get this patchmix dsp thing for NOTHING!!! I disabled everything coming from my motherboard soundcard and got everything in adobe audition set to the emu card. But it still doesn't work..im guessing because the patchmix dsp settings. I messed around with this forever nothing seems to work. So if somebody can please give me some step by step instructions or a already made session that'll work for my case to me i'd GREATLY apprechiate it. I REALLY need to start back recording.

[soundchaser59]

Originally Posted by truth_lyricist

I disabled everything coming from my motherboard soundcard

You have to go into the BIOS setup when you first boot your machine and disable the integrated onboard sound (usually AC97 or something like that) or else the machine will never use your sound card for anything. It is not enough to just turn off the soundcard sounds in the software.

After that, if you still cant get sound from the e-mu, I would first try reinstalling or repairing the drivers. Patchmix is not very intuitive. Look online, you may find a pdf manual you can download that will make it a bit easier to understand. I did not like it at first, either, but now I'm realizing that it is a fairly decent software mixer that can help me work if I take the time to learn it.

[Rick Shepherd]

Make sure you also download the latest patchmix software for your card off the E-MU site. I know how frustrating it can be using the Patchmix software, but it isn't really that hard. I will try to make some time to help you out here, but now it is late and I am tired, so I will be back to help soon.

[heroics321]

Yeah, Patchmix will make you chew your nails to the bone, then when you finally get it you'll say "ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh." I still have my issues with it, but overall it's got some pretty cool options. Seems there's a few of us that can help you out with any specific questions you have. Read through the manual. There's some templates for a bunch of different projects. I'm rambling, it's late, hope all is well and good luck.

[Jamz0r]

Yep, once you "get" PatchMix, it is excellent.

Disable the onboard audio on your machine...install latest PatchMix drivers (v1.81)
Then, load up one of the default sessions. Using the right session is crucial. Once you get a default session working, you can then learn how to tweak your own. When you have a good session going, save it.

[Reggie]

Originally Posted by soundchaser59

You have to go into the BIOS setup when you first boot your machine and disable the integrated onboard sound (usually AC97 or something like that) or else the machine will never use your sound card for anything. It is not enough to just turn off the soundcard sounds in the software.

Wha...? Is that just an Emu thing or something? Sounds rediculous...

[MOFO Pro]

Originally Posted by Reggie

Wha...? Is that just an Emu thing or something? Sounds rediculous...

Nope... It's a computer thing... 99.99% of users never use anything but the on-board sound card... thus the default is enabled... and in many cases you can leave this enabled and add an after market sound card... but there's no reason too, and it just complicates things

[junplugged]

it's easy to do, ususally hit del on boot up or watch the text that comes up on boot. since stuff started getting embedded on mobos it's the only way to disable stuff since you can't just pull out the card from the bus. same thing w/ dead nics, upgraded video, modems, etc., be glad you don't have to open up the case and change the jumper configurations with a tweezer like we had to do for years and years.

[Reggie]

Yeah, I know it is easy to do, but in my experience unnecessary. In fact I have had fewer problems by having a seperate soundcard selected as the default card to use, as apposed to leaving your recording soundcard in the slot for windows sounds.

[MOFO Pro]

Originally Posted by Reggie

Yeah, I know it is easy to do, but in my experience unnecessary. In fact I have had fewer problems by having a seperate soundcard selected as the default card to use, as apposed to leaving your recording soundcard in the slot for windows sounds.

Most will disable windows sounds... no need to expend those resources...

[Reggie]

Right, "No Sounds" but a seperate regular soundcard selected as the windows default. Maybe I'm just weird that way, but it works best for me.

[MOFO Pro]

Originally Posted by Reggie

Right, "No Sounds" but a seperate regular soundcard selected as the windows default. Maybe I'm just weird that way, but it works best for me.

There's no right or wrong way in this industry... There're rules of thumb, there are guidelines, but the bottom line is what works for you...