Help with Audition / E-MU 0404

[noiseordinance]

This freaking patchmix software is driving me nuts. I know it bugs other people, as the consensus is that patchmix totally sucks ass. At any rate, I'm stuck with it for now until I can buy something better. I'm using the PCI E-MU 0404 with Adobe Audition 3.0 and could use some serious pointers. I have created a Wave 1/2 strip to get Windows audio. I have also created a PCI Card in L strip which picks up my instrument signal and allows recording into Audition. The part I can't understand is setting up an ASIO strip and getting it to work with VST effects and whatnot, like Amplitube... Anyone out there using patchmix and can give me some pointers?

 

[noiseordinance]

Ok, so I loaded the newest session available on the E-MU site. When I open Audition, my ASIO strip becomes active on the Patchmix software, which is good as I can use amplitube. However, I'm noticing the characteristics of My PCI In L/R are slightly different than my ASIO strip. Namely, the ASIO strip seems to buzz if I send it too much of a signal, even though it's not actually clipping on the meter whatsoever. In a nutshell, if I set my PCI In strip to solo, I can hit a sting on the bass and it'll sound just fine, but if I set ASIO strip to solo, it buzzes as if it's clipping. Could this be a setting in Audition and the way it's interacting with ASIO?