Audio Interface Synth CPU Power? + Interface alternative?

Katzinium · 16. September 2012

Hi

i am using the Virus TI2 as my Audio Interface now, because my EMU did not satisfied me.
My question is if the Virus loses CPU power for calculating synthesizer sounds when using its audio interface or are these two seperate processors inside it?

Additionally i would like to know what audio interfaces are you using, because i do not want to use the Virus for this.
The EMU 0404 has no Windows 7 support and lacks options, is very badly shielded and i had always USB sounds in it.
The Virus do not really works great with it because of buffer settings etc.

I would like to have an external interface with volume knob, good Cubase and Virus compatibility and maybe software mixing for using Cubase with ASIO and playing back sounds on Windows (but thats not a must).

THX

flabberbob · 16. September 2012

Zitat von Katzinium

My question is if the Virus loses CPU power for calculating synthesizer sounds when using its audio interface or are these two seperate processors inside it?

No, routing input to output takes very little resources, the functionality you do lose is the ability to sidechain the Virus, although as it is this is quite tricky in Cubase anyway.

Zitat von Katzinium

The EMU 0404 has no Windows 7 support and lacks options, is very badly shielded and i had always USB sounds in it.

Do you mean EMU0204? Drivers are here. The 0404 seems to be PCI only. You can also get a USB filter to get rid of the USB noises. Regarding alternatives, where do I start? Motu, Edirol... I think it's best go to a store and take the time to test them all. When you narrow your list to a few candidates, come back here (or any other music prod. forum) and ask for opinions on those specific products.

Katzinium · 20. September 2012

hi

thanks for your answer.
i will test around some interfaces then.

i was really talking about the 0404
http://www.creative.com/emu/pr…px?category=610&pid=15185

there are only beta drivers availlable...
and i cannot understand how a company calls itself professional audio and did not manage to get a driver for an os that is so long availlable that its successor is availlable now
so emu is no longer an option for me...

flabberbob · 21. September 2012

EMU does not exist as a company in its own right anymore, which is kind of sad for a company that has been there since the early days of synthesizer
[Blockierte Grafik: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/E-mu_Modular_System_%40_Cantos.jpg/800px-E-mu_Modular_System_%40_Cantos.jpg]

AtonyB · 24. September 2012

Creative have become a shadow of their former selves...

Lidge · 25. September 2012

I bought myself a TC Electronic Impact Twin a few months back, the thing works great for me, it's Firewire and not USB though...

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