Hardware-accelerated effects and mixing with high-quality I/O.

The E-Mu 0404 PCI Digital Audio Recording System is a 24-bit/192kHz* PCI audio interface that delivers everything you need to record, mix, and play back audio on your PC with hardware-accelerated effects and soft mixing. It works with all major PC audio and sequencer applications offering faultless analog and digital I/O, pristine sound quality, and all the hardware-accelerated effects, mixing, and monitoring of E-MU's popular 1820M, 1820, and 1212M Digital Audio Systems.

I/O includes 1/4" analog, optical and coaxial S/PDIF, and MIDI. 24-bit/192kHz* A/D/A converters deliver an incredible 111dB (A/D) and 116dB (D/A) signal-to-noise ratio. E-DSP hardware acceleration taken from E-MU's more expensive systems gives you an effects processor that can deliver over 16 simultaneous hardware-accelerated effects. The E-DSP processor frees your computer from running CPU-intensive plug-ins to boost performance. It ships with over 500 effects presets with allowances to add more plug-ins to your system as needed.

E-DSP also provides zero-latency, hardware-based mixing and monitoring via the included PatchMix DSP mixer, so no external mixer is needed. The E-MU 0404 ships with ASIO 2.0 and WDM drivers, Steinberg Cubasis, Steinberg WaveLab Lite, SFX Machine LT, and a trial version of Minnetonka's diskWelder BRONZE.

The 0404 PCI ships with the Power FX software update, giving users the ability to run over 600 hardware-accelerated effects as VST plug-ins for Cubase and other applications. Power FX also introduces EMU's first expansion plug-in, with more reverb and delay effects.

*NOTE: 192kHz software available for FREE download from the E-MU website.

E-MU 0404 PCI Digital Audio Recording System Features:

• PCI audio interface
• E-DSP accelerated effects processing and mixing
• Zero-latency, hardware-based mixing and monitoring via included PatchMix DSP mixer
• 2 - 1/4" analog inputs (24-bit/96kHz, 111dB SNR converters)
• 2 - 1/4" analog outputs (24-bit/96kHz, 116dB SNR converters)
• S/PDIF I/O coaxial/optical (24-bit/96kHz)
• MIDI I/O
• Ships with ASIO 2.0 and WDM drivers
• Includes Steinberg Cubasis and WaveLab Lite, SFX Machine LT, and a trial version of Minnetonka's diskWelder BRONZE
• Works with most major PC audio and sequencer applications

Order your 0404 now and get started with digital audio.

E-MU 0404 PCI Digital Audio Recording System Specifications:

• Intel or AMD processor - 1GHz or faster
• Intel, AMD or 100% compatible motherboard & chipset
• Microsoft Windows XP (SP 2) or 2000 (SP4)
• 256MB System RAM
• 900MB of free hard disk space for full installation
• PCI 2.1 compliant slot for E-MU 0404 PCI card
• CD-ROM/CD-RW or DVD-ROM drive required for software installation
• XVGA Video (1024 X 768)

E-MU 0404 PCI Digital Audio Recording System

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Great beginner sound card with MIDI

Posted by Divinit from Fort Worth TX on Dec 29, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Retired Pro player, now Producer

Reviewer's Play Style: All styles

I have had this card for a long time and have had very few issues with it....except if you don't know what you're doing! On the other hand, I'm an IT pro, so it's not rocket science. But I found their customer support to be actually helpful, if a little slow. They were one of the first to develop 64 bit drivers for their card and it has the same specs as their higher end cards, except for the digital I/O converters. I mainly use it as a MIDI interface, and it works great in that capacity. The BEST thing about it is that it allows you to use E-Mu's Proteus X2 software module or Emulator X modules, both of which are great sounding for the buck. Maybe I should repeat that part :FOR THE BUCK. This product doesn't cost as much as other products do, so why should you expect it to be too far over its own head? That's unrealistic. But it is worth WAAAAAYYY more than what it costs IMHO. Cheers!!

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Great Card, Great Software

Posted by HF Enterprises LLC from Harrisburg, Pa on Jan 28, 2009

Experience w/product: I have heard about it

Reviewer's Background: Active musician / opening Studio

Reviewer's Play Style: Rock/Blues/ Death Metal

I bought this card for my personal studio 2 years ago. It takes some messing with to work properly. If you are not willing to do this get a line 6 or a tape recorder. For the rest of us who care about quality and hi-res recording we will stick with e-mu. I own and operate a computer business so ASIO drives and soundcard issues were not a problem. I can see were people of limited computer background would have an issue with this card. This card is chalk full of featues and options. If you are serious about getting a good solid sound and have a computer that is at least double the system req's, GET THIS CARD!!! E-mu has decades of experience and is now part of creative, which in my experience is the best computer sound card manufacture out there.

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Good product if you can read a manual

Posted by TB from Oregon on Jan 10, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Hobbyist

Reviewer's Play Style: everything

This is a snap to install and setup IF <-----> IFFFFF you read the instructions. If you are unable to do that don't buy it, it wont work. I installed it on a Vista box with the new drivers, it was a piece-o-cake. I had zero problems with the e-mu patchmix interface. The only thing I have had a problem with was WaveLab lite (part of the software bundle, you can google the vista issues to fix them, but you shouldnt have to, they shouldnt sell things that dont work) Very clear sound and recording, but I will say the wire harnesses look to be weak. If you want to use computer speakers be sure to buy the 1/4" Y splitter to 1/8 stereo add-on (It should have come with it since it is for a computer) I just plug it into my amp/s. All in all a good deal and everything you need to get started recording.

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Horrible customer support and more...

Posted by EverythingIsSound from West Coast on Nov 9, 2008

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Musician, Producer of home recordings

Reviewer's Play Style: Rock , Amnient.

The actual card seems ok and works good, the wires are flimsy/thin however. The software is awkward and not really worth considering when buying this card. The effects are just OK and their interface is not very good IMHO. After struggling with this card's software until I could at least use it with Live and Cubase I eventually got used to it a bit. Then the cables failed and a letter to EMU support brought a response in several days that did'nt address my issue. I offered to buy the connectors in order to replace the bad ones and after more than a year , still nothing but a form letter from support. A telephone call went unanswered as well. A good thing I changed my Brand or I would still be waiting...waiting. I resolved to NEVER buy EMU again and guess what? I could not even give this card away and donated it to salvation army in case someone had the wires but no card.

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Nightmare on any street!

Posted by Attu from Atlanta on Oct 9, 2008

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Actives Musician

Reviewer's Play Style: All

Stay away from this product! The E-MU 0404 PCI is just too much trouble for the average musician. I will never use any type of soundcard for recording after the suffering I encountered with unit.

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