Creative Emu 0404 Usb Manual

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Return to the Audio Setup Options
8. Once Sonar LE has restarted, select Audio from the Options menu.
9. Click the ASIO Panel. The pop-up dialog box 
shown at right appears.
10. Set the ASIO Buffer Latency as low as your 
computer will allow. A low latency setting is 
important to assure fast response when using 
virtual instruments and to minimize delay when 
monitoring through Sonar LE. If you hear 
crackles or other audio problems, try increasing 
the Buffer...

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2 - Basic Multitrack Recording
This tutorial assumes you’re using a single input or pair of inputs. For more 
advanced recording, refer to the Sonar LE manual. Sonar opens by default with 
with 2 audio tracks and 2 MIDI tracks.
1. Click the Restore Strip Size 
button for Track 1. This reveals 
the input and output routing of 
the track. The E-MU 0404 USB 
2.0 will already be selected as the 
output destination.
2. Select the input source by clicking on the small triangle on the...

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7.Optional Step - Metronome: First, select Toolbars from the View menu and 
check the Metronome Toolbar. Next turn Metronome During Record On by 
clicking the  button.
Record a Track
8. Press Record on the Sonar LE Transport control and start playing.
9. Press Stop when you’re finished recording the first track.
10. Press Play on the Sonar LE Transport to play back your track.
11. If you want to dump the track and start over, Right-click over the waveform 
display...

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3 - Recording a MIDI Track using Proteus VX
These instructions explain how to start Proteus VX from within Sonar LE. You’ll 
need a MIDI keyboard (or other MIDI input device) for this tutorial.
•Important: If Sonar was installed BEFORE Proteus VX VSTi, you will have to 
run the Cakewalk VST Adapter before Sonar can use the VSTi. (Start, 
Programs, Cakewalk, Cakewalk VST Adapter).
1. Connect the MIDI output of your MIDI keyboard to the MIDI input of the 
0404 USB 2.0.
Select the...

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The MIDI Connection
6. Select the blue MIDI Input track by clicking on it. The MIDI Input connection 
appears in the strip to the left of the MIDI tracks.
7.The E-MU 0404 USB 2.0 should already be selected as the MIDI input in 
Omni mode as shown above. “MIDI Omni” allows Proteus VX VSTi to receive 
on all 16 MIDI channels from your MIDI keyboard. (Proteus VX VSTi is 
“multi-timbral” and can assign a different preset to each of the 16 MIDI 
channels.)
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Play the Proteus X Composer Bank.
11. Select the 16 channel tab. This page allows you to select presets for all 16 MIDI 
channels.
12. Select a preset for MIDI Channel 1 by clicking the little triangle.
13. Play your MIDI keyboard and verify that it plays Proteus VX.
14. Feel free to play around for awhile selecting presets and exploring Proteus VX. 
Don’t worry about losing anything. Nothing is made permanent until you 
Save the bank, so have fun.
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21. Select the MIDI input for the new MIDI track. Select MIDI Omni as you did 
before.
22. Select Proteus VX as the Output destination for the track.
23. Select MIDI Channel 2 in the Ch. field as shown below.
24. Restore Proteus VX by clicking on the Restore Up  button on the minimized 
Proteus FX window. Select a preset for channel 2 by clicking the little triangle 
on channel 2 in the 1-16 channel view of Proteus VX.
25. Play your MIDI keyboard to listen to the...

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Getting Started with Ableton Live Lite 4 (Windows/OS X)
This guide contains a basic walk-through of Ableton Live Lite 4 (E-MU Edition) to 
get you recording and playing back audio. A Proteus VX tutorial is also included for 
Windows users. We encourage you to perform the steps on your computer as you 
read so that you can “learn by doing.”
Ableton Live Lite 4 is an innovative composition and performance tool. Live 
combines digital recording, virtual instruments, and digital...

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OS X Users
2. Turn on Use Audio Units. 
3. Turn on Use VST Plug-in System Folders.
4. Press the Re-scan Plug-ins button. (You may have to wait a few seconds.)
Windows Users
5. Press the Browse button, then locate VST Plug-ins located in the Steinberg 
folder. (Default path: C:\Program Files\Steinberg\VstPlugIns\)
NOTE
Windows Users: If the plug-
ins do not appear after 
selecting the proper folder, 
press the Re-scan button.6. After selecting the VST plug-ins...

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2 - Playing Audio Clips
Ableton Live Lite contains a bunch of great pre-recorded audio clips. In this short 
section, you’ll learn to select and play clips.
1. Select New Live Set from the File menu. A new Ableton Live set opens with 
two audio tracks and two MIDI tracks such as the one shown below. If the 
window doesn’t look like the one below, click the Session View button.
2. Follow the three steps shown above in the diagram to open the “breaks 
Sounds” folder. Note: On the...