Using midi thru, Midi in midi thru midi in midi cable out – E-MU 0404 PCI User Manual

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3 - PCI Card & Interfaces

The E-MU 0404 PCI Card

E-MU Digital Audio System

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The S/PDIF out can be configured as either Professional or Consumer mode in the

Session Settings

menu. The 0404 PCI card can be connected to AES/EBU digital audio

systems through the use of a cable adapter.

See AES/EBU to S/PDIF Cable Adapter

for

details.

Important:

When

using any type of digital
I/O such as S/PDIF, you
MUST sample sync the
two devices or clicks and
pops in the audio will
result.

See Using External

Clock

The S/PDIF input and outputs are usable at the 44.1kHz, 48kHz and 96kHz sample
rates. The word clock contained in the input data stream can be used as a word clock
source.

See Using External Clock

.

MIDI (

M

usical

I

nstrument

D

igital

I

nterface) is a standard specification for networking

two or more devices together. Connect

MIDI Out

to external MIDI instruments and

connect

MIDI In

to a controller such as a MIDI keyboard.

Unlike S/PDIF, the MIDI cable does not carry audio data. In its most basic application,
MIDI tells a synthesizer when to start and stop playing specific notes. MIDI also carries
other information such as how hard the note was played, what sound to play, the
channel volume and many other commands. The most important thing to remember is
that MIDI contains CONTROL information, not the sound itself.

Information on the MIDI cable can be assigned to any one of sixteen channels so that
different musical lines can be assigned to play specific sounds or MIDI instruments.

To connect more than one MIDI instrument to the 0404 PCI card, the MIDI Thru port
on your synthesizer can be used. MIDI Thru carries an exact copy of the data on the
synthesizer’s MIDI input port. To find more information about MIDI, see

page 75

.

Audio out

Digital

Breakout Cable

MIDI

S/PDIF

(Coax)

S/PDIF

(Optical)

MIDI Keyboard

EMULATOR

P R E S E T

S A M P L E

S E Q U E N C E R

P A G E

L E V E L

P R E S E T S E L E C T

R E A L T I M E C O N T R O L L E R S

A S S I G N A B L E K E Y S

E N T E R

E X I T

R E T U R N

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Digital Connections

DAT or CD

Portable
Digital Recorder

Any Digital Audio Device with S/PDIF

Coaxial

Optical

I

VOLUME

O

TRANSPOSE

DIGITAL PROCESSING

SAMPLE MANAGEMENT

SAMPLE

PRESET

MASTER/GLOBAL

MULTIMODE

PRESET MANAGEMENT

DYNAMIC PROCESING

PRESET DEFINITION

DRIVE SELECT

LOAD

SAVE

AUDITION

TRIGGER MODE

ESCAPE

MIDI

ENTER

DEC/NO

INC/YES

ABC

JKL

TUV

DEF

MNO

WXY

QZ

GHI

PRS

TRIGGERS

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

0

MIDI Sound Module

In

Out

In

MIDI Out

In

In

Out

Out

MIDI In

Out

In

Out

Audio out

MIDI Sound Module

MIDI Sound Module

MIDI In

MIDI Thru

MIDI In

MIDI Cable

Out

Using MIDI Thru

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