E-MU 1616m PCIe
E-MU 1616m PCIe
E-MU 1616m PCIe.
The audio interface, EMU-1616m PCIe, has everything you need to get you started recording at home with a professional sound.
Here is a short description.
The E-MU 1616m PCIe system includes the MicroDock.
A mastering-grade system in a half rack-space, audio interface.
The MicroDock features .
– Two mic/line inputs with custom low-noise preamps with gain knobs ,
– an assignable headphone output,
– Optical & coaxial S/PDIF digital In/Out,
– 48V Power phantom for professional condenser Mics.
– An RIAA stereo turntable preamp,
– 6 balanced line level outputs,
– 2 sets of MIDI I/O ports,
– 3 stereo mini phone jacks for easy connection to powered speaker systems.
The E-MU 1616M PCIe system utilizes ultra-high performance 24-bit/192kHz A/D – D/A converters with automatic DC blocking to deliver an incredible 120dB of dynamic range.
The software
The Control Panel of the 1616m is a full featured modular mixer.
Besides the drivers and the PatchMix (E-MU’s mixer), the 1616m is bundled with an impressive amount of great software that allows you to get started immediately.
– Cakewalk SONAR LE – Audio/MIDI Production (Windows)
– Steinberg Cubase 4 LE – Audio/MIDI Production (Macintosh & Windows)
– Ableton Live Lite 6 E-MU Edition – Audio/MIDI Production (Macintosh & Windows)
– IK Multimedia AmpliTube X-Gear – Guitar Amp & FX Modeling Plug-in (Macintosh & Windows)
– BIAS Peak Express 5 – Audio Editor (Macintosh)
– Celemony Melodyne essential – Audio Editor (Macintosh & Windows)
– Waldorf Attack – Percussion Synthesizer (Macintosh & Windows)
– Waldorf D-Pole – Filter and FX Plug-in (Macintosh & Windows)
– Waldorf PPG Wave – Virtual Instrument (Macintosh & Windows)
– E-MU Proteus VX – Software Sound Module (Windows)
– SFX Machine LT – Audio Multi-effects Plug-in (Macintosh & Windows)
– Creative EAX® ADVANCED HD™ ALchemy (Vista only)
You can find a detailed tutorial for some of this software at:
www.emu.com > support > Software & Manuals > Interfaces > PCIe >1616M PCIe
Select a Platform (PC or Mac).
There are the manual and the tutorial.
Pros:
All the above.
E-MU 1616m PCIe hardware is very good. As a matter of fact, I’m using the E-MU 1820m (an older brother of the E-MU 1616m PCIe) since 4 or 5 years and it still works perfectly.
Cons:
The Windows 7 driver is still a beta version. Since June 2010 for the PCI products, and October 2010 for the USB products.
While the ASIO driver works very well, some computers with more than 4 GB of memory, are having a few problems with the WDM driver, like a distorted, or some strange echo sound in the PLAYBACK, that is easily fixed by toggling the frequency rate in the Session settings.
