E-Mu 404 Owner's Manual page 70

5 - Effects
E-MU PowerFX
Parameter Description
Preferences The Preferences menu allows you to:
• Toggle the Tooltips On or Off
• Extra Buffers - Check this box if excessive stuttering occurs when
• Render Mode - Induces realtime rendering in applications
To Setup & Use E-MU PowerFX:
Setup Cubase or Cubasis
Launch Cubase or Cubasis.
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Instantiate E-MU PowerFX in an Insert or Aux Send location within Cubase (Look
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for E-MU in the VST Plug-in folder).
Press the Effect Edit button in Cubase to bring up the E-MU PowerFX plug-in
3.
window shown on the previous page.
Setup E-MU PowerFX
Press the red button (lighting it) to turn E-MU Power FX on. The blue "Signal
4.
Present" indicators will be illuminated if E-MU PowerFX is properly patched into a
signal path.
Drag the desired effects from the Effects Palette to the center Insert strip.
5.
Click on the Effect you wish to edit in the center Insert Strip (it will highlight in
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yellow), then adjust the effects parameters in the right section of the window.
You can also select or edit User Presets from the section below the FX parameters.
7.
See the "User Preset Section"
Add Delay Compensation (if needed)
If you are using Cubase VST 5.1, you will have to insert an E-Delay Compensator into
any other audio tracks to keep them time-aligned.
Simply insert an E-Delay Compensator plug-in into the same insert location you
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used for E-MU PowerFX on any other audio tracks. That's it.
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using E-MU PowerFX in your VST Host application. This box
should be checked when using Fruity Loops.
which do not support realtime rendering.
(WaveLab, SoundForge)
for more information.
Using any driver other
than "E-MU ASIO" may
produce undesirable
results when using E-MU
PowerFX.
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