Mixer Strip Creation - Creative 404 Owner's Manual

Mixer Strip Creation

PatchMix DSP is a dynamically configurable mixer. Each mixer session can contain an
arbitrary number of channel strips up to a limit set by the number of available input
sources and available DSP resources.
To Add a New Strip:
Click on the New Mixer Strip button.
1.
The Assign Mixer Strip Input Dialog appears:
2.
Select the desired input to the mixer strip from the following choices:
3.
• Physical Source:
• Host - ASIO Source input
• Host - WAVE input
Mixer Strip Type
Physical: PCI Card Analog
Physical: PCI Card S/PDIF
HOST SOURCE
Host ASIO Output Source
From software application
Host Windows Source
From Windows
Select Pre-Fader Aux Sends or leave the box unchecked for Post-Fader Aux Sends.
4.
Click OK to create a new strip or Cancel to cancel the operation.
5.
To Delete a Mixer Strip:
Click the top of the mixer strip you wish to delete. A red border appears around the
1.
strip, indicating that it is selected.
Click on the Delete Mixer Strip button or right-click and choose Delete, or use the
2.
Delete key on the PC keyboard.
E-MU Digital Audio System
See Overview of the Mixer
Stereo analog or digital card input (Analog or S/PDIF)
Streaming audio from an ASIO software application.
Window sound sources—WAVE, Direct Sound, WDM, CD
Function
24-bit monophonic analog input.
2 channel digital audio from the S/PDIF input.
Function
2 channel digital audio from an ASIO source (software app).
ASIO: 1/2, 3/4, 5/6, 7/8, 9/10, 11/12, 13/14, 15/16 ... 31/32
Direct Sound, WDM, Windows Media
(Sound generated or handled by Windows.)
WAVE 1/2 - Default stereo source such as game sound, CD
player, beep sounds, etc.
WAVE 3/4 - Additional WDM channels
See Overview of the Mixer
4 - The PatchMix DSP Mixer
Mixer Strip Creation
f CDs & MP3s: The
WAVE 1/2 strip is used
to playback CDs,
Windows Media Player,
and Direct Sound.
E 2 channels of
WAVE recording and
4 channels of
multichannel WAVE
playback are supported.
• Classic MME
• DirectSound
• Direct WDM /
Kernel Streaming (KS)
192kHz/96kHz DVD-
Audio disks are
protected against digital
copying. Most DVD-
Audio disks contain
duplicate 48kHz audio
tracks which will play
back on the 0404.
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