EMU EMU1616 Details
E-MU's new 1616 Laptop Digital Audio System brings the same powerful DSP effects, zero-latency monitoring and pristine 24-bit/192kHz A/D and D/A converters of E-MU's best selling PCI Digital Audio Systems to your laptop. The E-MU CardBus card can be used standalone for its DSP power and studio-quality headphone amp/line output, or plugged into the MicroDock for a total of 16 inputs and 16 outputs plus two sets of MIDI I/O. E-MU's Laptop Digital Audio Systems ship with ASIO2 and stereo WDM drivers for Windows XP and 2000, plus the new E-MU Production Tools Software Bundle that includes E-MU's Proteus X LE, plus software by Cakewalk, Steinberg, Ableton, IK Multimedia, and many more - everything you need to create, record, edit, master and burn your music.
The E-MU 1616 features: Premium 24-bit/192kHz converters - 112dB signal-to-noise ratio for pristine recording and playback of your tracks
The ultimate portable system - for recording, editing, mixing and virtual instruments - use the E-MU 02 CardBus Card alone for its hardware-accelerated effects and premium stereo headphone/line output or together with the MicroDock for complete analog and digital I/O flexibility
Hardware-accelerated effects - over 600 standalone and E-MU Power FX VST plug-in effects with no CPU overhead
PatchMix™ DSP zero-latency hardware mixing and monitoring - with super-flexible patchbay - no external mixer needed
Ultra-portable MicroDock offers 16 inputs/16 outputs plus MIDI I/O - everything from balanced analog and turntable inputs to ADAT and S/PDIF (switchable to AES/EBU)
Two E-MU XTC™ studio-grade, ultra-low noise preamps (-127dBu EIN) with analog soft limiter - Mic/Line and true Hi-Z inputs via Neutrik connectors, 48V phantom power and 60dB of gain
Compatibility with most popular audio/sequencer applications - ultra-low latency 24-bit/192kHz ASIO 2.0 and Stereo WDM drivers
E-MU Production Tools Software Bundle - includes Cakewalk SONAR LE, Steinberg Cubase LE and Wavelab Lite, Ableton Live Lite 4 for E-MU, IK Multimedia AmpliTube LE and T-RackS EQ, Minnetonka diskWelder BRONZE, SFX Machine LT, plus E-MU's Proteus X LE Desktop Sound Module - everything you need to create, record, edit, master and burn is in the box
I/O Configuration: Two E-MU XTC™ Ultra-low Noise Mic/Line/Hi-Z Preamps with Soft Limiter and 48V Phantom Power (-129dBu EIN)
Four 1/4" Balanced Inputs
Six 1/4" Balanced Outputs
Turntable Input (w/ground lug and hardware RIAA preamp)
24-bit/192kHz ADAT In/Out (switchable to S/PDIF)
24-bit/192kHz coaxial S/PDIF Out (switchable to AES/EBU)
Two sets of MIDI In/Out
stereo 1/8" Speaker Outputs (configurable from stereo to 5.1)
Two Stereo Headphone/Line Outputs (one on card, one on MicroDock M)
E-DSP Hardware-accelerated Effects, Mixing and Monitoring:
E-MU's Digital Audio Systems feature the powerful E-DSP chipset, which features a hardware-accelerated effects processor with over 28 effects plug-ins (over 600 presets). This effects architecture is fully expandable, allowing you to add more effect plug-ins to your system as needed. E-DSP also provides zero-latency, hardware-based mixing and monitoring via the included PatchMix DSP mixer, delivering unmatched flexibility in routing audio between all of your physical and virtual (ASIO/WDM) inputs and outputs- no external mixer needed.
All Digital Audio Systems ship with the following Effects Plug-ins:
Stereo Reverb Lite Reverb Compressor
Leveling Amp Chorus Flanger
Phase Shifter Frequency Shifter Distortion
Speaker Simulator Rotary Speaker Auto-Wah
Vocal Morpher 1-Band Para EQ 1-Band Shelf EQ
3-Band EQ 4-Band EQ Mono Delay 100
Mono Delay 250 Mono Delay 500 Mono Delay 750
Mono Delay 1500 Mono Delay 3000 Stereo Delay 100
Stereo Delay 250 Stereo Delay 500 Stereo Delay 750
Stereo Delay 1500
E-MU Production Tools Software Bundle
Everything you need to create, record, edit, master and burn is in the box, including:
Cakewalk SONAR LE - Audio/MIDI Production
SONAR LE is production environment for Windows that provides musicians with a host of potent features that include: 64 audio and 256 MIDI tracks; 24-bit/192kHz recording support; 14 studio quality real-time effects and 6 MIDI effects; audio loop construction tools; dynamic console view; multi-port graphical drum grid editor; multitrack piano roll view; staff notation; ReWire 2.0 support; DirectX/DXi and VST/VSTi support; MIDI clock and MTC slave; Cyclone DXi groove sampler; Audio Simulation's Dreamstation soft synth DXi; and more. Registered owners of SONAR LE will be able to upgrade to the full version of SONAR Studio Edition for a special price.
Steinberg Cubase LE - Audio/MIDI Production
Cubase LE is a powerful music software workstation that offers: 48 audio and 64 MIDI tracks; 24-bit/192kHz professional audio quality; a full set of audio effects plug-ins; LM-7, VB-1 and USM virtual instruments; and MTC, MIDI-clock and VST System Link support. Steinberg offers all registered Cubase LE customers to purchase the virtual instruments set (SE versions) at a special price, and Cubase LE is upgradeable to Cubase SX/SL.
Ableton Live Lite 4 for E-MU Systems - Audio/MIDI Production
Ableton Live is the music-production solution that allows you to spontaneously compose, record, remix, improvise and edit your musical ideas. Live brings your acoustic, electronic and virtual instruments, as well as your digital audio recordings, together in a single interface with unparalleled ease of use. Live's specialty is composition by improvisation. Record musical ideas, combine or create new songs, and compose on the fly, and offers complete multitrack recording and editing for any acoustic source, hardware synthesizer or software instrument.
Steinberg WaveLab Lite - Audio Editor
WaveLab Lite is a light version of the popular mastering and wave editing program.
IK Multimedia Amplitube LE - Guitar Amp & FX Modeling Plug-In
AmpliTube® is a powerful plug-in for guitar players that puts a virtually unlimited array of tones and effects at your fingertips. AmpliTube's stomp-box, post-effects and amp simulation capabilities make it easy to craft everything from rich, vintage tones to unique cutting-edge sounds.
IK Multimedia T-RackS EQ - Mastering EQ Plug-in
The T-RackS® EQ was especially developed for mastering - no other single software processor sounds like T-RackS and none makes mastering so easy by enhancing mix frequencies. T-RackS has been created with algorithms based on real analog circuitry, which is why T-RackS sounds so similar to real analog audio hardware, and so unique when compared to other software. T-RackS also delivers high order 32-bit floating point resolution and uses the best possible method to physically model analog components, resulting in an amazingly real tube sound.
Minnetonka Audio Software discWelder BRONZE - DVD Audio Authoring
Minnetonka Audio Software's discWelder™ BRONZE, is an award-winning basic DVD-Audio authoring program that allows users to deliver surround and high-resolution audio on DVD-Recordable media. With discWelder BRONZE, the you can import all Linear PCM formats supported in the DVD-Audio specification, including surround (up to 6 channels of 24-bit, 48kHz audio) and high-resolution stereo (two channels of 24-bit, 192kHz audio). Surround and stereo tracks may be used on the same disc, in WAV or AIFF file format, and discWelder-burned media will play on any DVD-A player that supports DVD±R/RW. discWelder BRONZE is brilliantly simple to use, and can burn DVD-Audio discs utilizing inexpensive DVD±R/RW drives. So, whether you are making commercial releases, creating high resolution reference discs, archiving your analogue tape or vinyl or simply consolidation you CD collection (with seven hours of CDs on one DVD) discWelder offers tools for every level of DVD-Audio Authoring.
SFX Machine LT - Audio Multi-effects Plug-in
SFX Machine LT is a powerful audio multi-effects plug-in for musicians and sound designers, featuring 21 presets such as BackwardsFragment, RoboTalk, Sitar Drone and Stutter. The plug-in provides up to six sliders for fine-tuning of each preset and allows automated parameter control via a simple "MIDI Learn" interface. It also provides a Randomize button for quick experimentation. SFX Machine LT is a subset of the RT version, which includes hundreds of presets, and a special upgrade price is available for registered E-MU users.
E-MU Proteus X LE - Desktop Sound Module
Proteus X LE is a 24-bit/192kHz VST instrument for your PC that offers the pristine sound quality and powerful Z-Plane filters of E-MU's powerful Proteus X Desktop Sound Module, plus over 1,000 sounds from E-MU's legendary Proteus 2000 sound module. You can also expand your Proteus X LE with any soundset from E-MU's comprehensive sound library. Proteus X LE offers you an intuitive sound module interface to quickly dial in your sounds, with easy-to-use librarian and search functions to find that perfect preset in seconds, as well as two discrete effects processors with comprehensive MIDI modulation per preset.
Copyright © 2005 E-MU Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. E-MU is a registered trademark of E-MU Systems, Inc. Creative is a trademark of Creative Technology Ltd. All other brand names are trademarks of their respective owners. All specifications and pricing subject to change.
Minimum System Requirements: Intel® or AMD® processor - 1 GHz or faster
Intel, AMD or 100% compatible motherboard & chipset
Microsoft® Windows® XP (SP 2) or 2000 (SP4)
256MB System RAM
900MB of free hard disk space for full installation
Available Type II CardBus slot (PCMCIA slot)*
CD-ROM/CD-RW or DVD-ROM drive required for software installation
XVGA Video (1024 X 768)
*Simultaneous input/output channel count may vary depending on the PCMCIA controller in your system.
Tested Laptop Systems:
*Laptop PCMCIA Controller
IBM ThinkPad T40 (X5650) Texas Instruments CardBus RACEway
Compaq Presario 2100 (X5628) O2 Micro OZ 6912/711E0
Dell Inspiron 600m (C13102) Laptop O2 Micro 0Z711ECI Smart Card Bus
HP Pavilion zv5000 1.5 Ghz TI PCI-1520
IBM Thinkpad T23 1.2 Ghz TI PCI-1420
IBM Thinkpad A22P Pentium III 933MHz Laptop TI PCI-1450
Dell Latitude (X5502) Laptop TI PCI-1420
Sony Viao PCG-V505EX Ricoh R/RL/RT/RC/5C475(II), R5C520
NEC VERSA LXI (X5138) Laptop TI PCI-1450
HP pavilion N5310 Intel Celeron 750MHz (X5140) TI PCI-1420
Toshiba A75 (X5953) P4 2.8 GHz Laptop ENE Technology CD-1410
(Performance depends on many variables, including PCMCIA controller, RAM, system configuration, etc...)
*All tests were performed on Windows XP (Service Pack 2) or Windows 2000
(Service Pack 4)
Known Incompatibilities
There have been reported compatibility problems with E-MU 1616/1616M and the PCMCIA controllers listed below. E-MU is currently working with the respective PCMCIA controller chipset manufacturers to develop solutions that would improve the performance of Laptop systems with these chipsets.
ENE Tech CB1411
Ricoh R5C476(II)
Ricoh R5C475(II)
EMU EMU1616 Specs
General Sample Rates: 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4, 192kHz from internal crystal or externally supplied clock (no sample rate conversion)
Bit Depths: 24 bit I/O, 32 bit processing
CardBus Card Specification:
- Form factor: PCMCIA Type II
- Bus-Mastering DMA subsystem reduces CPU usage
E-MU® E-DSP™ 32-bit DSP with 67-bit accumulator (double precision w/ 3 headroom bits)
Hardware-accelerated, 32 channel mixing, and multi-effects processing
Zero-latency direct hardware monitoring w/effects
ASIO 2.0, Stereo WDM/MME/DirectSound Drivers
EDI (E-MU Digital Interface) proprietary 64 channel audio link over CAT-5 cable
Anti-Pop speaker protection minimizes noise during power on/off
Ultra-low jitter clock subsystem: < 1ns in PLL mode (44.1kHz, Opt. S/PDIF Sync)
Combo Microphone Preamplifier/Hi-Z/Line Inputs (2) Type: E-MU® XTC™ combo mic preamp and Hi-Z/line input w/ Soft Limiter
Gain Range: +60dB
Frequency Response (min gain, 20Hz-20kHz): +0.0/-0.1dB
Stereo Crosstalk (1kHz min gain, -1dBFS): < -115dB
Hi-Z Line Input:
- Input Impedance: 1Mohm
- Max Level: +18dBV (20.2dBu)
- Dynamic Range (A-weighted, 1kHz, min gain): 112.5dB
- Signal-to-Noise Ratio (A-weighted, min gain): 112dB
- THD+N (1kHz at -1dBFS, min gain): -102dB (.0008%)
Microphone Preamplifier:
- Input Impedance: 1.5Kohms
- Max Level: +6dBV (+8.2dBu)
- EIN (20Hz-20kHz, 150ohm, unweighted): -127dBu
- Signal-to-Noise Ratio (A-weighted, min gain): 112.5dB
- THD+N (1kHz at -1dBFS, min gain): -103dB (.0007%)
- Phantom Power: 48V
- Soft Limiter: 5dB max compression (software selectable)
Analog Line Inputs (4) Type: servo-balanced, DC-coupled, low-noise input circuitry
A/D converter: PCM1804
Level (software selectable):
- Professional: +4dBu nominal, 20dBu max (balanced)
- Consumer: -10dBV nominal, 6dBV max (unbalanced)
Frequency Response (20Hz-20kHz): +0.0/-.03dB
Dynamic Range (1kHz, A-weighted): 112dB
Signal-to-Noise Ratio (A-weighted): 112dB
THD+N (1kHz at -1dBFS): -102.5dB (.0007%)
Stereo Crosstalk (1kHz at -1dBFS): < -120dB
Analog Line Outputs (6) Type: balanced, AC-coupled, 2-pole low-pass differential filter
D/A converter: CS4392
Level (software selectable):
- Professional: +4dBu nominal, 20dBu max (balanced)
- Consumer: -10dBV nominal, 6dBV max (unbalanced)
Frequency Response (20Hz - 20kHz): 0.0/-.06dB
Dynamic Range (1kHz, A-weighted): 112.5dB
Signal-to-Noise Ratio (A-weighted): 112.5dB
THD+N (1kHz at -1dBFS): -98dB (.0012%)
Stereo Crosstalk (1kHz at -1dBFS): < -115dB
Headphone Amplifier (2 Stereo: MicroDock and Card) Type: linear power amplifier
D/A converter: CS4392 (dock), AK4396 (card)
Gain Range: 85dB
Maximum Output Power: 50mW (dock), 20mW (card)
Output impedance: 22ohms
Frequency Response (20Hz-20kHz): +0.0/-0.07dB
Dynamic Range (A-weighted): 112dB (dock), 115dB (card)
Signal-to-Noise Ratio (A-weighted): 112dB (dock), 115dB (card)
THD+N (1kHz, max gain): 600ohm load: -92dB (dock), -96dB (card)
Stereo Crosstalk (1kHz at -1dBFS, 600 ohm load): < -100dB
Phono Input (stereo) Type: RIAA equalized phono input
Maximum level:
- Professional: 60mV RMS
- Consumer: 15mV RMS
Input impedance: 47Kohm
Frequency Response (20Hz - 20kHz): +0.1/-0.3dB
Signal-to-Noise Ratio (15mV RMS unbal input, A-weighted): 96dB
THD+N (1kHz, 15mV RMS input): -88dB (.004%)
Stereo Crosstalk (1kHz at -1dBFS): < -80dB
Digital I/O S/PDIF:
- 2 in/2 out coaxial (transformer coupled)
- 2 in/2 out optical (software switched with ADAT)
- AES/EBU or S/PDIF format (software selectable)
ADAT:
- 8 channels, 24-bit @ 44.1/48kHz
- 4 channels, 24-bit @ 88.2/96kHz (S-MUX compatible)
- 2 channels, 24-bit @ 176.4/192kHz
MIDI
- 2 in, 2 out
Synchronization Internal crystal sync at 44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4, 192kHz
External sample rate sync via
- ADAT (44.1 - 192kHz)
- Optical S/PDIF (44.1 - 96kHz)
- Coaxial S/PDIF (44.1 - 192kHz)
Retail Box Contents
E-MU 02 CardBus Card
E-MU MicroDock
EDI (E-MU Digital Interface) cable (1 meter)
Universal power adapter
MIDI breakout cable
CardBus Card carrying case
Quick Start installation guide
E-MU Digital Audio Systems CD-ROM
- Windows 2000 and XP Drivers
- E-MU PatchMix DSP
- E-MU Power FX
- E-MU E-DSP Effects Library
- Owner's Manual and Tutorials
E-MU Production Tools Software Bundle CD-ROM
- Cakewalk SONAR LE
- Steinberg Cubase LE
- Ableton Live Lite 4 for E-MU
- Steinberg Wavelab Lite
- IK Multimedia AmpliTube LE
- IK Multimedia T-RackS EQ
- Minnetonka diskWelder BRONZE
- SFX Machine LT
- E-MU Proteus X LE (over 1000 sounds included)
EMU 1616 CardBus Audio Interface
Yamaha RH2C Full Sized Headphones
