I am recording with the PreSonus Firebox and it sounds decent. I am sort of coming to the conclusion that AD converters contribute more to a truly professional sound than a preamp or mic once you overcome a certain ultra budget level. Basically, the first component I might want to upgrade are my converters and then go from there. Emu coverters seem to be of a higher quality than the Firebox.

I am running WinXP SP3, Pentium 4 2.4Ghz 1.75G RAM - I just recently purchased and installed a EMU 1212m and the Patchmix mixer for the 1212m - all drivers and everything installed everything fine except for two things...

HeyI got a E-MU 1212m for free from my brother.
Now Im struggling how to use it.
I installed it properly, and installed the newest drivers.
What I'm trying to do is to plugin my guitar in the big (the one step bigger than 3.5mm jack) Left channel jack.

I'm trying to connect my dbx 386 tube preamp to my E-MU 1212m sound card using S/PDIF. I've bought the proper cable to use and connected it from the dbx 386 S/PDIF out to the 1212m's S/PDIF in. I've messed with the session settings in the 1212m's Patchmix, but I still can't get any sound on my computer to come in from the S/PDIF in. What am I doing wrong that I can't get it to work?

hi
can any one tell if i can mix 5.1 via the optical out of E_MU1212M?
thanx

any one tell me bout E-MU1212M?
i want have it...is it realy good?

Hi everyone. I have a E-Mu 1212m card installed in my computer. I am fairly new at recording my music. My question is.. the sound card does not have an XLR connection on it and I am a little confused on what kind of cable is needed for a mic connection. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Mike

I am thinking of buying a card for my PC to use with Ableton Live and have been looking at the Lynx L22 and the E-mu 1212m.
Both apparently have the same AD to DA converters and the E-mu has midi and a few other extras that the Lynx does not have, eg on board DSP and is half the price.

Has anyone had the opportunity to compare the two cards or had an experience with either?

Hi. Great forum! I have a question, TIA for any help/advice... :D

I want to add an EQ to the main output of my Patchmix software. Anyone know how to do it? I think the 1212M card has its own effects engine with EQ. is that right? Basically I want my WAVE & ASIO to go through an eq before it hits my monitors.

thanks in advance

M-