0404 Owner's Manual - Creative

6 - Working with ASIO
E-MU VST E-Wire
E-MU VST E-Wire
The hardware-accelerated effects of the E-MU Digital Audio System can also be used as
VST inserts in Cubasis. E-Wire is a special VST/ASIO Bridge which allows you to use
PatchMix DSP effects from within Cubasis with no load on your CPU.
E-Wire VST incorporates smart time alignment technology that automatically compensates
for system latencies and ensures proper synchronization of audio throughout the
VST chain. In addition, E-Wire also allows you to insert outboard audio gear into the
VST environment.
E-Wire has three main components:
• A VST plug-in in Cubasis which handles the audio routing to PatchMix DSP.
• A mixer strip in PatchMix DSP configured to route audio to the E-Wire plug-in.
You simply drop the effects you want to use into this strip.
• For hosts that do not support automatic delay compensation, a manual delaycompensation
plug-in can be inserted in Cubasis tracks or channels that don’t
use E-Wire.
The diagram below may give you a better idea of how E-Wire works:
E-Wire VST plug-in
Return to VST
Send to Strip
PatchMix DSP
Strip configured
for E-Wire
Stereo Reverb
ASIO Send
E-Wire bridges the gap between hardware I/O and the VST world. The E-Wire VST plug-in sends
audio to a strip containing the desired effect. An ASIO Send routes the audio back to E-Wire VST.
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