E-MU 0404 USB

Rasanya sudah puluhan abad saya mengidamkan soundcard yang kayak begini. Akhirnya dapat juga!

Soundcard ini terbilang istimewa. Dengan harga yang tidak “gila” layaknya soundcard merek-merek lainnya, E-MU 0404 USB ini mengusung feature yang bisa dibilang fantastis! Bayangkan saja, soundcard ini punya dua E-MU XTC™ Ultra-low Noise Mic/Line/Hi-Z Preamps dengan Soft Limiter dan 48V Phantom Power. Busyet dah. Tidak perlu beli preamp lagi deh kayaknya.

Feature maksimal dengan harga minimal dari sudah menjadi bahan perbincangan hangat di berbagai forum musik tanah air. Demikian juga para music engineer sering menyarankan soundcard ini sebagai hardware paling tepat buat rekaman non profesional. Masalahnya, soundcard ini susah dicari barangnya. Dua minggu lalu saya menelepon Big Knob untuk menanyakan apa ada stok E-MU 0404 USB. Ternyata seperti yang sudah saya duga, stok kosong! gudangnya juga kosong. Terpaksa harus ngantri untuk pasokan berikutnya.

 

 

 

General

 

Sample Rates:

 

44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4, 192kHz from internal crystal (no sample rate conversion)1

Bit Depth:

24-bit I/O,32-bit processing

USB 2.0 Hi-Speed:

Full 24-bit resolution at all sample rates

- 4 in/4 out channels from 44.1-96kHz

- 2 in/2 out channels from 176.4-192kHz

Hardware monitoring:

 

Zero-latency direct hardware monitoring (disabled at 176.4-192kHz)

 

Compatibility

 

Windows: ASIO2, WDM, MME - AC3 and DTS Passthru supported

Macintosh: Apple CoreAudio and CoreMIDI - AC3 and DTS Passthru supported

 

Anti-Pop speaker protection:

 

Minimizes noise during power on/off

 

Ultra-low jitter clock subsystem:

 

Combo Microphone Preamplifier/Hi-Z/Line Inputs (2)

 

Type:

 

E-MU XTC™ combo mic preamp and Hi-Z/line

input with Soft Limiter

 

A/D Converter:

 

AK5385A

 

Gain Range:

 

+60dB

 

Frequency Response (min gain, 20Hz-20kHz):

 

+0.0/-0.16dB

 

Stereo Crosstalk (1kHz min gain, -1dBFS):

 

< -110dB Hi-Z Line Input:

- Input Impedance: 1Mohm

- Max Level: +12dBV (14.2dBu)

- Dynamic Range (A-weighted, 1kHz, min gain): 113dB

- Signal-to-Noise Ratio (A-weighted, min gain): 113dB

- THD+N (1kHz at -1dBFS, min gain): -101dB (.0009%)

 

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): -101dB (.0009%)

- Phantom Power: 48V

- Soft Limiter: 5dB max compression (software selectable) Analog Line Outputs (2)

 

Type:

 

Balanced, AC-coupled, 2-pole low-pass differential filter

 

D/A converter:

 

AK4396

 

Level (auto detect):

 

- Professional: +12dBV max (balanced)

- Consumer: +6dBV max (unbalanced)

 

Frequency Response (20Hz - 20kHz):

 

0.06/-.035dB

 

Dynamic Range (1kHz, A-weighted):

 

117dB

 

Signal-to-Noise Ratio (A-weighted):

 

117dB

THD+N (1kHz at -1dBFS)-100dB (.001%)

 

Stereo Crosstalk (1kHz at -1dBFS):

 

< -114.5dB Headphone Amplifier

 

Type:

 

Class-A power amplifier

 

D/A converter:

 

AK4396 (shared with Line Out)

 

Gain Range:

 

60dB

 

Maximum Output Power:

 

20mW

 

Output impedance:

 

22ohms

 

Frequency Response (20Hz-20kHz):

 

+0.06/-0.035dB

 

Dynamic Range (A-weighted):

 

114dB

 

Signal-to-Noise Ratio (A-weighted):

 

114dB

 

THD+N (1kHz, max gain):

 

600ohm load: -95.5dB (.0018%)

 

Stereo Crosstalk (1kHz at -1dBFS, 600 ohm load):

 

< -85dB Digital I/O

S/PDIF1:

- 2 in/2 out coaxial (transformer coupled)

- 2 in/2 out optical

- AES/EBU or S/PDIF format (software selectable)

 

MIDI:

 

- 1 in, 1 out

Synchronization

Internal crystal sync:

44.1, 48, 88.2, 96, 176.4, 192kHz

External sample rate sync:

- Optical S/PDIF (44.1 - 96kHz)

 

- Coaxial S/PDIF (44.1 - 96kHz)

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