EMU 0404usb unable to get a digital output to my Benchmark dac

[Mikeb]

I have connected the EMU 0404 to my usb connection on the computer (setup for both XP and Vista) and have installed the asioforall to use with it, however when I set it up I don't get any digital output to my Benchmark dac, on the control panel of the asio a message indicates 4 channels available, I only want 2 for stereo use and assign the first and second to left and right and leave the other two unavailable, can anyone offer any suggestions regarding the setup. I know the unit has issues regarding the digital out unless you use asio, I don't want to use the analougue output to link back in in order to obtain a digital out, if you can help I would be most appreciative.

 

[sejarzo]

First, you don't want to use ASIO4ALL with the 0404 USB. There's absolutely no reason to do so, because the 0404 USB drivers provide native support for ASIO; ASIO4ALL is simply a way to provide ASIO support for a device if all you have is a standard Windows WDM audio driver.

Secondly, your player application must support ASIO directly, and provide you with a method to shift the channels.

I use Foobar 0.8.3, and in the Preferences>Playback>Output>ASIO (dll version) dialog box, there is a menu selection for "Shift output channels" that is normally set to 0 (zero) to route the output to the analog output stage; that setting must be set to 2 in order to route the output from the PC over USB to the S/PDIF output stage in the 0404 USB.

 

[Mikeb]

Thanks for the help, at present I use the same earlier Foobar as you with my Transit usb/sdif converter works extremely well using ASIO4ALL in both XP and Vista, I will try the 0404usb tomorrow using your advice, hopefully it will work this time, thanks again,

 

[Mikeb]

Connected up last night and used Foobar in XP works and sounds great, with better bass and midrange when compared to the Transit, however when I tried it in Vista but this time usin the latetest Foobar 9.5 I couldn't get it to work and didn't have the drop down box labelled "shift" which appears in the earlier Foobar 8.3, any advice to get it working in Vista?

 

[sejarzo]

Wish I did, but I have avoided, and will continue to avoid, Vista like the plague.

0.9.x versions of Foobar have a bad tendency to lose ASIO config settings, and the dialog box, as you mention, seems to offer fewer options. That's always confused me--seems like a step backward--but it was primarily the loss of config settings that convinced me to roll back to 0.8.3.