[BrianS]

How do I get the most out of the 1212m? Any special patches, settings, things I should do while installing it? I have an Audigy 2 zs that I have installed and would like to use that for games and the emu for dvds and mp3s. I will be receiving the emu tomorrow. Thanks for the help

 

[Kurt]

I hope you have a little better luck then me. My 1212-Audigy 2 Combo worked, but just with a fresh installed OS. Lucke me, I have always a fresh OS partition hidden on the Harddisk.
Cant't give you any other tips, though.
Good Luck and have fun.

 

[BrianS]

anyone else ?

 

[DevilDog]

What's your operating system? There's a note included with the 1212m that specifies something to do if you're using Win XP. I think some people have had problems because they didn't follow that. There is a patch on Emu's website that's newer than the one included.
Also, what software are you planning on using? Foobar, winamp, wmp, etc...
Other than that, I can't really think of anything soundcard specific you need to do.

 

[BrianS]

thanks for the reply devil. I am using win xp pro service pack 1. Also I would like to use windows media player and winamp, what is all the fuss with foobar -- is it better quality or something?

thanks, Brian

 

[Mr.Radar]

Quote:

Originally Posted by BrianS what is all the fuss with foobar -- is it better quality or something?

Yes, plus it's tons more flexible and IMHO the interface is better (though I'm the kind of person that feels more at home with a good CLI (like BASH on Linux) than a GUI).

 

[BrianS]

Well I had a little trouble installing the Emu but it seems to be working. But i have a new problem now. The right driver in my HD650 seems to be much louder in volume than the left......does that mean they are damaged or could it be the amp?

 

[BrianS]

i plugged in some speakers and now the left channel is louder than the right, i think my amp is damaged again im so dumb

 

[BrianS]

anyway, now that my emu is installed im getting errors for the creative applications, should i just reinstall my audigy 2 zs or what? thanks

 

[Mr.Radar]

You should completely uninstall your EMU and Audigy drivers (including the bundled Creative apps).

 

[BrianS]

ok thanks i will try that

 

[BrianS]

i uninstalled the audigy and reinstalled the emu 1212m. now the emu stops outputting sound randomly while playing from media player or mp3.... what could be the problem?? I have both emu updates installed. This is with xp service pack 1. Sometimes I can stop the song then restart it and it will play, othertimes i cant and have to restart win media or winamp...Maybe the motherboard or try another pci slot??

 

[Asmo]

Try this program to totally remove the creative drivers.

http://www.driverheaven.net/cleaner/

Uninstall all software related, removed the cards, reboot in between of course, then use driver cleaner to make sure everything is gone, then put the e-mu card back in, install the drivers/software off the cd, get the latest updates from e-mu.

Other options, try another PCI slot, usually a few down from the AGP card should be good, but I don't think it would be a major problem really. You could also try re-installing windows XP with only the e-mu card in.

Good luck.

 

[Kurt]

Most probably the drivers.
Also disable onboard LAN and RAID.
If you can't solve, fresh OS.

 

[BrianS]

thanks for the replies guys. i will do that