Creative 0404 Manual De Usuario

5 - Effects

E-MU VST E-Wire

E-MU Digital Audio System

67

E-Wire is a special VST/ASIO Bridge which allows you to route digital audio via ASIO to 
PatchMix and back again. 

E-Wire VST incorporates smart time alignment technology that automatically compen-
sates 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

Note: It’s easier to use 

E-MU PowerFX instead of 
E-Wire if you just want to 
use the hardware effects. 
(E-Wire was the precursor 
to E-MU PowerFX.) 
However, E-Wire can be 
very useful because it 
allows you to route VST 
inserts or Sends to 
Physical Inputs and 
Outputs via PatchMix DSP.

E-Wire has three main components:

• A VST plug-in which handles the audio routing to PatchMix DSP.

• An ASIO 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 don’t support automatic delay compensation, a manual delay-

compensation plug-in can be inserted in Cubase tracks or channels that don’t use 
E-Wire to compensate for ASIO delay.

The diagram below may give you a better idea of how E-Wire works:

Stereo Reverb

ASIO Send

Send to Strip 

Return to VST

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.